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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Shanghai, China
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Shanghai (ZSPD / PVG)
PVG (IATA) · ZSPD (ICAO)
Sequencing five runways and wide-body stands into one loading plan means galleys are staged in the order aircraft push, not the order caterers would prefer. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering at Shanghai (ZSPD / PVG), boarded by hi-loader to galley height, with aviation catering uplift held on ramp access rather than kerb delivery.
4,000 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
5
Runways
1
FBO on station
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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 — Shanghai
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Shanghai airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at Shanghai (PVG)
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at ZSPD
The loading window at ZSPD tracks the sealed cart from our kitchen door to the galley door, not an estimate printed on a schedule board. Ramp access lets the hi-loader reach the wide-body stand directly, so the catering uplift skips the queue that a kerb-side handover would create at Shanghai. Every stage on the apron between seal and signature is logged against the same clock.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Shanghai sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is the part of any catering uplift that actually carries the risk, not the galley catering itself. We route against the worst case of each rather than the average one, holding a buffer inside the loading window so a hold on the ramp does not become a hold at the galley door. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and again at handover, and the chain of custody closes only when a named crew member signs for the load at the aircraft.
One coordinator carries the load from the sealed kitchen cart to the signature at the galley.
Airline food supplier for Shanghai, China rotations
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Shanghai airport
Airport catering in Shanghai runs from a facility built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell held under one roof, rather than a shared line split across several airlines' orders. That structure is what lets airport catering at PVG hold a wide-body specification and a VIP or government one on the same production day without either slipping. Every tray leaving the flight kitchen at PVG is produced and packed to a documented HACCP standard before it reaches the cold chain that carries it to the aircraft.
Catering at ZSPD is worked by the same named team on every rotation that carries government flight catering, rather than a rotating pool assigned on the day. Staff on that team are security-cleared, entered on the access list for the ramp and the kitchen, and trained to the household standards that a protocol movement or a royal booking expects. Their paperwork travels with the sealed uplift itself, so the chain of custody a protocol officer checks on arrival matches the one logged when the cart left the kitchen.
VIP flight catering menus for ZSPD / PVG departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Shanghai (PVG)
Across First, Business and main cabin, menus at Shanghai are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than issued as one fixed set for the whole airfield. Inflight catering at PVG draws on regional produce where the season allows it, working dairy, fish and orchard fruit into the specification without naming a single dish or a single supplier. VIP flight menus and charter flight menus follow the same production line but a tighter protocol, plated or boxed to the movement rather than to a printed cycle. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is documented per passenger and per cabin, so a special meal is never a guess made at the galley door.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Shanghai carry VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a set cycle. The presentation is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard the household or the airline signed off.
Business cabins
Business cabins at PVG take multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, alongside tray sets and passenger meal boxes for the main cabin. Cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so crew meals never share a tray with passenger service.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at ZSPD documents household, religious and medical requirements per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Every set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, so inflight catering carrying a medical or religious restriction is never plated alongside the standard specification.
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 Shanghai
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.
Airside airport catering at PVG
Shanghai runs scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet traffic across five runways and wide-body stands sized to the aerodrome reference code the field holds, and that mix turns catering into three separate problems at once: a delegation is a documentation problem, a peak bank is a capacity problem, and a repeat rotation is a repetition problem that has to be solved the same way every time. Airline catering at ZSPD is planned stand by stand rather than terminal by terminal, because a wide-body reference code changes what can be staged and when.
The uplift leaves our flight kitchen sealed and travels by escorted route to the ramp, where it is boarded by hi-loader rather than handed over at the foot of the aircraft, which is what airside delivery means on this field. In-flight catering in Shanghai and inflight catering in China both move on that same route, and aviation catering in China is coordinated from one ops desk regardless of which stand the aircraft is holding on.
What we commit to at every stand here is one coordinator, sealed carts, and a signed handover that closes the chain of custody the moment the load reaches the galley, which is the same commitment airport catering in China carries at every other field we work.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Shanghai airport
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Government and state flight catering at ZSPD
Our kitchen holds a 4,000-metre runway's worth of wide-body traffic to one documentation standard, which is what a delegation moving through Shanghai actually needs from a caterer. Government flight catering here covers state visits and official movements, protocol filed per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and a head of state aircraft loaded from a cart sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at PVG
A 4,000-metre runway takes the private airliners this segment actually flies — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP — onto the same wide-body stands as scheduled traffic. Royal flight catering at Shanghai holds household standards across repeat rotations, from a written specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Shanghai
Wide-body aircraft chartered for group movements or special missions load here on the same reference code as scheduled widebodies, which is what lets ACMI and wet-lease operators use this field without a separate handling plan. Charter flight catering at Shanghai runs a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at PVG stages it in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at ZSPD
Five runways and wide-body stands sized to the field's reference code mean a diverted widebody can be worked here on the same specification as a scheduled rotation. Ad hoc airline catering at PVG covers carriers running this station as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering staged off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg pattern.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at PVG
Across the same apron that handles the wide-body reference code, business aviation is worked by our dedicated private jet catering branch rather than folded into the main ramp queue. Private jet catering at Shanghai reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal directly, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Shanghai
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Charter flight catering reviewed at Shanghai (PVG)
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Shanghai, China
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Shanghai (PVG/ZSPD), so we needed reliable technical stop catering. Communication was fast and practical, which made a difficult turnaround much easier for our crew. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Francesca — Outstation Manager
“We used the service at Shanghai (PVG/ZSPD) for outstation catering on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. The team confirmed everything clearly, handled the local coordination, and delivered the order ready for loading. Very useful coverage for smaller or less familiar stations. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Lucia — Executive Aviation Coordinator
“We compared options for Shanghai (PVG/ZSPD) and asked for an airline catering quote. The inclusions were easy to understand, lead time was realistic, and there were no surprises when the final order was confirmed. The clear communication made the booking easy. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Dario — Charter Operations Executive
Outstation catering data for Shanghai (ZSPD / PVG)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 4,000 m |
| Runways | 5 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | ZSPD |
Business jet catering questions at ZSPD / PVG
Crew meals, lead times and access at ZSPD / PVG
What operations gets asked every week about Shanghai.
Ask operations directly →How far in advance does ZSPD need an order, and how late can the specification change?
ZSPD works to a lead time set when the loading window is booked, and last minute airline catering changes are taken up to the point the cart is sealed at the kitchen, not at the stand.
Shanghai — how much does airline catering cost?
The tray sets and carts that carry the uplift are costed against cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a fixed rate, so airline catering cost is confirmed once the desk has those three details.
How far does airside delivery reach at Shanghai Pudong International Airport?
Ramp access on our own badges carries airline catering by hi-loader straight to the galley door, so airside delivery never routes through a kerb-side handover.
Under what protocol does PVG handle VIP, VVIP and government flights?
There is a standing protocol file for every VIP flight catering and government flight catering movement, covering security clearance, cleared staff and a sealed chain of custody from kitchen to aircraft.
Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at ZSPD?
Yes, through our dedicated private jet catering branch, which reaches every FBO on the field and the GA terminal with the same FBO catering standard used for airline uplifts.
Can Shanghai produce halal, kosher and the full range of special meals?
Three documented sets — halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes — are produced on a separate line and sealed before dispatch, with SPML coding recorded per passenger.
Inflight catering at other airports near Shanghai
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JNH / ZSJX
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
NTG / ZSNT
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China · 130 km from Shanghai
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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