Quick Turn at Marseille Provence (LFML)

What changes at Marseille Provence?

Marseille Provence sits at 70 feet elevation on the Mediterranean coast, 27 kilometres north-west of Marseille city centre at Marignane. The airport operates H24 with no slot coordination and no closure curfew, so you can position for a Quick Turn at any hour without scheduling constraints. Two runways serve the field—13L/31R at 3 500 metres and 13R/31L at 2 370 metres—both more than adequate for super-midsize through ultra-long-range types.

Handling is mandatory at MRS: the AIP requires you to contact the handling agent before departure from origin, and airside access for our detailing crew goes through that channel. Jetex Marseille operates the Terminal Aviation Générale H24 on VHF 131.460, staffing customs and immigration around the clock. We coordinate entry, escort and stand access directly with Jetex, so your turnaround timeline remains predictable.

Mediterranean summer heat accelerates cabin dehydration and dust adhesion on leading edges; winter mistral winds deposit salt haze on the belly and nacelles. A Quick Turn addresses the visible film before it bakes on, keeping the next leg's first impression clean without committing to a full wash cycle.

How does the Quick Turn fit into a Marseille turnaround?

You land, refuel, and the handler marshals you to stand. While the GPU connects and catering loads, we're already inside with vacuum, microfibre and bin liners. Cabin surfaces get wiped, high-touch areas around the galley and lav are reset, and windows are cleaned from the interior. Outside, one technician works the waterless wipe across the nose, leading edges and around the main entry door—the zones passengers and ramp staff see first.

The entire sequence runs concurrent with your standard ground services, so it adds no time to the turnaround. If you're on a 60-minute slot between legs, we finish inside that window. If ground time stretches to 90 minutes because of a delayed inbound pax transfer, we use the margin to be more thorough on the cabin or add a second exterior pass.

Trash comes off, bins are re-lined with your supplies if you provide them, and a light cabin scent neutralises galley and lav odours. The cockpit is left as you want it: we wipe the glareshield and clean the windscreen and side windows, but we don't touch avionics, headsets or charts unless you brief us otherwise.

What does the handler expect from a third-party detailing crew at MRS?

Jetex requires advance notice and valid airside escort documentation. We hold current French airside passes and liability insurance that meets handler requirements, and we notify Jetex of the aircraft registration, stand assignment and estimated arrival at least two hours before you land. If the schedule slips, we update them so the escort and stand access remain aligned.

The handler expects us to stay within the safety line around the aircraft, avoid interference with refuelling or GPU hookup, and keep our equipment—vacuum, water bottles, microfibre bags—secured against prop wash or jet blast from adjacent movements. We bring our own power; if shore power is already connected, we plug our vacuum into an inverter rather than ask the handler to source a separate outlet.

Once the work is done, we walk the exterior with the captain or chief pilot if they're available, note any new chips or scrapes in the photo report, and clear the stand. The handler signs us out airside, and the report goes to your phone or email before you file the next flight plan.

Why waterless exterior instead of a rinse at Marseille?

Ramp water access at the Terminal Aviation Générale is limited, and bringing a bowser onto the apron for a rinse adds coordination overhead that eats into your turnaround window. Waterless wipe uses polymer-suspended lubricant in spray bottles: it encapsulates dust and light salt film so the microfibre lifts it away without scratching the clearcoat. The result isn't a showroom finish, but it removes the visible grime from the nose, windscreen surround, leading edges and entry steps—the areas that matter for the next departure's first impression.

If the belly is heavily soiled or the nacelles show oil streaking, a waterless wipe won't substitute for a proper rinse or dry wash. In that case we note it in the report and recommend scheduling a full exterior at the next maintenance base or overnight stop. For a Quick Turn, the goal is to reset what passengers and crew see, not to decontaminate the entire airframe.

What goes into the cabin reset?

We vacuum the aisle, galley floor and cockpit carpet, then wipe all horizontal surfaces—galley counters, table tops, armrests, seatback trays—with pH-neutral cleaner safe for OEM cabin materials. The lavatory gets a full reset: basin, mirror, toilet bowl and surrounding surfaces cleaned and dried, trash bin emptied and re-lined. If you supply soap, towels or amenity kits, we restock them; if not, we leave the compartments clean and empty.

Galley bins are emptied and re-lined. We wipe the microwave interior and coffee-maker drip tray if they've been used, and we check the fridge door seal for spills. Cockpit and cabin windows are cleaned from inside with glass cleaner and lint-free cloth; we don't touch the outside of the windscreen unless you're adding an exterior wash to the scope.

Cabin scent neutralisation uses a light enzymatic spray in the lav and galley, not a heavy fragrance. The goal is to eliminate odour, not mask it. If you prefer no spray at all, note that when you book and we'll skip it.

How do I book a Quick Turn at Marseille Provence?

Email us the registration, aircraft type, arrival and departure times, and stand assignment if Jetex has already given it to you. We confirm availability, coordinate airside access with the handler, and send you a fixed price. If the schedule changes, let us know as soon as you have the new slot and we adjust the crew timing.

For fleets running regular MRS turnarounds—charter ops on Mediterranean rotations, fractional programs with French owners—we can set up a standing Quick Turn agreement: you send the weekly schedule, we block the crew, and the service happens automatically unless you cancel. The handler gets a single notification covering the month, which smooths the escort process and reduces their admin load.

After the work is finished, you receive a digital report with time-stamped photos of the cabin, lav, galley and exterior zones we've addressed, plus notes on any new damage or areas that need attention at the next scheduled detail. The report goes into your tech log or flight-department records, and it gives the next crew a clean baseline for their pre-flight walk-around.