Catering to your aircraft in Whitehorse.
CYXY sits on a 2,317 ft plateau in the Yukon, with long cold nights and wide-open light in June. We pack for your galley and deliver to the FBO.
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.
Fourteen years on VIP and head-of-state cabins. Can plate for twelve in a G650 galley and still land it hot.
The one who reads every diet card twice. If it says no cross-contact, it means no cross-contact.
Answers at 5 a.m. when the leg moved overnight. Same-day swaps are her love language.
Yukon food is cold-country food, and it travels well. A private jet menu for Whitehorse leans on arctic char, Yukon-style smoked salmon, bison and elk, wild berries such as cranberries and soapberries, and bannock. These local specialities pack easily: the fish served chilled and sliced, the game as a braise that finishes in the galley oven, the berries as a compote in a sealed pot.
An inflight menu in the Yukon should be built around what the territory actually produces. Private jet food here means arctic char, smoked fish, bison short rib, a root-vegetable gratin and bannock bread, with spruce-tip or berry notes in the dessert. Local specialities from {Region} work for Yukon departures because they hold their shape: nothing delicate, nothing that wilts on a long leg. We pack each item for a single galley oven and label the service step on the lid.
Tail, pax, diets, timing. One message — no portal, no quote form. Answered at any hour, by a flight attendant.
Leak-proof boxes, marked by guest and restriction, with reheating times written on the lid.
Two minutes out of the drawer. Whatever you ordered for the crew comes in the same delivery, and one clean invoice follows.
The terminal at Erik Nielsen International is small, the apron is wide open and the weather decides most of the day. Private jet catering for a Whitehorse departure starts with the aircraft type and the season: a January leg with a de-icing hold wants a different plate than a June midnight-sun arrival. Business aviation catering and executive jet catering are handled here the same way as anywhere. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering for the Yukon are commanded by phone or email, diplomatic flight catering is cleared by protocol first, and cabin crew meals are ordered with the trip.
Business jet catering at Whitehorse starts with the tail, the slot and the cabin. Corporate jet catering and VIP flight catering draw on northern ingredients, charter flight catering suits the tour groups that pass through, and luxury inflight catering is a private jet chef's bespoke menu built around arctic char, bison and berries.
For a head of state flight catering order into Whitehorse, the menu is approved before anything is cooked. Government flight catering, VIP aviation catering and state visit aircraft catering are traceable, sealed and handed over quietly.
Whitehorse kitchens work with fish, game and root vegetables, so allergens hide in smoked-fish cures, berry glazes and the wheat in bannock. Kosher, halal, vegan, gluten free and allergen free plates are cooked and packed on their own board and in sealed boxes with seat numbers only. Kids meals and other special meals are agreed with the brief for the flight.
A sheet per guest. Separate boards, separate boxes.
Sealed, certificate in the same box.
Their own menu, nothing to cut at altitude.
Vegan, low-carb, light — composed, never compromised.
At CYXY, crew meals are ordered with the trip and billed on their own line. Flight crew meals, pilot meals and crew catering are packed in crew meal boxes, cockpit meals are easy to eat in a seat, and different meals for pilots are prepared separately when needed.
FBO catering at Whitehorse means handing over to your handling agent at the general aviation terminal. Catering delivery to the FBO, ground handling catering and handling agent catering are coordinated for the slot, whatever the weather.
Aircraft type decides the loading at Whitehorse: a large cabin or a narrowbody charter may call for a high loader at the door, while a light jet takes the galley by hand. Galley catering is packed in carts or boxes to match, and airside catering delivery is coordinated with the handling agent. Aircraft provisioning at CYXY is written down before the slot, so the right equipment is on the ramp.
Mention it when you orderCertified, inspected, with cold-chain records filed against your trip.
Whichever terminal you park at, handover is at the aircraft, on your slot.
Allergen sheet per guest, halal and kosher on request, sealed and labelled.
Itemised and trip-report ready, sent after the leg.
CYXY is the Yukon's principal airport, and its general aviation apron handles business and charter traffic beside the scheduled flights. FBO services at Whitehorse are straightforward: the terminal is small, the handling agent knows the crews, and ground handling services cover fuel, parking and the walk to the cabin door. The field sits at 2,317 ft.
As a business aviation hub for the north, Whitehorse sees executive jet catering and business aviation catering alongside quiet stopovers. Airport catering for these aircraft is ordered by phone or email like anywhere else: inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering for the leg, diplomatic flight catering cleared by protocol first, cabin crew meals and crew meals added on request. FBO services and ground handling services decide where the trays are received. General aviation here stays simple and personal.
Canadian customs regulate imported meat, dairy and fresh produce, so food sourced locally is the safe route for a Whitehorse departure. Declare what you carry and speak to your handling agent early: the FBO services desk and the ground handling services team can tell you what the inspector will want to see before the aircraft is closed up.
Average rating from the cabin crew and pilots we cater for.
“Packing a mezze selection with flatbreads for 8 passengers at Whitehorse / Erik Nielsen International Airport needed careful thought, especially given different crew meal preferences. Our handling contact received the order details from The Galley Girls, including how the sandwiches had been grouped. The snack boxes went straight to the right colleague instead of circulating between several people during the turnaround. When comparing private jet catering companies, I would look closely at packing arrangement after this experience.”
“It was the packing plan I cared about at CYXY, with 2 servings of yoghurt pots and fresh berries and several individual meal preferences to consider. The Galley Girls used a readable packing list for the desserts, which helped when two colleagues checked the order together. My search for "private jet catering near me" led to a practical conversation about catering handover. We could distinguish the snack boxes at a glance instead of lifting lids just to establish what belonged to each service.”
“Having 5 guests request herb chicken with a quinoa salad at YXY meant planning the portions carefully while accounting for a revised passenger count. I appreciated the emphasis on storage requirements throughout the private jet catering menu arrangements. The confirmation from The Galley Girls showed the side dishes clearly enough for us to check the planned service quantities. We also checked the sandwiches before approval, which helped avoid a second round of questions later in the preparation.”
If you reposition empty into Whitehorse, the only food on the manifest may be crew meals. Each dish is priced on its own line, so a light order stays light. Send the tail and the slot for a precise quote.
A long leg with two services needs the brief, not a countdown: tell us the departure, the meal windows and the galley. At Whitehorse the season and the customs status decide what is simple. Last-minute orders are handled; the more detail you give, the closer the plates are to what you wanted.
Customs at Whitehorse treats catering carried in from abroad as a regulated import. A shifting headcount does not alter that, only the number of trays. We confirm the final count at handover.
Yes, you can bring food, but a delegation flight into Whitehorse raises two questions: customs on the imported items, and protocol on who prepares and seals what. Many government flights prefer a locally prepared, traceable menu cleared by protocol first. We handle that with discretion.
A special meal does not change the answer: catering stays outside the charter and is invoiced separately. For a kosher or halal guest into Whitehorse we prepare a sealed tray, labelled by seat number, apart from the other dishes.
Tail, pax and diets — a flight attendant takes it from there, day or night.
