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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Arxan, China
Airside airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Arxan (ZBES / YIE)
YIE (IATA) · ZBES (ICAO)
Arxan carries a narrow-body reference code, which sets the uplift here at cabin size rather than at wide-body scale, and keeps the ramp routing short between kitchen and stand. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering off one ops desk from this field, boarding scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements by hi-loader to galley height, with uplift staged airside on our own schedule rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
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24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
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Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
On the apron — Arxan
Wide-body aviation catering at ZBES
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Arxan (YIE)
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at ZBES
Ramp access governs how the catering uplift reaches a narrow-body stand at Arxan, and the sequence is fixed before the cart ever leaves the kitchen. Every load is staged against the apron slot it is due at, not against a general delivery time, so the convoy arrives with the loading crew already positioned at the stand. That discipline is what lets a diversion or a late change join the same sequence without disturbing the rotation already on the ramp at YIE.
Screening, escort and apron traffic sit between our kitchen and the stand at ZBES, and the galley catering plan is built to absorb the worst of them rather than assume a clear run. Each catering uplift is sealed at the kitchen door, escorted across the apron under a fixed routing, and released to the loading crew only once the seal is checked against the manifest. Temperature is logged at sealing and logged again at handover, so the chain of custody from galley to galley door has a record at both ends, at Arxan.
One seal, one signature, one route from our kitchen door to the galley.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Arxan, China departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Arxan airport
Narrow-body scale at ZBES shapes how the kitchen plans its output: airport catering here is built around cabin-sized batches rather than a wide-body production run, so the line turns over faster and holds less standing stock. Airport catering runs to a HACCP standard through every stage, from intake to sealed cart, with hot production, pastry and a cold larder scheduled against the same rotation. That structure is what lets a scheduled turnaround and an ad hoc order leave the flight kitchen at Arxan on the same standard, without one displacing the other.
Government flight catering at Arxan is handled by a named team held to the same standing roster on every rotation, not assembled case by case. Security clearance is on file for each member, access to the kitchen floor is limited to that list, and the paperwork travelling with a sealed uplift is checked against it before departure. Household service standards are trained into the same crew, so a repeat movement through ZBES is worked by people who already know the routine.
Halal airline meals and special meals at ZBES / YIE
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at Arxan (YIE)
Menus at Arxan are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed list, so a scheduled sector and a VIP movement leave the same kitchen on different specifications. Inflight catering here draws on produce from across China, kept general rather than tied to a single supplier, and adjusted with the season rather than fixed year round. Every dietary set is documented per passenger and per cabin, covering allergen declarations, halal and kosher requirements and standard medical codes. That documentation travels with the uplift, sealed, so the crew boarding the aircraft can match each tray to the passenger it was built for.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at YIE are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed set list, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. Every plate is filed against the standing order for that operator, so VIP flight catering here repeats to the same standard on the next rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins boarded at Arxan run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, with tray sets and meal boxes staged to the roster. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately from the passenger load, so cockpit and cabin crew draw from their own set at ZBES.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements boarded at Arxan are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a line separate from the main cabin build and sealed before it leaves that line, so inflight catering here carries its own paperwork through to the galley.
The three books
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Royal & Government Flights
Royal households · government · state operations
- Plated service · First to main cabin
- Protocol handling · security clearance
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Charter & Commercial
Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc
- 400 passengers · one uplift
- HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
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Private Jet
Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments
- From 8 covers · plated forward
- Reheat sequence specified per dish
Compliance
HACCP-compliant aircraft catering at ZBES / YIE
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.
Flight catering airside delivery at YIE
Arxan carries a narrow-body reference code, which means a delegation, a peak wave or a repeat charter rotation is worked through the same stand rather than spread across a wide-body apron, so documentation accuracy matters here as much as raw volume. Airline catering and aviation catering share one ops desk with airport catering and in-flight catering, so a scheduled turnaround and a same-day ad hoc order are logged against the same board rather than two separate systems.
The uplift leaves our kitchen sealed and travels a fixed route to the stand, where it is boarded by hi-loader to galley height under the ramp crew's own escort. That routing is held constant whatever the traffic mix on a given day, so a diversion joining the sequence late still gets the same handling as a scheduled rotation.
One coordinator carries the load from seal to signature, and the handover at the aircraft is signed against the manifest before the crew steps back from the stand.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at ZBES
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Government and state flight catering at ZBES
A narrow-body reference code at Arxan still carries full protocol handling: state visits and official delegations move through ZBES on the same documentation standard as any wide-body station. Government flight catering here means the protocol file recorded per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and a head of state movement sealed at the kitchen before it ever reaches the apron.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at YIE
A private airliner routed through Arxan's narrow-body stand still boards to a full household specification, because the reference code sets the aircraft size, not the standard applied to it. Royal flight catering at YIE covers BBJ, ACJ and other private airliners, held to a written household file kept on record between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Arxan
On the narrow-body stand at Arxan, a group charter or an ACMI rotation is worked as a full cabin build rather than a partial load, with every tray counted against the loading sheet before the cart leaves the kitchen. Charter flight catering at Arxan covers wet-lease operators, special missions and group movements, with charter flight catering at YIE staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at ZBES
Arxan's narrow-body reference code keeps every rotation on one class of stand, so our kitchen runs a single tray standard across scheduled and ad hoc work rather than switching specification by aircraft type. Carriers using YIE as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering from the same duty roster, with ad hoc airline catering and AOG covered across a multi-leg day without a separate booking path.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at YIE
Sequencing a business aircraft around the same narrow-body stand used for scheduled turnarounds means the GA apron slot has to be booked into the same board as the airline traffic at Arxan. Private jet catering at ZBES reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, through business aviation catering and business jet catering alike.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Arxan airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Arxan, China
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For our departure from Arxan (YIE/ZBES), we specifically needed HACCP. The trays and boxes were organized logically, which saved the cabin crew time before passengers arrived. Good attention to the operational side of catering. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Ricardo — Executive Charter Coordinator
“We used the team for ACMI at Arxan (YIE/ZBES) during a tight turnaround. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Camila — Trip Operations Manager
“For our business jet at Arxan (YIE/ZBES), I arranged private jet menu with a few passenger-specific requests. They followed my notes closely, kept me updated, and delivered at the time agreed with the FBO. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Tom — Airline Dispatch Manager
Airport catering data for Arxan (ZBES / YIE)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | ZBES |
Business jet catering questions at ZBES / YIE
Technical stop catering questions at ZBES / YIE
What operations gets asked every week about Arxan.
Ask operations directly →Since no price list is published, what does airline catering cost at Arxan depend on?
There is no fixed rate: airline catering cost at Arxan is quoted against cabin count, menu specification and the loading window requested, and the desk returns a figure once those are known.
At Arxan airport, do you deliver airline catering airside and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
Hi-loader equipment carries the sealed cart to galley door height, so airside delivery here means the load is boarded directly rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft.
How are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced and documented at YIE?
YIE production runs halal and kosher sets on a line separate from the main cabin build, with special meals logged to their SPML code and matched to the passenger before sealing.
Can private jet catering be delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field at ZBES?
A short apron transfer covers every FBO on the field and the GA terminal, with private jet catering and FBO catering held to the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
What lead time does an order need at Arxan, and how late can the specification change?
We ask for standard lead time on a scheduled order, and we still take a last minute airline catering change against the loading window when the kitchen has capacity to absorb it.
Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Arxan airport, and under what protocol?
Yes, under a protocol file documented per passenger: VIP flight catering and government flight catering both run through security-cleared staff and a sealed handover at the stand.
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