Every commercial departure imposes a set of requirements that caterers must meet without exception. A provisioning shortfall or a temperature excursion generates an operational disruption, not a customer complaint. Procurement committees evaluating catering partners are evaluating execution reliability.
Precision Logistics from Provisioning to Galley Load
Air Fayre delivers commercial in-flight catering from four U.S. locations. We manage the precision logistics that move meals from qualified culinary partners to your aircraft: in compliance, on time, and at the volume your departure schedule demands.
Multi-Class ServiceFlight-Level ProvisioningFull Chill-Chain Compliance
What Commercial In-Flight Catering Demands
Flight-Specific Galley Precision
Exact SKU counts per class of service, configured for the specific aircraft type and passenger load on each departure. No templates, no daily averages.
Multi-Class Assembly Under Time Pressure
First, business, and economy assembled simultaneously in temperature-controlled environments, within departure windows that rarely exceed 90 minutes.
Continuous Temperature Compliance
Documented chill-chain integrity from production handoff through galley load, with compliance records generated at every stage.
Regulatory Standards
FDA sanitation, HACCP protocols, and international waste handling under CBP protocols for flights with international arrivals.
How We Deliver Commercial Catering
Flight-Level Demand Management
Scorpio, our proprietary MRP and logistics platform, receives airline flight data for each departure: aircraft type, passenger load, service class configuration. Provisioning quantities and galley configurations are calculated per departure, not from static templates or daily averages. The result is reduced over-provisioning waste and accurate compliance with airline-specified configurations.
Multi-Class Meal Assembly
On-Time Ramp Delivery
Compliance Documentation
Compliance at Every Stage, Every Departure
Commercial catering compliance runs across four domains, each maintained as an operational requirement rather than an audit-cycle preparation.
FDA Compliance
Facility operations and food handling meet FDA food safety requirements. Temperature controls, sanitation protocols, and supplier qualification standards are continuous operational standards.
HACCP Protocols
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points documentation is embedded in our chill-chain model. Critical control points identified at each stage. Temperature monitoring and corrective action procedures are operational standards.
International Waste Handling
For operations involving international arrivals, we manage international waste under CBP protocols. International waste is segregated and disposed of in compliance with federal requirements.
Collision Avoidance and Ramp Safety
All ramp-adjacent operations lead with safety. Our proprietary collision avoidance technology, prototyped at Indianapolis and scaling to additional locations, addresses the highest-risk event in ramp catering operations: vehicle-aircraft contact.
Evaluating Commercial Catering Partners?
We can walk your procurement team through flight-level provisioning accuracy, compliance documentation, and Scorpio for your specific departure schedule.
The Split-Catering Advantage for Commercial Service
Our split-catering model concentrates every dollar of technology investment on logistics execution. Scorpio, assembly automation, collision avoidance technology. For commercial airline procurement committees, that translates into undivided operational focus. When your flight departs, every system we operate is oriented toward getting the right carts to the right aircraft on time.
Menu flexibility is a secondary advantage. Because we source from a culinary partner network, menu changes, seasonal rotations, and special meal configurations can be accommodated without restructuring a production operation. Culinary partners are selected for their specific capability, and we can change partners when requirements change.
Where We Operate
One operating model. One technology platform. Four locations, each built for its region.
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Flagship Operations
A 101,000 sq ft Gardena facility serving seven Southern California airports, with automation at scale.
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Cargo Capital
24-hour operations at the FedEx SuperHub. Commercial catering, crew meal programs, and cargo provisioning running around the clock at North America's busiest cargo airport by freight tonnage.
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Global Complexity
Serving United Airlines, Delta, Aer Lingus, FedEx, and Cargolux from one Midwest facility, with commercial and international cargo catering running on one platform. One of the first catering facilities in North America to prototype collision avoidance technology.
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Expansion Template
Newest market. American Airlines as launch client. Local culinary partnerships and logistics infrastructure deployed in months, proving the model scales to new regions at speed.
Next:
Your MarketWhen your network grows, your catering partner is already in motion.
Explore Our Other Services
Cargo Crew Meal Catering
Crew meal programs built for the operational tempo of cargo aviation. Overnight sort windows, freight-volume scheduling, and provisioning that flexes with
Charter and Specialty Catering
Sports team charters, university athletics, dignitary flights. Compressed timelines and custom specifications, backed by full operational depth.
Partner with Air Fayre for Commercial Catering
For airlines evaluating commercial catering partners, our team can provide provisioning performance data, compliance documentation samples, and a detailed overview of how Scorpio MRP & Logistics manages flight-level accuracy across your departure schedule.
Frequently Asked Questions
We provide catering across all commercial service classes: first class, business class, and economy. Multi-class galley assembly runs simultaneously in temperature-controlled environments, with each class assembled to the exact specification provided by the airline. Scorpio manages class-of-service configuration at the flight level.