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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Medicine Hat, Canada
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Medicine Hat (CYXH / YXH)
YXH (IATA) · CYXH (ICAO)
Two runways and a narrow-body reference code set the working scale at Medicine Hat, where the longest strip runs to 1524 metres and the ramp still takes a full inflight catering rotation without a wide-body queue to plan around. Aircraft board from the hi-loader to galley height, so in-flight catering here moves straight from the flight kitchen onto the aircraft rather than waiting at the foot of the stand.
1,524 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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 — Medicine Hat
Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, Medicine Hat airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
In-flight catering loading window at Medicine Hat (YXH)
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at CYXH
Ramp access at YXH is what a catering uplift is actually measured against, not a printed lead time. Between the sealed cart leaving our flight kitchen and the galley door closing on Medicine Hat's apron, every stage is logged rather than assumed. With two runways working the field, the window is planned to the rotation in front of it, not to a fixed clock.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Medicine Hat sit screening, an escort, and whatever apron traffic the two runways are running that hour, and the catering uplift is planned against the busiest of them rather than the average. A sealed cart is not treated as safe simply because it left on time; the chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the galley, with a name against every stage in between. Galley catering that reaches the aircraft carries a temperature log closed at both ends, so a delay on the apron is caught before it reaches the tray.
One sealed cart, one route, one signature: the loading window at Medicine Hat.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for YXH
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at Medicine Hat airport
Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line run under one roof at the flight kitchen behind Medicine Hat, built to run to HACCP across every tray leaving it. Airport catering at CYXH is planned from that single production line rather than split across suppliers, which keeps the cold chain unbroken from the larder to the cart. That same kitchen is what airport catering in Canada relies on when a station has two runways rather than a wide-body apron to work with, because volume is carried by sequencing, not floor space.
The team behind government flight catering at Medicine Hat is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for the day. Security clearance is held on file, each name sits on the access list before the uplift is scheduled, and every member is trained on the paperwork that travels sealed alongside a household or a delegation's tray sets. That continuity is what protocol officers actually check before they book a station.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at CYXH / YXH
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Medicine Hat (YXH)
Menus written for Medicine Hat move from the kitchen to the cabin against a specification, not a fixed set piece, adjusted to the mission before it is adjusted to anything else. Regional produce from across Canada is worked into the cycle where it fits the season, dairy and orchard fruit among it, without naming a supplier or a single dish. Inflight catering at YXH covers First, Business and main cabin service on the same rotation, each written to its own tray set and its own service pace. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before they ever reach the cart.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Medicine Hat are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu, with VIP flight catering built around what the household or the desk has already approved. À-la-carte and caviar service run on request, filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation is served the same way twice.
Business cabins
Business cabins at YXH take a multi-choice hot service sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boarded in oven-ready tray sets rather than improvised on the day. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cockpit and cabin crew are never served from the same tray as the passengers.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Medicine Hat are documented per passenger rather than assumed, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering produced against those codes is run on a separate line and sealed before it leaves it, so a religious or medical set never shares a cart with the standard cabin service.
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
Airline catering services under HACCP at Medicine Hat
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.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at CYXH / YXH
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Government & state flights
Delegations and state visits, with the protocol file documented per passenger and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal & VVIP flights
Household standards held across repeat rotations, from a written specification kept on file between movements.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Wide-body charter
Full three-cabin uplift on the wide-body stands, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Commercial airlines
Scheduled rotations and ad hoc uplifts, with menu cycles that move week to week and a tray standard that does not.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jets
Handled by our dedicated private-jet branch, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Medicine Hat
super t aviation services
Inflight catering rated by operators at Medicine Hat
Flight departments on jet catering at Medicine Hat, Canada
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“I asked for airline meal boxes at Medicine Hat (YXH/CYXH) because we had limited time to reset the galley. The order came ready for service with no unnecessary packaging or loose items to sort through. Good attention to the operational side of catering. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Andres — Cabin Service Coordinator
“We used the team for tech stop at Medicine Hat (YXH/CYXH) during a tight turnaround. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. That operational understanding was the biggest advantage. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Helena — Government Flight Operations Manager
“We used the team for business jet catering at Medicine Hat (YXH/CYXH) on a VIP trip. Everything was easy to check and load, and the passenger requests were prepared exactly as ordered. Reliable, responsive, and easy to work with. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Alicia — Charter Planning Manager
Medicine Hat (CYXH / YXH): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 1,524 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | CYXH |
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Four steps
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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