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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Lijiang, China
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Lijiang (ZPLJ / LJG)
LJG (IATA) · ZPLJ (ICAO)
A single wide-body reference code at Lijiang lets a full-body aircraft take its complete uplift on one stand, boarded straight to galley height by hi-loader rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft. In-flight catering here runs from one ops desk, with inflight catering scheduled against the rotation, airside, so a multi-leg operator gets one point of contact for every sector through this field.
3,000 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 — Lijiang
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at ZPLJ
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Lijiang
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Lijiang, China
Ramp access at Lijiang is what turns a loading window into a fact rather than a promise: our crews clear the apron on their own badges and work straight to the aircraft door. The catering uplift moves as a sealed cart from kitchen to galley, tracked at each handover rather than estimated from a schedule. That sequence is what a multi-leg operator checks before booking a rotation through ZPLJ.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Lijiang sit screening, an escort through the apron and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp, and the loading plan is built against the worst of that rather than the best case. Chain of custody runs unbroken from the seal at the kitchen door to the signature taken planeside, with nobody handling the load outside that sequence. Every catering uplift is logged twice for temperature, once at sealing and once at the galley, and the galley catering handover is closed with a signature that names the person who took it.
One sealed cart, one signature, from our kitchen door to the galley.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving LJG
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for ZPLJ / LJG
Airport catering at LJG is run from one facility that keeps hot production, pastry, a cold larder and the protocol line under a single roof rather than splitting the work across sites. That layout is what airport catering depends on when a rotation needs three cabins turned in one pass rather than assembled piecemeal. The flight kitchen at Lijiang runs to HACCP, with the cold chain held from the larder to the sealed cart and checked at every stage in between.
The team behind government flight catering at Lijiang is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned on the day. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the kitchen and the ramp is limited to that list, and household service standards are trained rather than briefed once. That continuity is what protocol officers actually check before they release catering at ZPLJ into a delegation's schedule.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at ZPLJ
VVIP catering to a written specification at Lijiang
Menus at Lijiang are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for season, so a First cabin, a Business cabin and a main-cabin rotation are never worked from the same base sheet. Local produce from the surrounding region, in general terms dairy, orchard fruit and freshwater fish, sits alongside a standing international specification rather than replacing it. Every set is documented for allergen, halal and kosher requirements before it leaves the kitchen, labelled per passenger and per cabin rather than per flight. Inflight catering in Lijiang is built to hold that documentation intact from the seal to the galley door.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Lijiang are plated to a written specification kept on file between rotations, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than fixed to one set menu. VIP flight catering here is documented at the same level whether the movement is a single sector or a repeat rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins at ZPLJ take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready tray sets sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boarded rather than reheated on guesswork. Crew meals and cabin crew meals travel in their own boxes at Lijiang, with pilot meals kept separate on the loading sheet from the rest of the cabin crew meals.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at LJG are documented per passenger rather than per flight, covering household, religious and medical sets on the full range of IATA special meal codes. Halal and kosher meals are produced on a separate line and sealed before that line ever meets the main kitchen run, which is what inflight catering depends on when a delegation's dietary file has to match its manifest exactly.
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 Lijiang 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.
Aviation catering delivered to the stand at Lijiang (LJG)
Lijiang's traffic mix of scheduled, charter and government movements means a single wide-body stand has to be worked as a documentation problem as often as a loading one: a delegation needs its protocol file matched to the manifest before the cart moves, where a routine rotation only needs the standing specification repeated. Aircraft provisioning off one stand puts a premium on sequencing rather than volume, since the next movement is often already on approach before the last cart clears the apron.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by sealed cart, escorted across the apron to the stand and boarded by hi-loader straight to galley height, with airside delivery held on our own badges rather than a third party's. Airline catering at LJG, in-flight catering at Lijiang, inflight catering at ZPLJ and aviation catering in Lijiang all run off that same route and the same ops desk, so a carrier working this field as an outstation gets one contact rather than several. Airport catering in Lijiang is planned stand by stand rather than assumed from a generic schedule.
We commit one coordinator to every rotation through this station, sealed carts on every leg and a signed handover at the aircraft door.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at ZPLJ
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Government and state flight catering at LJG
Sequencing a delegation through one wide-body stand means the protocol file has to be closed before the cart ever moves, and government flight catering at Lijiang is built around that order rather than around the meal count. A head of state movement gets its uplift sealed at the kitchen door, with security-cleared staff and a documented file that travels with the aircraft rather than behind it.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Lijiang
Wide-body is the reference code held at ZPLJ, and that single fact is what lets a private airliner such as a BBJ or ACJ take a full household uplift on one stand rather than a scaled-down one. Royal flight catering here holds a written specification on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced against it on request rather than improvised per rotation.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at ZPLJ
Our kitchen works every charter, ACMI and wet-lease movement through Lijiang against the same wide-body reference code as a scheduled carrier, rather than a lighter standard for a one-off booking. Charter flight catering at Lijiang covers group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift staged to the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in China runs off that same sequence.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at LJG
Off the single wide-body stand at Lijiang, a carrier running this field as an outstation gets ad hoc airline catering built to the same specification as its home-base uplift. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering are worked off one duty roster here, crew meals in China boxed alongside the cabin load and crew meals at LJG kept to the roster rather than the manifest.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Lijiang
A 3000 m runway at Lijiang takes the business aircraft that route through the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, and it is the same figure that clears a wide-body rotation an hour either side of it. Private jet catering in China reaches those FBOs and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all worked off the one ops desk.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Lijiang airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at LJG
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We used group charter catering at Lijiang (LJG/ZPLJ) for a team charter and had a good experience. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. A good partner for sports charter operations. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Elif — Operations Control Officer
“For an urgent mission at Lijiang (LJG/ZPLJ), the team supported us with repatriation flight catering. They kept the menu simple, respected the special requirements, and delivered exactly when the aircraft was ready to receive it. Strong support for a demanding operation. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Stefan — Cabin Services Manager
“We used the team at Lijiang (LJG/ZPLJ) for cargo airline catering on a night operation. The crew received the correct quantities and the handover was quick, which is exactly what we needed. Good service for freighter crews and odd-hour schedules. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Sebastian — Charter Operations Manager
Aircraft catering station data for Lijiang (ZPLJ / LJG)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | ZPLJ |
Business jet catering questions at ZPLJ
Diversion catering and ramp questions at ZPLJ
What operations gets asked every week about Lijiang.
Ask operations directly →How does Lijiang handle private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal?
Lijiang routes private jet catering to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering covering both fixed-base operators without singling one out.
Which lead time does Lijiang Airport need for an order, and how late can the specification still change?
The loading sheet and the sealed cart set the lead time: how far in advance an order is placed decides how far the kitchen can plan production, and last minute airline catering is still possible within the loading window ahead of the stand time.
Can LJG cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
The single wide-body stand at LJG carries VIP flight catering, VVIP movements and government flight catering under one documented protocol, with security-cleared staff and a sealed file that travels with the aircraft.
Do you publish what airline catering costs at ZPLJ?
Yes, by quotation built on cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a published price list, so airline catering cost at ZPLJ is confirmed once the rotation details are in.
Inflight catering at other airports near Lijiang
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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