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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Maré, New Caledonia
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Maré (NWWR / MEE)
MEE (IATA) · NWWR (ICAO)
A narrow-body aircraft on approach to Maré works to a single runway of 1,000 metres, and every uplift here is sized to that reference code before it is planned. In-flight catering moves airside on this footing, and inflight catering for scheduled, charter and government rotations is boarded by hi-loader to galley height, wide-body volumes handled the same way, one desk running the uplift day and night.
1,000 m
Longest runway
Narrow-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 — Maré
Hi-loader aviation catering on the Maré, New Caledonia apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for Maré (MEE) departures
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at NWWR
Against a single 1,000 metre runway, the catering uplift at Maré is planned to the minute rather than the hour, because there is no second strip to absorb a delay. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, not negotiated stand by stand, so the sealed cart moves across the apron on a fixed path from kitchen to galley door. That fixed path is what lets a narrow-body rotation here turn on schedule rather than on hope.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Maré sit screening, escort and the apron traffic that a single runway concentrates onto one taxi route, and we plan the galley catering against the worst of it rather than the average. Chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen door to the signature at the aircraft, with nothing handed off in between that is not logged. Every catering uplift is temperature-logged at sealing and logged again at handover, and the load does not leave our custody until both entries are signed.
One sealed cart, one route across the apron, one signature at the door.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Maré, New Caledonia departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Maré airport
The flight kitchen provisioning airport catering at MEE runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, sized to a single narrow-body stand rather than to a bank of wide-body gates. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake to the sealed cart, and the cold chain is held from the larder to the galley door with no break in the record. Airport catering at Maré depends on that one-roof arrangement, because there is no second kitchen on the field to fall back on.
The team that handles government flight catering at Maré is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. That continuity matters more on a single-runway field than anywhere with a spare stand, because there is no second team to call in if the first is stood down. Catering at MEE for this category never changes hands mid-rotation.
VIP flight catering menus for NWWR / MEE departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Maré (MEE)
Menus for every cabin at Maré are chef-designed and adapted to the mission, whether that is a scheduled turnaround or a government movement through a single narrow-body stand. Inflight catering at Maré draws where it can on New Caledonia's own produce, dairy, reef fish and orchard fruit worked into the specification rather than a fixed dish. Each set is written to the cabin it serves and to the season it flies in, never to a formula copied across stations. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before the cart is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Maré are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte service on request and every course filed against the standing order before it leaves the kitchen. VIP flight catering here answers to that same specification on every rotation, whatever the aircraft or the mission behind it.
Business cabins
Business cabins at MEE run multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the narrow-body galley fitted to the aircraft on stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel boxed to the roster, on the same sealed cart as the cabin load.
Protocol & dietary
Halal and kosher sets, gluten-free and vegan trays, and the full range of IATA special meal codes are produced on a separate line at Maré and sealed before they leave it. Inflight catering documents every one of those requirements per passenger, so the cabin crew hand out exactly what was ordered, matched to name and seat.
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
HACCP and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at NWWR
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 MEE
A single 1,000 metre runway and one narrow-body reference code define the traffic Maré handles, which keeps the field to scheduled, charter and government movements rather than a mixed wide-body wave; that narrower profile turns catering here into a documentation and timing problem more than a volume one, since each rotation is worked on its own rather than against a bank of simultaneous departures.
The uplift travels a fixed route from our kitchen to the single stand, loaded by hi-loader to galley height rather than handed over at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp for the whole transfer. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering in New Caledonia run off that one ops desk, and airport catering at NWWR is planned stand by stand because there is no second one to plan around.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, and airline catering in Maré does not change hands mid-load.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Maré, New Caledonia
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Government and state flight catering at MEE
A single narrow-body stand forces every delegation movement through the same sequence, so government flight catering at Maré is built around that constraint rather than around a choice of gates. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared before they touch the load, and a head of state aircraft is worked to the same sealed-uplift procedure as any other rotation through this stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Maré
One narrow-body reference code, and that measurement decides which private airliners a royal household movement can bring through this stand rather than which menu is served. Royal flight catering at Maré holds VVIP household standards across repeat rotations, from a written specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request for BBJ and ACJ-class aircraft.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at NWWR
We stage a full three-cabin uplift against Maré's single narrow-body stand for charter airlines, ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions in general terms, counted against the loading sheet before the doors close. Charter flight catering at NWWR and charter flight catering at MEE both run to that same staged sequence, whatever the operator behind the booking.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at MEE
Against Maré's single 1,000 metre runway, a narrow-body rotation carries the same tray standard whether it lands as a scheduled service or an unplanned diversion. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering for carriers that treat this field as a stopover, diversion catering when a rotation is forced down unscheduled, and technical stop catering across a multi-leg pattern, all off one duty roster with crew meals at Maré boxed alongside the cabin load and crew meals at NWWR run to the same outstation catering standard in New Caledonia.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Maré
A 1,000 metre runway sets the class of business aviation traffic that Maré's GA terminal and the FBOs on the field actually receive. Private jet catering at MEE reaches that terminal and those FBOs directly, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all run on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at NWWR / MEE
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Maré, New Caledonia
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged royal flight catering at Maré (MEE/NWWR) for a sensitive movement. The team understood the need for confidentiality and kept the order organized despite late passenger and dietary changes. We were very satisfied with the level of coordination. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Pedro — Freighter Operations Manager
“I handled the cabin order for a flight from Maré (MEE/NWWR) and needed VIP airliner catering. The portions, packaging, and labeling worked well for the cabin, and the timing was spot on. Good quality and very practical for onboard service. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Ahmed — Aviation Services Coordinator
“We booked hajj charter catering at Maré (MEE/NWWR) for a large group departure. Meal counts were accurate, halal requirements were clearly managed, and the delivery was organized for a quick uplift. The operation ran smoothly from order to uplift. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Leila — Ground Services Manager
Airport catering data for Maré (NWWR / MEE)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 1,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | NWWR |
Aircraft catering questions at MEE
Outstation catering and access questions at NWWR / MEE
What operations gets asked every week about Maré.
Ask operations directly →Is airline catering delivered airside at MEE, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
Our coordinator escorts every sealed cart from the kitchen to the stand, and airside delivery is completed by hi-loader boarded direct to the galley door rather than handed over at the foot of the aircraft.
NWWR — how far in advance does an order need to be placed, and how late can the specification change?
The sealed cart and its loading sheet lock the order shortly before departure, but lead time works backwards from that point, so we ask how far in advance a rotation is known and keep the specification open until close to it; last minute airline catering is handled the same way, against whatever window remains.
How far do halal, kosher and special meal codes go at Maré, and how are they documented?
Our HACCP-run production line produces halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA SPML codes, and each one is labelled per passenger and per cabin before the cart carrying it is sealed.
Who is cleared to handle VIP, VVIP and government flights through Maré, and under what protocol?
For VIP flight catering, government flight catering and royal household movements alike, the same security-cleared team runs the load, with protocol documented per passenger and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Inflight catering at other airports near Maré
TGJ / NWWA
Tiga
New Caledonia · 49 km from Maré
Airline & VIP flight catering →
LIF / NWWL
Lifou
New Caledonia · 114 km from Maré
Airline & VIP flight catering →
ILP / NWWE
Île des Pins
New Caledonia · 137 km from Maré
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Maré (MEE / NWWR)
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Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Maré (MEE)