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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Timmins, Canada
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Timmins (CYTS / YTS)
YTS (IATA) · CYTS (ICAO)
From the 1,829 m runway at Timmins, our teams run inflight catering for narrow-body operators moving through this field, wide-body diversions included on the rare rotation that needs one. In-flight catering here means one ops desk, hi-loader boarding to galley height, and uplift staged airside rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
1,829 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 — Timmins
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at Timmins
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Timmins
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Timmins, Canada
Per rotation, the catering uplift at YTS moves from a sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door on a route fixed before the aircraft is on stand. Ramp access is held on our own badges rather than negotiated at the gate, so the convoy crosses the apron on a path agreed with the ramp handler in advance. Timmins is worked the same way on every rotation, narrow-body or otherwise, with the same escort and the same sequence.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Timmins sit screening, an escort crossing and apron traffic, and the galley catering plan is built against the worst case among them rather than the average one. Chain of custody runs on paper the whole way: a seal at the kitchen, a temperature log at departure, a second log at handover, and a signature at the galley door that closes the load. The catering uplift for CYTS is worked to that same sequence whether the aircraft is a scheduled narrow-body or an ad hoc movement.
One seal, one log, one signature: the convoy is the risk we plan for.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving YTS
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at CYTS / YTS
The flight kitchen that provisions CYTS runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, feeding the narrow-body rotations worked out of Timmins. HACCP governs every stage between the cold larder and the sealed cart, and airport catering at YTS is planned against that same standard on every departure. Having pastry, cold storage and the protocol cell in one building means airport catering at Timmins is never split across two kitchens for a single rotation.
The team that handles government flight catering at Timmins is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to the household standards a royal or diplomatic movement expects. That standing roster carries the paperwork as well as the trays, with a chain of custody signed at each handover rather than assembled after the fact. Nobody outside that named list touches a sealed cart bound for a state or household aircraft.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at CYTS
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Timmins
From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, the Timmins airline catering menu follows the cabin, the mission and the season rather than a single fixed list. Cabins are written to a VIP flight menu or a charter flight menu depending on the movement, with produce drawn from Ontario where the flight plan allows local sourcing rather than a fixed import chain. Inflight catering at YTS closes on documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, labelled per passenger and per cabin rather than bulk-loaded. Special meal codes travel with the tray, sealed and logged before the cart leaves the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Timmins: VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. Every plate is filed against the standing order before it leaves the kitchen, so CYTS repeats the same presentation on the next rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins at YTS: multi-choice hot service built to galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft on stand, with crew meals boxed separately from the passenger load. Cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel on the same duty roster as the cabin trays, boxed and logged before departure from Timmins.
Protocol & dietary
Halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes are produced on a separate line at CYTS and sealed before they leave it, with household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger. Inflight catering at Timmins carries that documentation on the cart itself, not as a note attached afterward.
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 standards for aviation catering at Timmins (YTS)
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 Timmins (YTS)
Two runways and a narrow-body reference code set the traffic profile at Timmins: scheduled turns, ad hoc charter and the occasional government movement, each one a documentation task before it is a volume task. A repeat rotation on a fixed schedule is planned once and repeated; a one-off charter or a diversion is planned from a blank sheet the same day, with the same standard applied to both.
The uplift travels a fixed route from our kitchen to the stand, boarded by ramp handling under escort rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with airside delivery held on our own badges. Airline catering in Canada runs on that same ramp-access model wherever we operate, and in-flight catering in Canada is planned stand by stand rather than city by city.
Aviation catering at Timmins comes down to one coordinator per movement, sealed carts the whole way, and a signed handover at the galley door.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Timmins
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Government and state flight catering at Timmins
A 1,829 m runway is enough to receive a state movement into YTS without a longer strip being required, which keeps government flight catering here a documentation exercise rather than a length one. Delegations and official movements get a protocol file recorded per passenger, security-cleared staff on the cart, and a head of state aircraft loaded from a seal set before it leaves our kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Timmins
Our kitchen holds a narrow-body reference code as its working constraint, and against it we run royal flight catering for private airliners on the same household specification kept on file between movements. VVIP and household requirements, including halal on request, are boarded at Timmins under that same standing file rather than rebuilt for each visit.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at CYTS
Aerodrome reference code narrow-body governs every stand assignment at Timmins, and charter flight catering here is planned against that same code rather than against the operator's own fleet mix. Group movements, ACMI and wet-lease work, and special missions get charter flight catering counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order before the aircraft is on stand.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Timmins
A 1,829 m runway shapes what can divert into Timmins without notice, and any narrow-body operator that does needs its uplift planned around that same constraint rather than around a printed schedule. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering for carriers running CYTS as a scheduled stop, diversion catering when a rotation lands unplanned, and technical stop catering across a multi-leg pattern, all off one duty roster.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Timmins
A narrow-body aircraft on a business trip through Timmins boards from the same reference-code stands as a scheduled turn, which is what lets our private-jet branch work the GA terminal without a separate ramp process. Private jet catering at Timmins reaches the FBOs on the field on the same cold chain and paperwork as any airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Timmins
world fuel services
Inflight catering rated by operators at YTS
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at YTS
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We had a last-minute schedule change into Timmins (YTS/CYTS) and needed contingency catering. Confirmation was quick, the order stayed clear despite several updates, and delivery reached the aircraft on time. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Cecilia — Operations Desk Manager
“For an operation away from our normal base, we arranged outstation catering at Timmins (YTS/CYTS). The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. Very useful coverage for smaller or less familiar stations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Ines — Cargo Operations Manager
“We requested an airline catering cost per meal for Timmins (YTS/CYTS) and appreciated how clear the pricing was. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. We appreciated the transparency. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Hassan — Operations Support Coordinator
Airport catering reference for Timmins (CYTS / YTS)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,829 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | CYTS |
Business jet catering questions at CYTS
Technical stop catering questions at CYTS
What operations gets asked every week about Timmins.
Ask operations directly →Which protocol covers VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at Timmins?
The loader and cart follow a fixed route from our kitchen to the stand under escort, with government flight catering and VIP flight catering both run from a security-cleared roster and a sealed cart signed at handover.
Is there a set lead time for an order at YTS?
The coordinator on duty takes standard orders with a routine lead time and will still work a late change to the specification if it reaches the kitchen before the cart is sealed, so how far in advance you book shapes how much can move later; last minute airline catering is handled case by case rather than refused outright.
When can private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal at CYTS?
Once a stand or an FBO slot is confirmed on the field, FBO catering is delivered on the same schedule and the same cold chain as an airline uplift, with no separate booking path for business aviation.
How does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at Timmins?
Timmins is worked by hi-loader to galley height wherever the aircraft type allows it, with airside delivery held on our own badges rather than handed off at a gate.
Commercial aviation catering near Timmins
YCN / CYCN
Cochrane
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
YKX / CYKX
Kirkland Lake
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
YYU / CYYU
Kapuskasing
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for Timmins (YTS)
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Timmins (YTS / CYTS)
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orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7
Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Timmins (YTS)