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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Geelong/Melbourne, Australia
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Geelong/Melbourne (YMAV / AVV)
AVV (IATA) · YMAV (ICAO)
A 3048 m runway at Geelong/Melbourne (YMAV) sets a wide-body reference code, so inflight catering here is built for large-cabin rotations rather than adapted to them. Aviation catering moves airside by hi-loader straight to the galley door, with in-flight catering staged for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet departures from one ops desk.
3,048 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
02
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 — Geelong/Melbourne
Aviation catering with ramp access at Geelong/Melbourne
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for AVV departures
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at YMAV / AVV
Ramp access at AVV puts our crews on the apron rather than at a curb, so the catering uplift moves under our own escort from the kitchen seal to the galley door. Catering at YMAV is timed against the same wide-body reference code that sets the stand, not against a generic turnaround. The window closes when the load is signed for at the aircraft, not when it leaves our kitchen.
Between our kitchen and the stand at AVV, the convoy carries more risk than the food does: screening, escort clearance and apron traffic all sit ahead of the galley door, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst case each of them can produce on a given rotation. Chain of custody runs from a sealed departure at the flight kitchen to a signed handover at the galley, with no gap where responsibility is unclear. Temperatures are logged at sealing and logged again at handover, and galley catering only leaves our custody once that second reading and a signature are both on file.
One coordinator carries the load from kitchen seal to aircraft signature, without a handover gap.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving YMAV
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Geelong/Melbourne
Geelong/Melbourne runs one wide-body reference code across its single runway, and airport catering here is built to match that scale rather than a narrow-body rhythm. Airport catering in Australia at this scale depends on hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell working under one roof, so a three-cabin order and a government file can be prepared side by side without either slowing the other. The flight kitchen at AVV runs to a HACCP standard held constant across every order it turns out, whatever the mission on the loading sheet.
Government flight catering at Geelong/Melbourne is worked by the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in as volume rises. Each member carries security clearance on file and sits on the access list before a delegation is confirmed, trained to the household standards and the paperwork a sealed uplift has to travel with. Chain of custody stays with that named team from kitchen to aircraft, not handed off partway through the run.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Geelong/Melbourne airport
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at AVV
Menus at YMAV are written to the cabin and the mission, not to a single fixed spec repeated regardless of who is flying. Inflight catering here draws on Australia's produce in general terms, dairy, orchard fruit and fresh fish among them, worked into a VIP flight menu or a charter flight menu according to the rotation rather than a fixed seasonal card. Passenger meal boxes and galley ready meals run alongside plated service where the mission calls for it, all tracked against the same loading sheet. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, produced on a separate line and sealed before departure.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Geelong/Melbourne take VIP flight catering plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. Presentation is checked against that standing order before the cart is sealed, so the same standard repeats at YMAV whatever the mission on the manifest.
Business cabins
Business cabins at AVV run multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft type on the stand. Crew meals and cabin crew meals are boxed to the working roster, with pilot meals kept on a separate line so cockpit and cabin crews are never drawn from the same tray set.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at YMAV are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical needs alongside halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line. The full range of IATA special meal codes is available, and inflight catering here is sealed before it leaves that line, so the record travels with the tray rather than trailing behind it.
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 compliance at Geelong/Melbourne (AVV)
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 Geelong/Melbourne, Australia
Geelong/Melbourne carries a single runway built to a wide-body reference code, which means the traffic working through it ranges from scheduled and charter movements to government and VIP flights on the same stand rotation rather than a segregated one. Airline catering here is planned around that mix: a delegation brings a documentation load, a charter wave brings a capacity load, and a repeat rotation brings a repetition load, and the kitchen sequences all three off one ops desk. Aviation catering and in-flight catering both move from our flight kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, boarded directly to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crews holding ramp access onto the apron. Airport catering in Geelong/Melbourne is planned stand by stand rather than terminal by terminal, since the single runway concentrates movements rather than spreading them. Inflight catering in Australia at this station rests on one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover at the aircraft, the same commitment whatever the mission on the loading sheet.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Geelong/Melbourne
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Government and state flight catering at AVV
At a station holding a wide-body reference code, a head of state aircraft is sized and handled the same way any other large-cabin movement is. Government flight catering at Geelong/Melbourne covers state visits and official delegations with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the run, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Geelong/Melbourne
Sequencing a royal household load against a wide-body reference code means the loading plan has to hold a written specification steady across repeat rotations, not rebuild it each time. Royal flight catering at AVV serves private airliners including BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP configurations, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request from a file kept between movements.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at YMAV
3048 metres of runway clears a wide-body charter onto the stand without restriction on cabin configuration, which is what a full three-cabin uplift needs before loading even starts. Charter flight catering at YMAV serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and multi-leg missions, with charter flight catering in Australia counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at AVV
A wide-body reference code at Geelong/Melbourne means the aircraft cleared onto its stand are sized for full three-cabin loads, and that is the fleet ad hoc airline catering here is built around. 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 in Geelong/Melbourne carried on the same multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Geelong/Melbourne
Our crews work the same 3048 m stand infrastructure for business aviation as for wide-body arrivals, routing private jet catering at YMAV to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal rather than a separate facility. FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at AVV
Ops desks rating airline catering services at YMAV
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged tour operator charter catering for the group at Geelong/Melbourne (AVV/YMAV) after a late schedule update. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. Very practical for team and group charter work. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Axel — Network Control Coordinator
“We needed evacuation flight catering at Geelong/Melbourne (AVV/YMAV) for a time-sensitive operation. The meals were practical, clearly packed, and easy for the crew to distribute during the flight. Reliable service when the mission does not allow delays. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Jean — Private Jet Operations Manager
“We ordered freighter crew meals for a cargo rotation through Geelong/Melbourne (AVV/YMAV). The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. Good service for freighter crews and odd-hour schedules. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Aiden — Mission Operations Manager
Geelong/Melbourne (YMAV / AVV): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,048 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | YMAV |
Business jet catering questions at Geelong/Melbourne airport
Outstation catering and access questions at Geelong/Melbourne airport
What operations gets asked every week about Geelong/Melbourne.
Ask operations directly →Whose private jet catering reaches the FBOs and the GA terminal at Geelong/Melbourne?
For every operator on the field, our private jet catering reaches the FBOs and the GA terminal alike, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering never treated as a separate service.
At which point are halal, kosher and special meal codes documented for AVV departures?
Before the tray set leaves the kitchen, halal, kosher and the full range of IATA SPML special meals are recorded per passenger and produced on a separate line, so the documentation travels sealed with the order rather than trailing it.
Does YMAV handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering under protocol?
Every movement of that kind runs under a written protocol file: VIP flight catering and government flight catering are both handled by security-cleared staff with the paperwork sealed before departure.
How far in advance does Geelong/Melbourne need an order, and how late can it change?
Standard clearance procedures set the lead time for a new order, and last-minute airline catering changes are worked against the same loading window right up to the point the cart is sealed for the stand.
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Uplift at Geelong/Melbourne (AVV)