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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Fort-de-France, Martinique
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Fort-de-France (TFFF / FDF)
FDF (IATA) · TFFF (ICAO)
A 3000 m runway lets a wide-body pull onto the single stand at Fort-de-France and take a full uplift without a weight trade against fuel. Inflight catering here moves by hi-loader to galley height across all three cabins, with in-flight catering timed to the turnaround rather than the clock on the wall.
3,000 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — Fort-de-France
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at TFFF
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
In-flight catering loading window at TFFF
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Fort-de-France
Ramp access at Fort-de-France is planned before the aircraft is on stand, not worked out once it lands. The single wide-body stand gives one apron sequence to hold, so the catering uplift moves in a fixed order from the sealed cart to the galley door at TFFF. Nothing about that order is improvised: it is set against the turnaround and held there.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Fort-de-France sit screening, an escort through the apron and the general traffic that crosses it, and the galley catering is planned against the worst of that, not the average of it. Chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen door to the signature taken at the aircraft, with nothing in between left to the driver's judgement. Every catering uplift carries its own temperature log, read at sealing and read again at handover, so the record travels with the galley rather than staying behind in a file.
One coordinator, one sealed convoy, one signature: that is the whole chain of custody.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Fort-de-France airport
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for FDF
Airport catering at Fort-de-France runs from a production kitchen built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, rather than from a series of separate stalls. That layout is what lets airport catering at FDF hold a scheduled tray run and a sealed VIP order on the same day without either one slowing the other. HACCP governs every stage of it, from the cold larder to the flight kitchen at FDF, so nothing crosses into a cart without a record behind it.
The team that handles government flight catering at Fort-de-France is the same named crew every rotation: security clearance on file, on the access list, trained to household service standards rather than rotated in for a single movement. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, ahead of anything on the tray. The same crew carries the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift, so the record and the food never separate between the kitchen and the aircraft.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Fort-de-France (FDF)
VIP flight catering, specified per passenger at TFFF
Menus at Fort-de-France are written to the cabin and to the mission rather than to a single fixed list, so a scheduled rotation and a sealed VIP order draw from the same kitchen without either being a compromise. Inflight catering in Martinique draws on regional produce where the season allows it, worked into general categories such as dairy, fish and orchard fruit rather than a named dish. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, and travel labelled from the kitchen to the galley. Passenger meal boxes and full plated service sit on the same specification sheet, so nothing on board depends on memory.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Fort-de-France: VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte service on request at TFFF. The presentation is filed against the standing order before the cart is sealed, so a repeat rotation reads the same on the second occasion as it did on the first.
Business cabins
Business cabins at FDF: multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed to the roster. Crew meals travel on the same tray-set standard as the passenger cabin, counted against the same loading sheet.
Protocol & dietary
Halal and kosher sets, along with the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced at Fort-de-France on a separate line and sealed before that line closes for the day. Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger, which is what inflight catering depends on when a specification changes late.
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 TFFF / FDF
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 TFFF / FDF
Fort-de-France carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body stand, and that mix turns catering into a documentation problem as often as a volume one: a delegation needs its protocol file matched to the manifest before a tray moves. Airline catering at FDF is planned around that one stand rather than around a terminal gate, so a peak rotation is scheduled, not absorbed on the day.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, boarded directly to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft, with our own escort covering the apron crossing. Aviation catering at TFFF and airport catering in Fort-de-France both run off that same route, which keeps the record and the food together from the kitchen door to the aircraft.
One coordinator holds the rotation from seal to signature, and inflight catering at FDF closes on a handover that both sides sign.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at FDF
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Government and state flight catering at FDF
A wide-body reference code held at Fort-de-France means a delegation aircraft is worked to the same stand clearance as any scheduled wide-body, so the protocol file has to be matched to the manifest before anything moves. Government flight catering here covers state visits and official delegations for a head of state aircraft, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen at FDF.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Fort-de-France
The reference code at Fort-de-France is wide-body, and that single classification is what lets a private airliner and a scheduled aircraft share the same stand clearance without a separate approval. Royal flight catering here covers BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP movements, held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at TFFF
Our kitchen provisions the single wide-body stand at Fort-de-France with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet before the aircraft is on the ground. Charter flight catering at FDF covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering in Martinique staged in the order the galleys are laid out rather than in a fixed sequence.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at FDF
At the single wide-body stand held at Fort-de-France, a 3000 m runway keeps a full-weight departure on the same slot as its scheduled arrival, which is what an outstation carrier needs before it commits a rotation here. Ad hoc airline catering at FDF covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with crew meals carried on the same tray-set standard across a multi-leg rotation through Martinique.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Fort-de-France
A 3000 m runway at Fort-de-France takes business aviation traffic on the same movement area as the scheduled wide-body flow, worked from the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field rather than from a separate apron. Private jet catering in Fort-de-France reaches all of them on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at TFFF
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Fort-de-France airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used the team at Fort-de-France (FDF/TFFF) for contingency catering after an unexpected operational change. Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. A dependable option for irregular operations. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Alain — Flight Services Coordinator
“We needed off-station catering for a flight through Fort-de-France (FDF/TFFF) and the process was much easier than expected. The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. We would be comfortable using the service there again. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Adrian — Airport Services Manager
“For our flight at Fort-de-France (FDF/TFFF), we needed a quick airline catering cost per meal before confirming the order. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. We appreciated the transparency. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Thomas — Corporate Aviation Manager
Station data for airport catering at Fort-de-France (TFFF / FDF)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | TFFF |
Aviation catering FAQ for Fort-de-France, Martinique
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Fort-de-France (FDF)
What operations gets asked every week about Fort-de-France.
Ask operations directly →Is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering handled under protocol at FDF?
Our coordinator runs every VIP flight catering and government flight catering order under a written protocol file, matched to the manifest before the cart is sealed. Escort and access are held on our own badges rather than arranged on the day.
At what point does an order need to be placed at TFFF, and how late can the specification still change?
The kitchen holds a provisional slot as soon as the rotation is confirmed, which sets the lead time for a standard order. A cabin count or a dietary set can still change closer to departure, but the loading window itself is fixed once the sealed cart leaves the kitchen.
Does the desk deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal in Fort-de-France?
Every FBO on the field and the GA terminal at Fort-de-France receive FBO catering on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as a scheduled airline uplift. Nothing about the specification changes because the movement is a business jet rather than a wide-body.
Where does the figure for airline catering cost at Fort-de-France come from, since no price list is published?
The specification sheet lists cabin count, tray standard and loading window, and that document is what a quotation is built against rather than a flat rate. The desk returns a figure once that sheet is confirmed for the rotation.
Outstation catering near Fort-de-France
SLU / TLPC
Castries
Saint Lucia · 63 km from Fort-de-France
Airline & VIP flight catering →
DCF / TDCF
Canefield
Dominica · 93 km from Fort-de-France
Airline & VIP flight catering →
UVF / TLPL
Vieux Fort
Saint Lucia · 96 km from Fort-de-France
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Inflight catering quote for Fort-de-France
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Fort-de-France (FDF / TFFF)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Fort-de-France (FDF)