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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Yulin, China
VIP flight catering, airline catering and private jet catering at Yulin (ZLYL / UYN)
UYN (IATA) · ZLYL (ICAO)
A single wide-body reference code at Yulin means every rotation through ZLYL is planned around one class of aircraft, not a mix of narrow-body slots patched together at short notice. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering off that code, boarding by hi-loader to galley height so the uplift moves straight onto the wide-body rather than waiting at the foot of the stand.
2,800 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 — Yulin
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Yulin
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Yulin
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Yulin, China
Ramp access at Yulin is the constraint every loading plan is built around, because the sealed cart moves from our kitchen to the aircraft across the same apron the wide-body stand occupies. A catering uplift here is staged in the order the galley doors are fitted, not in the order the trolleys happen to arrive at the aircraft. Each cart is logged off the kitchen dock and logged again at the galley, so the window is a recorded sequence rather than an estimate given over the phone.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at Yulin sit screening, an escort through the ramp and whatever apron traffic the single runway is carrying that hour, and none of it is left to chance on a sealed catering uplift. The chain of custody is fixed before the convoy moves: a named handler signs the cart out, a named handler signs it back onto the galley, and nothing crosses that gap without both signatures on file. Temperatures are logged at sealing and again at the galley catering handover, so the record covers the whole route rather than the two ends of it.
One named handler carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for UYN
Airline food supplier crews cleared for ZLYL / UYN
The flight kitchen that provisions Yulin carries hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under the same roof, so a single dispatch covers every cabin on a wide-body rotation without splitting the order across sites. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from the cold larder through to the sealed cart, and the same standard applies whether the order is a scheduled cycle or a same-day change. Airport catering at UYN and airport catering in Yulin both run off this one kitchen, which keeps the tray specification consistent across every stand the field works.
The team behind government flight catering at ZLYL is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in as volume requires. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects before the cart ever reaches the apron. That continuity is what lets a chain of custody stay unbroken from the kitchen door to the aircraft.
VIP flight catering menus for ZLYL departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Yulin
Menus at this station are built to the cabin and the mission first, and only then to the season: a wide-body First cabin is planned differently from a group charter working the same stand, even when both depart the same afternoon. Inflight catering at Yulin draws on regional produce where the sourcing supports it, kept to plain categories such as dairy, orchard fruit and fresh fish rather than a named dish or a single supplier. Halal, kosher, allergen and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, not as a generic addition to the standard tray. The result is a menu range that moves with the mission rather than a fixed card repeated regardless of who is flying.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at ZLYL receive VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with the presentation checked against that file rather than left to the loading crew's judgement. À-la-carte service, including caviar where the specification calls for it, is available on request and filed against the standing order for the next rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins here take multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to fit the galley fitted to the aircraft on the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, alongside the passenger tray sets that board the same cart.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Yulin are documented per passenger before the cart is packed, covering household, religious and medical needs rather than being added at the last stage. Halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before that line's output ever meets the main inflight catering run.
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 food safety at Yulin (UYN)
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 Yulin (UYN)
Yulin's aerodrome reference code of wide-body, held on a single runway, means every stand here is worked as a wide-body movement rather than a mix of narrow-body slots squeezed between them. That profile turns catering into a capacity problem more than a documentation one: one stand loading a full three-cabin aircraft needs the same coordination as several smaller movements handled elsewhere.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the ramp under escort, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than handed up at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew working the stand under badges cleared for that apron. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at Yulin run off this same route regardless of which cabin is being fed, and airport catering in China follows the same method wherever the reference code repeats it.
On every rotation through UYN we commit one coordinator to the load, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover before the aircraft doors close.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Yulin
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Government and state flight catering at Yulin
Our kitchen runs the same protocol file on a 2800 m runway that any wide-body movement uses, which is what lets a delegation or a head of state aircraft be worked without disrupting the rest of the schedule at catering at UYN. Security-cleared staff seal the uplift before it leaves the kitchen, with every passenger's requirements documented against that file rather than assembled on the day.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at ZLYL
A 2800 m runway at this station carries the same wide-body reference code whether the movement is scheduled or a private airliner, and that consistency is what royal flight catering at Yulin is built on. Household standards are held on a written specification kept on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP aircraft alike, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request rather than assumed.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at UYN
A wide-body aircraft working a group charter or an ACMI rotation is boarded here on the same aerodrome reference code that governs every other movement through the field, which is the reason charter flight catering at UYN and charter flight catering at ZLYL both run to one loading sheet regardless of operator. Wet-lease and special-mission flights take the full three-cabin uplift staged to the order the galleys are laid out, counted against that sheet before doors close.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Yulin
A 2800 m runway at Yulin, which sets the wide-body reference code this field is built around, still leaves room for ad hoc airline catering whenever a carrier needs it outside a scheduled cycle. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all move off the same duty roster, with AOG covered on the same terms across a multi-leg rotation, and crew meals in China and crew meals at ZLYL boarded alongside the passenger trays rather than as an afterthought.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at ZLYL
On the same apron that boards the wide-body stands at Yulin, the reference code that governs those movements also covers the GA terminal, where private jet catering in China is delivered to the FBOs on the field on request. FBO catering here runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, handled through our dedicated business aviation catering branch rather than as a smaller version of the main operation, which is also how business jet catering is kept to the same standard.
Private jets →
Inflight catering rated by operators at UYN
Protocol officers on government flight catering at UYN
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“I asked for airline catering IATA standards at Yulin (UYN/ZLYL) because we had limited time to reset the galley. The trays and boxes were organized logically, which saved the cabin crew time before passengers arrived. Exactly what we need for a quick galley setup. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Yasmin — Mission Planning Officer
“Our operation through Yulin (UYN/ZLYL) included an ACMI request at short notice. Communication between dispatch, handling, and catering was clear throughout. That operational understanding was the biggest advantage. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Paul — Network Operations Coordinator
“We used the team for FBO catering at Yulin (UYN/ZLYL) on a VIP trip. Everything was easy to check and load, and the passenger requests were prepared exactly as ordered. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Romain — Cargo Dispatch Coordinator
Airport catering data for Yulin (ZLYL / UYN)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,800 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | ZLYL |
Business jet catering questions at ZLYL
Diversion catering and ramp questions at ZLYL
What operations gets asked every week about Yulin.
Ask operations directly →Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at ZLYL?
Yes, through our dedicated business aviation branch, covering every FBO catering request on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
Yulin, how much does airline catering cost?
The sealed cart and the loading sheet behind it set the baseline, but the airline catering cost itself depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window requested; our desk returns a quotation rather than a published price.
How far does airline catering at Yulin airport reach onto the ramp?
HACCP and our own ramp clearance are what the answer rests on: airline catering here is delivered by airside delivery, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than handed up at the aircraft door.
How much lead time does UYN need for a specification change?
UYN works to a published lead time for a first order, but how far in advance a change is needed shortens close to departure for last minute airline catering, provided the cart has not yet been sealed.
Under what protocol does ZLYL handle VIP and government movements?
There is a named, security-cleared crew for every VIP flight catering and government flight catering movement through this field, working to a protocol file that travels with the aircraft rather than with the passenger list.
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