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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Xi'an, China
Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Xi'an (ZLXY / XIY)
XIY (IATA) · ZLXY (ICAO)
Our kitchen builds every load around the wide-body reference code held at Xi'an, so multi-class inflight catering boards straight onto three-cabin widebodies rather than waiting kerbside for a transfer. From the sealed cart, in-flight catering here moves by hi-loader to galley height, closing the gap between kitchen and aircraft that airside delivery, not doorstep drop-off, is built to remove.
3,800 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
4
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 — Xi'an
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Xi'an (XIY)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at ZLXY
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Xi'an
The loading window at XIY runs from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the signature at the galley door, tracked rather than guessed at. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the catering uplift moves onto the apron without waiting on a third convoy to clear first. That single line of custody is what lets a wide-body rotation here hold its schedule under pressure.
Between our kitchen and the stand at ZLXY sit screening, an escorted convoy and apron traffic that varies with the wave of departures. We plan every catering uplift against the busiest version of that route, not the easiest, so a delayed escort or a congested apron does not become a missed boarding. Temperatures are logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at handover, and the paperwork that closes a galley catering run carries a signature at both ends, tying the load to the person who accepted it.
One coordinator carries the load from the kitchen seal to the aircraft signature.
Airline food supplier for Xi'an airport rotations
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at XIY
With four runways and a wide-body reference code at Xi'an, the station takes sustained widebody traffic, and airport catering here is built to match that volume without slowing a single rotation. Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell sit under one roof, which is what lets airport catering at ZLXY carry a scheduled departure and a diplomatic movement from the same kitchen. HACCP governs every line in that building, and the cold chain that leaves it is unbroken from the seal to the aircraft, whether the run is airport catering in China's interior or a single ad hoc uplift.
The team behind government flight catering at Xi'an is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assembled per booking. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the kitchen and the apron, and is trained to royal household standards as well as to the paperwork a sealed uplift carries with it. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks before anything else.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Xi'an (XIY)
VVIP catering to a written specification at ZLXY
Menus here are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed standard, so a delegation flight and a scheduled wide-body departure are not served from the same fixed list. Inflight catering in Xi'an draws on regional produce where the season allows it, orchard fruit, dairy and fish worked into the specification rather than a named dish printed on a card. Seasonal changes move through the menu cycle without touching the tray standard or the loading method behind it. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirement is documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before it reaches the galley rather than sorted on board.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Xi'an are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed set list, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for a confirmed rotation. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat movement is served to the same standard without the specification being rebuilt each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at ZLXY run a multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals at Xi'an, including cabin crew meals and pilot meals, are boxed separately to the roster, so crew meals in Xi'an travel on their own line rather than inside the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at XIY are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each is produced on a separate line in the kitchen and sealed before it leaves the building, so inflight catering carrying a religious or medical requirement is never assembled alongside the standard trays.
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
Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at XIY
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 ZLXY / XIY
Four runways and a wide-body reference code put Xi'an in sustained widebody service, which for catering means volume planning as much as menu planning: a scheduled bank of departures is a capacity problem, a state delegation is a documentation problem, and both can land in the same shift. Airline catering here runs off one ops desk that tracks both at once, so a peak wave does not crowd out a single protocol movement booked into the same window.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with ramp access held on our own clearance rather than borrowed for the day. Aviation catering at Xi'an is planned stand by stand, and in-flight catering in China moves under the same escorted route regardless of which terminal the flight uses. Inflight catering at ZLXY and airport catering in Xi'an both draw on that same convoy, so a scheduled carrier and a charter movement are handled to one loading sequence rather than two.
On every one of those movements we commit to a single coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover, so responsibility for the load never splits between kitchen and ramp.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at XIY
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Government and state flight catering at Xi'an
A head of state aircraft moves through the same wide-body reference code that governs every other widebody at Xi'an, which is why government flight catering here starts from ramp clearance rather than from the menu. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff carry security clearance on file, and the uplift for catering at XIY is sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so a state visit or an official delegation is never handled by a crew assembled for the day.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at ZLXY
At 3800 metres, the longest runway at Xi'an takes the private airliners that royal and VVIP movements typically use, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations among them. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard without renegotiating it, and halal or other household dietary requirements are confirmed on request rather than assumed. Catering at ZLXY for this segment never varies by crew.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at XIY
A 3800 metre runway sets what a charter operator can bring into Xi'an, and that in turn sets how a full three-cabin uplift is staged against the loading sheet before boarding starts. Charter flight catering at Xi'an covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering in China staged in the order the galleys are laid out rather than loaded in one pass. Multi-leg rotations are sequenced the same way each time.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Xi'an
Four runways feeding a wide-body reference code mean Xi'an carries scheduled widebody rotations back to back, which is what makes ad hoc airline catering here a matter of slotting into an existing sequence rather than building one from nothing. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off the same duty roster, AOG included, and hold across a multi-leg rotation without a change of kitchen. Crew meals in China and crew meals at ZLXY are boxed on the same line as the passenger cabins.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at ZLXY
At 3800 metres, the runway at Xi'an accommodates the business jet types the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal handle day to day, which keeps private jet catering in Xi'an on the same ramp infrastructure as a wide-body uplift. Business aviation catering and business jet catering here run on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline load, with FBO catering delivered to each operator on the field.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Xi'an, China
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Xi'an airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at Xi'an (XIY/ZLXY) as an airline ops catering supplier. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. We would use the service again without hesitation. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Andres — VIP Trip Manager
“I arranged VIP flight catering in Xi'an for our departure from XIY/ZLXY. Communication was responsive and the team handled a late timing change without any issue. Good local support for a VIP operation. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Hana — Presidential Flight Coordinator
“We had several special meal codes on our order at Xi'an (XIY/ZLXY) and everything was handled correctly. The team confirmed the dietary details carefully and there was no confusion when the order arrived. Very reassuring for the cabin crew. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Amara — Charter Planning Manager
Inflight catering station profile for Xi'an (ZLXY / XIY)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,800 m |
| Runways | 4 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | ZLXY |
Airline catering services FAQ for Xi'an (XIY)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Xi'an (XIY)
What operations gets asked every week about Xi'an.
Ask operations directly →When can airline catering be delivered airside at Xi'an?
When a stand and slot are confirmed, our crews clear the ramp on our own access and move the load by hi-loader straight to the galley door, rather than handing it off at the foot of the aircraft.
At what point does a specification for XIY need to be locked in?
The first step is confirming cabin count and mission type, which sets the production schedule; from there, most changes to the specification can still be taken up until close to the loading window, later than a standard menu change would allow.
Does ZLXY support private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal?
Every operator based at the FBOs on the field, and every movement through the GA terminal, is provisioned on the same cold chain and documentation as an airline uplift, so FBO catering here is not a separate, lighter process.
Who documents halal, kosher and special meal codes for flights out of Xi'an?
Across every cabin, halal, kosher and the full range of IATA SPML codes are recorded per passenger and produced on a dedicated line, sealed apart from the standard trays before they leave the kitchen.
Where does the cost of airline catering at Xi'an actually come from?
The loading sheet is the document that drives it, since cabin count, specification and the loading window together set the quotation; we publish no fixed price list, and the desk returns a quote built on those three factors.
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