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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Zhengzhou, China
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Zhengzhou (ZHCC / CGO)
CGO (IATA) · ZHCC (ICAO)
Zhengzhou holds a wide-body aerodrome reference code, so the ramp is built for hi-loader boarding rather than delivery at the foot of the aircraft, and that method sets how every uplift moves here. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering off one ops desk at Zhengzhou (ZHCC), boarding scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights straight to galley height.
3,400 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 — Zhengzhou
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at Zhengzhou, China
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at ZHCC / CGO
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at Zhengzhou, China
Ramp access is what sets the loading window at Zhengzhou apart from a delivery model that stops at the foot of the aircraft. Once a cart is sealed at our kitchen it moves under escort to the wide-body stand, and the hi-loader carries it directly to the galley door rather than handing it off on the tarmac. That single continuous run is what a multi-leg rotation through ZHCC is actually timed against.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Zhengzhou sit screening, an escorted convoy route and apron traffic that shifts with the day's rotations, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst case those three present rather than the average one. The convoy is the risk in this sequence, not the galley catering itself, which is why the route and the escort are fixed before the cart is sealed. Temperature is logged at sealing at the kitchen and logged again at handover on the stand, and the load closes on a signature that ties both readings to the same chain of custody, at CGO and on every rotation behind it.
One seal, one escort, one signature, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Pilot meals prepared for CGO rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at ZHCC / CGO
The flight kitchen that provisions CGO runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, built to HACCP standards from intake to seal. That footprint is what makes airport catering at ZHCC a single-site operation rather than a relay between separate suppliers, because a delegation order and a scheduled rotation are produced against the same cold chain in the same building. Airport catering in Zhengzhou is planned from that one kitchen outward to every wide-body stand it serves.
The team that handles government flight catering at Zhengzhou is the same named crew on every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and standing on the access list before a delegation is ever confirmed. Each member is trained to household service standards and to the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift, from the protocol file to the handover signature. That continuity is what keeps a repeat rotation through ZHCC recognisable to the same protocol desk each time.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at ZHCC
VVIP catering to a written specification at Zhengzhou
AERO GOURMET writes its Zhengzhou menus to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a fixed catalogue, so a First-cabin service and a main-cabin tray set draw on the same kitchen but a different specification. Inflight catering at ZHCC also carries a local sourcing line, pulling on the dairy, orchard fruit and fish of the wider region where the season allows it, without naming a single supplier on the page. Every menu, whichever cabin it is written for, closes on documentation rather than description: allergen sets, halal and kosher requirements, and the medical diets a passenger has filed in advance. Each of those is labelled per passenger and per cabin before the tray set is sealed, so the paperwork travels with the food and not behind it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Zhengzhou are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for VIP flight catering. The presentation itself is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation through CGO receives the same service without a new brief each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at ZHCC run multi-choice hot service to a cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals travel on the same tray sets, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately to the roster for every rotation through Zhengzhou.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Zhengzhou are documented per passenger rather than assumed: household, religious and medical requirements on file, halal and kosher sets produced to the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so inflight catering at CGO carries its dietary paperwork with the tray rather than as an afterthought.
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 ZHCC
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.
Catering uplift and airside delivery at Zhengzhou airport
Zhengzhou carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body reference code, which means a delegation arriving alongside a scheduled rotation is a documentation problem before it is a capacity one. Airline catering at ZHCC is planned so that a protocol file and a standard tray order never compete for the same loading slot.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the wide-body stand under escort, and the hi-loader carries it to the galley door rather than handing it off at the foot of the aircraft, which is how airside delivery at CGO stays continuous end to end. Inflight catering, in-flight catering at Zhengzhou and aviation catering in Zhengzhou run off that same route and the same ops desk, with airport catering in Zhengzhou planned stand by stand rather than in a fixed daily block.
On every one of those movements we commit to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover at the stand.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at ZHCC / CGO
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Government and state flight catering at CGO
The 3400 metre runway at Zhengzhou clears the wide-body aircraft that a head of state movement or a diplomatic delegation typically uses, and that clearance is what allows government flight catering to be planned on the same ramp as scheduled traffic. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared, and the uplift is sealed before it leaves the kitchen at ZHCC.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Zhengzhou
Private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations — are the aircraft the 3400 metre runway at CGO is built to receive, which is what makes royal flight catering possible on the same stand as a scheduled wide-body. Household standards are held 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 ZHCC
Onto the wide-body stands at Zhengzhou, the 3400 metre runway brings ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions that load a full three-cabin uplift in one pass. Charter flight catering here is counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, with charter flight catering at ZHCC repeated identically across a multi-leg tour.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at CGO
The wide-body reference code held at ZHCC means a carrier running this station as an outstation loads through the same hi-loader sequence as a scheduled rotation, with no separate ramp process for an unplanned call. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals in China boxed to the same roster.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Zhengzhou
A single wide-body reference code means the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field share ramp sequencing with scheduled wide-body movements, so a business aviation departure has to be timed rather than simply slotted in. Private jet catering at CGO is delivered to that GA terminal and to the FBOs on the field, run as FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Aviation catering trusted by operators at ZHCC / CGO
Charter operators on flight catering at CGO
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our flight at Zhengzhou (CGO/ZHCC) required galley ready meals with clear service-by-service organization. Everything was labeled, compact, and easy to place directly into the aircraft without repacking on the ramp. Exactly what we need for a quick galley setup. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Tiago — Air Freight Operations Lead
“We had an ad hoc catering requirement at Zhengzhou (CGO/ZHCC) and the coordination was very smooth. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Theo — Flight Support Supervisor
“I needed reliable FBO catering at Zhengzhou (CGO/ZHCC) for a same-day departure. They followed my notes closely, kept me updated, and delivered at the time agreed with the FBO. I would definitely order from them again. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Abdullah — Ground Services Manager
Airport catering data for Zhengzhou (ZHCC / CGO)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,400 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | ZHCC |
Airline catering services FAQ for ZHCC
Diversion catering and ramp questions at ZHCC
What operations gets asked every week about Zhengzhou.
Ask operations directly →Where can VIP, VVIP and government flights be catered in Zhengzhou, and under what protocol?
The protocol file logged per passenger is the record that governs it, covering VIP flight catering and government flight catering alike, with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift closing every rotation.
Which method gets airline catering airside at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport?
The hi-loader is the method: it carries the sealed cart directly to the galley door, so airside delivery never stops at the foot of the aircraft.
Are private jet catering orders delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at CGO?
The same coordinator who runs an airline rotation also runs the FBO run, so private jet catering and FBO catering reach every FBO on the field on the same cold chain and paperwork as a scheduled uplift.
Who sets how far in advance an order has to be placed at ZHCC, and how late a specification can still change?
Across scheduled, charter and ad hoc work the lead time is set by the ops desk against the loading window, and last-minute airline catering changes are taken up to the point the cart is sealed, with halal, kosher and other special meal codes confirmed within that same window.
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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