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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Gannan, China
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Gannan (ZLXH / GXH)
GXH (IATA) · ZLXH (ICAO)
A narrow-body aerodrome reference code sets the frame for every rotation through Gannan, and it is the figure this station is planned around rather than a limit worked past. Inflight catering here moves by hi-loader to galley height on each stand, with in-flight catering staged so that wide-body-style volume disciplines still govern the uplift, sequenced cabin by cabin ahead of doors closing.
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 — Gannan
Aviation catering with ramp access at Gannan
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at ZLXH / GXH
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at Gannan (GXH)
Between our kitchen and the aircraft at Gannan, the load moves as a sealed unit rather than a series of separate handoffs. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the convoy crosses the apron without waiting on a borrowed escort, and the galley door opens only once the hi-loader is level with the sill. What the window actually measures is custody, not distance: who sealed the cart, who carried it, who signed for it at the aircraft.
Screening, apron traffic and the escort step in between are the parts of a catering uplift most likely to slip, so at Gannan they are planned against their worst case rather than their average one. A convoy that waits behind other ramp movements still arrives with its seal intact and its paperwork unchanged, because the schedule around it was built with that wait already priced in. Temperatures are logged when the galley catering is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at handover, closing the chain of custody with a signature at the aircraft rather than a note left on file. Nothing about the loading sequence changes to make up lost time: the convoy is rerouted, not the standard.
One name is on the seal at the kitchen, and the same name signs at the aircraft.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for ZLXH
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Gannan, China
The flight kitchen that provisions Gannan runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to hold to a single standard rather than a shifting one. Airport catering at ZLXH is scheduled against the narrow-body reference code this field is built to, so tray sets, cold-larder work and passenger meal boxes move through production kitchen stages that answer to HACCP throughout. The same site handles airport catering at Gannan for scheduled, charter and government work without the standard changing between them.
Government flight catering at ZLXH is worked by the same named crew every time, not a rotating pool assigned on the day. Every member holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for this station, and is trained to the household standards a protocol movement requires before it ever reaches the aircraft. Catering at ZLXH for this segment carries the same chain of custody from seal to signature that any sealed uplift is held to here.
Halal airline meals and special meals at GXH
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at ZLXH / GXH
Menus at Gannan are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for season, so a First cabin service and a group charter tray set never share a specification by accident. Where local sourcing is worked into a menu, it draws on the produce of the wider region around Gannan and China rather than any single named supplier, kept general by design. Inflight catering in Gannan carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets labelled per passenger and per cabin, filed against the order before the load ever leaves the kitchen. Nothing on the tray reaches the aircraft without that documentation attached to it.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at ZLXH are plated to a written specification rather than assembled on the day, with à-la-carte and course-by-course service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the same presentation repeats across every rotation a household or a delegation flies.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Gannan run multi-choice hot service built to a cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on board. Crew meals in China and crew meals at GXH travel in the same load, cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately against the roster rather than mixed into the passenger set.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at Gannan is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves it, covering household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger. Halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes sit inside that same inflight catering line, never mixed with the standard tray run.
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 Gannan (GXH)
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 and airside delivery at Gannan, China
Gannan is built to a narrow-body aerodrome reference code, and traffic through this stand is planned around what that code allows rather than around a wider mix it was never built for. Airline catering at GXH and aviation catering at Gannan therefore run to a single stand-by-stand plan, with inflight catering, in-flight catering at GXH and airport catering in China scheduled off one desk rather than several.
Uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, brought level with the galley sill rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own cleared crew on the ramp throughout the transfer.
One coordinator carries the load from seal to signature, sealed carts and a signed handover closing the chain at Gannan the same way on every rotation.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Gannan
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Government and state flight catering at ZLXH
At a station built to a narrow-body aerodrome reference code, a head of state aircraft is worked to the same stand discipline as any other movement, with nothing about the protocol file changed to fit the ramp. Government flight catering at Gannan for state visits and official delegations is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew, and sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at GXH
A narrow-body aerodrome reference code has to be worked around when a private airliner flies a household movement through Gannan, sequencing the load to fit a stand sized for less than a wide-body VIP aircraft usually takes. Royal flight catering at catering at GXH for BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP work is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Gannan
One narrow-body aerodrome reference code, and every charter rotation through Gannan is staged against it rather than against a bigger stand this field does not hold. Charter flight catering in Gannan for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions runs as a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, with charter flight catering in China staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at ZLXH
A narrow-body aerodrome reference code is what most of the scheduled and ad hoc traffic through Gannan flies against, and it is the figure our loading plan is built around rather than adjusted for after the fact. Ad hoc airline catering at ZLXH, outstation catering in Gannan and diversion catering at GXH run off the same duty roster as a booked rotation, with technical stop catering and ad hoc catering at GXH covering an unplanned landing, crew meals in Gannan boxed to the roster across a multi-leg routing.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at GXH
We work the GA terminal and stands at Gannan to the same narrow-body aerodrome reference code that governs the rest of the field, so a business aviation movement is planned on the same ramp logic as a scheduled one. Private jet catering in China reaches the FBOs on the field through our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Inflight catering rated by operators at GXH
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Gannan
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We were looking for a dependable airline ops catering supplier in Gannan (GXH/ZLXH) and the process was straightforward. One contact handled the order from confirmation through delivery, which saved our dispatch team a lot of follow-up. A good partner to have when the usual supplier is not available. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Sami — Station Performance Manager
“I arranged VIP flight catering in Gannan for our departure from GXH/ZLXH. The order was confirmed quickly, delivered on time, and packed exactly as requested for the aircraft. A very easy service to use at this station. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Stefan — VIP Flight Operations Manager
“Our passenger profile required special meals at Gannan (GXH/ZLXH), with several different dietary restrictions. The order arrived complete and the special requests were handled with the same presentation as the regular meals. A good experience with complex dietary requests. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Manuel — Trip Operations Manager
Station data for airport catering at Gannan (ZLXH / GXH)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | ZLXH |
Business jet catering questions at GXH
Crew meals, lead times and access at GXH
What operations gets asked every week about Gannan.
Ask operations directly →Is there a published rate for airline catering cost at GXH?
The coordinator who scopes your rotation works from cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a fixed rate card, and comes back with a quotation built on those figures.
Does Gannan cater VIP, VVIP and government flights under a fixed protocol?
Every movement in this category is worked to a documented protocol file, from security-cleared staff to a sealed uplift, whether the flight is VIP flight catering, VVIP or government flight catering.
At which point are halal, kosher and SPML meals produced for a flight through Gannan?
The step that comes first is separation: halal, kosher and other special meals are produced on their own line before the standard tray run starts, then documented against the passenger's SPML code.
Where does airline catering reach the aircraft at Gannan airport?
The record that proves it is the loading sheet signed at handover: airside delivery runs by hi-loader straight to the galley door rather than to the foot of the aircraft.
How far in advance does an order need to be placed at GXH, and how late can it change?
The clearance the answer rests on is the same duty roster that covers ad hoc work, so a standing rotation books ahead on a set lead time while a late change or a genuinely last minute airline catering request is still worked against that same roster.
Who handles private jet catering delivery to the FBOs and GA terminal at ZLXH?
Across the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, our branch delivers FBO catering on the same cold chain and paperwork as any airline uplift at this station.
Commercial aviation catering near Gannan
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
LHW / ZLLL
Lanzhou
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
GMQ / ZLGL
Golog
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for Gannan airport
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Gannan (GXH / ZLXH)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Gannan, not a brochure.
orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7
Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Gannan (GXH)