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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Matane, Canada
Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Matane (CYME / YME)
YME (IATA) · CYME (ICAO)
Matane holds a narrow-body reference code, and our crews build every uplift to that stand geometry rather than to a generic tray count. That scale sets the loading method: hi-loader access to galley height for scheduled and charter movements, with in-flight catering and inflight catering run from one ops desk airside at Matane.
1,676 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 — Matane
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for YME
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at Matane
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Matane, Canada
The catering uplift at Matane moves on a measured sequence, not a guess: sealed at the kitchen, driven under escort, cleared onto the apron before it reaches the stand. Ramp access is held on our own badges, so the convoy is never waiting on a third party to open the gate. Every load that leaves our door at YME is logged against that same sequence, stand by stand.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Matane sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and we plan the catering uplift against the slowest of the three rather than the fastest. The chain of custody starts at the sealed cart and ends at the signature on the galley door, with nothing handed off in between that is not logged. A temperature reading is taken when the load is sealed at CYME and taken again at handover, so the galley catering that boards is provably the load that left the kitchen. That record travels with the aircraft, not just with the invoice.
One seal, one signature, one crew responsible from kitchen to galley door.
Airline food supplier for YME rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at CYME / YME
The flight kitchen that provisions Matane holds hot production, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, run to HACCP procedure from intake to seal. Airport catering here is planned around the narrow-body reference code the field carries, so tray sets and cart counts are built to that geometry rather than to an assumed wide-body load. Airport catering at YME therefore stays matched to what the stand and the cold chain can actually take on, load after load.
The team that handles government flight catering at Matane is the same named crew every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and standing on the access list before a cart is loaded. They are trained to household service standards and to the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift, not just to the cooking. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, and it is set before the aircraft is even on the schedule.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at CYME
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at Matane
Menus here are written to the cabin and the mission, not printed off one fixed cycle: First, Business and main cabin each carry their own specification, and a charter or a state movement is planned separately from a scheduled rotation. Local sourcing draws on Quebec's dairy, orchard fruit and cold-water fish where the season allows it, worked into the inflight catering plan rather than named as a dish. Seasonal changes are logged against the same specification so nothing drifts between rotations. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is documented per passenger and per cabin, and boarded against that record rather than a verbal note.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Matane are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than fixed to one cycle. The presentation is filed against the standing order, so VIP flight catering repeats the same result rotation after rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins at CYME run multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft fitted to the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cockpit and cabin crew each board exactly what their duty sheet calls for.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at Matane, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of special meal codes. Each is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, so inflight catering carries no cross-contact risk between sets.
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 Matane, Canada
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 Matane (YME)
Matane carries a narrow-body reference code and a single runway, and that pairing sets the traffic mix our kitchen plans against: scheduled turns, ad hoc charter work and occasional government movements rather than a constant wide-body wave. A delegation here is a documentation problem before it is a volume problem, and a repeat charter rotation is a repetition problem the specification has to hold steady against.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand under escort, sealed and logged before the hi-loader lifts it to galley height, with our own crew on the ramp for the handover. Airline catering at YME and aviation catering in Matane both run off that same route, so a scheduled turn and a charter uplift are worked the same way from the kitchen door onward. In-flight catering in Matane and inflight catering at CYME are planned stand by stand rather than against a generic timetable.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, and airport catering in Matane closes on a handover that is signed, not assumed.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at YME
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Government and state flight catering at YME
A narrow-body aircraft carrying a head of state delegation can be boarded here on the same reference code that governs every other stand assignment at Matane. Government flight catering for state visits and official movements is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew, and sealed at the kitchen before the convoy leaves for the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at YME
At a field where the longest runway runs to 1,676 metres, a private airliner working within that limit is boarded to the same household specification kept on file between movements. Royal flight catering and VVIP work here cover BBJ, ACJ and comparable private airliners, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request rather than assumed in advance.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Matane
A single runway limits how many movements can be staged at once, so a charter rotation is sequenced against that constraint before the loading sheet is even drawn up. Charter flight catering at CYME for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions is boarded as a full three-cabin uplift, and charter flight catering at Matane is counted against that sheet stand by stand.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at CYME
A narrow-body reference code governs every stand assignment at Matane, and it is what our ops desk plans an outstation rotation against rather than against an assumed wide-body slot. Ad hoc airline catering here covers carriers running this station as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering worked off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg schedule; crew meals in Canada and crew meals at YME travel on the same ad hoc catering line at YME.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at YME
The narrow-body reference code held at Matane, and that governs commercial stands, applies equally to the business aircraft using the GA terminal. Private jet catering at YME reaches the FBOs on the field on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, run by our dedicated private-jet branch.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Matane
Flight departments on jet catering at YME
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our sports movement through Matane (YME/CYME) required group charter catering on a tight schedule. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. The crew was happy with the organization. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Francesca — Passenger Services Manager
“For an urgent mission at Matane (YME/CYME), the team supported us with repatriation flight catering. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. We appreciated the flexibility. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Yuki — Charter Planning Manager
“We used the team at Matane (YME/CYME) for cargo airline crew catering on a night operation. Meals arrived on time and were packed practically for a working crew rather than over-presented. Good service for freighter crews and odd-hour schedules. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Elena — Flight Dispatch Supervisor
Station data for airport catering at Matane (CYME / YME)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,676 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | CYME |
Aviation catering FAQ for Matane (YME)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at CYME
What operations gets asked every week about Matane.
Ask operations directly →When does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at YME?
When the loading sheet is confirmed, the sealed cart moves under escort to the stand and boards by hi-loader to galley height, with airside delivery timed to the turnaround.
Whose halal, kosher and special meal codes are produced at CYME?
For every passenger flagged on the manifest, halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML codes are produced on a separate line and documented before sealing.
At what point does a specification for Matane close?
The first step is the standing order on file; a specification can still be adjusted up to the loading window, after which the sealed cart is committed.
Does private jet catering reach the FBOs at Matane airport?
Every business aircraft on the field is reached through FBO catering delivered to the GA terminal on the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
Is VIP flight catering handled under protocol at YME?
The coordinator assigned to a VIP or government flight catering rotation manages the access list, the sealed uplift and the signed handover as a single file.
Where does an airline catering cost quotation at CYME come from?
The loading sheet and the cabin specification set the basis for a quotation; no price list is published, and the desk returns a figure against those two documents.
Airline catering near Matane
YYY / CYYY
Mont-Joli
Canada · 62 km from Matane
Airline & VIP flight catering →
YBC / CYBC
Baie-Comeau
Canada · 63 km from Matane
Airline & VIP flight catering →
YXK / CYXK
Rimouski
Canada · 87 km from Matane
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Matane (YME)