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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Yangzhou, China
Yangzhou (ZSYA / YTY): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
YTY (IATA) · ZSYA (ICAO)
With 3200 metres of runway at Yangzhou, wide-body aircraft operate scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet movements, and our teams board every one of them from the ramp. Inflight catering here runs on one ops desk, hi-loader access to galley height, and in-flight catering staged airside for uplift on a wide-body stand, with a second round of inflight catering held ready for a diverted rotation.
3,200 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
02
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 — Yangzhou
Aviation catering with ramp access at Yangzhou, China
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at ZSYA / YTY
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at YTY
A single wide-body reference code governs how the loading plan is sequenced at ZSYA, so ramp access is booked before the cart ever leaves the kitchen. The catering uplift moves in one pass from seal to galley door, with no stand-side transfer breaking the load between kitchen and aircraft. That sequencing is what lets an ad hoc rotation slot into the same apron window as a scheduled one.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Yangzhou sit screening, an escort through the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp, and we build the loading plan against the worst version of all three rather than the average one. The catering uplift travels sealed from the moment it leaves the flight kitchen, and the chain of custody is logged, not assumed, so a delay on any one leg is visible before it reaches the galley. Galley catering is only released to the loading crew once the seal and the temperature log both check out at handover, and the same signature closes the load at YTY that opened it at the kitchen door.
One seal, one route, one signature: the convoy is the risk we plan against.
Pilot meals prepared for Yangzhou (YTY) rotations
Airline food supplier crews cleared for ZSYA
Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell operate under one roof to provision the wide-body traffic at Yangzhou, with airport catering at ZSYA planned against the same wide-body reference code that governs the ramp itself. Airport catering at YTY moves off that single site rather than a network of subcontracted kitchens, which keeps the specification consistent between a scheduled rotation and an ad hoc diversion. Production runs to HACCP, and the cold chain is held from the moment a tray is sealed to the moment it clears the galley door.
The team that handles government flight catering at Yangzhou works every rotation as the same named crew rather than a rotating pool, which is what a protocol officer actually checks before clearing an uplift. Security clearance is held on file for each member, access is granted against a standing list rather than issued per movement, and training covers royal household standards alongside the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift. That continuity is the difference between a state visit handled to specification and one improvised on the day.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Yangzhou, China
VVIP catering written per mission at Yangzhou airport
Inflight catering at Yangzhou is written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a fixed cycle, so a delegation rotation and a scheduled service leave the same kitchen with different specifications. Regional dairy, fish and orchard produce feed the general standard where the season allows it, adjusted round by round rather than fixed to a single card. A VIP flight menu is built against a written brief and a charter flight menu against a loading sheet, but both close on the same documentation. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are recorded per passenger and per cabin, and labelled before they leave the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at YTY are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed card, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request against the standing order. VIP flight catering here is filed and repeatable, so a repeat rotation receives the same presentation as the first one.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Yangzhou run multi-choice hot service to a cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft rather than a generic tray. Crew meals in Yangzhou are boxed to the roster, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals kept as separate sets so crew meals at YTY never cross with the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at ZSYA are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal, kosher, vegan and gluten-free requirements. The full range of IATA special meal codes is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, which is how inflight catering in China holds one documented standard across a mixed cabin.
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 compliance at ZSYA
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 Yangzhou
Yangzhou runs a single wide-body reference code across its one runway, which means scheduled, charter and government traffic all load against the same stand geometry rather than a mix of narrow-body and wide-body positions. That uniformity turns a delegation into a documentation task and a peak wave into a sequencing task, rather than either becoming a capacity problem on a constrained apron.
The uplift travels from our flight kitchen to the stand under airside delivery, hi-loader boarding taking the sealed cart directly to galley height rather than handing it off at the foot of the aircraft. Ground handling on the ramp coordinates with that route so the loading window holds even when the rotation is called in ahead of schedule.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, with sealed carts and a signed handover closing every load: airline catering at YTY, inflight catering, in-flight catering at Yangzhou, aviation catering at Yangzhou and airport catering in Yangzhou all run off that same commitment, stand by stand.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at ZSYA
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Government and state flight catering at YTY
3200 metres of runway at Yangzhou lets a head of state aircraft operate on the same wide-body stand geometry as a scheduled service, so a delegation movement is scheduled without a special exception. Government flight catering at ZSYA runs on a documented protocol file per passenger, security-cleared staff, and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Yangzhou
Our kitchen holds a wide-body reference code specification for private airliners, so a BBJ, an ACJ or a wide-body VIP movement is provisioned to the same standard as a scheduled service at Yangzhou. Royal flight catering runs from a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at ZSYA
A wide-body reference code covers the stand geometry at Yangzhou, and it holds for an ACMI or wet-lease operator exactly as it does for a scheduled carrier. Charter flight catering at ZSYA serves group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in China follows the same staged sequence on a multi-leg rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at YTY
A single wide-body reference code at Yangzhou means every carrier working this station as an outstation loads against the same stand geometry, which keeps ad hoc airline catering as fast to plan as a scheduled rotation. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off one duty roster here, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals at Yangzhou and crew meals in China boxed separately from the passenger load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Yangzhou
A wide-body VIP aircraft or a private airliner can be boarded at Yangzhou on the same reference code that clears a scheduled wide-body service, and business aviation moves through the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field under that same clearance. Private jet catering at Yangzhou, business jet catering and FBO catering run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at ZSYA / YTY
Charter operators on flight catering at Yangzhou (YTY)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For a team flight from Yangzhou (YTY/ZSYA), we booked sports team flight meals with several dietary requests. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. Very practical for team and group charter work. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Eva — Operations Control Officer
“We needed repatriation flight catering at Yangzhou (YTY/ZSYA) for a time-sensitive operation. They kept the menu simple, respected the special requirements, and delivered exactly when the aircraft was ready to receive it. We appreciated the flexibility. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Miguel — Flight Support Executive
“We ordered cargo crew meals for a cargo rotation through Yangzhou (YTY/ZSYA). The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. We would use them again for another cargo sector. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Lucia — Delegation Flight Coordinator
Station data for airport catering at Yangzhou (ZSYA / YTY)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,200 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | ZSYA |
Business jet catering questions at Yangzhou, China
Outstation catering and access questions at Yangzhou, China
What operations gets asked every week about Yangzhou.
Ask operations directly →Do you deliver airline catering airside at Yangzhou?
Yes, by loading directly onto the aircraft rather than to the foot of the stand: airside delivery runs on hi-loader boarding straight to galley height for every scheduled, charter or ad hoc movement.
When does an order need to be placed for YTY, and how late can the specification change?
Once a rotation is confirmed we take the booking against our standard lead time, and a specification can still move closer to departure than most outstations allow, right up to the loading window itself; ask how far in advance your mission type needs to be filed, since a diversion or a technical stop is worked differently from a programmed service, and last-minute airline catering is built into the same duty roster rather than treated as an exception.
Which special meals are produced for flights through ZSYA, and how are they documented?
On a separate production line, sealed before it joins the main load: halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA SPML codes are prepared and labelled per passenger, then tracked with the rest of the cabin through to handover.
How is VIP flight catering handled for movements through Yangzhou?
Yangzhou is where a delegation or a household movement is planned exactly like a scheduled rotation, with government flight catering and VIP flight catering both run under a documented protocol file, security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift closed by signature.
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
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Uplift at Yangzhou (YTY)