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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Hiroshima, Japan
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Hiroshima (RJOA / HIJ)
HIJ (IATA) · RJOA (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code carried at Hiroshima puts a full three-cabin aircraft on one stand here, and it is boarded from the ramp, not delivered to it. Our hi-loader raises tray sets, sealed carts and crew provisions straight to galley height, so an inflight catering uplift for a scheduled, charter or government movement moves under one chain of custody from kitchen to cabin door, with in-flight catering handled the same way at HIJ whatever the mission behind it.
3,000 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 — Hiroshima
Wide-body inflight catering at Hiroshima
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at RJOA / HIJ
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Hiroshima (HIJ)
Ramp access at Hiroshima is what turns a catering uplift into a timed sequence rather than a delivery slot: the sealed cart leaves our kitchen, crosses the apron under escort and reaches the galley door on one continuous route. Nothing sits at the foot of the aircraft waiting for a door to open, because the hi-loader takes the load straight up to cabin height. That single path, held under our own badges from kitchen to stand, is what gets measured at Hiroshima.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Hiroshima sit screening, an escort through the apron traffic, and the queue for the hi-loader itself, and we plan every catering uplift against the worst combination of the three rather than the average one. A galley catering load that misses its slot on a tight rotation has nowhere to wait, so the route is fixed before the cart is sealed, not worked out on the day.
Chain of custody starts at the kitchen door: the seal is logged, the temperature is recorded, and both travel with the load until a second signature closes it out at the galley.
One sealed route, one signature at each end, from kitchen to galley door.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for RJOA
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Hiroshima, Japan
The flight kitchen behind Hiroshima runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, which keeps every tray set and cold-chain item moving through a single HACCP-controlled build before it reaches the apron. Airport catering worked this way means First, Business and main cabin loads leave from the same cleared floor rather than three separate suppliers, cutting the handoffs an ops desk has to track. That single build is also what makes airport catering at HIJ repeatable rotation after rotation, whatever the mix of scheduled and ad hoc work on a given day.
The team behind government flight catering at Hiroshima is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for one movement. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the kitchen and the apron, and is trained to the household and protocol standards a sealed uplift travels under. That continuity is what a protocol desk checks first when catering at HIJ is booked against a moving schedule.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at HIJ
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at RJOA / HIJ
Menus for Hiroshima are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for season, because a First cabin plate and a crew meal box are planned as two different jobs from the start. Where local sourcing has a place in the plan, it draws on the produce of the wider region around the city rather than on any single named supplier, kept general by design. Every inflight catering order carries its allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets as documented lines against the passenger manifest, not as an afterthought bolted onto a standard tray. That documentation travels with the load, labelled per passenger and per cabin, from the kitchen to the galley.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins departing Hiroshima are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with caviar and à-la-carte options available on request for the movements that call for them. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order so the same presentation repeats on every rotation, not reinvented each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins out of HIJ get multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized for the galley fitted to the aircraft on that rotation, loaded in tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same load, boxed against the roster rather than guessed at.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Hiroshima are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher preparation and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Every inflight catering order carrying an SPML code is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen for RJOA.
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 Hiroshima (HIJ)
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 Hiroshima airport
Hiroshima carries a single wide-body reference code, which shapes how catering is worked here: a full three-cabin aircraft occupies one stand rather than splitting its load across two, so the sequencing on that stand matters more than the count of movements passing through it. Airline catering, aviation catering and airport catering here all run off the same ops desk rather than three separate booking lines.
The uplift leaves our kitchen on a sealed route and reaches the aircraft by hi-loader, raised directly to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft first. Ramp access is held on our own badges, so the convoy crosses the apron without waiting on a third party's schedule, and in-flight catering timing is set against that route rather than an average.
One coordinator owns the movement from seal to signature, with sealed carts and a signed handover closing every load worked at Hiroshima.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at Hiroshima
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Government and state flight catering at HIJ
A 3,000 metre runway at Hiroshima is enough to bring in a head of state aircraft on a state visit or an official delegation without restricting the load it carries. Government flight catering here runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Hiroshima
A private airliner — BBJ, ACJ or wide-body VIP configuration — is within the reach of the 3,000 metre runway at Hiroshima, which keeps that category of movement on the same field as scheduled traffic rather than routed elsewhere. Royal flight catering here holds household standards across repeat rotations, from a written 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 RJOA
Across the wide-body stands at Hiroshima, the single reference code held on the field is what makes a full three-cabin charter uplift a one-stand job rather than a split load. Charter flight catering here serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions alike, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at HIJ
Our kitchen works Hiroshima's single wide-body reference code as one loading plan per stand, which is what lets a carrier run this station as an outstation without booking a second kitchen. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering are drawn off that same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Hiroshima
Sequencing a business aviation movement around the wide-body reference code held at Hiroshima means working a smaller aircraft into slots built for larger ones. Private jet catering here is run by our dedicated branch, delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at HIJ
Protocol officers on government flight catering at Hiroshima
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged tour operator charter catering for the group at Hiroshima (HIJ/RJOA) after a late schedule update. The meals were clearly labeled, portions were suitable for the group, and the delivery stayed on time despite a moving departure. A good partner for sports charter operations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Jasmine — Operations Desk Manager
“Our flight through Hiroshima (HIJ/RJOA) required evacuation flight catering with limited preparation time. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. We appreciated the flexibility. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Noor — Cargo Operations Manager
“We used the team at Hiroshima (HIJ/RJOA) for cargo airline catering on a night operation. Meals arrived on time and were packed practically for a working crew rather than over-presented. Simple, efficient, and on time. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Nadia — Flight Support Executive
Airport catering data for Hiroshima (RJOA / HIJ)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | RJOA |
Business jet catering questions at HIJ
Diversion catering and ramp questions at HIJ
What operations gets asked every week about Hiroshima.
Ask operations directly →Whose lead time governs a catering order for Hiroshima?
For a standard rotation we ask for as much notice as the schedule allows, but last minute airline catering is worked routinely, and a specification can still change close to departure if the cabin count and loading window allow it.
Which route does airline catering take to the aircraft at Hiroshima Airport?
The cart leaves our kitchen sealed, crosses the apron under escort, and is raised to galley height by hi-loader, so airside delivery never stages the load at the foot of the aircraft first.
Are private jet catering orders delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at HIJ?
Our coordinator routes every private jet catering order to whichever FBO or the GA terminal a movement is based at, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Does RJOA produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes?
Every SPML request, including halal and kosher, is built on a separate production line and documented per passenger before it is sealed for the aircraft.
Aviation catering across the Hiroshima region
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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