Airline & VIP flight catering — Asia

Airline, VIP Flight and Charter Catering Across Asia

Airline catering across Asia is built on ramp access: uplift boards directly by hi-loader at the aircraft door, not at the foot of the stand. Wide-body galleys are loaded to schedule across time zones and jurisdictions, with inflight catering and aviation catering coordinated through a single point of contact.

A catering hi-loader box raised level with the open galley door of a wide-body, its platform bridged to the doorway.
923
Documented stations
39
Countries covered
5,000 m
Longest runway

Airline Catering Stations Across Asia

Below are the stations we serve across Asia, each with its own runway data, stand count and kitchen distance. Use the index to find the field closest to a departure, a diversion or a crew change.

Afghanistan
9Published stations
3,603 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Afghanistan
Armenia
2Published stations
3,850 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Armenia
Azerbaijan
7Published stations
4,000 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
9Published stations
3,505 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Bangladesh
Bhutan
2Published stations
2,265 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Bhutan
British Indian Ocean Territory
1Published stations
3,659 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei
1Published stations
3,658 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Brunei
Cambodia
7Published stations
4,000 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Cambodia
China
238Published stations
5,000 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in China
Christmas Island
1Published stations
2,103 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
1Published stations
2,438 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cyprus
5Published stations
2,994 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Cyprus
Georgia
4Published stations
3,661 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Georgia
Hong Kong
1Published stations
3,800 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Hong Kong
India
130Published stations
4,430 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in India
Indonesia
76Published stations
4,029 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Indonesia
Japan
90Published stations
4,000 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Japan
Kazakhstan
22Published stations
4,500 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
4Published stations
4,200 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Kyrgyzstan
Laos
6Published stations
3,000 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Laos
Macau
1Published stations
3,214 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Macau
Malaysia
28Published stations
4,124 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Malaysia
Maldives
7Published stations
3,658 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Maldives
Mongolia
13Published stations
3,600 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Mongolia
Myanmar
19Published stations
4,268 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Myanmar
Nepal
9Published stations
3,350 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Nepal
North Korea
4Published stations
3,502 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in North Korea
Pakistan
32Published stations
3,765 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Pakistan
Philippines
54Published stations
3,737 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Philippines
Singapore
4Published stations
4,000 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Singapore
South Korea
22Published stations
4,000 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in South Korea
Sri Lanka
10Published stations
3,500 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Sri Lanka
Taiwan
15Published stations
3,660 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Taiwan
Tajikistan
4Published stations
3,180 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Tajikistan
Thailand
42Published stations
4,000 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Thailand
Timor-Leste
4Published stations
2,509 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Timor-Leste
Turkmenistan
6Published stations
3,800 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
12Published stations
4,000 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Uzbekistan
Vietnam
21Published stations
3,800 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Vietnam
A catering hi-loader raised to the aft galley door of a wide-body on stand, its platform level with the doorway and a second truck waiting below.

On the apron — Asia

Ramp Access and Hi-Loader Boarding Across Asian Aprons

Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.

How Aviation Catering Runs Across Asia

Asia carries some of the busiest wide-body corridors anywhere, and airline catering here has to hold across long-haul banks, monsoon-season disruption and jurisdictions that each run their own customs and security clearance. An ops desk coordinating a multi-leg rotation through the region needs one caterer answering for every stand, not a different handler at each stop.

Each station we operate carries its own runway data, stand count and kitchen distance, and a request is built against those specifics rather than against a regional average. Airline catering companies operating at this scale plan the cold chain from the production kitchen to the galley door, with load building sequenced to the aircraft's door configuration before the hi-loader ever reaches the aircraft.

Where a diversion or a technical stop lands outside the planned rotation, the same ops desk that built the original load picks up the request, checks aircraft type and stand, and rebuilds the uplift against the airport catering constraints of that specific field. The result is one thread of communication across a multi-country itinerary, not a handover at every border.

Government, royal, charter and private-jet movements run on the same production and the same cold chain as scheduled airline work, sequenced by mission rather than by segment.

Compliance

One Compliance Standard Across Every Asian Station

HACCP
HACCP cold chain
Produced in our own certified kitchens, temperature logged end to end.
Clearance
Cleared personnel
Security-cleared staff, badged airside vehicles, escorted where the stand requires it.
Custody
Sealed chain of custody
Carts sealed at the kitchen, seals verified and handovers signed at the aircraft.
Allergens
Documented allergen sets
Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements documented per uplift and per passenger.

Five Ways We Cater Flights Across Asia

One operation covers airline catering, VIP flight catering, government and royal movements, wide-body charter and private jet catering across Asia. Each routing below sends a request to the team built for that kind of flying, coordinated through a single ops desk across every station.

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State and Diplomatic Flight Catering
Government flight catering across these stations runs on cleared staff, sealed loads and a single named coordinator per movement. Protocol is held from the production kitchen through to the galley door, without exception.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
02
Royal Household and VVIP Catering
Royal flight catering carries household dietary requirements leg to leg across a multi-country itinerary, with a kitchen brigade briefed against each movement. Service is built to the household standard at every stand, not just the first.
Royal & VVIP flights →
Charter flight catering first.
03
Wide-Body Charter and Group Movement Catering
Charter airlines, ACMI and wet-lease operators moving groups and special missions across these routes draw on a full three-cabin uplift, staged to match galley layout. Loads scale from a single rotation to a sustained charter programme.
Wide-body charter →
A complete tray set on a black tray: a hot egg and ham dish, cut fruit, breads, a pastry, a set yoghurt and a portion of preserve.
04
Scheduled and Ad Hoc Airline Catering
Carriers operating these fields as outstations draw on ad hoc airline catering for diversions, technical stops and AOG, alongside scheduled uplift. Flight crew, cabin crew and cargo crew meal sets are built to the same galley plan.
Commercial airlines →
Pvj2.
05
Business Aviation and FBO Catering
Our dedicated private-jet branch delivers business aviation catering to the FBOs and general aviation terminals across these stations, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, ordered separately from scheduled flying.
Private jets →

Compare Airline Catering Stations Side by Side

This table sets out which field takes a wide-body aircraft, which boards by hi-loader straight onto the galley, and which sits closest to a production kitchen, so an ops desk can route a request to the right stand.

The countries of Asia we document, compared on the hard data that decides whether a wide-body can be loaded.
WherePublished stationsLongest runwayVIP / gov terminalAerodrome code
Afghanistan93,603 m0 of 9narrow-body · wide-body
Armenia23,850 m0 of 2wide-body
Azerbaijan74,000 m0 of 7narrow-body · wide-body
Bangladesh93,505 m0 of 9narrow-body · wide-body
Bhutan22,265 m0 of 2narrow-body
British Indian Ocean Territory13,659 m0 of 1wide-body
Brunei13,658 m0 of 1wide-body
Cambodia74,000 m0 of 7narrow-body · wide-body
China2385,000 m0 of 238narrow-body · wide-body
Christmas Island12,103 m0 of 1narrow-body
Cocos (Keeling) Islands12,438 m0 of 1narrow-body
Cyprus52,994 m0 of 5narrow-body · wide-body
Georgia43,661 m0 of 4wide-body
Hong Kong13,800 m0 of 1wide-body
India1304,430 m0 of 130narrow-body · wide-body
Indonesia764,029 m0 of 76narrow-body · wide-body
Japan904,000 m0 of 90narrow-body · wide-body
Kazakhstan224,500 m0 of 22narrow-body · wide-body
Kyrgyzstan44,200 m0 of 4wide-body
Laos63,000 m0 of 6narrow-body · wide-body
Macau13,214 m0 of 1wide-body
Malaysia284,124 m0 of 28narrow-body · wide-body
Maldives73,658 m0 of 7narrow-body · wide-body
Mongolia133,600 m0 of 13narrow-body · wide-body
Myanmar194,268 m0 of 19narrow-body · wide-body
Nepal93,350 m0 of 9narrow-body · wide-body
North Korea43,502 m0 of 4wide-body
Pakistan323,765 m0 of 32narrow-body · wide-body
Philippines543,737 m0 of 54narrow-body · wide-body
Singapore44,000 m0 of 4narrow-body · wide-body
South Korea224,000 m0 of 22narrow-body · wide-body
Sri Lanka103,500 m0 of 10narrow-body · wide-body
Taiwan153,660 m0 of 15narrow-body · wide-body
Tajikistan43,180 m0 of 4narrow-body · wide-body
Thailand424,000 m0 of 42narrow-body · wide-body
Timor-Leste42,509 m0 of 4narrow-body · wide-body
Turkmenistan63,800 m0 of 6wide-body
Uzbekistan124,000 m0 of 12narrow-body · wide-body
Vietnam213,800 m0 of 21narrow-body · wide-body

Submitting a Flight Catering Request in Asia

Send flight number, ETA, aircraft type and stand together with pax and crew counts per cabin, plus any special meal codes, to the ops desk for the station handling the movement. Government, royal and charter requests should state the segment so the request routes to the right coordinator. Airline catering services across Asia are built against these details rather than a standing menu, so the more precise the flight data, the faster the load can be built and sequenced to the aircraft's door configuration. Submit a quote request to start the process for any station listed above.

Asia Flight Catering Questions

What Operations Desks Ask About Asia

Ask operations directly →
Which stations in Asia can take a wide-body aircraft?

Wide-body capability varies by station and is listed against each one, including runway length, stand count and aerodrome reference code. Check the individual station page for the field on your rotation.

Do you load directly onto the aircraft or deliver to the stand?

Where hi-loader boarding is available at a station, uplift goes directly to the galley door rather than being handed off at the foot of the aircraft. This is noted on each station's page.

Can one ops desk coordinate a multi-country rotation across Asia?

Yes. A single point of contact can carry flight number, aircraft type and meal codes across every leg of a multi-country itinerary, rather than handing the request to a different caterer at each stop.

How is a diversion or technical stop handled?

The ops desk that built the original load picks up the diversion request, confirms aircraft type and stand, and rebuilds the uplift against that station's own catering constraints.

Is government and royal flight catering handled separately from airline work?

Government, royal and charter movements are coordinated by dedicated teams with cleared staff and sealed loads, run through the same production kitchens and cold chain as scheduled airline catering.

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Request Airline Catering for a Flight in Asia

Tell Us the Flight, Stand and Cabin Counts

One ops desk covers the whole route in Asia. Give us the aircraft and what you need loaded, and a coordinator comes back with a quote.

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