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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Beijing, China
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Beijing (ZBAA / PEK)
PEK (IATA) · ZBAA (ICAO)
Our kitchen boards wide-body aircraft at Beijing (ZBAA), the reference code held across all three runways, and provisions the cabins by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than at the foot of the stand. Inflight catering here runs on one ops desk covering scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet movements, with in-flight catering staged for multi-leg rotations and inflight catering at Beijing dispatched airside on 24/7 cover.
3,800 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
3
Runways
1
FBO on station
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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 — Beijing
Hi-loader aviation catering on the Beijing apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at PEK
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Beijing (PEK)
Ramp access at Beijing runs through screening and escort before a single cart reaches the aircraft, and that sequence, not the cooking, is what the loading window at PEK actually measures. Catering at ZBAA moves from a sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door by hi-loader, tracked stage by stage rather than promised as a single figure. Every stage carries its own checkpoint, so a delay is caught on the apron and not discovered at the galley.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Beijing sit screening, an escort requirement and apron traffic that shifts with the wave, and the convoy through them is the real risk to a catering uplift, not the food riding inside it. We plan the chain of custody against the worst of that traffic rather than the average of it, building buffer into the schedule before the cart ever leaves the kitchen. Every seal is logged when it closes at the kitchen and checked again at the galley, so the galley catering that boards at PEK carries a temperature record from departure to handover, closed by a signature at the aircraft.
One responsibility runs from the seal at our kitchen to the signature at the galley.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving Beijing
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Beijing, China
Our flight kitchen provisions Beijing under hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell held under one roof, run to a documented HACCP standard from intake to seal. That combination is what lets airport catering at PEK cover a delegation and a peak departure wave from the same site without one displacing the other. Airport catering at Beijing keeps the cold chain closed from the kitchen door to the hi-loader, and the flight kitchen at PEK issues nothing that has not passed its own release check first.
The team behind government flight catering at Beijing is a named crew held to the same roster every rotation, not a pool drawn on for the day. Every member carries security clearance on file and sits on the access list before a delegation ever lands, trained to royal household standards and briefed on the chain of custody paperwork that travels sealed with the uplift. Catering at PEK for that tier moves under one coordinator, so the record from kitchen to aircraft has a single name attached to it.
VIP flight catering menus for PEK departures
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at ZBAA / PEK
Menus for Beijing are written to the cabin, the mission and the season, from passenger meal boxes through to VVIP service, with inflight catering at ZBAA following whichever roster the aircraft is actually flying. Regional produce sets the frame where dairy, orchard fruit and fresh fish are worked into a season's plan rather than fixed on a single card. First and Business specifications carry their own protein and presentation lines, while the main cabin runs a multi-choice hot service built for volume without losing the specification behind it. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before it ever reaches the galley.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Beijing are plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single set menu. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the aircraft, so a repeat rotation is served to the same presentation every time it lands at ZBAA.
Business cabins
Business cabins at PEK run a multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to each aircraft type. Crew meals in Beijing and pilot meals travel in their own sealed sets, with cabin crew meals boxed separately from the passenger tray sets so the roster for crew meals at Beijing never crosses the cabin service.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Beijing are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production run on a separate line before it is sealed. The full range of IATA special meal codes is produced against that documentation, so inflight catering in China for this tier arrives already matched to the passenger it was written for.
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 and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at Beijing (PEK)
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.
Catering uplift planned stand by stand at Beijing, China
Beijing runs scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet traffic across three runways into wide-body stands, and that mix sets three different catering problems on the same ramp: a delegation is a documentation load, a peak departure wave is a capacity load, and a repeat charter rotation is a repetition load holding one specification steady over time. Airline catering and aviation catering at PEK are planned against whichever of those three is due on a given day, not against a single average schedule. The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew holding the ramp access badges for that leg. Inflight catering in Beijing and in-flight catering at PEK run off one coordinator through that whole route, so the record from kitchen seal to aircraft signature never changes hands mid-journey. Airport catering in Beijing commits to sealed carts, one named point of contact per rotation, and a signed handover at the aircraft door.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Beijing
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Government and state flight catering at Beijing
A head of state aircraft calls on the same wide-body stands this station holds for scheduled wide-body traffic, and that shared capacity is what lets government flight catering at Beijing scale to a full delegation without displacing the day's other movements. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff carry security clearance before the aircraft lands, and the uplift is sealed before it leaves the kitchen for that government flight catering leg.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at ZBAA
Across the wide-body stands at Beijing, private airliners including BBJ, ACJ and other wide-body VIP configurations are boarded to the same household specification kept on file between movements, rather than rebuilt for each rotation. Royal flight catering at this station covers VVIP catering and halal VIP requirements on request, with royal household dietary detail carried on the file so a repeat visit is served without re-briefing the kitchen.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at PEK
A full three-cabin uplift has to be sequenced against the loading sheet before the aircraft's runway slot, which is the constraint that a 3,800 metre runway at Beijing puts on any group movement working to a tight turnaround. Charter flight catering here covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group charter and special missions, with charter flight catering in China staged in the order the galleys are laid out rather than loaded on arrival.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Beijing
Three runways and wide-body stands at PEK let carriers running this station as an outstation draw on the same standing capacity as a scheduled base, without pre-booking a full rotation months out. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering at Beijing all run off one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals at PEK boxed to the same roster and ad hoc airline catering in China held to one tray standard across the wider network.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at ZBAA
3,800 metres of runway at Beijing, which clears wide-body movements, also carries the GA traffic that shares the same apron and ramp routing. Private jet catering at ZBAA reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, with business aviation catering and business jet catering run on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, FBO catering included.
Private jets →
FBOs at Beijing
capital jet co. ltd (cjet)
Charter flight catering reviewed at PEK
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Beijing
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used tour operator charter catering at Beijing (PEK/ZBAA) for a team charter and had a good experience. They handled the nutrition requests well and kept everything organized for fast distribution onboard. Very practical for team and group charter work. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Dario — FBO Services Manager
“We arranged military charter catering at Beijing (PEK/ZBAA) for a non-routine passenger movement. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. Strong support for a demanding operation. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Hassan — Network Control Coordinator
“We ordered freighter crew meals for a cargo rotation through Beijing (PEK/ZBAA). They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. A reliable option for cargo operations. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Yuki — Cabin Service Coordinator
Airport catering reference for Beijing (ZBAA / PEK)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,800 m |
| Runways | 3 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | ZBAA |
Business jet catering questions at PEK
Crew meals, lead times and access at PEK
What operations gets asked every week about Beijing.
Ask operations directly →Can PEK take airline catering delivered airside, straight onto the aircraft?
Yes, our crew holds ramp access at PEK and boards every cabin by hi-loader to galley height, so airside delivery replaces any handover at the foot of the aircraft.
How is airline catering cost worked out at ZBAA?
ZBAA carries no published price list; a quotation is built from cabin count, the specification requested and the loading window the rotation needs, and our desk returns a figure once those are confirmed.
When are halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes produced for a Beijing departure?
Once a passenger's requirement is confirmed, halal and kosher sets and the full range of SPML codes are produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before sealing.
Where is the lead time recorded for an order into Beijing Capital International Airport?
The confirmed specification on file sets how far in advance an order must be placed, and last minute airline catering can still be accommodated up to the loading window closing.
What protocol governs VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at PEK?
We run VIP flight catering and government flight catering at PEK under one documented protocol, with cleared staff, sealed uplift and a signed handover for every movement.
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Four steps
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Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Beijing (PEK)