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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Xigazê, China
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Xigazê (ZURK / RKZ)
RKZ (IATA) · ZURK (ICAO)
At Xigazê (ZURK), a 5000 m runway clears wide-body movements onto stands where our hi-loaders bring the uplift straight to galley height, no ramp trolley in between. Inflight catering here runs off one ops desk for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights, and in-flight catering at RKZ moves from sealed cart to cabin without a break in the cold chain.
5,000 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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 — Xigazê
Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, Xigazê airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Xigazê (RKZ)
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at ZURK
The loading window at RKZ tracks the sealed cart from our kitchen door to the moment it clears the galley door, not an estimate offered in advance. Ramp access at Xigazê is held on our own badges, which keeps the catering uplift moving without a handover delay at the checkpoint. Every load crossing the apron here is logged the same way, stand by stand.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Xigazê sit screening, an escort through the ramp, and the ordinary traffic of a working apron, and none of it is left to chance on a wide-body rotation. We plan the catering uplift against the busiest version of that route, not the easiest one, so a delay upstream never becomes a delay at the galley door. Temperature is logged when the load is sealed and again at handover, and the galley catering only changes hands against a signature that closes the chain of custody. That same discipline applies whether the aircraft is on a scheduled turn or holding for a diversion.
One coordinator carries the load from the kitchen seal to the aircraft signature.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Xigazê, China
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Xigazê airport
The flight kitchen behind Xigazê runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built for the airport catering a wide-body rotation actually needs. Airport catering at RKZ is produced to HACCP standard from intake to tray seal, with the cold chain held from the larder to the cart. Airport catering in Xigazê is not a side line of a wider kitchen: it is the reason the flight kitchen at RKZ is laid out the way it is, hot line, pastry and protocol cell each on their own bench.
The team that handles government flight catering at Xigazê is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for the day. Security clearance is on file for each of them, they sit on the access list for the ramp, and they are trained to royal household standards as well as to the paperwork a sealed uplift carries. Catering at RKZ moves under that same team from kitchen seal to aircraft signature, whatever the mission on the tail.
Halal airline meals and special meals at ZURK / RKZ
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Xigazê (RKZ)
Chef-designed menus at Xigazê are written to the cabin and to the mission, not to a fixed seasonal card, so a government rotation and a scheduled turn are never served from the same sheet. Regional produce from the Tibetan plateau, dairy, orchard fruit, river fish, informs the main-cabin and premium sets without naming a single dish or a supplier. Inflight catering at ZURK is built around documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, each one labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. Special meal codes travel with the load, not as an afterthought bolted onto the standard tray.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Xigazê are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request against the standing order on file. VIP flight catering at ZURK is presented and checked against that same specification before it leaves the kitchen, cabin by cabin.
Business cabins
Business cabins at RKZ take multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft. Crew meals at RKZ and crew meals at Xigazê are boxed separately from the cabin, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals sorted to the roster before sealing.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Xigazê, household, religious and medical, are documented per passenger rather than assumed from a manifest. Halal and kosher sets, along with the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before departure, and inflight catering in China follows that same documented standard.
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 standards for aviation catering at Xigazê
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.
Aircraft catering delivered airside at RKZ
Xigazê handles scheduled, charter and government traffic across two runways built to a wide-body reference code, which means a delegation and a peak wave can share the same afternoon without sharing the same handling plan. A delegation adds a documentation load to the file, a peak wave adds a capacity load to the kitchen, and the two are worked as separate problems even when they land within an hour of each other.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader, direct to galley height, on a route held under airside delivery from our kitchen to the ramp, with ramp access kept on our own badges rather than passed through a third party at the stand. Airline catering in Xigazê moves this way whether the tail is on a scheduled turn or an ad hoc diversion, and aviation catering at RKZ is planned stand by stand rather than as a single blanket schedule.
On every one of those movements we commit to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover, so in-flight catering in Xigazê and inflight catering in Xigazê and airport catering at Xigazê are all closed out against the same paperwork, not three different ones.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Xigazê (RKZ)
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Government and state flight catering at Xigazê
Two runways rated to a wide-body reference code let a head of state aircraft and a scheduled service share the same afternoon at Xigazê without sharing a stand. Government flight catering at RKZ for state visits and official delegations runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at ZURK
Our kitchen holds a written household specification on file between movements, a direct result of Xigazê carrying a wide-body reference code that also clears private airliners such as BBJ, ACJ and other wide-body VIP aircraft onto the same stands. Royal flight catering at RKZ is held to that specification on every repeat rotation, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request rather than assumed.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at RKZ
Wide-body reference code stands at Xigazê take a full three-cabin uplift in one loading cycle, which is what a charter or ACMI rotation actually needs rather than a single-class turn. Charter flight catering at ZURK for wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions is counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order, and charter flight catering in Xigazê on a multi-leg tour is worked the same way leg to leg.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Xigazê
A 5000 m runway at Xigazê sets the sequencing problem for any multi-leg rotation using it as an outstation: the loading plan has to hold against a wide-body turn landing on the same slot as a narrow-body diversion. Ad hoc airline catering at RKZ covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, crew meals in Xigazê and crew meals in China boxed to the same roster, AOG included, and ad hoc catering at RKZ staged against whichever rotation lands first.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at ZURK
Private airliners and business aircraft using the GA terminal at Xigazê draw on the same wide-body-rated stands that take a scheduled turn, so a smaller tail is never held to a lighter standard. Private jet catering in China from our dedicated branch reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal directly, business aviation catering and business jet catering both closed out on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, FBO catering included.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Xigazê (RKZ)
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Xigazê, China
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged diverted flight catering at Xigazê (RKZ/ZURK). Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. We would use them again for another short-notice stop. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Nadia — Trip Operations Manager
“We used the service at Xigazê (RKZ/ZURK) for airline catering at outstations 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. A solid solution for outstation operations. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Romain — Airport Duty Manager
“For our flight at Xigazê (RKZ/ZURK), we needed a quick airline catering quote before confirming the order. The quote was detailed enough for operations and accounting, but still quick to review. Good option when you need a fast and transparent answer. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Tom — Cabin Services Manager
Inflight catering station profile for Xigazê (ZURK / RKZ)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 5,000 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | ZURK |
Business jet catering questions at ZURK / RKZ
Diversion catering and ramp questions at ZURK / RKZ
What operations gets asked every week about Xigazê.
Ask operations directly →Does RKZ produce halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes?
Every tray set at Xigazê can be produced to halal or kosher specification, alongside the full range of SPML codes, and each one is documented per passenger and per cabin before sealing.
Where does ZURK stand on VIP, VVIP and government flight catering?
The protocol file kept on every rotation is what proves it: VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Xigazê both run under a documented chain of custody, security-cleared staff and a signed handover at the aircraft.
Is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal in Xigazê?
Our coordinator routes every order to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal directly, so private jet catering and FBO catering at Xigazê move on the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
Which method boards airline catering airside at Xigazê Peace Airport?
The hi-loader takes the sealed cart straight to galley height, which is how airside delivery is held here without a trolley stop at the foot of the aircraft.
Who sets the lead time for an order placed at RKZ?
For a standard rotation the desk confirms how far in advance to book once the cabin count and specification are known, and last minute airline catering is worked against whatever loading window is still open before departure.
Outstation catering near Xigazê
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
PBH / VQPR
Paro
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
DDR / ZUDR
Xigazê
China · 257 km from Xigazê
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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