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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Canberra, Australia
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Canberra (YSCB / CBR)
CBR (IATA) · YSCB (ICAO)
At Canberra, a 3283 m longest runway sets the aerodrome reference code to wide-body, so a full three-cabin rotation can be planned rather than improvised. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering at Canberra (YSCB) and in-flight catering at Canberra from a kitchen positioned for hi-loader boarding to galley height, uplift staged for wide-body turnarounds.
3,283 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
2
FBOs 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 — Canberra
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at YSCB
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at CBR
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at YSCB / CBR
Ramp access is what a loading window at Canberra actually measures: the point where a sealed cart leaves our kitchen and the point where it clears the galley door. Catering uplift at YSCB is tracked stage by stage across the apron rather than quoted as a single figure, because the apron itself is the variable a plan has to absorb. The result is a loading window that holds even when the ramp is busy around it.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Canberra sit screening, an escort through the airside gate, and whatever else is moving on the apron that hour; we plan the catering uplift against the busiest version of that route, not the easiest one. Galley catering only counts once the load has cleared every one of those points in order, so the convoy is treated as the variable and the food as the constant. Temperatures are logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and again at handover, and a signature closes the chain of custody at the galley door.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley.
Airline food supplier for YSCB rotations
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Canberra
The flight kitchen behind our Canberra operation runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to the wide-body reference code the aerodrome carries. Airport catering at YSCB is produced to HACCP standard on every line, with the cold chain held from the moment a tray is sealed to the moment it clears the galley door. That single-site layout is what lets airport catering at CBR move straight from production to a hi-loader without a hand-off in between, which is where most delay is actually lost.
Government flight catering at Canberra is handled by the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for the day. Each member carries a current security clearance, sits on the access list for the airside gate, and works to the household standards a protocol file requires before a delegation is confirmed. That continuity is what keeps a sealed uplift's paperwork consistent from one movement to the next, rather than rebuilt each time.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Canberra airport
VIP flight catering, specified per passenger at CBR
Menus at CBR are written to the cabin, the mission and the season, moving from passenger meal boxes on a scheduled rotation to full VVIP service without changing the kitchen behind them. Local dairy, orchard fruit and regional produce sit alongside the wider inflight catering range, worked into a specification rather than a fixed card. Inflight catering in Australia carries the same standard whether the movement is a technical stop or a long-haul departure, and the season sets the produce, not the mission. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before it reaches the galley door.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Canberra are plated to a written specification rather than a standing card, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering at YSCB is filed against that specification so a repeat rotation is served the same way twice.
Business cabins
Business cabins at YSCB run multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals at Canberra travel in the same tray sets, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately and crew meals in Canberra tracked against the roster.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at CBR are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical needs alongside halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering at CBR produces these on a separate line, sealed before it leaves that line for the galley.
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 YSCB / CBR
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 Canberra, Australia
Canberra carries two runways and a wide-body reference code, which puts scheduled, charter and government traffic on the same stands rather than splitting them across separate infrastructure. That mix turns a delegation into a documentation task, a peak wave into a capacity task, and a repeat charter rotation into a repetition task, each handled differently even though the ramp looks the same from the kitchen's side.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader, lifted directly to galley height rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft first. Airline catering at CBR moves from our kitchen to the ramp under escort, with our own crew on the apron for the load rather than a handover partway there. Airport catering in Canberra is planned stand by stand, and inflight catering at Canberra, in-flight catering and aviation catering at YSCB all run off the same single ops desk rather than three separate ones.
On every stand, one coordinator owns the rotation, the carts are sealed at the kitchen, and a signed handover closes the load before departure.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at YSCB
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Government and state flight catering at YSCB
The 3283 m runway clears wide-body movements, which is what lets a head of state aircraft use the same stands as a scheduled service without a separate arrangement. Government flight catering at Canberra for state visits and official delegations runs on protocol documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and catering at YSCB sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at CBR
We hold the wide-body reference code Canberra carries to the same household specification across repeat movements, whichever private airliner is on the stand. Royal flight catering at this station covers BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP aircraft, with royal household requirements and halal VVIP sets kept on file between rotations rather than rebuilt each time.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Canberra
Wide-body is the reference code Canberra is built to, and that code is what lets a full three-cabin charter uplift board here rather than a scaled-down version of one. Charter flight catering at this station serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and multi-leg rotations, with charter flight catering in Australia counted against the loading sheet stand by stand.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at YSCB
Two runways and a wide-body reference code keep Canberra open to scheduled and ad hoc movements on the same stands, which is what makes ad hoc airline catering here a same-day fit rather than a special request. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals at Canberra and crew meals at CBR boxed to the roster across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at CBR
Business airliners on the wide-body stands here share the ramp with the smaller movements the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field handle day to day. Private jet catering in Canberra reaches both, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Canberra
aero adapt
corporate air
Charter flight catering reviewed at CBR
Flight departments on jet catering at YSCB
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We used football club charter catering at Canberra (CBR/YSCB) for a team charter and had a good experience. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. We would book them again for another team movement. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Javier — Corporate Aviation Manager
“We arranged evacuation flight catering at Canberra (CBR/YSCB) for a non-routine passenger movement. They kept the menu simple, respected the special requirements, and delivered exactly when the aircraft was ready to receive it. We appreciated the flexibility. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Aisha — Charter Dispatch Manager
“For a cargo sector from Canberra (CBR/YSCB), we arranged cargo crew meals for the operating crew. They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. A reliable option for cargo operations. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Leon — Airline Operations Controller
Station data for aviation catering at Canberra (YSCB / CBR)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,283 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | YSCB |
Aircraft catering questions at Canberra, Australia
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Canberra airport
What operations gets asked every week about Canberra.
Ask operations directly →Does Canberra Airport take airline catering delivered airside, right to the aircraft?
Every rotation is boarded by hi-loader, lifted to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with airside delivery run under escort from our kitchen to the stand.
CBR — do you produce halal, kosher and the full range of special meal codes?
Each tray set is produced on a separate line to the passenger's SPML code, with halal and kosher sets documented and sealed before dispatch.
Lead time — how far in advance does an order need to be placed at YSCB?
There is a standing window for a full specification change and a shorter one for a same-day adjustment, so last minute airline catering is handled as an exception process rather than refused outright.
How far does private jet catering reach across the field in Canberra?
The same clearance that covers an airline uplift extends to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, so FBO catering runs on the identical cold chain and paperwork.
At what point does VIP flight catering at Canberra Airport shift into government or protocol handling?
The first step is always the protocol file, logged before the kitchen sees the order, and government flight catering follows the same sealed-uplift sequence as a VVIP movement.
Whose specification decides what airline catering costs at CBR?
For every quote, the cabin count, the specification and the loading window set the price; there is no published list, and the desk returns a figure once those three are known.
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Offloading
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Uplift at Canberra (CBR)