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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Luoyang, China
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Luoyang (ZHLY / LYA)
LYA (IATA) · ZHLY (ICAO)
With a single wide-body reference code governing the field, Luoyang clears one aerodrome standard for every rotation that touches the apron. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and hi-loader uplift here, boarding wide-body cabins directly at galley height rather than at the foot of the aircraft.
2,500 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 — Luoyang
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at ZHLY / LYA
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at ZHLY
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Luoyang
Every catering uplift bound for the wide-body stand at Luoyang moves under ramp access controls agreed with the field, not on a schedule we set alone. Carts are sealed at the kitchen, escorted across the apron, and logged again at the galley door before the seal is broken. Nothing on this route is estimated: each stage is timed against the rotation it serves.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Luoyang, a catering uplift crosses the same screening, escort and apron traffic as any other airside movement, and the convoy is the risk we plan against, not the food inside it. Chain of custody starts at the kitchen seal and closes only when a named handler signs for the galley catering delivered on stand. Temperature is logged twice, once at sealing and once at handover, so a challenge on the ramp is answered from our own record rather than from memory. The same discipline applies whether the rotation is a scheduled service or a diverted arrival worked outside the plan.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the aircraft, nothing lost between them.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for Luoyang airport
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for LYA
Airport catering at Luoyang runs from a production kitchen built to feed wide-body rotations rather than single tray orders: hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof. Airport catering at this scale depends on HACCP discipline holding from intake to seal, with the cold chain checked at every stage the food moves through before it reaches the apron. What that facility makes possible here is a full three-cabin uplift produced to one written specification rather than assembled piecemeal against a departure clock.
The team assigned to government flight catering at Luoyang is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn from general production. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the sealed area is controlled by a fixed list, and household service standards are trained rather than improvised on the day. That continuity is what lets a protocol officer treat the uplift at ZHLY as a known quantity rather than a new brief each time.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Luoyang (LYA)
VVIP catering to a written specification at ZHLY
Menus for Luoyang are designed to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted to the season and the produce the region supplies: dairy, orchard fruit and freshwater fish drawn from the wider Henan area rather than named suppliers. Inflight catering here is written before it is plated, with every specification held on file between rotations rather than reworked each time a new order lands. First and Business cabins run from separate tray sets, while the main cabin is produced to a fixed multi-choice standard rather than a single fallback tray. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before the cart is sealed rather than sorted at the aircraft door.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Luoyang are plated to a written specification rather than a standing menu, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request against the filed order. VIP flight catering here is checked against that specification before the cart is sealed, so the presentation on board matches what protocol signed off.
Business cabins
Business cabins at ZHLY run on multi-choice hot service, produced in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on each aircraft type. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately against the flight roster, so tray sets and meal boxes for the cabin never mix with the deck.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at ZHLY are documented per passenger before production starts, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these requirements is produced on a separate line and sealed there, kept apart from the main cabin run until it reaches the cart.
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 Luoyang 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 ZHLY / LYA
One wide-body reference code covers the whole of Luoyang, which means every rotation that lands here, from a scheduled service to a diverted charter, is worked to the same apron standard rather than a mix of ad hoc arrangements. A delegation on short notice is a documentation problem before it is a kitchen problem, and a repeat rotation through the same stand is a matter of holding one specification rather than rewriting it.
Uplift for Luoyang moves from our kitchen to the ramp on a route agreed with ground handling on the apron, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering run off a single ops desk for this station, with airline catering scheduled against the stand plan rather than against a generic turnaround window.
Airport catering at Luoyang is committed through one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts and a signed handover at the aircraft, whatever the traffic on the field that day.
Aviation catering for five mission types at ZHLY / LYA
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Government and state flight catering at LYA
A 2500 metre runway at Luoyang, and clearance for delegations follows the same wide-body reference code as every other movement on the field. Government flight catering here is built around a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff and a head of state aircraft sealed before it leaves our kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LYA
We hold a wide-body reference code standard on every stand at Luoyang, and we apply the same discipline to a royal household movement as to a scheduled wide-body arrival. Royal flight catering at ZHLY covers private airliners, BBJ and ACJ types among them, with a household specification kept on file between movements and halal sets produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at ZHLY
Wide-body is the reference code held for the whole of Luoyang, and it puts ACMI, wet-lease and group charter movements on the same stand standard as any scheduled arrival. Charter flight catering in Luoyang covers special missions and repatriation movements as well as routine group work, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and charter flight catering at ZHLY staged to the galley order fitted on each aircraft.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at LYA
A single wide-body reference code at Luoyang forces every rotation onto the same stand plan, so an ad hoc uplift has to be sequenced against whatever is already booked rather than added as an afterthought. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering for carriers running this station outside their normal network, with AOG handled off the same duty roster across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Luoyang
A private airliner or a business jet movement at Luoyang still falls under the field's single wide-body reference code, which keeps FBO catering on the same apron discipline as a scheduled arrival. Private jet catering at Luoyang is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, run as business aviation catering and business jet catering on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Luoyang
Ops desks rating airline catering services at Luoyang airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at Luoyang (LYA/ZHLY) as an airline ops catering supplier. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. A good partner to have when the usual supplier is not available. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Oscar — Crew Services Coordinator
“We used the service for airline catering in Luoyang on a VIP rotation through LYA/ZHLY. Communication was responsive and the team handled a late timing change without any issue. We had a smooth experience from order to delivery. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Ricardo — Flight Support Supervisor
“We had several SPML on our order at Luoyang (LYA/ZHLY) and everything was handled correctly. All requirements were followed and the cabin crew could see immediately which meal belonged to which passenger. That attention to detail makes a big difference onboard. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Ryan — Airport Services Manager
Outstation catering data for Luoyang (ZHLY / LYA)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,500 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | ZHLY |
Airline catering questions for ZHLY
Crew meals, lead times and access at Luoyang (LYA)
What operations gets asked every week about Luoyang.
Ask operations directly →Where can operators confirm halal, kosher and special meal codes are produced for flights through Luoyang?
The protocol file held for each rotation records halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML codes, documented per passenger before production starts and signed off ahead of sealing.
How does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at LYA?
LYA uplift is boarded by hi-loader directly to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with airside delivery routed through the same ramp access agreed with ground handling for every rotation.
Which protocol governs VIP flight catering and government flight catering at ZHLY?
The loading method is the same hi-loader route used for every wide-body movement at ZHLY, with security-cleared staff and a documented chain of custody applied on top of it for VIP flight catering and government flight catering alike.
Is there a fixed lead time for ordering catering through Luoyang?
Our coordinator assigned to the rotation confirms how far in advance an order should be placed once the cabin count and specification are known, and works with the desk on how late a specification can still change without missing the loading window.
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Charter flight catering quote for ZHLY / LYA
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Luoyang (LYA / ZHLY)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Luoyang, 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 Luoyang (LYA)