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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Val-d'Or, Canada
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Val-d'Or (CYVO / YVO)
YVO (IATA) · CYVO (ICAO)
A wide-body reference code held at Val-d'Or (CYVO / YVO) means the ramp is built for aircraft that need hi-loader boarding, not a foot-of-stairs delivery. Our inflight catering runs directly to galley height off that same apron, with in-flight catering, uplift and provisioning worked as one sequence from kitchen to stand.
3,048 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Val-d'Or
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at YVO
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Val-d'Or (YVO)
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at CYVO
Ramp access at Val-d'Or is what makes this measurable rather than promised: the sealed cart leaves our kitchen, crosses the apron under escort, and reaches the galley door at a fixed point in the rotation. Every catering uplift at CYVO is logged against that same sequence, not against an estimate. The wide-body stand worked here gives one clean run from kitchen door to aircraft, with nothing improvised on the way.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Val-d'Or sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and none of them are left to chance on a catering uplift. We plan the galley catering sequence against the busiest version of that route, not the easiest one, so the chain of custody holds even when the apron is working several movements at once. Temperatures are logged at the seal and again at the galley, and the load is not handed over without a signature closing it.
One coordinator owns the load from the seal to the signature, start to finish.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Val-d'Or airport
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Val-d'Or airport
The flight kitchen that provisions CYVO runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, feeding airport catering at Val-d'Or on a fixed daily rhythm rather than on a per-flight basis. Every tray leaving that kitchen is produced to HACCP standards and moves under a continuous cold chain until it reaches the aircraft. Airport catering at YVO and the flight kitchen at YVO are run as one operation, not as two handoffs.
The team that handles government flight catering at Val-d'Or is the same named crew every rotation: security clearance held on file, listed on the access list, and trained to household service standards rather than rotated in ad hoc. That continuity is what a protocol desk checks first, ahead of anything on the tray. Catering at YVO for this work stays with the people who already know the paperwork, not whoever is on shift.
VIP flight catering menus for CYVO / YVO departures
VVIP catering written per mission at Val-d'Or (YVO)
Menus at Val-d'Or are built to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for season, with Canadian produce used where the specification calls for a local note rather than a fixed dish. That principle covers First, Business and main cabin service alike, from a single set of specifications rather than three separate kitchens. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and travel with the load rather than being handled at the last moment. Inflight catering at Val-d'Or is planned this way for every segment we serve here, commercial and private alike.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Val-d'Or are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with à-la-carte and course-by-course service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the same standing order every rotation, so presentation does not depend on who is working that day.
Business cabins
Business cabins at YVO run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to a galley-ready format sized to the aircraft fitted at CYVO. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are packed separately from the passenger load and labelled to the roster, not to the cabin count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Val-d'Or are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each of those meals is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, which is how inflight catering here keeps religious and medical sets apart from the main run.
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 Val-d'Or, 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 YVO
Val-d'Or carries a mix of scheduled, charter and government movements across its single wide-body stand, and that mix decides how the kitchen plans a week: a delegation is a documentation exercise, a charter wave is a capacity exercise, and a repeat rotation is a repetition exercise that rewards a fixed routine over a one each time. Airline catering at YVO is scheduled around whichever of those three is due next, not on a single default pattern.
The uplift leaves our kitchen sealed, crosses the apron under our own badges and escort, and reaches the aircraft by hi-loader rather than by a stair-foot handoff. Inflight catering and in-flight catering at YVO share that one route, and aviation catering at CYVO is worked from the same ramp position every time rather than reassigned stand by stand.
What we commit to at this station is a single named coordinator, sealed carts from kitchen to aircraft, and a signed handover that closes each load, and airport catering at Val-d'Or is held to that commitment on every rotation.
Charter flight catering and state missions at Val-d'Or airport
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Government and state flight catering at YVO
The 3048 m runway at Val-d'Or takes the aircraft that state and delegation movements typically use, which keeps government flight catering here on the same wide-body stand as scheduled traffic rather than a separate arrangement. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared and on the access list, and the uplift is sealed before it leaves our kitchen, with a head of state movement handled to the same written standard every time.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Val-d'Or
A private airliner — BBJ, ACJ or a wide-body configured for VIP use — is one of the aircraft types the wide-body stand at Val-d'Or is built to take, and that is what lets royal flight catering run here on a repeat basis rather than as an exception. Household standards are held across rotations from a written specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at CYVO
On the wide-body stand at Val-d'Or, the same reference code that clears scheduled traffic also clears charter, ACMI and wet-lease operators running group movements or special missions. Charter flight catering at YVO covers a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in Val-d'Or is staged in the order the galleys are laid out, whatever the mission behind the flight.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at YVO
Our kitchen runs off the same wide-body reference code that governs the stand at Val-d'Or, which is what lets us treat this station as a working outstation rather than a one-off delivery point. Ad hoc airline catering at YVO covers outstation catering at Val-d'Or, diversion catering at YVO, and technical stop catering across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals in Canada boxed to the same duty roster as the passenger load, ad hoc catering at YVO included when a schedule changes without warning.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Val-d'Or
A wide-body reference code sets the sequencing for everything sharing that ramp, so a business aviation movement at Val-d'Or is worked into the same slot pattern rather than treated separately. Private jet catering at YVO reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal directly, with FBO catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Val-d'Or
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Airline catering services trusted at Val-d'Or (YVO)
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Val-d'Or, Canada
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For a government operation through Val-d'Or (YVO/CYVO), we required discreet government flight catering. Special meals and crew items were clearly separated, and the aircraft-side handover was smooth. We were very satisfied with the level of coordination. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Victoria — Station Operations Supervisor
“I handled the cabin order for a flight from Val-d'Or (YVO/CYVO) and needed ACJ catering. They followed our plating notes closely and made the final setup easy for the cabin crew. Exactly the level of detail we expect for VIP flying. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Marie — Passenger Services Manager
“Our charter program used the service at Val-d'Or (YVO/CYVO) for umrah flight catering. Packaging was practical for the cabin and the uplift arrived in good order for departure. The operation ran smoothly from order to uplift. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Paolo — Charter Account Manager
Airport catering profile for Val-d'Or (CYVO / YVO)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,048 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | CYVO |
Aircraft catering questions at Val-d'Or (YVO)
Outstation catering and access questions at CYVO / YVO
What operations gets asked every week about Val-d'Or.
Ask operations directly →At which point in the production line are halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes handled at CYVO?
Halal, kosher and SPML-coded meals are produced on a separate line from the start of the run and sealed before they join the main load, with each tray documented against the passenger it is assigned to.
Does Val-d'Or handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering under protocol?
Every VIP flight catering and government flight catering load here follows a written protocol, with security-cleared staff and documentation that travels with the sealed uplift rather than being handled separately.
Who delivers private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Val-d'Or Airport?
Across the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, we run FBO catering on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, so a business aviation movement is never treated as a lesser standard.
Is airline catering cost fixed at YVO, or does it depend on the flight?
The coordinator assigned to your rotation builds a quotation from cabin count, specification and loading window rather than from a published price list, and comes back with a figure once those are known.
Inflight catering at other airports near Val-d'Or
YEY / CYEY
Amos
Canada · 66 km from Val-d'Or
Airline & VIP flight catering →
YUY / CYUY
Rouyn-Noranda
Canada · 80 km from Val-d'Or
Airline & VIP flight catering →
YXR / CYXR
Earlton
Canada · 159 km from Val-d'Or
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aviation catering quote for CYVO / YVO
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Val-d'Or (YVO / CYVO)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Val-d'Or (YVO)