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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Liangshan, China
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Liangshan (ZUXC / XIC)
XIC (IATA) · ZUXC (ICAO)
Our crews run inflight catering against a wide-body reference code at Liangshan (ZUXC), boarding a full three-class rotation without stepping down to a narrow-body profile. In-flight catering here moves from a sealed kitchen to the aircraft door by hi-loader, and every uplift at XIC is staged on the same wide-body-rated equipment, airside, so a scheduled service and a charter share one loading standard rather than two.
3,600 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
02
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 — Liangshan
Wide-body inflight catering at Liangshan (XIC)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Liangshan airport
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at XIC
The catering uplift at ZUXC is planned against a single wide-body-rated runway, which sets one loading rhythm rather than several competing ones. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the convoy moves to the apron the moment the stand is confirmed. Nothing in the sequence is estimated: each step from kitchen seal to aircraft door is logged as it happens.
Between the ZUXC kitchen and the wide-body stand at Liangshan sit screening, an armed escort and apron traffic that neither the crew nor the ops desk controls, so the convoy is the risk we plan against, not the galley build. Every catering uplift is timed for the worst of that sequence rather than the average of it, with the escort briefed on the route and the chain of custody held by one named handler from seal to stand so that galley catering leaving XIC arrives exactly as it left. Temperatures are logged at sealing and read again at handover, and a signature closes the load once both figures and the galley match the manifest.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving Liangshan (XIC)
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at ZUXC
Airport catering at XIC is provisioned from a facility built to the field's wide-body reference code, with hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell run under one roof rather than split across contractors. Airport catering in China at this scale means tray sets, passenger meal boxes and a full cold chain are produced to the same HACCP standard whichever cabin they are destined for. That single-roof model is what lets a wide-body rotation at Liangshan draw First, Business and main cabin loads from one kitchen instead of staging them from separate lines.
Government flight catering at Liangshan is worked by the same named team on every rotation, not a rota drawn fresh each time. Every member carries security clearance on file and sits on the access list before a sealed uplift is released to the ramp, and the same team is trained to royal household service standards so a protocol movement and a scheduled flight are handled to one procedure rather than two. Paperwork travels with the load, not behind it.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Liangshan, China
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Liangshan airport
Menus at Liangshan are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed offer, so a scheduled service, a charter and a VIP flight menu draw from the same kitchen without sharing a specification. Inflight catering in China at this scale still carries a local sourcing thread where the region allows it, favouring dairy, orchard fruit and regional produce over anything flown in unnecessarily. Every set is written down before it is cooked: quantities, substitutions and special meal codes fixed to the manifest, not improvised at the pass. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that specification rather than adjusted after boarding.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at ZUXC are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for a protocol movement. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the route, so a repeat rotation is served to the same presentation each time it flies.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Liangshan run a multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed in galley-ready formats sized to the aircraft actually on stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boarded in the same tray sets, boxed to the roster rather than to a generic count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at XIC are documented per passenger before the aircraft is loaded, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production. Inflight catering in Liangshan carries the full range of IATA special meal codes, produced on a separate line 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 under HACCP control at XIC
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 Liangshan
Liangshan runs off a single wide-body-rated runway, which means every movement through XIC is planned as a wide-body event rather than a mixed profile of narrow-body turns. A government delegation here is a documentation problem before it is a service one, and a charter wave is a capacity problem that has to be solved against one runway rather than several.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than left at the foot of the stand, with our own crews holding ramp access onto the apron. Airline catering and aviation catering at Liangshan run off one ops desk, so in-flight catering at Liangshan and inflight catering at XIC follow the same routing whether the flight is scheduled or ad hoc.
Airport catering at XIC is committed to one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from the kitchen, and a signed handover at the aircraft door.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at ZUXC
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Government and state flight catering at XIC
A head of state aircraft or an official delegation lands here onto the same single wide-body stand profile that governs every other movement at Liangshan, which is what lets protocol traffic be planned rather than improvised. Government flight catering at ZUXC keeps the file documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crews, with the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Liangshan
Across a 3600 metre runway, private airliners in the BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP class are cleared to operate at Liangshan on the same wide-body stand profile as scheduled traffic. Royal flight catering at XIC is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request for the royal household travelling.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at ZUXC
A single wide-body-rated runway forces every charter loading plan at Liangshan to be sequenced against one movement window rather than several parallel ones. Charter flight catering at ZUXC serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group charter movements and special missions with charter flight catering at Liangshan built as a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet and staged to the galley layout.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at XIC
A single wide-body-rated runway at Liangshan means every carrier routing through XIC is handled to one loading standard rather than a split profile. Ad hoc airline catering at ZUXC covers outstation catering in China for carriers using this station away from base, with diversion catering and technical stop catering on the same duty roster, AOG included, and crew meals at XIC boarded across a multi-leg rotation without a change of specification.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Liangshan
The runway at Liangshan runs to 3600 metres, which keeps the GA terminal and the ramp handling area working to the same wide-body-rated ramp as the main apron. Private jet catering at XIC reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal as FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering, run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Liangshan, China
Protocol officers on government flight catering at Liangshan (XIC)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We had a last-minute schedule change into Liangshan (XIC/ZUXC) and needed AOG catering. Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Manuel — Air Mobility Coordinator
“Liangshan (XIC/ZUXC) was an outstation for us, and we booked airline catering at outstations for the sector. It felt like working with a regular station supplier even though this was not one of our usual airports. Very useful coverage for smaller or less familiar stations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Amine — Charter Operations Manager
“The operations team needed an airline catering cost for Liangshan (XIC/ZUXC) with very little time to decide. The inclusions were easy to understand, lead time was realistic, and there were no surprises when the final order was confirmed. Straightforward and professional from quote to delivery. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Celine — Cargo Operations Manager
Airport catering facts for Liangshan (ZUXC / XIC)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,600 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | ZUXC |
Business jet catering questions at Liangshan, China
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Liangshan, China
What operations gets asked every week about Liangshan.
Ask operations directly →At what point can you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal in Liangshan?
Every leg starts at the kitchen seal, and from there FBO catering is routed directly to the GA terminal and to the FBOs on the field on the same schedule as an airline uplift, with no separate queue for business aviation.
Does airline catering cost the same for every flight through Liangshan Airport?
Each quotation is built on cabin count, specification and the loading window requested, since airline catering cost is never published as a flat rate; the desk comes back with a figure once those three are known.
XIC, how far in advance do you need the order, and how late can the specification still change?
The loading sheet that carries the uplift is built once lead time is confirmed, and as a guide, last minute airline catering requests are worked against how far in advance the change reaches the kitchen relative to the loading window.
How far do halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes go at ZUXC, and how are they documented?
Security clearance on the production line is what lets halal and kosher sets, along with the full range of SPML special meals, run on a separate line and be sealed before dispatch, each one logged per passenger against the manifest.
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