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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — St-Augustin, Canada
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at St-Augustin (CYIF / YIF)
YIF (IATA) · CYIF (ICAO)
A 1399 m runway sets the aerodrome reference code at narrow-body, and inflight catering here is planned around that single strip rather than a bank of parallel runways. Every rotation through St-Augustin gets one uplift plan: hi-loader boarding to galley height, wide-body-grade tray sets held on schedule, and in-flight catering staged for the loading window the runway allows.
1,399 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 — St-Augustin
Aviation catering with ramp access at St-Augustin airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at St-Augustin (YIF)
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at CYIF / YIF
Ramp access is what decides the loading window at St-Augustin, not a distance chart: the narrow-body reference code sets how the apron is worked stand by stand. A catering uplift here is sequenced against that single strip, from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door, so the crew on the ramp knows exactly where the load stands in the rotation. Nothing about that sequence is estimated; it is planned against the runway St-Augustin actually has.
Between our kitchen and the stand at St-Augustin sit screening, an escort through airside, and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway apron, and the galley catering plan is built against the worst of those, not the average. A catering uplift only leaves the sealed cart once the escort and the apron are clear, because the chain of custody is what protects the load, not the clock. Every galley handed over here carries a temperature logged at sealing and again at the aircraft, closed by a signature that names who carried it.
The load is sealed once and signed for once, kitchen to galley door.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving CYIF
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for St-Augustin
Airport catering at St-Augustin is built around a narrow-body reference code, which keeps the kitchen's production line matched to one class of aircraft rather than split across mixed wide-body demand. Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell sit under one roof, run to HACCP, so every tray set leaving the building has already passed the same cold-chain checkpoint. That single line is what lets airport catering at YIF hold a consistent standard rotation after rotation, rather than one that shifts with the traffic.
The staff who load government flight catering here are the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in when a delegation is confirmed. Each holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the stand, and is trained to the household and protocol paperwork that travels sealed with the uplift. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, and it is fixed here rather than assembled per movement.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at St-Augustin airport
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at YIF
Menus at St-Augustin are written to the cabin and the mission first, and only then to the season: a First, Business and main cabin order draws on different formats from a single charter movement, but both are produced on the same cold chain. Local sourcing follows what the region actually grows and lands — dairy, fish and orchard fruit worked into the plan rather than named on it. Inflight catering here closes on documentation, not on presentation: allergen sets, halal and kosher requirements and medical diets are labelled per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed. Nothing leaves the kitchen without that label attached to the tray it belongs to.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at St-Augustin take VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte service available on request against the standing order on file. Presentation is checked against that filed specification before the cart leaves the kitchen, not improvised on the ramp at YIF.
Business cabins
Business cabins at CYIF run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on board. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately and matched to the roster, so tray sets and meal boxes both board against the same loading sheet.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at St-Augustin are documented per passenger before production starts, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line and sealed before it joins the standard load, keeping the household, religious and medical requirements traceable end to end.
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 St-Augustin
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 St-Augustin, Canada
St-Augustin's single narrow-body runway and its one reference code mean every movement through the field is worked to the same stand sequence rather than split across parallel traffic. A charter arrival is a documentation problem as much as a loading one, and a repeat rotation through the same stand is a repetition problem: the plan has to hold identically each time, not merely once.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader to galley height, staged from our kitchen and escorted across the apron to the one stand this traffic works from; ground handling on the ramp is coordinated against that same sequence. Airline catering at YIF, in-flight catering in St-Augustin and inflight catering at St-Augustin all run off that single stand plan rather than off separate desks, and airport catering at YIF is built stand by stand because there is only one to build it around.
What we commit to at this station is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to galley, and a signed handover at the aircraft.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at St-Augustin airport
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Government and state flight catering at CYIF
At St-Augustin, the narrow-body reference code governs how a delegation movement is staged on the single available stand, which is why government flight catering here runs to a fixed sequence rather than an improvised one. Head of state movements and official delegations get their protocol file documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen at CYIF.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at YIF
Working a private airliner on the narrow-body reference code held at St-Augustin means sequencing the hi-loader and the galley door around a single stand, with no second position to fall back on. Royal flight catering here holds household standards across repeat rotations, from a written specification kept on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and comparable private airliners with halal and household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at St-Augustin
1399 metres is the longest runway at St-Augustin, and that figure sets which charter and ACMI movements the field takes and how tightly the loading plan has to run against it. Group movements, wet-lease rotations and special missions all board a full three-cabin uplift on the one wide-body-capable stand, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at CYIF
A narrow-body movement is the only aircraft class the reference code at St-Augustin is built to take, and that single class is what carriers running this field as an outstation plan against. Outstation catering and diversion catering both draw on the same duty roster here, technical stop catering and ad hoc airline catering included, across a multi-leg rotation without a menu cycle reset between legs.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at YIF
We work business aviation at St-Augustin against the same 1399 m runway that sets every other movement here, sequencing FBO catering through the GA terminal on the field. Private jet catering follows the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, delivered to the ramp handler rather than to a separate standard.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at St-Augustin (YIF)
Flight departments on jet catering at CYIF
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For our departure from St-Augustin (YIF/CYIF), we specifically needed aviation catering packaging. Presentation stayed good while the setup remained practical for a fast aircraft turnaround. Exactly what we need for a quick galley setup. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Javier — Cabin Services Manager
“We used the team for catering uplift at St-Augustin (YIF/CYIF) during a tight turnaround. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. We appreciated how easy the coordination was. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Julien — Government Aviation Liaison
“I ordered FBO catering for our departure from St-Augustin (YIF/CYIF) and was very happy with the service. The team was responsive to a late change and the final order still arrived looking polished. Reliable, responsive, and easy to work with. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Sami — Duty Operations Manager
Airport catering facts for St-Augustin (CYIF / YIF)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,399 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | CYIF |
Aircraft catering questions at CYIF / YIF
Diversion catering and ramp questions at St-Augustin airport
What operations gets asked every week about St-Augustin.
Ask operations directly →At CYIF, do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
The sealed cart that leaves our kitchen is the same one used for every class of movement, so VIP flight catering and government flight catering at CYIF both run to one protocol file: security clearance on record, documentation per passenger, and the load sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
At what point does airline catering at St-Augustin move from the kitchen to the aircraft?
The first step is the hi-loader meeting the sealed cart at the ramp, not a delivery to the foot of the aircraft; airside delivery then carries the load by hi-loader straight to galley height at St-Augustin.
Do you produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes at St-Augustin airport, and how are they documented?
Yes, on a separate line: halal and kosher sets and the full range of SPML codes are produced apart from the standard run and labelled per passenger before the cart is sealed.
How much does airline catering cost at YIF?
The standard we hold on every load is what the quotation is built against, not a fixed rate: cabin count, specification and the loading window all set the figure, and our desk comes back with a quotation once those are known.
Can an order still change close to departure at CYIF?
The loading window itself sets how late a specification can move: lead time is confirmed at booking, and how far in advance you place the order determines how much of that window is left for a change before the cart is sealed.
Given the field has only one runway, is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at St-Augustin?
There is a GA terminal and a ramp handler on the field, and FBO catering is delivered to both on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
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Four steps
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at St-Augustin (YIF)