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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Xuzhou, China
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Xuzhou (ZSXZ / XUZ)
XUZ (IATA) · ZSXZ (ICAO)
A 3520 m runway at Xuzhou clears wide-body movements onto the single stand set worked for this station, and that reach is what governs the inflight catering built around them. AERO GOURMET runs in-flight catering, hi-loader boarding to galley height and ramp-side uplift for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights, with inflight catering here meaning one ops desk, wide-body handling and airside coordination.
3,520 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Xuzhou
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Xuzhou airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at Xuzhou
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Xuzhou, China
The loading window at ZSXZ is measured from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door, not estimated after the fact. Ramp access here is held on our own badges, so the catering uplift moves through screening and apron traffic on a route we control end to end. That measured sequence is what lets a wide-body rotation at Xuzhou keep its specification intact under apron pressure.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Xuzhou sit screening, an apron escort and crossing traffic, and the galley catering plan is built against the worst of those three rather than the average day. Chain of custody runs on one document from seal to signature: nobody outside that route touches the load. Every catering uplift is logged at sealing and again at handover, with temperatures read at both ends and the sheet signed at the galley door.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the aircraft door.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving XUZ
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for ZSXZ / XUZ
Airport catering in Xuzhou is provisioned from a flight kitchen that runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, so a single site carries a wide-body rotation start to finish. Airport catering at XUZ follows an HACCP standard through every stage, from intake to the sealed cart, with the cold chain held continuously rather than checked at the end. That structure is what lets flight kitchen output stay uniform across scheduled, charter and VIP movements from the same production line.
Every rotation at ZSXZ is worked by the same named team rather than a rotating pool, which is what government flight catering and household movements require of the staff assigned to them. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, checked against the access list before airside movement, and refreshed rather than issued once. That same team is trained on the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift, so chain of custody survives the handover from kitchen to ramp.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at ZSXZ
VVIP catering written per mission at Xuzhou
Menus at Xuzhou are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a fixed cycle, with inflight catering in Xuzhou drawing on regional produce where the route allows it: dairy, orchard fruit and freshwater fish sourced close to the kitchen. A VIP flight menu and a charter flight menu are built from the same production line but specified separately, so a wide-body VIP movement and a group charter never share a cycle by accident. Seasonal ingredients rotate through the specification on a fixed review, not on request. Every dietary and religious set is documented per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed, with allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements labelled on the tray rather than left to the crew to sort in flight.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at ZSXZ are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with VIP flight catering covering caviar and à-la-carte service on request. The presentation is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation is served identically the next time it lands at Xuzhou.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Xuzhou run multi-choice hot service to a written cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boarded in the same tray sets, boxed to the roster rather than left to be split on board at XUZ.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Xuzhou are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Halal and kosher trays, along with the rest of the SPML list, are produced on a separate line and sealed before departure, which is how inflight catering here keeps a mixed cabin consistent.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at Xuzhou
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 Xuzhou (XUZ)
Xuzhou takes scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body reference code, and that mix sets three different problems for catering: a delegation brings a documentation load, a charter wave brings a capacity load, and a repeat rotation brings a specification that must not drift. Airline catering at XUZ is planned against whichever of those three is driving the day, not against a single default pattern.
Aviation catering at ZSXZ moves from our kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, boarded directly to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crews holding ramp access onto the apron. Airport catering at Xuzhou is sequenced stand by stand, so a wide-body arrival and a smaller movement on the same shift are never queued behind one another.
Across every one of those cases, in-flight catering at XUZ and inflight catering at Xuzhou run under one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at Xuzhou airport
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Government and state flight catering at Xuzhou
On the same wide-body reference code that clears a scheduled arrival at Xuzhou, a head of state aircraft is worked to a separate file rather than a separate stand. Government flight catering here covers state visits and official delegations, with the protocol record documented per passenger, security-cleared staff assigned to the movement, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at ZSXZ
Sequencing a wide-body VIP movement at Xuzhou means holding the loading plan against a single reference code rather than switching stands mid-rotation. Royal flight catering here is built from a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering private airliners such as BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at XUZ
3520 metres of runway at Xuzhou, and a full three-cabin uplift can be loaded onto the wide-body stand without splitting the rotation across two movements. Charter flight catering here serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Xuzhou
A wide-body reference code at Xuzhou is what lets a scheduled widebody sit alongside an ad hoc arrival on the same shift without either being turned away. Ad hoc airline catering at XUZ covers carriers running this station as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering, AOG included, staged off one duty roster across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at ZSXZ
Our kitchen works the same 3520 m runway that clears wide-body arrivals into a parallel line for business aviation at Xuzhou. Private jet catering reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal as FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering, run on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Xuzhou (XUZ)
Flight departments on jet catering at XUZ
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For our flight from Xuzhou (XUZ/ZSXZ), the cabin order included multiple kosher airline meals. The order arrived complete and the special requests were handled with the same presentation as the regular meals. Very reassuring for the cabin crew. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Marie — Charter Account Manager
“For a last-minute requirement at Xuzhou (XUZ/ZSXZ), we contacted them as our 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. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Rania — VIP Aviation Coordinator
“I arranged VIP flight catering in Xuzhou for our departure from XUZ/ZSXZ. The menu selection was good and all special requests were clearly identified. Good local support for a VIP operation. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Sofia — Government Aviation Coordinator
Airport catering reference for Xuzhou (ZSXZ / XUZ)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,520 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | ZSXZ |
Business jet catering questions at ZSXZ
Diversion catering and ramp questions at ZSXZ
What operations gets asked every week about Xuzhou.
Ask operations directly →How far in advance does an order need to be placed at Xuzhou airport, and how late can the specification still change?
The lead time follows the same clearance and sign-off standard on every rotation, so a specification can move later than a fixed cutoff as long as the sealed cart is still confirmed before departure. Last minute airline catering is handled through the same coordinator rather than a separate desk, which is what keeps a late change traceable.
Does XUZ handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering, and under what protocol?
Every movement flagged VIP, VVIP or government at this station is routed through the same protocol file, with security-cleared staff and a documented chain of custody from kitchen to aircraft. VIP flight catering and government flight catering both run on that one file rather than on separate arrangements.
Is there a published price for airline catering cost at ZSXZ?
The coordinator who builds the quotation works from cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a fixed list, since airline catering cost depends on what each rotation actually needs. The desk returns a quotation once those three points are confirmed.
Where does airline catering reach the aircraft at Xuzhou, on the ramp or at the gate?
The signed handover record shows delivery by hi-loader directly to galley height, which is how airside delivery is proven rather than assumed. Airline catering at this station never stops at the foot of the aircraft; it boards on the ramp.
At what point are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced for a flight at Xuzhou airport?
The first step is documenting each passenger's requirement against the booking, before halal, kosher and the full SPML list are produced on a separate line and sealed ahead of departure. Special meals are labelled per passenger so the crew never has to sort them in flight.
Aviation catering at airports near Xuzhou
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
BFU / ZSBB
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
LYI / ZSLY
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aircraft catering quote for Xuzhou (XUZ)
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Xuzhou (XUZ / ZSXZ)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Xuzhou (XUZ)