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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Matagami, Canada
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Matagami (CYNM / YNM)
YNM (IATA) · CYNM (ICAO)
A single narrow-body reference code governs the stand at Matagami, which sets the loading plan our crews work to for every rotation through CYNM. We run inflight catering and in-flight catering to that fixed geometry, boarding by hi-loader to galley height rather than leaving trays at the foot of the aircraft, with the kitchen staged for wide-body-style uplift discipline on a narrow-body ramp.
1,524 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
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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 — Matagami
Wide-body inflight catering at Matagami (YNM)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at CYNM
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Matagami
The loading window at Matagami runs from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the signature at the galley door, and it is timed rather than guessed at. Ramp access at CYNM is held on our own badges, so the convoy crosses the apron on a route agreed with the ramp handler rather than queued behind other traffic. Every catering uplift into the single narrow-body stand follows that same sequence, cart by cart.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Matagami, the convoy passes through screening, an escort onto the apron and whatever traffic the ramp is carrying that hour, and we plan every catering uplift against the busiest version of that route rather than the easiest. Temperatures are logged twice: once when the cart is sealed at the kitchen, again at the galley door where the chain of custody closes with a signature. That second log is what turns a delivery into galley catering the crew can accept without a recheck. Nothing leaves the kitchen unsealed, and nothing is handed over unlogged at YNM.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the galley door, nothing in between.
Airline food supplier for Matagami airport rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at YNM
The flight kitchen at YNM runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, all held to HACCP. Airport catering at Matagami depends on that cold chain holding from the moment a tray leaves the line to the moment it clears the galley door, and the layout is built so nothing crosses zones without a log. Airport catering in Canada is judged on exactly that discipline, and the same standard governs every cart leaving this kitchen for CYNM.
The staff assigned to government flight catering at CYNM are the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn from general production. Each carries a standing security clearance, sits on the access list for the protocol line, and is trained to the household paperwork that travels sealed with the uplift. That continuity is what a protocol desk checks first when it books catering at YNM, before it checks anything else.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Matagami (YNM)
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at CYNM
Menus at Matagami are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed list, adjusted for scheduled service, charter movements and VIP work as each requires. Inflight catering at Matagami draws on the region's produce where the season allows it, kept general rather than tied to a single supplier, and adapted week to week without changing the tray standard underneath it. Every dietary and religious set is documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before it leaves the kitchen so the cabin crew can match tray to name without a query. That documentation travels with the uplift, not behind it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Matagami are plated to a written specification rather than to a general menu, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for VIP flight catering. The presentation is filed against the standing order at YNM so a repeat rotation is served the same way each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at CYNM run a multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the aircraft's own galley fitted for this route. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately from the passenger tray sets and loaded to the roster, not to the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Matagami are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Every one of those sets is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so inflight catering at Matagami never mixes a special tray with the general run.
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
Aircraft catering food safety at YNM
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 CYNM / YNM
A single narrow-body reference code governs the stand at Matagami, and that geometry decides how every rotation through CYNM is planned rather than left to a general schedule. A charter or VIP movement here is a documentation problem before it is a volume problem, since the stand takes one aircraft at a time and the protocol paperwork has to be ready before the cart moves.
Airline catering at Matagami runs from our kitchen to the stand by a route agreed with the ramp handler, with the cart escorted across the apron rather than left to find its own way. Aviation catering at CYNM and airport catering at CYNM both depend on that same fixed route, and in-flight catering at YNM and inflight catering at YNM are staged off one desk that tracks the cart from seal to signature.
One coordinator owns the rotation from kitchen to galley door, with sealed carts and a signed handover closing every load at Matagami.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Matagami (YNM)
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Government and state flight catering at CYNM
A narrow-body reference code shapes what can stand at Matagami, and it is against that geometry that a head of state aircraft is planned onto the single stand. Government flight catering here means the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at YNM
At the single narrow-body stand governed by CYNM's reference code, a private airliner is worked to the same fixed geometry as any other movement through Matagami. Royal flight catering and VVIP work here run to a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations, with halal and household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Matagami
A single narrow-body stand has to be sequenced tightly when a group movement lands, since the reference code at Matagami takes one aircraft at a time rather than several in parallel. Charter flight catering here covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet for charter flight catering across Canada as well.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at CYNM
A narrow-body reference code governs the single stand at Matagami, which is the geometry every carrier using this station as an outstation plans against. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with AOG handled the same way across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at YNM
The narrow-body reference code at Matagami is 1524 metres of runway, which keeps business aviation on the same stand geometry as everything else on the field. Private jet catering in Matagami 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.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at Matagami, Canada
Flight departments on jet catering at Matagami airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For a last-minute requirement at Matagami (YNM/CYNM), we contacted them as our airline ops catering supplier. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. A good partner to have when the usual supplier is not available. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Lucas — Flight Operations Supervisor
“Our team needed airline catering in Matagami for a short-notice flight at YNM/CYNM. The order was confirmed quickly, delivered on time, and packed exactly as requested for the aircraft. A very easy service to use at this station. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Ricardo — Ground Handling Coordinator
“We had several halal airline meals on our order at Matagami (YNM/CYNM) and everything was handled correctly. The team confirmed the dietary details carefully and there was no confusion when the order arrived. That attention to detail makes a big difference onboard. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Dalia — Ground Operations Manager
Aircraft catering station data for Matagami (CYNM / YNM)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,524 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | CYNM |
Business jet catering questions at Matagami (YNM)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Matagami (YNM)
What operations gets asked every week about Matagami.
Ask operations directly →When do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Matagami, and under what protocol?
When a VIP flight catering or government flight catering booking is confirmed, the load moves under a written protocol file with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift, documented per passenger.
Does YNM need a fixed lead time, or can a specification still change close to departure?
Every order carries a standard lead time for the initial specification, but the tray count and dietary detail can still be revised close to departure, including last minute airline catering where the kitchen allows it.
What does airside delivery look like for airline catering at CYNM?
We move every cart from the kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, boarding to galley height rather than leaving trays at the foot of the aircraft, on an escorted route agreed with the ramp handler.
Are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced for flights through Matagami?
The kitchen coordinator produces halal, kosher and the full set of SPML special meals on a separate line, sealed and labelled before they join the general uplift.
Which factors set airline catering cost at Matagami?
The loading method, the cart count and the specification agreed for the cabin drive the quotation, since we hold no published price list; the desk prices each rotation on request.
Where does private jet catering reach on the field at YNM?
The handover log shows delivery to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering running on the same cold chain and paperwork as any airline uplift.
Commercial aviation catering near Matagami
YEY / CYEY
Amos
Canada · 137 km from Matagami
Airline & VIP flight catering →
YUY / CYUY
Rouyn-Noranda
Canada · 189 km from Matagami
Airline & VIP flight catering →
YVO / CYVO
Val-d'Or
Canada · 190 km from Matagami
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Matagami (YNM)