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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Yantai, China
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Yantai (ZSYT / YNT)
YNT (IATA) · ZSYT (ICAO)
A wide-body aircraft turns here on a 3400 m runway, the reach that makes full three-cabin uplift possible at this field. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering off one ops desk at Yantai (ZSYT), with hi-loader boarding to galley height and uplift staged for scheduled, charter, VIP and government departures.
3,400 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 — Yantai
Hi-loader aviation catering on the Yantai, China apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at YNT
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at ZSYT / YNT
The loading window at ZSYT runs from the sealed cart to the galley door, tracked stage by stage rather than promised as a round figure. Ramp access is held on our own badges, so the catering uplift moves with the aircraft's own schedule instead of queuing behind general apron traffic. That sequencing is what lets a wide-body rotation at Yantai close its galley on time.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Yantai sit screening, an escort through the apron, and the ordinary crossing traffic of a working ramp; we plan the catering uplift against the worst of those, not the best. Every cart is sealed before it leaves the kitchen, and the galley catering that boards through YNT carries that seal unbroken until the door crew breaks it at handover.
Temperature is logged twice: once at sealing, once again when the load is signed over airside, so the record runs unbroken from kitchen to aircraft. The signature that closes it names the person responsible for that load at Yantai, not a department.
One name is on the seal at Yantai, and the same name is on the signature that closes it.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving ZSYT
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Yantai
Airport catering at YNT is produced under one roof, hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell working from the same HACCP-run kitchen rather than from separate units. Airport catering in Yantai is planned against the ramp it feeds, so cold-chain handling stays continuous from the moment a tray is packed to the moment the hi-loader closes on the galley. That single-site model is what lets the flight kitchen at Yantai run a scheduled rotation and a same-day charter side by side without splitting the production line.
Security clearance is held on file for the named team that handles government flight catering at ZSYT, so the same cleared faces work a repeat rotation rather than a rotating roster. That team is trained to royal household standards and kept on the access list that governs movement airside, from the kitchen door to the stand. The paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift is checked by the same people who packed it, not handed off partway through.
VIP flight catering menus for Yantai airport departures
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at YNT
Menus at Yantai are written to the cabin first, then to the mission and the season that sits around it, from passenger meal boxes through to VVIP tray sets. Inflight catering here draws on regional produce where the route allows it, orchard fruit, dairy and fish worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish list, so a menu cycle can shift without the tray standard moving with it. Dietary and religious sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before they leave the kitchen rather than sorted on board. That labelling is what lets a mixed cabin, VIP charter beside scheduled main-cabin traffic, board from the same rotation without a mismatch at the galley door.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at ZSYT are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the aircraft, so a repeat rotation boards to the same presentation each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Yantai take multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, packed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft working YNT. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, with crew meals in Yantai and crew meals in China following the same tray standard as the passenger cabins.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger for ZSYT departures, with halal and kosher sets produced on their own line and sealed before that line closes. The full range of IATA special meal codes is available, and inflight catering in Yantai carries each set forward with the documentation that shows it was built to the code ordered.
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 control for flight catering at Yantai (YNT)
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 Yantai, China
A single 3400 m runway carries the wide-body movements that pass through Yantai, and that concentration of traffic onto one runway means a repeat rotation and an unscheduled diversion can share the same ramp window rather than separate ones. For catering, that mix turns into two different problems handled the same way: a scheduled service needs its menu cycle held steady week to week, while a diversion needs the same tray standard produced without the lead time a booked rotation gets.
Uplift for both leaves the same flight kitchen and reaches the aircraft by hi-loader to galley height, never left at the foot of the stand, with our own crew on the ramp for the walk from cart to door. Airline catering in Yantai and aviation catering at Yantai run off that one loading method regardless of the operator on the tail. Inflight catering, in-flight catering in China and airport catering in China are coordinated from the same ops desk that plans the ramp sequencing.
One coordinator carries a rotation from seal to signature, with sealed carts and a signed handover closing every load at this stand.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at Yantai
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Government and state flight catering at ZSYT
Because Yantai works its wide-body traffic through one runway and reference code, a state movement is sequenced into the same ramp window as scheduled departures rather than a separate one. Government flight catering here covers delegations and head of state movements with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at YNT
The wide-body reference code held at Yantai clears the stand for private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP aircraft, on the same footing as scheduled traffic. Royal flight catering here holds household standards across repeat rotations, from a written 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 Yantai
Our kitchen runs a full three-cabin uplift against the wide-body stands cleared at Yantai, counting each tray against the loading sheet before a charter aircraft is called to the stand. Charter flight catering here serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions alike, with charter flight catering staged in the order the galleys are laid out for multi-leg rotations.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at ZSYT
With a single 3400 m runway carrying every wide-body movement through Yantai, a scheduled carrier and an unscheduled diversion often share the same ramp window rather than separate ones. Ad hoc airline catering at YNT covers outstation catering and diversion catering off one duty roster, with technical stop catering and AOG built into the same rotation and crew meals at Yantai boxed to the roster alongside it.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at YNT
A 3400 m runway at Yantai takes the business aviation movements that route through the GA terminal alongside scheduled wide-body traffic. Private jet catering in Yantai reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering and business aviation catering run from the same kitchen as business jet catering.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at ZSYT / YNT
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at ZSYT
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We requested airline meal boxes at Yantai (YNT/ZSYT) and the packaging worked very well onboard. The trays and boxes were organized logically, which saved the cabin crew time before passengers arrived. Very cabin-friendly catering. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Manuel — Crew Planning Coordinator
“We used the team for catering uplift at Yantai (YNT/ZSYT) during a tight turnaround. The team stayed in contact with operations, adjusted to the new timing, and kept the aircraft handover simple. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Nabil — Ground Support Manager
“I needed reliable private jet catering at Yantai (YNT/ZSYT) for a same-day departure. The team was responsive to a late change and the final order still arrived looking polished. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Marius — Airline Operations Manager
Outstation catering data for Yantai (ZSYT / YNT)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,400 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | ZSYT |
Aircraft catering questions at YNT
Technical stop catering questions at Yantai airport
What operations gets asked every week about Yantai.
Ask operations directly →How much does airline catering cost at YNT?
YNT quotations are built from cabin count, menu specification and the loading window requested, since we publish no fixed price list. The desk returns a quotation once those three are confirmed for the rotation.
When are halal, kosher and SPML meals produced at ZSYT?
When an order specifies them, halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes are produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before sealing. Special meals travel with that documentation attached, checked against the order at handover.
Which route delivers private jet catering to the FBOs in Yantai?
The same sealed cart and cleared driver that serve scheduled traffic carry private jet catering to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal. FBO catering follows the cold chain and paperwork of an airline uplift, regardless of which FBO the aircraft is parked at.
Can airline catering be delivered airside at Yantai Airport?
The single wide-body stand cleared at Yantai Airport takes airside delivery by hi-loader straight to galley height, not to the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering here moves that way for every rotation, scheduled or ad hoc.
What protocol governs VIP and government flight catering at YNT?
We handle VIP flight catering and government flight catering under one protocol: cleared staff, documented per-passenger requirements, and a sealed uplift signed over at the stand. That protocol applies whether the movement is a scheduled VIP charter or a state visit.
Where is the lead time for an order at ZSYT recorded?
The loading sheet for each rotation records how far in advance an order was placed and the point at which a specification last changed. Last minute airline catering is worked against that same document, not a separate exception process.
Jet catering at airports near Yantai
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Weihai
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Inflight catering quote for Yantai airport
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Yantai (YNT)