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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Nouméa, New Caledonia
Airside airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Nouméa (NWWW / NOU)
NOU (IATA) · NWWW (ICAO)
A wide-body aerodrome reference code at Nouméa (NWWW), governing what boards on a single runway 3,250 metres long, means one hi-loader can bring a full wide-body uplift to galley height without a second lift. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering from a kitchen staged for that reach, so aviation catering here is airside from cart seal to galley door, on one ops desk, 24/7.
3,250 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
03
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 — Nouméa
Aviation catering with ramp access at Nouméa (NOU)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at Nouméa, New Caledonia
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Nouméa airport
Ramp access, not the kitchen, sets the pace of the loading window here: once the hi-loader clears the apron, the catering uplift moves on a single measured sequence to the galley door. Every cart is sealed and logged before it leaves our kitchen, and the same log closes at handover on the stand. Nothing about the sequence is estimated; it is timed against the same checkpoints on every rotation through Nouméa.
Between our kitchen and the stand at NOU sit screening, an escort through the airside gate, and apron traffic that a single runway concentrates onto one sequence of movements. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of those three, not the best, so a delay upstream never becomes a delay at the galley door. Galley catering only moves once the escort and the loading crew are both on the ramp together.
Temperature is logged twice: once when the cart is sealed at the kitchen, once again at handover on the stand, with both readings carried on the same document. A named coordinator signs that document at the aircraft, closing the chain of custody that opened at the seal. Nothing leaves the kitchen without that first reading already on file.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the aircraft, nothing unaccounted between them.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for NWWW / NOU
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Nouméa (NOU)
Airport catering at Nouméa runs from a flight kitchen built around the same wide-body reference code that governs the stand: hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, staged for a full three-cabin uplift rather than a single galley cart. The kitchen holds its production to a written HACCP standard, checked at every stage from intake to sealed cart, and airport catering at NWWW is planned against that standard first and the rotation second. Everything that reaches the aircraft has passed the same cold chain inside that one flight kitchen at NOU.
The team that handles government flight catering here is the same named crew every rotation: security clearance on file, on the access list, and trained to royal household standards as well as to the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. Nobody new is added to a protocol movement without that clearance already recorded. The same crew carries the chain of custody from the kitchen door to the signature on the stand.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Nouméa
VVIP catering to a written specification at Nouméa, New Caledonia
Menus at Nouméa are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a fixed list, and inflight catering at Nouméa draws on the produce of New Caledonia and the wider Pacific where the mission calls for it: reef fish, tropical fruit, dairy landed locally, used as ingredients rather than as a selling point. First and Business cabins are plated to a written specification; main cabin runs on tray sets and passenger meal boxes sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Every set is written before the rotation, not adjusted on the ramp. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that documentation rather than against a general list.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Nouméa: VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar service and à-la-carte options available on request. The presentation is filed against the standing order held for NWWW, so a repeat rotation is plated the same way each time it lands.
Business cabins
Business cabins at NOU: multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals and cabin crew meals travel in the same tray sets, with pilot meals boxed separately against the roster for both Nouméa and wider New Caledonia rotations.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements are documented per passenger at NWWW, covering household and religious sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Halal and kosher sets are produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, and inflight catering in New Caledonia is planned against that documentation rather than adjusted on the ramp.
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 NOU
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 NWWW
A single wide-body stand at NWWW carries scheduled, charter and government traffic through one sequence rather than several parallel ones, so a delegation on the ramp is a documentation problem to plan for and a peak wave is a capacity problem to sequence around, both on the same stand. Airline catering and inflight catering are planned to that one sequence rather than to a terminal timetable, because there is no second stand to fall back on.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the stand under airside delivery, escorted through the gate and handed to the loading crew on the ramp, with ramp access held on our own badges rather than borrowed from a handling agent. In-flight catering and aviation catering at Nouméa both run off that one route, cart by cart, to the hi-loader waiting at the stand.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, and airport catering in Nouméa closes on a signed handover at the aircraft every time.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at Nouméa (NOU)
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Government and state flight catering at NWWW
The 3,250 metre runway at Nouméa takes the aircraft that head-of-state and delegation movements typically fly, which keeps government flight catering here on the same stand sequence as any other wide-body arrival. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared in advance, and the uplift is sealed before it leaves the kitchen for state visits and official delegations alike.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at NOU
Private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations — are the aircraft the 3,250 metre runway at Nouméa is built to take, which is what lets royal flight catering here hold to one written household specification across repeat rotations. That specification stays on file between movements at NWWW, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request rather than reassembled each time.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Nouméa
Onto the single wide-body stand at NWWW, the 3,250 metre runway brings ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions through the same loading sequence as scheduled traffic. Charter flight catering at Nouméa runs a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at NOU is staged in the order the galleys are laid out, tour and repatriation missions included.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at NWWW
A single wide-body stand at NWWW carries every scheduled movement through the same loading sequence, which is what makes ad hoc airline catering practical here on short notice. Carriers running Nouméa as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals boxed to the roster across a multi-leg rotation for both NOU and wider New Caledonia routings.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at NOU
A single wide-body stand at NWWW sets the sequence business aviation is worked into, so private jet catering at Nouméa is scheduled against the same ramp slot rather than a separate one. Delivery reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with business aviation catering, business jet catering and FBO catering all held to the same cold chain and paperwork as a wide-body uplift.
Private jets →
Inflight catering rated by operators at Nouméa, New Caledonia
Charter operators on flight catering at NWWW / NOU
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used football club charter catering at Nouméa (NOU/NWWW) for a team charter and had a good experience. The meals were clearly labeled, portions were suitable for the group, and the delivery stayed on time despite a moving departure. The crew was happy with the organization. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Leon — Trip Planning Manager
“We arranged troop flight catering at Nouméa (NOU/NWWW) for a non-routine passenger movement. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Maya — Turnaround Coordinator
“For a cargo sector from Nouméa (NOU/NWWW), we arranged cargo airline catering for the operating crew. Meals arrived on time and were packed practically for a working crew rather than over-presented. We would use them again for another cargo sector. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Anika — Private Aviation Manager
Nouméa (NWWW / NOU): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,250 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | NWWW |
Airline catering services FAQ for Nouméa
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Nouméa
What operations gets asked every week about Nouméa.
Ask operations directly →Does Nouméa Airport deliver airline catering airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
Every cart leaves our kitchen sealed and travels under airside delivery to the stand, where it is boarded by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
Who sets the airline catering cost at NOU, and what does a quotation depend on?
Across every rotation, cost depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked for that flight; we publish no price list and the desk comes back with a quotation once those three are known.
How far does private jet catering reach at NWWW?
Security clearance on the ramp lets us deliver FBO catering to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as a wide-body uplift.
Nouméa — are halal, kosher and SPML meal codes produced, and how are they documented?
The sealed cart that leaves our kitchen carries halal and kosher sets on a separate production line, with the full range of IATA special meal codes documented per passenger before departure.
The loading window at Nouméa Airport — how far in advance must an order be placed, and how late can it change?
There is a standard lead time for a first order and a shorter window for a specification change once the rotation is confirmed, both held against the single stand sequence here.
At what point does protocol apply to VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at NOU?
The first step is clearance: security-cleared staff and a documented protocol file are in place before the sealed uplift ever leaves the kitchen for a VIP flight catering or government flight catering movement.
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Nouméa (NOU)