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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Vernon, Canada
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Vernon (CYVK / YVE)
YVE (IATA) · CYVK (ICAO)
A single narrow-body reference code governs Vernon, which keeps every rotation planned to one ramp and one loading sequence rather than several. That scale is what lets AERO GOURMET run inflight catering, in-flight catering and hi-loader uplift here as one operation: wide-body-grade discipline applied to a narrow-body field, boarded to galley height on every rotation.
1,024 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Vernon
Hi-loader aviation catering on the CYVK apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Vernon airport
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Vernon, Canada
What happens between our kitchen and the aircraft at Vernon is measured, not promised: a sealed cart cleared for ramp access, moved across the apron under escort, and handed off at the galley door against a signed sheet. Every catering uplift here follows that same sequence regardless of the customer behind it, because the narrow-body stand leaves no room to improvise a route. The result is a load that arrives at the aircraft in the order it left the kitchen, with nothing added and nothing missing along the way.
Between our kitchen and the single stand at Vernon sit landside screening, an airside escort and whatever apron traffic is moving at that hour, and we plan the catering uplift against the busiest version of that sequence rather than the easiest one. The cart is sealed before it leaves the kitchen, logged again at the vehicle, and opened only at the galley catering point on the aircraft, so the chain of custody has no gap for anyone to query afterward. Temperatures are read and recorded at sealing and again at handover, and the paperwork that closes the loop travels with the load, not behind it. Nothing on that route is left to memory: every stage that touches the galley is signed for by name.
One narrow-body stand, one sealed route, one signature at the galley door.
Crew meals and pilot meals for YVE departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at CYVK / YVE
Airport catering at Vernon runs from one production kitchen rather than several satellite sites, which keeps hot production, pastry, the cold larder and the protocol line answerable to a single schedule. That consolidation matters at a narrow-body field: there is no second stand to absorb a delay, so the kitchen plans its output against the one rotation it has to feed. The same HACCP standard governs every tray leaving the building, and airport catering at CYVK is scheduled backward from the loading window rather than forward from convenience.
The team assigned to government flight catering at Vernon is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn from wherever is available that day. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the stand, and is trained to the household service standards that royal and state movements require. That continuity is deliberate: a protocol file travels with the same hands from the kitchen to the aircraft, which is what a chain of custody is meant to guarantee. Nothing about the specification changes because the crew has.
Halal airline meals and special meals at CYVK
VVIP catering to a written specification at Vernon
Menus at Vernon are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed list, so a scheduled rotation, a state movement and a group charter each draw on a specification built for that flight. Canadian sourcing runs through the range where the season allows it: dairy, orchard fruit, cured fish and grain-fed produce feature across cabin tiers rather than in one showcase dish. Inflight catering at this station closes on documentation as much as on the plate, with allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets recorded per passenger and per cabin before the tray leaves the kitchen. Nothing boards without that record attached, and nothing is substituted once it has been filed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Vernon are plated to a written specification rather than improvised on the day, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request and filed against the standing order for that rotation. VIP flight catering here is documented before it is cooked, so the presentation on board matches what protocol signed off in the kitchen.
Business cabins
Business cabins at CYVK receive multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on that rotation. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the duty roster, so tray sets and meal boxes reach the right seat without sorting on board.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at YVE are documented per passenger, covering halal, kosher, religious and medical 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 leaves that line, so a household or a delegation requirement never crosses paths with a standard tray.
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 under HACCP control at CYVK / YVE
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 Vernon (YVE)
Vernon runs a narrow-body reference code across its single runway, which means every catering plan here is built around one stand rather than a bank of them: a delegation is a documentation problem before it is a capacity one, and a peak departure wave is worked through sequencing rather than through spare stands.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to that stand by airside delivery, sealed and escorted across the apron, with hi-loader boarding used wherever the aircraft on the stand calls for galley-height access. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at CYVK run off one duty roster rather than several handoffs, and airport catering in Vernon is planned stand by stand because there is no second one to fall back on.
One coordinator holds the rotation from seal to signature, and airline catering in Canada is committed here on that same named responsibility every time.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at CYVK / YVE
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Government and state flight catering at CYVK
The 1024 m runway at Vernon takes the narrow-body aircraft that state and delegation movements typically use through this field. Government flight catering here runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and an uplift sealed at the kitchen before a head of state movement or an official delegation ever reaches the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at YVE
A private airliner sized to this field's narrow-body reference code can be boarded here on the same specification held for every other rotation. Royal flight catering and VVIP work at Vernon runs to household standards kept on file between movements, covering BBJ and ACJ types, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Vernon
Across the single stand at CYVK, the narrow-body reference code sets the frame for every charter movement that lands here. Charter flight catering at Vernon covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering staged against the loading sheet in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at CYVK
Our kitchen provisions the single narrow-body stand at Vernon on one loading plan, which is what lets a scheduled carrier run this field as an outstation without a second setup. We hold ad hoc airline catering here for last-minute additions, outstation catering for carriers based through Vernon, diversion catering when a rotation lands unplanned, and technical stop catering when a turnaround is brief, with crew meals boxed to the same roster across a multi-leg pattern.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at YVE
A single narrow-body stand at Vernon means business aviation movements are sequenced against the same rotation as everything else on the field, never held apart on a separate ramp. Private jet catering at Vernon reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering and business aviation catering delivered from the one kitchen behind the field.
Private jets →
FBOs at Vernon
vernon regional
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Vernon airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at YVE
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For a last-minute requirement at Vernon (YVE/CYVK), we contacted them as our airline catering broker. The response time was good and we did not have to manage several local suppliers ourselves. It made the station much easier to manage. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Bastien — Trip Operations Coordinator
“I arranged VIP flight catering in Vernon for our departure from YVE/CYVK. The menu selection was good and all special requests were clearly identified. Good local support for a VIP operation. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Maja — Airport Duty Manager
“Our passenger profile required halal airline meals at Vernon (YVE/CYVK), with several different dietary restrictions. The order arrived complete and the special requests were handled with the same presentation as the regular meals. That attention to detail makes a big difference onboard. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Omar — VIP Aviation Coordinator
Airport catering reference for Vernon (CYVK / YVE)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 1,024 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | CYVK |
Business jet catering questions at CYVK
Diversion catering and ramp questions at CYVK
What operations gets asked every week about Vernon.
Ask operations directly →When does airline catering cost get confirmed at CYVK?
Once cabin count, specification and the loading window are set, our desk returns a quotation rather than a fixed price list; narrow-body volumes at CYVK keep that turnaround short.
Whose order deadline applies at Vernon?
For scheduled rotations we ask for lead time measured in days, and how far in advance a specification can still change depends on how close the flight is to departure; last minute airline catering is still worked where the kitchen has capacity.
Where is VIP flight catering and government flight catering documented at Vernon Regional?
Every household or state movement travels with a protocol file recording the specification, the cleared staff and the seal applied at the kitchen, so VIP flight catering and government flight catering here are never handled off a verbal brief.
Does YVE produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes?
Each cabin can carry halal, kosher and any SPML code requested, produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before boarding.
Is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at CYVK?
The coordinator assigned to that rotation delivers FBO catering to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal directly, on the same cold chain used for an airline uplift.
Which method gets airline catering to the aircraft at Vernon?
The loader or the sealed cart makes the run from our kitchen across the apron under escort, with airside delivery and hi-loader boarding used wherever the aircraft calls for galley-height access.
Aviation catering at airports near Vernon
YLW / CYLW
Kelowna
Canada · 32 km from Vernon
Airline & VIP flight catering →
YSN / CZAM
Salmon Arm
Canada · 49 km from Vernon
Airline & VIP flight catering →
YYF / CYYF
Penticton
Canada · 89 km from Vernon
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for Vernon (YVE)
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Vernon (YVE / CYVK)
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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 Vernon (YVE)