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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Erenhot, China
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Erenhot (ZBER / ERL)
ERL (IATA) · ZBER (ICAO)
A single wide-body-rated stand at Erenhot sets the ceiling for what boards here: one hi-loader run to galley height, not a handoff at the foot of the aircraft. That single stand is where inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation uplifts for scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements all load through one ramp-cleared crew, airside, around the clock.
2,800 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
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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 — Erenhot
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for ZBER / ERL
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at ZBER
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Erenhot
The loading window at Erenhot runs from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door, and it is a sequence we control rather than a slot we wait for. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the cart moves onto the apron the moment the aircraft is on stand, without waiting on a shared queue. That sequencing is what keeps a diversion or a late change from becoming a missed departure at ZBER.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Erenhot sit screening, an escort through the apron, and the crossing traffic of a single working runway, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of those, not the average. Chain of custody runs on a sealed cart from the moment it leaves the kitchen: a seal number logged against the load sheet, a temperature reading taken at close and taken again at the galley door. The same crew that seals the galley catering at departure signs the handover, so one name carries the load from kitchen to aircraft rather than three.
One sealed cart, one crew, one signature from kitchen door to galley door.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Erenhot airport departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for ERL
The airport catering supporting Erenhot runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to hold a full wide-body specification rather than a single cart at a time. HACCP governs every stage between the larder and the sealed cart, with the cold chain checked at each handoff rather than once at the door. That structure is what lets airport catering at ZBER move from a routine rotation to a full delegation load without changing the kitchen it comes from.
The team that handles government flight catering at Erenhot is the same named crew on every rotation, not a roster drawn fresh each time. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, their names sit on the access list held for the stand, and each is trained to the household standards a protocol movement requires. That continuity is what keeps a sealed uplift accountable to one crew rather than to whoever is on shift.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Erenhot (ERL)
VVIP catering to a written specification at ZBER
Menus at Erenhot are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed cycle, drawing on regional dairy, grain and orchard produce for the base of a plated or a tray-set service. Inflight catering here moves from a full VVIP specification to a multi-choice hot service on the same production line, changed by the manifest rather than by the kitchen. Seasonal changes are built into the cycle rather than treated as an exception. Every set closes on documentation: allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements recorded per passenger and per cabin, not assumed from the route.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Erenhot 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 cycle. VIP flight catering here is filed against that standing order, so the presentation is repeatable movement to movement, not reinvented each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at ZBER take a multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft, moved through in tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cabin crew meals and flight-deck sets travel apart from the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at Erenhot are documented per passenger rather than assumed from a manifest, covering household, religious and medical requirements on the same standing order. Halal and kosher meals, along with the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before that line closes, keeping inflight catering traceable set by set.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at Erenhot airport
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 ZBER / ERL
Erenhot works a single wide-body-rated stand off one runway, which turns every rotation here into a scheduling problem before it is a menu problem: the stand has to be free and cleared before a cart can move. Airline catering at Erenhot is planned against that single stand rather than against a terminal's worth of gates, so a delegation movement and a scheduled rotation are sequenced on the same board rather than run in parallel.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, raised to galley height rather than handed up from ground level, with our own crew holding ramp access on the apron for the full transfer. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at ZBER run off that one route and one ops desk, so a change to the loading time reaches the ramp crew directly rather than through a second party.
What we commit to at Erenhot is one coordinator named to the rotation, carts sealed before they leave the kitchen, and a signed handover at the aircraft door, in China as at every other station on our network.
Aviation catering for five mission types at ZBER / ERL
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Government and state flight catering at ERL
A wide-body reference code held at Erenhot means a delegation aircraft clears the same stand as a scheduled rotation, so protocol has to be sequenced around ramp availability rather than a dedicated gate. Government flight catering here documents the passenger file, clears staff to a security list and seals the uplift before it leaves the kitchen for any head of state movement staged through ZBER.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Erenhot
One wide-body stand, and every household movement through it holds to the same written specification kept on file between rotations. Royal flight catering and VVIP work for private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations, clear Erenhot on that one held standard, with halal and household dietary requirements produced against the file rather than requested fresh each time.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at ZBER
Our crews load a full three-cabin uplift onto the single wide-body stand at Erenhot for every charter, ACMI or wet-lease rotation that clears it. Charter flight catering here is counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order, so a group movement or a special mission gets the same charter flight catering discipline as a scheduled carrier.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at ERL
At Erenhot, a single wide-body-rated stand off one runway sets the pace for every carrier that treats this field as an outstation rather than a hub. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all clear that same stand, with AOG uplift and a multi-leg rotation worked off the same duty roster rather than a special case.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Erenhot
The 2800 m runway at Erenhot takes the business aviation traffic that shares the field with scheduled and charter movements, routed to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal rather than to a passenger gate. Private jet catering at ERL runs on the same cold chain and the same sealed paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all worked off the one kitchen.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at Erenhot
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Erenhot airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our sports movement through Erenhot (ERL/ZBER) required football club charter catering on a tight schedule. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. Very practical for team and group charter work. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Giovanni — Airline Dispatch Manager
“We needed repatriation flight catering at Erenhot (ERL/ZBER) for a time-sensitive operation. They kept the menu simple, respected the special requirements, and delivered exactly when the aircraft was ready to receive it. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Bastien — Cabin Operations Lead
“We used the team at Erenhot (ERL/ZBER) for cargo airline catering on a night operation. Meals arrived on time and were packed practically for a working crew rather than over-presented. Good service for freighter crews and odd-hour schedules. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Klara — Government Charter Coordinator
Airport catering profile for Erenhot (ZBER / ERL)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,800 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | ZBER |
Inflight catering FAQ for ZBER
Outstation catering and access questions at Erenhot (ERL)
What operations gets asked every week about Erenhot.
Ask operations directly →With one runway governing the schedule at ZBER, are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced and documented?
There is a separate production line for halal and kosher sets, and the full range of SPML codes is produced against it, each set logged per passenger before it is sealed.
Whose crew moves an airline catering uplift across the apron at Erenhot?
For every rotation on this field, our own crew holds ramp access and completes the airside delivery by hi-loader, raised directly to galley height rather than handed up from ground level.
Do you need the order placed a fixed number of days ahead of a rotation through Erenhot airport?
Yes, with a standing lead time confirmed at booking, and a specification can still be adjusted closer to departure than that lead time once the loading window is locked in.
How far does protocol clearance reach for VIP, VVIP and government flights routed through ERL?
The same household and government flight catering standard applies to every movement, with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift regardless of which desk places the order.
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