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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Heihe, China
VIP flight catering, airline catering and private jet catering at Heihe (ZYDU / DTU)
DTU (IATA) · ZYDU (ICAO)
A narrow-body reference code sets the loading plan at Heihe (ZYDU / DTU): fewer doors to sequence, so the galley schedule runs tighter and turnarounds stay predictable. AERO GOURMET provides inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering from this station, boarding scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights, with the tray sets sealed and staged before wheels-up.
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 — Heihe
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for DTU
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at ZYDU
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Heihe airport
Ramp access at Heihe governs the sequence more than any single clock reading: the narrow-body stand takes one aircraft at a time, so the catering uplift is planned into the same slot as fuel, water and baggage rather than around them. On the apron at ZYDU, the sealed cart moves the moment the ramp clears it, not before. That order is fixed at Heihe regardless of which flight is on the stand.
Between our kitchen and the narrow-body stand at Heihe, the convoy carries the risk, not the food: screening, escort and apron traffic all sit between the seal and the galley door. We route the catering uplift against the worst of that traffic rather than the average of it, holding a fixed sequence through the checkpoints at ZYDU. Chain of custody runs from the kitchen to the galley on a single log: temperature recorded at sealing, recorded again at handover, and the galley catering signed for by name at the aircraft.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the galley door, nothing in between.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Heihe airport departures
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at Heihe (DTU)
The flight kitchen provisioning Heihe runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built around the narrow-body reference code this station holds. Airport catering here follows a HACCP-run cold chain from the larder to the sealed cart, so nothing crosses into the convoy without a logged temperature. That same line supports airport catering for scheduled, charter, VIP and government departures out of ZYDU without splitting the kitchen by segment.
The team behind government flight catering at Heihe is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access roster, and trained to the household service standards a royal or state movement expects. Chain of custody runs with them from the kitchen door onward, not just on the ramp, so a sealed uplift never changes hands off the log. That crew works catering at ZYDU on state and royal movements exactly as it works a scheduled departure, with the same discipline applied to both.
VIP flight catering menus for Heihe departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Heihe, China
Menus at Heihe are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted to season, with the narrow-body layout setting how many meal types run per rotation. Regional produce from northern China's dairy, river fish and orchard fruit is worked into the standing specification where the route calls for it, never substituted for a fixed dish. Inflight catering at ZYDU is planned from the same specification whether the flight is scheduled, charter or VIP, so a repeat rotation sees the same standard twice. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, filed against the loading sheet before the cart is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Heihe are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed dish list, with à-la-carte and VIP flight catering service available on request for a state or private movement. The specification is filed against the standing order at DTU, so a repeat rotation is served to the same brief each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins out of ZYDU run multi-choice hot service to a cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boarded in the same tray sets, boxed to the roster rather than to the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Heihe are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical needs alongside halal and kosher sets built to the IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line at ZYDU and sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
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
Aircraft catering food safety at Heihe, China
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 ZYDU
Heihe holds a narrow-body aerodrome reference code, which sets the boarding plan around a single class of airframe rather than a mixed wide-body and narrow-body ramp. That code decides the sequencing at ZYDU: one stand configuration, one loading geometry, and a duty roster built around it rather than around aircraft type variation.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, loaded through the forward and aft doors at ground level rather than by hi-loader, with our own crew escorting it across the apron to the aircraft. Airline catering in China follows this same route regardless of segment, and in-flight catering at Heihe is logged at both ends of that transfer.
Aviation catering at Heihe and airport catering in China both run off the one ops desk here, with a single coordinator holding the schedule, the sealed carts and the signed handover for every rotation through DTU.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Heihe (DTU)
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Government and state flight catering at DTU
Our kitchen runs the narrow-body reference code held at Heihe into a single protocol line for delegations, state visits and official movements through ZYDU. Government flight catering here documents the file per passenger, assigns security-cleared staff to the rotation, and seals the uplift before it leaves the kitchen, with a head of state movement worked to the same standing procedure as any other.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Heihe
Narrow-body reference code, one class of airframe, one loading geometry: that is what governs a royal flight catering rotation through DTU. Household standards are held across repeat movements from a written specification kept on file between rotations, covering private airliners on this configuration and halal or other VVIP and royal dietary needs on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at ZYDU
Narrow-body airframes on group movements, ACMI rotations and special missions are what the reference code at Heihe is built to board, one stand and one loading geometry at a time. Charter flight catering at DTU covers wet-lease operators and group charters alike, with charter flight catering at ZYDU staged to the loading sheet in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at DTU
A narrow-body reference code at Heihe means one stand geometry to plan against, so ad hoc airline catering here runs off a single duty roster rather than a mixed fleet schedule. Carriers running Heihe as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering from the same kitchen, with crew meals boarded alongside the passenger load on a multi-leg rotation through ZYDU.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Heihe
On the same narrow-body ramp that Heihe's reference code sets for scheduled and charter traffic, business aviation is worked by our dedicated private jet catering branch rather than folded into the airline schedule. Delivery reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering and business aviation catering at Heihe run on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, and business jet catering held to that same standard.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at ZYDU
Operators on commercial aviation catering at ZYDU / DTU
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We needed royal flight catering at Heihe (DTU/ZYDU) for a protocol-sensitive flight. They followed the instructions carefully and kept communication limited to the operational contacts involved. Reliable, discreet, and easy to work with. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Ian — Outstation Manager
“We ordered private airliner catering for our aircraft at Heihe (DTU/ZYDU) and the result was very good. They followed our plating notes closely and made the final setup easy for the cabin crew. Good quality and very practical for onboard service. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Paolo — VIP Charter Manager
“For a high-volume passenger flight at Heihe (DTU/ZYDU), we needed reliable umrah flight catering. Packaging was practical for the cabin and the uplift arrived in good order for departure. A dependable choice for group charter operations. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Agnes — Government Aviation Liaison
Heihe (ZYDU / DTU): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | ZYDU |
Business jet catering questions at Heihe
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Heihe
What operations gets asked every week about Heihe.
Ask operations directly →Is airline catering delivered airside at DTU, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
Our escort and loading crew handle the transfer from kitchen to stand; the reference code here is narrow-body, so airside delivery runs by sealed cart to the aircraft doors rather than by hi-loader.
ZYDU — how far in advance does an order need to be placed, and how late can the specification change?
The sealed cart and the loading sheet set the cut-off, not a fixed clock: as a rule of thumb for how far in advance to plan, a scheduled rotation is confirmed days ahead while last minute airline catering for a diversion or technical stop is worked against the same-day roster.
At which point does private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal in Heihe?
The uplift is sealed at the kitchen first, then routed to whichever FBO or the GA terminal the movement is parked at, with FBO catering following the same chain of custody as an airline load.
Does Heihe Airport publish a fixed airline catering cost?
Every quotation is built to the rotation: cabin count, specification and the loading window at ZYDU all move the airline catering cost, so the desk returns a figure rather than a rate card.
Outstation catering near Heihe
HEK / ZYHE
Heihe
China · 211 km from Heihe
Airline & VIP flight catering →
NDG / ZYQQ
Qiqihar
China · 213 km from Heihe
Airline & VIP flight catering →
LDS / ZYLD
Yichun
China · 228 km from Heihe
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for ZYDU
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Heihe (DTU / ZYDU)
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Offloading
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Uplift at Heihe (DTU)