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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Amagi, Japan
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Amagi (RJKN / TKN)
TKN (IATA) · RJKN (ICAO)
A narrow-body reference code sets the scale of every uplift booked through Amagi, so the ops desk plans by cabin count rather than by hold volume. Inflight catering and in-flight catering here are loaded straight to galley height by hi-loader across the apron, airside, with no bleed at the foot of the aircraft.
2,000 m
Longest runway
Narrow-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 — Amagi
Wide-body aviation catering at TKN
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for TKN departures
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, RJKN / TKN
Ramp access at RJKN is what our crews plan around first, because the sealed cart moves from kitchen to galley door on a single continuous chain rather than a stop at the foot of the aircraft. Every catering uplift booked through Amagi is logged from the moment it leaves the kitchen to the moment the galley door closes, with the apron crossing itself timed as one leg of that chain. Nothing about the route changes rotation to rotation: the same apron path, the same hi-loader step, the same signature at handover.
Screening, escort and apron traffic sit between our kitchen and the stand at Amagi, and the chain of custody we run is built to plan against the worst of those three rather than the average day. A convoy delayed on the apron is a bigger risk to a rotation than a delay in the galley catering line itself, so the escort and the screening slot are fixed before the cart leaves the kitchen door. Temperature is logged at sealing and logged again at handover, and the catering uplift only closes once both readings and a signature are on the same sheet.
One coordinator owns the seal at the kitchen and the signature at the aircraft.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Amagi airport
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at Amagi
Galley-ready output for Amagi comes off one site that runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under a single roof, rather than several suppliers stitched together for the rotation. Airport catering at RJKN is built on that single site, and airport catering at TKN never splits a specification across two kitchens for the same flight. HACCP governs every stage of the run, from intake to the sealed cart that leaves for the stand.
The team behind government flight catering at Amagi is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool booked per movement. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, they sit on a fixed access list rather than a general roster, and they are trained to the paperwork a sealed uplift travels with as much as to the service itself. That continuity is what a protocol desk is actually checking when it asks who touches the cart.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Amagi airport
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at TKN
Menus for Amagi are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed list, moving from a VIP flight menu plated to a written specification through to a charter flight menu built for group volume on the same rotation. Inflight catering in Japan draws where it can on regional produce, favouring dairy, fish and seasonal orchard fruit rather than a fixed import list, without naming a single supplier or a single dish. Every set is adjusted to the season and to the mission length, so a short domestic sector and a long-haul charter are not served off the same base list. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that documentation rather than against a general assumption.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at TKN are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order so the same presentation repeats on every rotation, not reinvented flight by flight.
Business cabins
Business cabins at RJKN run on multi-choice hot service built to a cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft rather than a generic tray. Cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same run, boxed separately and matched to the roster, alongside the crew meals loaded for the operating team.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Amagi are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes rather than a shortened list. Inflight catering built to those codes is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, keeping it apart from the general cabin 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 Amagi, Japan
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 Amagi, Japan
A narrow-body reference code sets the ceiling on what moves through Amagi in a single rotation, so a delegation here is worked as a documentation load rather than a volume load, and a repeat charter rotation is worked as a repetition problem: the same specification, checked again rather than rebuilt. That mix shapes the loading plan before a single tray is packed.
Sealed carts leave our kitchen and cross the apron to the stand by hi-loader, boarded to galley door height rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft; the ramp crew that meets the cart is the same team every rotation. Airline catering at Amagi and airport catering at RJKN both run off that one route, with aviation catering at TKN never split across two paths for the same flight. Inflight catering in Amagi and in-flight catering at Amagi are logged on the same sheet from kitchen door to galley door.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, and that handover is the one commitment that does not change stand to stand.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Amagi
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Government and state flight catering at RJKN
A 2,000 metre runway at Amagi is enough to plan a government flight catering movement on the same fixed ramp routine as any scheduled rotation, rather than a special one-off routing. The protocol file travels documented per passenger, security-cleared staff handle the load, and the uplift for a head of state movement is sealed before it leaves the kitchen at catering at RJKN.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at TKN
A private airliner sized to a narrow-body stand can be boarded at Amagi on the same 2,000 metre runway that takes the scheduled traffic here, which is what keeps a royal flight catering movement on a standard ramp routine rather than a special routing. BBJ and ACJ types are held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Amagi
On the narrow-body stands at RJKN, a full three-cabin uplift is counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, which is how charter flight catering here handles ACMI and wet-lease operators alongside group movements. Charter flight catering in Japan extends to special missions and repatriation work in the same way, with charter flight catering in Amagi never split across two loading plans for one rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at RJKN
A narrow-body reference code at Amagi keeps every rotation on a single ramp routine, which is exactly the discipline ad hoc airline catering depends on when a carrier treats this station as an outstation rather than a base. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off the same duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals in Amagi boxed to the same roster across a multi-leg rotation, and ad hoc catering at TKN booked on short notice without a separate process.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at TKN
A narrow-body reference code at Amagi means a business jet is worked on the same ramp routine as the scheduled traffic rather than a separate lane, and private jet catering at RJKN is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on that basis. FBO catering here runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, handled by our dedicated private-jet branch after the commercial rotations are set.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at RJKN
Operators on commercial aviation catering at RJKN
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For our departure from Amagi (TKN/RJKN), we specifically needed aviation catering packaging. 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. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Malik — Crew Services Coordinator
“For a changing schedule at Amagi (TKN/RJKN), we needed flexible outstation. The uplift was organized around our revised departure and reached the aircraft without delaying the turn. That operational understanding was the biggest advantage. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Abel — Trip Planning Manager
“We used the team for FBO catering at Amagi (TKN/RJKN) on a VIP trip. 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
Giorgio — Airline Operations Manager
Station data for aviation catering at Amagi (RJKN / TKN)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | RJKN |
Business jet catering questions at Amagi airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Amagi airport
What operations gets asked every week about Amagi.
Ask operations directly →When does an order need to be placed for a flight through Amagi, and how late can the specification still change?
When the rotation is confirmed we ask for the cabin count and mission type as early as possible; the lead time on a standard order is set by the loading window, and last minute airline catering requests are still worked where the kitchen slot allows.
Can you say what airline catering costs at TKN?
Airline catering cost depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked, since no price list is published; the desk comes back with a quotation once those three are known.
What does private jet catering look like at RJKN?
We deliver private jet catering to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering booked through the same desk.
Which special meal sets does Amagi produce?
The sealed cart carries halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes, produced on a separate line under SPML documentation and loaded on the same hi-loader run as the main cabin trays.
Do you deliver airline catering airside at Amagi?
Yes, by hi-loader straight to galley door height, with airside delivery run as one continuous chain from the kitchen to the stand rather than a handoff at the foot of the aircraft.
How are VIP, VVIP and government flights catered at TKN?
TKN handles VIP flight catering and government flight catering under the same protocol file, documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff on a fixed access list for every movement.
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