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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Gravenhurst, Canada
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Gravenhurst (CYQA / YQA)
YQA (IATA) · CYQA (ICAO)
A 1829 m runway at Gravenhurst clears wide-body movements onto the single narrow-body-rated stand, and every rotation is boarded by hi-loader rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. That reach into the galley door is what inflight catering at YQA is built around: in-flight catering staged from a sealed kitchen run, uplifted onto the aircraft rather than handed off on the tarmac.
1,829 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
1
FBO on station
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VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
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24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
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Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
On the apron — Gravenhurst
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at Gravenhurst airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for Gravenhurst (YQA) departures
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at CYQA
Every catering uplift at Gravenhurst starts as a sealed cart, not a delivery left at the aircraft steps: ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the hi-loader reaches the galley door directly. The apron here is worked to one sequence, kitchen to cart to cabin, with nothing staged loose on the tarmac in between. That sequence is what a rotation through YQA is actually buying, not a promised minute count.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Gravenhurst sit screening, an escort onto the apron, and whatever traffic the narrow-body-rated stand is working that hour. We plan the galley catering run against the worst of those three, not the best, so a delayed escort never becomes a missed loading window. Chain of custody on the load is continuous: nothing changes hands without a signature attached to it.
Temperature is logged twice on every catering uplift bound for the aircraft, once when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and again when it is handed over at the galley. A single name signs for the load at each end, so the record between seal and signature is never in question at Gravenhurst.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature: the load answers to a name at both ends.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for Gravenhurst, Canada
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Gravenhurst airport
The flight kitchen at YQA runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, provisioned against the aerodrome reference code narrow-body governs at Gravenhurst rather than a rougher estimate. Airport catering out of this kitchen is planned to the single wide-body-rated stand it feeds, so tray sets leave sealed and in the sequence the aircraft actually boards. Airport catering here runs to HACCP throughout production, which is the standard an outstation review checks first.
The team handling government flight catering at Gravenhurst is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for the day. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, each is on the access list for the ramp, and each is trained to the household standards a royal or diplomatic movement expects on file between visits. Chain of custody on a sealed uplift travels with a name attached to it at every stage.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at CYQA / YQA
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Gravenhurst (YQA)
Trays leave the Gravenhurst kitchen written to the cabin and the mission, not to a single fixed menu run on repeat. Inflight catering here draws on Canada's produce where the specification calls for it, dairy, orchard fruit and lake fish worked into a plated set rather than a generic tray. A VIP flight menu and a charter flight menu are built from the same production line, adjusted only in course count and service style, so a switch between them changes nothing about how the cart is sealed. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before the cart ever leaves the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at CYQA are plated to a written specification rather than a standing menu card, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same record every time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Gravenhurst run multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft fitted for this stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cabin crew meals never draw from the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at YQA, halal, kosher, vegan and gluten-free among them, are documented per passenger and matched to the IATA special meal codes rather than left to a verbal note. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line and sealed before it joins the rest of the load.
The three books
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Royal & Government Flights
Royal households · government · state operations
- Plated service · First to main cabin
- Protocol handling · security clearance
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Charter & Commercial
Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc
- 400 passengers · one uplift
- HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
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Private Jet
Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments
- From 8 covers · plated forward
- Reheat sequence specified per dish
Compliance
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at YQA
HACCP
HACCP cold chain
Produced in our own certified kitchens, temperature logged end to end.
Clearance
Cleared personnel
Security-cleared staff, badged airside vehicles, escorted where the stand requires it.
Custody
Sealed chain of custody
Carts sealed at the kitchen, seals verified and handovers signed at the aircraft.
Allergens
Documented allergen sets
Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements documented per uplift and per passenger.
Flight catering airside delivery at YQA
Gravenhurst works scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements across a single narrow-body-rated stand, which turns every arriving delegation into a documentation task rather than a capacity one: one stand means one loading sequence, so paperwork has to be right before the cart ever moves. The 1829 m runway sets what can land here, and the aerodrome reference code narrow-body governs is what our loading plan is built against on every rotation, not a rougher local guess.
Aviation catering in Gravenhurst moves from our kitchen to the ramp by hi-loader, lifted straight to the galley door rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft. In-flight catering at YQA is worked by our own cleared crew on the apron, with the ramp handler on the field coordinating slot and stand timing around the single loading window this station allows.
Airline catering at Gravenhurst answers to one coordinator and one sealed cart per rotation, signed off at handover so airport catering in Gravenhurst never depends on memory once the aircraft has pushed back.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at Gravenhurst (YQA)
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Government and state flight catering at YQA
A single narrow-body-rated stand forces every arriving delegation onto one sequence, so the protocol file has to be complete before the cart moves rather than corrected on the ramp. Government flight catering at Gravenhurst documents the file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and a head of state movement sealed at the kitchen before it ever reaches CYQA's stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at YQA
The narrow-body reference code held at Gravenhurst governs a stand size, and against it a private airliner is worked exactly like any other wide-body movement, never as a special case that slows the sequence. Royal flight catering and VVIP work for BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP airframes runs to a written household specification kept on file between movements at YQA, halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Gravenhurst
Our kitchen counts every charter movement through Gravenhurst against the loading sheet fixed by the narrow-body reference code the field holds, so group size never outruns what the stand can take. Charter flight catering here covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, tour operator and repatriation movements alike, with a full three-cabin uplift staged in the order the galleys are laid out for each charter flight catering rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at CYQA
At a field holding a 1829 m runway under the narrow-body reference code, the tray standard does not change between a scheduled rotation and an unplanned one. Ad hoc airline catering at Gravenhurst covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals boxed to the roster across a multi-leg rotation through YQA rather than reset flight by flight.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at YQA
The 1829 m runway at Gravenhurst carries the same GA and business aviation traffic that moves through the field's single stand alongside scheduled and charter work. Private jet catering at Gravenhurst is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering and business jet catering included, with FBO catering handled by our dedicated branch rather than folded into the main line.
Private jets →
FBOs at Gravenhurst
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Airline catering services trusted at Gravenhurst (YQA)
Flight departments on jet catering at Gravenhurst, Canada
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our team used the service at Gravenhurst (YQA/CYQA) for presidential flight catering with strict timing and handling requirements. The team understood the need for confidentiality and kept the order organized despite late passenger and dietary changes. We were very satisfied with the level of coordination. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Ivan — Charter Flight Coordinator
“For a VIP rotation through Gravenhurst (YQA/CYQA), we used the team for wide body VIP aircraft catering. Everything arrived neatly packed, easy to identify in the galley, and consistent with the presentation we requested. A very smooth experience for the cabin team. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Amine — Ramp Operations Manager
“Our charter program used the service at Gravenhurst (YQA/CYQA) for hajj charter catering. Meal counts were accurate, halal requirements were clearly managed, and the delivery was organized for a quick uplift. A dependable choice for group charter operations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Anna — Private Flight Coordinator
Airport catering profile for Gravenhurst (CYQA / YQA)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,829 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | CYQA |
Aircraft catering questions at Gravenhurst
Outstation catering and access questions at CYQA / YQA
What operations gets asked every week about Gravenhurst.
Ask operations directly →What protocol applies to VIP flight catering, VVIP and government flight catering at YQA?
We run these movements on a named, security-cleared team with the protocol file documented per passenger and the uplift sealed at the kitchen before it reaches the stand.
When are halal, kosher and other special meal sets produced for a rotation through CYQA?
Once a specification is confirmed, halal, kosher and other special meals are produced on a separate line using the IATA SPML codes, sealed before they join the rest of the load.
Which route does private jet catering take to reach business aviation in Gravenhurst?
Our cart moves from the kitchen directly to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering carried on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Can airline catering at Gravenhurst Airport be delivered airside, straight to the aircraft?
Yes: with ramp access held on our own clearance the hi-loader lifts the cart to the galley door directly, rather than leaving it at the foot of the aircraft.
How is airline catering cost worked out for a rotation through YQA?
We publish no fixed price list; a quotation turns on cabin count, the specification chosen and the loading window requested, and the desk comes back with a figure rather than an estimate.
Where is the record kept of how far in advance an order must be placed at CYQA?
The signed handover sheet from the last comparable rotation sets the lead time we work to, and a specification can still change up to the loading window without breaking the sequence.
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