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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Slave Lake, Canada
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Slave Lake (CYZH / YZH)
YZH (IATA) · CYZH (ICAO)
One runway of 1,695 metres and a narrow-body reference code set what boards at Slave Lake: single-aisle rotations worked to a fixed turnaround, not wide-body wave traffic. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering here on that footprint, with aviation catering staged for hi-loader uplift straight to the galley door rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
1,695 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Slave Lake
Airport catering on the YZH apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering lead times at CYZH
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Slave Lake
Ramp access at CYZH is single-runway and narrow-body, so the loading window is built around one apron sequence rather than parallel stands. Every catering uplift here follows the same route: sealed at the kitchen, escorted across the apron, cleared for the galley door. That sequence is what keeps the window repeatable at Slave Lake, rotation after rotation.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Slave Lake sit screening, an escort across the apron and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway field, and the loading window is built to absorb the worst of them rather than the average. Chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen door to the signature at the galley, with nothing handed off in between. Galley catering here is logged twice: temperature at sealing, temperature again at handover, and the catering uplift closed out only once both readings and the signature agree.
One sealed route, one signature, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Slave Lake airport departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at YZH
The kitchen that provisions Slave Lake runs hot production, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standards from intake to the sealed cart. Airport catering here is worked to the same narrow-body turnaround the field sets, so covers are staged ahead of the rotation rather than assembled against it. That single-site model is what makes airport catering at CYZH repeatable rather than reactive on a one-runway station.
Government flight catering out of this kitchen is handled by the same named team every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained on the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. Catering at YZH keeps that team fixed rather than rotating staff in from a wider pool, so the household and protocol standard holds from one movement to the next. Nothing about the cart, the seal or the handover changes because the flight does.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Slave Lake (YZH)
VVIP catering to a written specification at CYZH
Menus at Slave Lake are written to the cabin and the mission first, and to the season second: a narrow-body multi-class layout sets the tray count, and the rotation sets the turnaround the kitchen has to meet. Inflight catering here draws on the region's produce where the season allows it — dairy, orchard fruit, freshwater fish — stated in general terms rather than as a fixed dish. Each set is built against a written specification held on file, not improvised against the manifest on the day. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and carried on the load sheet with the rest of the uplift.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and premium seating at Slave Lake is plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single set menu. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the presentation is consistent between one rotation and the next rather than reassembled from scratch.
Business cabins
Business cabins at CYZH take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on board, boxed and staged by course. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the flight deck and the cabin crew each draw from their own set rather than sharing the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements at Slave Lake are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so inflight catering carries its dietary load exactly as declared on the manifest.
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
HACCP-compliant aircraft catering at YZH
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 CYZH / YZH
Slave Lake works a single-runway, narrow-body traffic profile, which makes catering a turnaround problem rather than a wave-capacity one: cabins are boarded and cleared inside one fixed apron sequence, not split across parallel stands. That profile means documentation and timing carry more weight here than sheer volume, and the loading plan is built around the single reference code rather than around peak-hour stacking.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by sealed cart from our kitchen, escorted across the apron and handed up through the galley door rather than left at the foot of the stairs. Airline catering at Slave Lake is staged to that one sequence, with ramp access held on our own badges and airside delivery timed against the turnaround rather than against a fixed clock. Aviation catering in Canada varies station to station, and this narrow-body footprint is worked to its own sequence rather than a generic one.
On every rotation we commit one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover: in-flight catering in Canada and inflight catering in Canada both run, at this station, off that same single named responsibility, from the kitchen seal to the signature at the stand.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at YZH
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Government and state flight catering at CYZH
A 1,695-metre runway carries the single-aisle movements that state and delegation work at Slave Lake typically flies, and government flight catering here is built around that same fixed turnaround. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared and on the access list, and the uplift for any head of state movement is sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at YZH
A private airliner working the 1,695-metre runway at Slave Lake is boarded to the same narrow-body turnaround as any other movement, which is what lets royal flight catering here hold a fixed household specification between visits. VVIP and royal work — BBJ, ACJ and private-airliner configurations — is kept on file rather than rebuilt each time, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Slave Lake
On the single narrow-body stand at Slave Lake, the fixed reference code sets how a charter rotation is staged rather than how much volume it carries. Charter flight catering here covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering built to a full cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet before the doors close.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at CYZH
Our kitchen provisions CYZH against the narrow-body turnaround the field's single runway sets, and it runs that same schedule for carriers using Slave Lake as an outstation. We handle ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with AOG covered on the same line and crew meals boxed separately for every multi-leg rotation through Slave Lake.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at YZH
Because Slave Lake carries a narrow-body reference code rather than a business-jet-specific ramp, private jet catering at this station is worked around the same single apron sequence as every other movement rather than a separate one. Business aviation traffic is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, under our dedicated business aviation catering and business jet catering branch.
Private jets →
Aviation catering trusted by operators at Slave Lake, Canada
Flight departments on jet catering at Slave Lake airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We requested tray set catering airline at Slave Lake (YZH/CYZH) and the packaging worked very well onboard. The trays and boxes were organized logically, which saved the cabin crew time before passengers arrived. The crew appreciated how easy it was to load. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Chris — Charter Services Manager
“For a changing schedule at Slave Lake (YZH/CYZH), we needed flexible catering uplift. The team stayed in contact with operations, adjusted to the new timing, and kept the aircraft handover simple. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Emma — Cargo Operations Manager
“For our business jet at Slave Lake (YZH/CYZH), I arranged private jet catering with a few passenger-specific requests. The food arrived fresh and well presented, with clear labels and packaging that actually worked in our galley. Reliable, responsive, and easy to work with. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
George — Aviation Operations Executive
Airport catering data for Slave Lake (CYZH / YZH)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,695 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | CYZH |
Airline catering services FAQ for Slave Lake (YZH)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Slave Lake (YZH)
What operations gets asked every week about Slave Lake.
Ask operations directly →What does airline catering cost at YZH?
We publish no price list: a quotation depends on cabin count, the specification chosen and the loading window at Slave Lake, and the desk comes back with a figure against those three.
When can private jet catering be delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at CYZH?
Once a routing is confirmed, FBO catering is scheduled to the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, delivered to whichever FBO or the GA terminal the operator names.
Where are halal, kosher and special meal codes documented for flights out of Slave Lake?
Every halal, kosher and SPML set is logged against the passenger manifest and produced on a separate line, sealed before it leaves the kitchen and carried with the rest of the load.
Which method handles VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Slave Lake Airport?
The sealed cart and escorted apron route used for every rotation also carries VIP and government work, with protocol documentation and security-cleared staff added to the same handover.
How does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at YZH?
YZH boards by hi-loader to galley height rather than delivery to the foot of the aircraft, with airside delivery run on the same sealed-cart sequence for every cabin class.
Is there a fixed lead time for orders placed at CYZH?
Our coordinator confirms a lead time against the loading window at booking, and can still take late specification changes provided the seal and the escort schedule allow it.
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Slave Lake (YZH / CYZH)
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Four steps
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Slave Lake (YZH)