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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Cunnamulla, Australia
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Cunnamulla (YCMU / CMA)
CMA (IATA) · YCMU (ICAO)
Two runways, the longer at 1,733 metres, set the operating limit for every wide-body-configured turn worked through Cunnamulla, and inflight catering here is planned against that limit rather than around it. AERO GOURMET runs in-flight catering on the same reference code, boarding the three cabins by hi-loader to galley height and covering the ad hoc uplift a diverted or delayed rotation needs.
1,733 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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 — Cunnamulla
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at YCMU
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering lead times at Cunnamulla
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at YCMU / CMA
The narrow-body reference code held at Cunnamulla sets a single sequence for every uplift: sealed at the kitchen, moved with ramp access held on our own clearance, and loaded through the galley door in cabin order. Nothing about that sequence is estimated after the fact, because the apron here carries scheduled, ad hoc and diverted traffic on the same two runways. A catering uplift at CMA is therefore timed against the stand it is assigned, not against a generic turnaround figure.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Cunnamulla sit screening, an escorted apron crossing and the general traffic that shares the field's two runways, and a catering uplift is planned against the worst of that, not the average of it. Chain of custody runs from the seal at the flight kitchen door to the signature taken at the aircraft, with nothing handed off in between. Galley catering here is logged twice for temperature, once at sealing and again at handover, so the record that travels with the cart matches the load that boarded.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature: nothing changes hands unrecorded.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving CMA
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at YCMU / CMA
The flight kitchen at CMA runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, all held to HACCP procedure from intake to load-out. That structure is what airport catering at Cunnamulla depends on for a narrow-body turn: one line producing to cabin specification while another finishes a sealed uplift bound for the stand. Airport catering in Australia rarely sits this close to a field with only two runways, which is exactly why the production sequence here is built around the ramp rather than around a separate depot.
The team handling government flight catering at Cunnamulla is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access roster, and trained to the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed load. That consistency is what a protocol officer checks first, before any menu detail. Nobody outside that list touches a royal household or state uplift between the kitchen door and the aircraft at CMA.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at YCMU
VVIP catering to a written specification at Cunnamulla
Menus at Cunnamulla are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, so a narrow-body scheduled sector and a VIP charter through the same stand do not share a specification. Inflight catering in Cunnamulla draws on the region's produce where the season allows it, kept in general terms — dairy, orchard fruit, regional grain — rather than a named dish or supplier. Seasonal menu cycles rotate week to week while the tray standard behind them stays fixed. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, and travel with the load rather than being decided at the stand.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at CMA are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request for a private airliner or a state movement. Every plate is filed against the standing order before it leaves the kitchen, so VIP flight catering here is repeatable rotation to rotation, not improvised.
Business cabins
Business cabins at YCMU take multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the aircraft's own galley, boarded as tray sets rather than loose trays. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster count, so cabin crew meals and pilot meals never draw from the passenger stock.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Cunnamulla are documented per passenger before the load is built: household and religious needs, medical sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Halal and kosher sets are produced on a separate line and sealed before that line closes, so inflight catering here keeps every dietary set traceable back to the passenger it was written for.
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 YCMU / CMA
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 Cunnamulla (CMA)
Two runways and a narrow-body reference code define what Cunnamulla can turn, and that mix means catering here is planned around scheduled, ad hoc and diverted movements sharing the same limited stand pattern rather than around a single dominant traffic type. A repeat rotation is a repetition problem to manage; an unscheduled diversion onto the same apron is a documentation and timing problem instead, and both are worked from the one kitchen.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by airside delivery straight to the stand, sealed at the kitchen and moved under our own ramp clearance rather than handed to a third party partway. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at Cunnamulla all run off that same single ops desk, so a change to one rotation does not mean re-briefing a second team. Airport catering in Cunnamulla is planned stand by stand rather than terminal-wide, because the field's two runways carry too mixed a traffic pattern for a blanket schedule.
What we commit to at CMA is unchanged rotation to rotation: one coordinator named against the load, carts sealed before they leave the kitchen, and a signed handover recorded at the aircraft door. Airline catering at CMA is measured against that same handover record every time, narrow-body or otherwise.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at YCMU / CMA
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Government and state flight catering at YCMU
With a narrow-body reference code governing every stand at Cunnamulla, a state movement is worked to the same physical limits as a scheduled sector, which makes documentation the variable rather than the aircraft. Government flight catering here covers state visits and official delegations, with the protocol file built per passenger, security-cleared staff assigned to the load, and every head of state movement sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at CMA
Sequencing a private airliner through a narrow-body stand at Cunnamulla means working the loading order around a single reference code rather than a wide-body one, and that constraint is set before the household specification is even opened. Royal flight catering at CMA holds VVIP requirements to a written household standard kept on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and private airliner configurations, with halal and other household dietary sets produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Cunnamulla
At 1,733 metres, the longest runway at Cunnamulla sets what can operate here, and within that limit a full cabin uplift is still counted against the loading sheet rather than estimated. Charter flight catering at YCMU covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering at Cunnamulla staged in the order the galleys are laid out for that aircraft.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at YCMU
A narrow-body scheduled sector and an ad hoc diversion can call on the same stand at Cunnamulla within a single day, because the field's reference code holds both to one loading standard. Outstation catering and diversion catering run off that same duty roster, technical stop catering and AOG included, with ad hoc airline catering in Australia covered without a separate booking path, and crew meals at CMA boxed to the roster on every leg of a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at CMA
Our kitchen works to the same 1,733-metre runway limit for business aviation as for any scheduled turn through Cunnamulla, so private jet catering at Cunnamulla follows one loading standard rather than a separate one. FBO catering reaches the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field on the same cold chain and business aviation catering paperwork as an airline uplift, business jet catering included.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Cunnamulla airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at CMA
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged diverted flight catering at Cunnamulla (CMA/YCMU). Communication was fast and practical, which made a difficult turnaround much easier for our crew. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Aya — Charter Flight Coordinator
“We used the service at Cunnamulla (CMA/YCMU) for off-station catering on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. A solid solution for outstation operations. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Matteo — Turnaround Coordinator
“We requested an airline catering cost per meal for Cunnamulla (CMA/YCMU) and appreciated how clear the pricing was. The inclusions were easy to understand, lead time was realistic, and there were no surprises when the final order was confirmed. The clear communication made the booking easy. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Yann — VIP Operations Controller
Airport catering profile for Cunnamulla (YCMU / CMA)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,733 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | YCMU |
Business jet catering questions at YCMU
Diversion catering and ramp questions at YCMU
What operations gets asked every week about Cunnamulla.
Ask operations directly →How is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering handled at CMA?
CMA VIP flight catering and government flight catering run under a written protocol: security-cleared staff, a sealed uplift, and documentation filed per passenger before departure.
When does an order need to be placed at YCMU, and how late can the specification change?
Once a rotation is confirmed we take the loading window and cabin count first; the lead time for the full specification follows, and late changes are worked against that same window rather than a fixed cut-off.
Which halal, kosher and special meal codes are produced for flights through Cunnamulla?
Halal and kosher sets, along with the full range of IATA special meal (SPML) codes, are produced on a separate line at the kitchen and sealed before they leave it, documented per passenger.
Can you say what airline catering costs at Cunnamulla Airport?
The airline catering cost at Cunnamulla Airport depends on cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a fixed rate; the desk returns a quotation once those three are known.
What does private jet catering delivery look like at CMA?
We deliver private jet catering and FBO catering to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, on the same cold chain and paperwork as a scheduled airline uplift.
Do you deliver airline catering airside at YCMU?
Yes, by airside delivery straight to the stand, sealed at the kitchen and boarded via hi-loader to galley height rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft.
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