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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Xinyang, China
VIP flight catering, airline catering and private jet catering at Xinyang (ZHXY / XAI)
XAI (IATA) · ZHXY (ICAO)
A single wide-body reference code at Xinyang sets the loading plan before a rotation is even worked: pallets and containers sized to a wide-body hold move on a hi-loader, not a belt cart, so galley height dictates the equipment. In-flight catering here runs off that constraint, with inflight catering staged airside so the uplift boards straight into the aircraft door rather than at the foot of the steps.
2,700 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Xinyang
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for Xinyang
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at ZHXY / XAI
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Xinyang (XAI)
The loading window at Xinyang starts with the sealed cart leaving our kitchen and ends when the last tray is signed for at the galley door. Ramp access is held for the whole run, so the convoy crosses the apron on one continuous clearance rather than queuing behind other ground traffic. Every catering uplift at XAI is timed against that single crossing, not against a published average.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Xinyang sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is planned against the worst of the three rather than the best. Chain of custody starts at the seal on the cart and does not break until a named handover at the galley. Each catering uplift carries its own temperature log, checked at sealing and again at the door, and galley catering only moves once that seal is verified against the loading sheet.
One seal, one signature, one galley door: nothing about that changes at Xinyang.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Xinyang
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Xinyang, China
The flight kitchen that provisions Xinyang runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to move a wide-body's full tray count without splitting the load across sites. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake to the sealed cart, and the cold chain is held from the larder to the galley door with no break in between. Airport catering at Xinyang and airport catering in Xinyang both draw on the same kitchen, which is what keeps a scheduled sector and a government movement on one standard.
The team that handles government flight catering at Xinyang 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 logged against a fixed list, and the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift is trained into the role rather than improvised. That consistency is what a protocol desk checks first, before it checks anything on the tray.
Halal airline meals and special meals at XAI
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at ZHXY / XAI
Menus at Xinyang are written to the cabin and the mission first, and only then to the season: a scheduled sector, a charter and a government movement do not share a specification even when they share a stand. Inflight catering here draws on regional produce in general terms, orchard fruit, dairy and freshwater fish among them, worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish. Every set is labelled per passenger and per cabin, with allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements documented against the name on the manifest before the cart is sealed. Cycles rotate week to week; the standard the tray is built to does not.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Xinyang are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation reads the same specification every time it boards.
Business cabins
Business cabins at XAI run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to a galley-ready format sized to the aircraft fitted for the rotation. Crew meals in Xinyang, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same tray sets, boarded together so the roster is never short a box.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at ZHXY cover household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, produced on a line kept separate from the main run. Halal and kosher meals, along with the full range of IATA special meal codes, are sealed before that line ever reaches the main cart, and inflight catering at ZHXY carries the paperwork with it rather than leaving it to the manifest alone.
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 Xinyang (XAI)
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 Xinyang airport
Xinyang carries a mix of scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body-rated stand, which turns each rotation into either a documentation task or a capacity task depending on who is on the manifest: a delegation calls for protocol paperwork, a peak wave calls for tray count. Airline catering at Xinyang is planned around that mix rather than around a fixed template.
The uplift leaves our flight kitchen on a sealed cart and crosses the apron under ramp access held for the whole run, boarding by hi-loader directly at the galley door rather than at the foot of the stand. Aviation catering at ZHXY and airport catering at ZHXY both move on that same route, with inflight catering in China and in-flight catering at Xinyang answering to one desk rather than several.
One coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover apply on every rotation worked here.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at Xinyang
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Government and state flight catering at ZHXY
Our kitchen provisions government flight catering at Xinyang against a protocol file documented per passenger, drawn up before a state visit or an official delegation ever lands here. Head of state movements are handled by security-cleared staff on a fixed access list, with the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen and handed over against a signed record at the aircraft.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at XAI
A wide-body reference code holds the ramp for private airliners here, and royal flight catering runs against a written household specification kept on file between movements rather than rebuilt each time. BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations board through the same hi-loader access, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request and signed off before the door closes.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Xinyang
A wide-body movement boards here on the same reference code that governs every other rotation, which lets charter flight catering at Xinyang carry a full three-cabin uplift on one stand rather than splitting it across several. Charter flight catering at XAI serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at ZHXY
A 2700 metre runway holds a wide-body movement here, which puts ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering on the same duty roster as any scheduled sector. AOG requests join that roster without a separate process, and a multi-leg rotation moves through it on one tray standard even as the menu cycle changes week to week.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at XAI
On the same wide-body-rated apron that takes a scheduled sector, business aviation traffic moves through the GA terminal on its own schedule. Private jet catering in Xinyang is handled by our dedicated branch, delivered to the FBOs on the field on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering following the identical chain of custody.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at XAI
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Xinyang
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used the team at Xinyang (XAI/ZHXY) for diversion catering after an unexpected operational change. Confirmation was quick, the order stayed clear despite several updates, and delivery reached the aircraft on time. We would use them again for another short-notice stop. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Denis — VIP Aviation Coordinator
“For an operation away from our normal base, we arranged airline catering at small airports at Xinyang (XAI/ZHXY). The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Fernando — Government Charter Coordinator
“For our flight at Xinyang (XAI/ZHXY), we needed a quick airline catering cost per meal before confirming the order. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. Good option when you need a fast and transparent answer. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Mark — Charter Flight Coordinator
Xinyang (ZHXY / XAI): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,700 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | ZHXY |
Outstation catering questions at XAI
Diversion catering and ramp questions at XAI
What operations gets asked every week about Xinyang.
Ask operations directly →Which lead time does Xinyang need before an order is locked, and how late can the specification change?
The loader and the sealed cart are booked against the flight file as soon as it is confirmed, and the lead time for a first booking is longer than for a routine change; how far in advance depends on cabin count and mission type, but last minute airline catering is worked case by case rather than refused outright.
Does XAI take airline catering delivered airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft here?
There is one loading method used on every rotation at this stand: hi-loader boarding to galley height, with airside delivery held under ramp access for the whole crossing rather than handed off at the foot of the stairs.
Can ZHXY handle VIP flight catering, VVIP work and government flight catering under protocol?
A single wide-body reference code covers every cabin configuration flown here, so VIP flight catering, government flight catering and royal movements are worked to the same protocol file, security-cleared staff and sealed handover.
What halal, kosher and special meal codes does Xinyang produce, and how are they documented?
We produce halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA SPML codes on a line kept separate from the main run, and every tray is labelled per passenger before it joins the sealed cart.
Do you publish an airline catering cost for Xinyang?
Yes, but only after a quotation: cabin count, specification and the loading window set the price, and no fixed list is published for this station.
How does private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal at XAI?
XAI's GA terminal and the FBOs on the field both receive FBO catering on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, delivered by the same coordinator who works the main ramp.
Jet catering at airports near Xinyang
FUG / ZSFY
Yingzhou
China · 159 km from Xinyang
Airline & VIP flight catering →
XFN / ZHXF
Xiangyang
China · 173 km from Xinyang
Airline & VIP flight catering →
WUH / ZHHH
Wuhan
China · 197 km from Xinyang
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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