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Air Fayre leads with safety across every ramp-adjacent operation. Our collision avoidance system is capable of improving the traditional ground guide with sensor-based approach control. Our compliance framework documents every stage of the catering workflow from dock departure to aircraft galley.
Ramp safety and regulatory compliance are operational standards we maintain continuously, not audit-cycle preparations. Two capabilities define our approach: guideless catering technology that addresses the highest-risk moment in ramp operations, and a compliance documentation infrastructure that produces flight-level records as a system output.
The collision avoidance system is the technology. The compliance framework is the discipline.
Reduced Aircraft Ground Damage.
The auto-stop function prevents truck-to-aircraft contact under the fatigue and visibility conditions where contact is most likely. Fewer contact incidents mean fewer unscheduled maintenance events and fewer departure delays.
Documented Approach Compliance.
Every CAS-equipped approach generates a data record: approach speed by zone, auto-stop trigger distance, time to platform position. Audit-ready ramp safety documentation at the approach level.
Flight-Level Compliance Records.
Temperature logs, provisioning confirmations, international waste records, and loading verification produced as system outputs for every departure. Available to airline partners without manual reconstruction.
Additional Layer of Protection
CAS enhances ramp safety by providing continuous sensor-based monitoring during aircraft approach, helping to reduce the risk of incidents involving personnel, equipment, and aircraft.
Every catering operation faces the same high-risk moment: a tall, heavy catering truck approaches an aircraft under operational time pressure, often in low-light conditions, on a crowded ramp. The traditional method for managing this risk is a ground guide walking alongside the truck during approach.
The guide is effective until the conditions that make guidance necessary are the same conditions that degrade guide reliability: darkness, rain, ramp congestion, fatigue. Ground damage events during catering approach are among the most costly recurring incidents in commercial aviation. Airlines track caterer-attributable ramp incidents as a performance metric.
Collision Avoidance System (CAS) technology enhances safety during aircraft service operations by managing a catering truck approach through three enforced speed zones. Using sensor-based monitoring and control, the system helps maintain safe vehicle movement and operator awareness as the truck approaches the aircraft.
The result is a controlled and consistent approach process that helps reduce the risk of vehicle-to-aircraft contact, supports compliance with ramp safety procedures, and provides an additional layer of protection for personnel, equipment, and aircraft assets during docking operations.
Tortoise Zone (1.5 mph).
The outer approach phase. CAS begins active distance monitoring and enforces the approach speed ceiling. The driver cannot override the zone speed limit.
Snail Zone (1.0 mph).
Close approach phase. Sensors actively monitor clearance to the aircraft structure. Speed is hardware-limited.
Auto-Stop (2.5 feet).
At 2.5 feet from the aircraft structure, CAS executes a full automatic stop. The truck does not contact the aircraft. The driver confirms the stop and proceeds with platform operations.
Our CAS implementation is built on a purpose-manufactured catering truck platform integrated with a multi-layer sensor suite.
The full system integration architecture is proprietary.
Wing Tip Cameras
Real-time visual reference for aircraft wing structure during approach. Wing tip contacts are among the most common catering truck collision events.
We prototyped our collision avoidance system at Indianapolis International Airport in late 2025 under full commercial flight conditions. CAS-equipped catering trucks approached aircraft using sensor-based guidance, replacing the traditional ground guide for every approach in the test sequence.
Both operators who participated reported preference for the CAS-guided approach over traditional procedures. Safety technology that operators prefer gets adopted; technology they resist creates workarounds. At Indianapolis, CAS earned that adoption.
The prototype validated the technology for fleet deployment. A fleet order of CAS-equipped trucks is scheduled for Q4 2026 at LAX.
Our operations team can provide detailed collision avoidance specifications, chill-chain compliance records, and the regulatory documentation your safety auditors require.
Our compliance infrastructure covers four regulatory and operational domains, each maintained as a continuous operational standard.
FDA Compliance
Facility operations and food handling meet FDA food safety requirements. Temperature controls, sanitation protocols, and supplier qualification standards are operational requirements maintained across every shift, not preparations activated before an audit.
HACCP Protocols
International Waste Handling
Chill-Chain Documentation
The collision avoidance program and the compliance documentation infrastructure are components of a multi-year automation investment deploying across our location network.
Ramp safety performance and compliance documentation are measurable. If your procurement or safety team requires detailed information about our collision avoidance technology, chill-chain documentation standards, or regulatory compliance infrastructure, our operations team is available to discuss your specific audit and evaluation requirements.
A collision avoidance system (CAS) is a sensor-based approach control system that manages catering truck speed and stopping distance during aircraft approach. It uses cameras, 3D distance sensors, and infrared proximity sensors to enforce speed zones and trigger an automatic stop at 2.5 feet from the aircraft structure, replacing the traditional ground guide.
