LSMA · Alpnach · Obwalden

Private jet catering at Alpnach Air Base (LSMA), Alpnach

Catering to your aircraft in Alpnach.

Alpnach sits on the Lake Lucerne arm in Obwalden at 1,460 ft, a Swiss military field where civil movements are rare and arranged. We cook and pack for the galley you actually have, and hand over at the aircraft.

Menu & order Download the menu

10 hours

ideal notice, last-minute handled

Plane-side

handover at the steps

Flight deck

crew and pilot dishes, on request

24/7

a flight attendant on the line

Three of us. All ex VIP cabin crew.

We know the galley, the diet card and the 5 a.m. re-plate — because we lived them. So we built the caterer we always wished we could call.

Camille

Menu & galley logistics

Fourteen years on VIP and head-of-state cabins. Can plate for twelve in a G650 galley and still land it hot.

Inès

Dietary & labelling

The one who reads every diet card twice. If it says no cross-contact, it means no cross-contact.

Sofia

The 24/7 line

Answers at 5 a.m. when the leg moved overnight. Same-day swaps are her love language.

The local tableCooked so it travels

Private jet catering with local specialities from Alpnach

Obwalden is dairy country, and what goes on a private jet menu from Alpnach is shaped by the mountain pasture around the lake: aged Alpine cheese, cured meats from the uplands and fish from Lake Lucerne. Private jet food from here travels best cold and sliced, so the Obwalden plate is planned as a board that waits in the drawer until the seatbelt sign goes off.

Cheese is the product that needs thought. Raclette or fondue cannot be made in a business jet galley, so the cheese is packed for the aircraft oven or served aged, with bread and fruit. Lake fish works better as a chilled terrine or a smoked fillet than as a hot dish at altitude. An inflight menu from Obwalden is chosen for how it survives a short sector and a cold apron.

Sweet things follow the region too: Swiss chocolate, pastry, and a pear or apple tart in season. On a winter flight these local specialities from Obwalden stay warm and simple, something the flight attendant finishes in two minutes.

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Obwalden cheese and cured meat private jet menu platter for Alpnach

01Alpine cheese boardAged cheeses sliced, chutney in a separate pot, bread apart.

02Lake Lucerne smoked fishChilled, served cold, lemon wedge packed separately.

03Cured mountain meatsThin-sliced platter, no heating needed.

04Swiss chocolate and pastryBoxed, kept cool, no melting in the drawer.

How it works

Three steps, one message

You message us

Tail, pax, diets, timing. One message — no portal, no quote form. Answered at any hour, by a flight attendant.

We cook & pack for a galley

Leak-proof boxes, marked by guest and restriction, with reheating times written on the lid.

You re-plate and serve

Two minutes out of the drawer. Whatever you ordered for the crew comes in the same delivery, and one clean invoice follows.

At a glance · AlpnachAlpnach Air Base · LSMA

The three founders, former VIP cabin crew, on a business jet airstair — private jet catering at Alpnach Air Base (LSMA)

A Swiss Air Force gate decides every civil arrival at LSMA, so the order is built backwards from who opens it. Private jet catering for Alpnach is sealed, labelled by seat and sized for a short stop on the Obwalden apron. Executive jet catering for a small delegation fits the same sealed format, business aviation catering suits a cold ramp, and diplomatic flight catering for an official visit starts with one question: which handling agent holds the airside pass for your movement.

Restaurant cuisine, cooked on the ground
Fresh and local produce
Labelled by seat, diet and reheat
Aviation-ready packaging
High loader for large cabins
HACCP certified kitchens

Who we fly forTwo cabins, one standard

Business jet catering loaded into a galley at Alpnach LSMA

Business aviationOur core

Private jet catering in Alpnach for business and VIP flights (LSMA)

Business jet catering at Alpnach Air Base is almost always a one-off brief: a corporate jet catering request for a delegation heading to Lucerne or Obwalden, a charter flight catering order for a single rotation, or an executive visit tied to a local event. Nobody here stocks a galley for you, so a private jet chef works from your passenger list and seat plan. We write a bespoke menu for LSMA that holds up on a cold apron at 1,460 ft, with VIP flight catering and luxury inflight catering packed for re-plating, not cooking, on board. If you are flying private jet charter into Obwalden, tell us the type early.

Government flight catering handed over at Alpnach Air Base, Switzerland

State & royalDiscretion, protocol

Diplomatic and state visit aviation catering in Alpnach (LSMA)

A Swiss Air Force field is a natural fit for government flight catering, and Alpnach sees the occasional official arrival. Head of state flight catering here means a menu cleared before anything is cooked, a named contact, no passenger names on any label and traceable sourcing. VIP aviation catering and state visit aircraft catering follow the same discipline: sealed, sorted by seat, handed to the handling agent at the agreed time. The crew meals travel in their own boxes, ordered and invoiced separately, never mixed with the guest trays.

Private jet platters and gourmet meals: jet catering in *Alpnach* (LSMA)Or write your own, we cook it

Cold private jet platters with Lake Lucerne fish, Alpnach inflight menu

Cold galley

No oven · served in four minutes

Obwalden cheese and cured meat platterPrivate jet platters: cold, sliced, ready to serve

Lake Lucerne smoked fish with potato saladGourmet inflight meals: chilled, sauce in its own pot

Swiss chocolate and almond biscuitsPrivate jet snacks: boxed apart, kept cool

Hot gourmet inflight meals with Swiss rösti for Alpnach LSMA

Hot service

One oven · re-plated in twelve minutes

Alpine cheese gratin potatoesGourmet inflight meals: oven reheat, time written on the lid

Veal in cream sauce with röstiReheats in the galley oven, rösti packed apart

Barley soup in a sealed potPrivate jet snacks on a cold apron: served hot from the flask

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A dish sealed and labelled for one guest's diet

PrincipalSealed

Nut-free · gluten-freeChecked by two people

Special meals

Special meals and allergen free inflight catering at Alpnach Air Base

Swiss bakeries make excellent bread and nearly all of it carries gluten, so a gluten free guest at Alpnach needs a separate board and separate packing, not a removal from the standard plate. We handle kosher, halal and vegan meals the same way: its own box, its own label, seat number only. Allergen free and special meals are cooked on separate surfaces, kids meals are packed in smaller portions, and the cheese-heavy local kitchen is where hidden dairy turns up, so we check every sauce.

Allergens

A sheet per guest. Separate boards, separate boxes.

ii.

Halal & kosher

Sealed, certificate in the same box.

iii.

Children

Their own menu, nothing to cut at altitude.

iv.

Plant-based & wellness

Vegan, low-carb, light — composed, never compromised.

Crew & pilot mealsOn request

Crew meals for pilots and cabin crew at Alpnach Air Base (LSMA)

At Alpnach the crew stays with the aircraft on the apron, so crew meals are ordered with the flight on request and invoiced like the rest of the order. Pilot meals and flight crew meals come as crew meal boxes marked CREW, built to be eaten one-handed in the cockpit; cockpit meals and cabin crew meals travel in separate boxes. If the operator wants different meals for pilots, the captain and the first officer get separate dishes. Crew catering on a military field is planned around a short stop between rotations.

Meal passLSMA

Cabin crew

Box

Marked crew

Galley

Oven 6 min

Order

On request

Marked crew

Meal passLSMA

Pilots

Box

CPT ≠ F/O

Galley

Cold or hot

Order

On request

Two dishes

Alpnach Air Base LSMA runway and lake in Obwalden, Switzerland

To the steps, on your slot.

Airside · plane-side · day or night

DeliveryEvery FBO

Airport catering at the FBO or general aviation terminal, Alpnach Air Base

There is no general aviation terminal at LSMA in the commercial sense, so FBO catering and catering delivery to the FBO or the base handling agent are arranged case by case. Ground handling catering depends on who holds airside access for your movement. We hand over to the handling agent at the aircraft on your slot, and the handling agent catering window is agreed before the flight, not at the gate. Send the tail, the slot and the headcount, and we plan the drop around the turnaround time.

FBOHandling agentGround handlerGA terminal

High loaderLarge cabins, bizliners

Large cabin jet catering with a high loader at Alpnach Air Base (LSMA)

The aircraft type decides the loading. A light or midsize jet takes galley catering through the cabin door in carts or boxes, while a larger type may need a high loader, which is not always available on a military field. Airside catering delivery at Alpnach is therefore confirmed per movement, and aircraft provisioning follows the galley you have, not a standard load. Tell us the type and the galley, and we cook and pack for it.

Mention it when you order

HACCP kitchen

Certified, inspected, with cold-chain records filed against your trip.

All FBOs served

Whichever terminal you park at, handover is at the aircraft, on your slot.

Diets read twice

Allergen sheet per guest, halal and kosher on request, sealed and labelled.

One clean invoice

Itemised and trip-report ready, sent after the leg.

About the airportLSMA

About Alpnach Air Base: business aviation and airport catering

Alpnach Air Base, ICAO LSMA, lies in Obwalden on an arm of Lake Lucerne at 1,460 ft. It is a military airfield, so airport catering here works differently from a public general aviation airport: there is no walk-in FBO services counter and no standing ground handling services desk, and civil use is arranged with the base and its handling agent. For a tray that means one conversation with the agent before the slot, not an order placed on the day.

Business aviation

As a business aviation hub it barely registers: official or specially approved flights, light movements and helicopters around central Switzerland use it now and then, and executive jet catering is ordered for those rare visits rather than for a regular schedule. Winter weather, short daylight and the mountain approach shape what can be scheduled, and the slot is tight, so a tray that is late has nowhere to wait.

Customs & food import

Switzerland is outside the EU customs union, so food arriving on an aircraft from abroad is subject to Swiss import rules, with meat and dairy the most restricted. Catering uplifted in Switzerland is best ordered locally, delivered to the aircraft and kept sealed.

ReviewsFrom the crews we cater for

5.0 / 5

★★★★★

Average rating from the cabin crew and pilots we cater for.

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★★★★★CREW MEALS

“Getting roasted vegetable bowls with separate dressings ready for 6 guests at Alpnach Air Base required an order that accounted for a late menu amendment. After a final adjustment to the desserts, The Galley Girls gave us one revised order summary to work from. I appreciated the emphasis on crew briefing throughout the inflight catering services arrangements. There was no need to reconstruct the side dishes quantities from several messages during the final departure checks.”

Naomi P. | Chief flight attendant

Challenger 650

★★★★★BUSINESS JET

“It was the packing plan I cared about at LSMA, with 5 servings of beef fillet with roasted potatoes and a changing departure schedule to consider. I want an inflight catering company to understand final order confirmation, and this order gave us a useful starting point. Our handling contact received the order details from The Galley Girls, including how the starters had been grouped. We could account for the breakfast portions before passing the boxes to the cabin team, without a lengthy unpacking exercise.”

Carmen F. | VIP flight attendant

Gulfstream G550

★★★★★LIGHT JET

“On this departure from Alpnach Air Base, 5 passengers had chosen a light pasta dish with grilled vegetables, and a late menu amendment needed to be reflected in the order. When comparing inflight catering companies, I would look closely at meal organisation after this experience. The Galley Girls kept the canapés separate from the finishing elements, which gave us control over the final presentation. We could finish the crew provisions as each guest was ready, rather than laying everything out at once.”

Jack D. | VIP flight attendant

Citation CJ4

Alpnach: the questionsAsked by crews

How much does private jet catering cost at Alpnach Air Base?+

At LSMA the handling agent and the airside permission shape the bill as much as the menu does, since a military field asks for arrangements a public airport would not. Aged Alpine cheese and smoked lake fish cost more than a sandwich tray, and a single drop to a restricted apron is priced with that in mind. We quote per menu once we know the aircraft and who holds your airside access.

What is the lead time for catering at LSMA?+

The base slot and the length of the turnaround matter more than the clock: a short stop leaves no room to wait for a late tray. We ask for 10 hours ahead of departure when the schedule allows, and a request that comes in later is still taken on. Give us the departure time and how long the aircraft stays on the ground.

What are the customs rules for catering into Alpnach?+

Switzerland sits outside the EU customs union, so food arriving from abroad is checked, and meat and dairy are the products most often refused. For a flight into Obwalden the handling agent can receive Swiss-sourced catering at the aircraft, which avoids carrying anything in across the border.

Can you bring food into Alpnach yourself?+

Crews do carry their own, but on a quick turn at LSMA there is little time to sort an inspection, and anything from outside Switzerland may be stopped. If you cannot bring food in without delay, order it here and have it waiting at the aircraft on your slot.

Is catering part of a charter into Alpnach?+

No. The charter pays for the aircraft and the crew, and the food is ordered and invoiced separately, like any order. Because LSMA is a restricted base the handling agent also needs to know about the delivery, so send the tail, the slot and the headcount and we arrange the drop.