Which FBOs and handlers at MEL can you deliver to?

We deliver to whichever handler holds your aircraft at MEL — no pre-existing account or handler agreement is required on your side. Provide the handler name and stand when you place your order and we coordinate access directly.

Can you handle last-minute or same-day orders at MEL?

Yes. Same-day catering at Melbourne Airport is a regular part of our operation, not an exception. Send your request and we confirm within 10 minutes — 24/7 — then agree a delivery window that fits your departure slot at MEL.

How are crew meals handled at Melbourne Airport?

Crew meals at MEL are quoted and prepared alongside the passenger order. They are packaged separately, labelled by rotation where needed, and loaded at the same delivery. Pricing is operator-grade — not a marked-up passenger meal in a different box.

Do you cater halal, kosher, vegetarian, and allergy requirements?

All four are available for departures from Melbourne Airport. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and halal options are confirmed at the time of ordering. Kosher orders at MEL require 24 hours' lead time; note this in your request and we manage the rest.

How do I place an order for a MEL departure?

Send your request — departure date, passenger count, any dietary requirements, and your handler at MEL — through the order form or directly to your coordinator. Confirmation comes back within 10 minutes. For complex multi-course or wide-body orders, earlier lead time gives us more sourcing range from the Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula suppliers we use.

What does catering at MEL cost?

Catering at Melbourne Airport is priced per order based on menu selection, passenger count, lead time, and service format — there is no fixed rate card. Send your request and we return a quote within 10 minutes.

Private Aviation Catering

Private Jet Catering at Melbourne (MEL)

Q: Who provides private jet catering at Melbourne Airport?

Altitude Dining provides private jet catering at Melbourne Airport through a local kitchen and delivery network coordinated directly to the MEL ramp. One coordinator manages your order from confirmation through to uplift — no third-party relay, no transfer of responsibility.

Melbourne · Australia · ICAO YMML

Melbourne Airport handles some of the busiest general-aviation and charter traffic on the eastern seaboard — and the galley requirements reflect it. We deliver restaurant-grade inflight catering to whichever handler holds your aircraft at MEL, confirmed within 10 minutes of your request, around the clock.

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Reply Guaranteed

A coordinator responds within 10 minutes — any hour, any time zone.

Single Contact

One coordinator handles your order from brief to delivery.

High Loader Ready

Full high-loader capability for wide-body and VVIP aircraft.

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Fresh & Local

Sourced from local markets — prepared the same day, loaded galley-ready.

Private Jet, Government & Event Catering

Private Jet & Aviation Catering at Melbourne

Private Aviation

Private Jet Catering

VIP menus composed around your principal's preferences, packed galley-ready and delivered to the FBO or the aircraft. Crew meals load with the main order.

State & Diplomatic

Government Flight Catering

Delegation and state flight catering handled with discretion: one confirmed channel, precise timing, complete documentation for every uplift.

On the Ground

Event Catering

Hangar receptions, product launches and aviation events, served to the same standard we deliver on the ramp.

High Loader Capability

Wide-body and VVIP ready at Melbourne

Certified high-loader equipment and trained crews on standby — full capability for large-cabin and head-of-state aircraft, at any hour.

High-loader service

Crew Meals · Melbourne

Crew meals at Melbourne

Dedicated crew catering for departures from Melbourne — ordered and packaged separately from the cabin, balanced and labelled for long duty days. Available for every flight, 24/7.

Melbourne · FBOs & Ground Handling

Every handler on the field

We deliver planeside to whichever FBO or handler holds your aircraft at MEL — no prior account, no collection counter. Confirm the handler and stand at order; our driver manages airside access.

Melbourne Jet Base

21-23 South Centre Road, Melbourne Airport VIC 3045

1 fixed-base operator on the field · all served · handler-agnostic delivery

What flight crews say · PRIVATE JET CATERING

Trusted by flight crews and operations teams

Premium presentation

Ordering catering in Australia at Sydney Airport (SYD) was effortless. Fresh meals, beautiful presentation and excellent communication from start to finish.

Hannah · VIP Flight Attendant

Great coordination

Great operational support in Australia at YMEN - Essendon Fields. Fast confirmations, reliable updates and a very smooth catering delivery.

George · Charter Operations Agent

Outstanding support

Excellent service for our delegation in Australia at Canberra Airport. The team was responsive, punctual and highly dependable.

Simon · Government Flight Department

VIP Inflight Catering · Melbourne

Private jet catering menu for Melbourne

A short, working selection — not the full carte. This is what the kitchen boards most often for a Melbourne departure: classics that travel, plated for cabin altitude, sourced the same morning.

The Altitude Dining kitchenAustralia

Morning

Yarra Valley Smoked Salmon Plate

Cold-smoked salmon from the Yarra Valley, cultured cream, pickled cucumber, and rye crisp — assembled to order and sealed for the cabin.

To start

Mornington Burrata with Heirloom Tomato

Victorian burrata, slow-roasted heirloom tomato, Peninsula extra-virgin olive oil, and torn basil — plated cold, stable through boarding.

Cold main

Gippsland Wagyu Sirloin, Sliced

Gippsland wagyu sirloin, rested and cold-sliced, with grain mustard and a compressed Yarra Valley fig — suited to long-haul cabins.

Hot main

Braised Victorian Beef Cheek

Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir–braised beef cheek, celeriac purée, and wilted cavolo nero — packaged for reheating without loss of texture.

Pâtisserie

Baklava, Northern Suburbs Style

Flaky filo, Californian walnut, and Victorian honey — made by a Greek-Australian producer operating in Melbourne's north for over thirty years.

To start

Port Phillip Calamari, Grilled

Southern calamari from Port Phillip Bay, grilled and dressed with lemon oil and capers — loaded day-of-catch when the departure window allows.

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Order Private Jet Catering · Melbourne

Catering for your next departure from MEL

Build your order or send a request in one step — a coordinator responds within 10 minutes with menu, allergen sheet and pricing. Loading coordinated airside at your FBO.

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Inflight Catering · Melbourne

Inflight catering in Melbourne

Melbourne's food culture is built on produce, not mythology. The Yarra Valley sits an hour east of the MEL ramp, supplying the kitchens we work with directly: cold-climate pinot-driven charcuterie, hand-rolled pasta from Italian-Australian producers who have been in the Dandenong Ranges for three generations, and some of the country's most serious farmhouse cheeses. Port Phillip Bay brings in Southern calamari and blue-eye trevalla that move from water to aircraft the same day. The city's market infrastructure is genuine. Queen Victoria Market and the South Melbourne Market give our local network daily access to Victorian-grown stone fruit, heirloom brassicas, and micro-herbs that change with the week. What boards at YMML is what was growing within 150 kilometres of it — not a logistics abstraction of 'local', but the actual product.

Regional Catering Menu · Melbourne

Local sourcing for MEL

Victorian cuisine earns its reputation through specificity: Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir–braised beef cheek, Gippsland wagyu prepared cold-sliced for long-range cabins, Yarra Valley smoked salmon served with cultured cream and rye, and the kind of Greek-Australian pastry — flaky, honey-drenched, made in the northern suburbs — that has no real equivalent elsewhere in the country. We compose each order around what the season and the departure window allow, with cabin format in mind: sealed, correctly chilled, and ready to plate at altitude without reheating compromising the result.

Locally Sourced Catering

Rooted in Melbourne

Business Aviation Catering · Melbourne

Crew catering at MEL

Catering is logistics before it is cuisine. The figures below shape how, when and what we board at MEL — every one verified, none generic.

Elevation

434 ft

132 m AMSL — accounted for in plating and pressurisation.

Longest runway

3,657 m

11,998 ft — accepts ultra-long-range & VVIP wide-bodies.

Field status

Active

In service — our order desk operates 24/7 for this field.

Coordinates

37.67°S

144.84°E — handler routing confirmed at order.

16 / 343,657 m · 11,998 ftPrimary

09 / 272,286 m · 7,500 ftSecondary

Why it matters for your order. With a 3,657 m runway, Melbourne handles the long-haul, wide-body and government traffic that needs high-loader delivery — and we plan timing around exactly these constraints, not a template.

Private Jet Catering FAQ · Melbourne

Frequently asked

Altitude Dining provides private jet catering at Melbourne Airport through a local kitchen and delivery network coordinated directly to the MEL ramp. One coordinator manages your order from confirmation through to uplift — no third-party relay, no transfer of responsibility.