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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Hanamaki, Japan
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Hanamaki (RJSI / HNA)
HNA (IATA) · RJSI (ICAO)
A single 2500 m runway at Hanamaki takes the wide-body movements this station is cleared for, and it sets the boarding window our kitchen plans against for every rotation on the field. Inflight catering and in-flight catering here run through hi-loader boarding to galley height, with wide-body uplift staged airside rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
2,500 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — Hanamaki
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at RJSI / HNA
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Hanamaki
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Hanamaki (HNA)
Catering uplift at Hanamaki is worked from a single wide-body-rated stand, which means ramp access is held on one route rather than split across parallel aprons. Every cart that crosses the apron here follows the same sequence, from the sealed kitchen output to the galley door of the aircraft on stand. That single-stand discipline is what keeps the window repeatable at RJSI, rotation after rotation.
Between the kitchen and the wide-body stand at Hanamaki sit screening, an escort across the apron and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway field, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of that rather than the average of it. Galley catering leaving our kitchen is sealed before the convoy moves, with a chain of custody that runs unbroken to the handover at the galley door. Temperature is logged at sealing and logged again at the aircraft, and the load is only closed out once a named signature accepts it on stand at HNA.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the galley door: nothing moves unrecorded.
Pilot meals prepared for Hanamaki rotations
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Hanamaki, Japan
The flight kitchen that provisions Hanamaki runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, feeding the wide-body stand this station is rated for. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake to the sealed cart that leaves for the apron, and the cold chain is held unbroken across the same route. Airport catering at HNA is built on that single kitchen, and airport catering at Hanamaki never splits its output across a second site.
The team that handles government flight catering at Hanamaki is the same named crew on every rotation, carried on a fixed access list rather than rotated in from a general pool. Security clearance is held on file before a delegation lands, and each member is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects on the ramp. That continuity, not a larger roster, is what a protocol officer is actually checking when the file lands at RJSI.
Halal airline meals and special meals at HNA
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at RJSI / HNA
Menus at Hanamaki are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, so a scheduled rotation and a VVIP movement leave the same kitchen on different specifications. Japan's produce shapes the general frame of what is offered in season — fish, dairy and orchard fruit sourced regionally rather than named dish by dish. Inflight catering at Hanamaki is documented for allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets before it ever reaches the tray. Every set is labelled per passenger and per cabin, so the paperwork travels with the food rather than behind it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Hanamaki are plated to a written specification held on file between movements, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a cycle. VIP flight catering here is filed against that standing order, so the presentation is repeatable on the next rotation, not improvised on this one.
Business cabins
Business cabins at HNA take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on stand, moved as tray sets and meal boxes rather than loose trays. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the cockpit and cabin crew sets never share a container with the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Halal and kosher sets, alongside the household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, are produced on a separate line at Hanamaki before they are sealed for the stand. The full range of IATA special meal codes is covered on that line, so inflight catering here is matched to the code on the manifest rather than approximated on the day.
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 standards for aviation catering at Hanamaki airport
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 Hanamaki airport
A single-runway, wide-body-rated field, Hanamaki carries a mix of scheduled, charter and government movements across one stand, which turns every rotation into a documentation exercise as much as a loading one: a delegation needs its protocol file closed before wheels-up, a peak departure needs the same window held twice over. Airline catering in Hanamaki and airport catering at RJSI are planned around that single stand rather than split across parallel gates, so the sequence does not change with the mission that lands.
Uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader, raised to galley height rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft, on a route our own crew works from kitchen to ramp under escort. Aviation catering at HNA and in-flight catering in Hanamaki run off that one route, with inflight catering in Japan handled by the same crew regardless of which segment is on stand that day.
On every rotation we commit to one coordinator on the ground, sealed carts from kitchen to stand, and a signed handover before the load is closed out.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at RJSI / HNA
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Government and state flight catering at Hanamaki
At a field rated for wide-body operations on a single stand, government flight catering at Hanamaki is planned as a protocol file first and a menu second: documented per passenger, closed before departure. A head of state movement, a delegation or an official visit gets security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift, never a name on the record.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at RJSI
Working a single wide-body stand means a royal or VVIP rotation is sequenced against whatever else is on the ramp that day, rather than given a stand of its own. Royal flight catering at Hanamaki holds household standards across repeat movements, drawn from a written specification kept on file for private airliners, BBJ and ACJ types included, with halal and household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at HNA
2500 metres of runway, which is enough to hold the wide-body movements this ramp is rated for without limiting the charter traffic booked against it. Charter flight catering at Hanamaki serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift, and charter flight catering in Japan is counted against the same loading sheet every time.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Hanamaki
A wide-body movement on the single stand at Hanamaki can be boarded on short notice, which is what carriers running RJSI as an outstation actually need from a station with one runway and one ramp route. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering move off the same duty roster here, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation without a change of kitchen.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at RJSI
We work the same single wide-body stand and apron route for business aviation as for the scheduled traffic on this field, extending delivery to the GA terminal and the FBOs based at Hanamaki. Private jet catering at RJSI runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering handled off the same duty roster.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Hanamaki
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Hanamaki
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For our departure from Hanamaki (HNA/RJSI), we specifically needed galley ready meals. The trays and boxes were organized logically, which saved the cabin crew time before passengers arrived. The crew appreciated how easy it was to load. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Sara — Trip Operations Manager
“For a changing schedule at Hanamaki (HNA/RJSI), we needed flexible ad hoc catering. The uplift was organized around our revised departure and reached the aircraft without delaying the turn. 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
Elif — Ground Services Manager
“We used the team for business jet catering at Hanamaki (HNA/RJSI) on a VIP trip. Everything was easy to check and load, and the passenger requests were prepared exactly as ordered. Reliable, responsive, and easy to work with. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Rafael — Client Services Manager
Airport catering data for Hanamaki (RJSI / HNA)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,500 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | RJSI |
Business jet catering questions at HNA
Diversion catering and ramp questions at HNA
What operations gets asked every week about Hanamaki.
Ask operations directly →When does an order for Hanamaki need to be placed, and how late can the specification still change?
When a rotation is confirmed we ask for the lead time an outstation needs to hold the loading window, and last-minute airline catering changes are still accepted up to a cut-off tied to that window rather than to a fixed date.
Which special meal sets does the Hanamaki flight kitchen produce, and how are they documented?
The separate production line at our kitchen covers halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML codes, with each tray labelled to the code on the manifest before it is sealed for the stand.
Can you say what airline catering costs at HNA?
A quotation turns on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked for the rotation, so we do not publish a price list; the desk comes back with a figure once those are known.
What does private jet catering look like at RJSI, and do you reach the FBOs on the field?
We deliver to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, so a business aviation movement is handled to the same standard as a scheduled one.
How is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering handled at Hanamaki, and under what protocol?
Hanamaki work of this kind runs under a documented protocol file, with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift for VIP flight catering, government flight catering and royal or VVIP movements alike.
Outstation catering near Hanamaki
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
HHE / RJSH
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Hanamaki (HNA)