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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Iki, Japan
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Iki (RJDB / IKI)
IKI (IATA) · RJDB (ICAO)
A single narrow-body stand at Iki sets the loading plan: one aircraft on the ramp at a time, so the sequence between kitchen and galley door has to be exact rather than parallel. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering here on that constraint, with hi-loader boarding to galley height and the uplift staged for wide-body-grade discipline on a narrow-body footprint.
1,320 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 — Iki
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at RJDB / IKI
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Catering uplift timing at Iki
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Iki, Japan
Ramp access is what the loading window at Iki is built on, not a delivery to the foot of the aircraft: the sealed cart moves from our kitchen straight onto the apron and up the hi-loader to galley height. With a single stand in use, the window is fixed by the rotation ahead of it, not by us, so the cart is staged and sealed before the slot opens rather than after. What is measured is the interval between seal and signature, held the same whether the aircraft is a scheduled service or a charter.
Between our kitchen and the one working stand at RJDB sit the same points every catering uplift has to clear: perimeter screening, an escorted run across the apron, and the queue behind whatever else is moving on a single-runway field. We plan the galley catering against the slowest of those, not the fastest, because a delay recovered late costs more than one built in from the start.
Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and again at the galley door, with both readings kept against the same reference. The handover is closed with a signature at the aircraft, so the chain of custody runs unbroken from kitchen seal to cabin crew.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the door, nothing in between.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for IKI
Airline food supplier crews cleared for RJDB / IKI
Airport catering at Iki runs from a single kitchen built to serve one narrow-body stand at a time, which means hot production, pastry, a cold larder and the protocol line sit under one roof rather than spread across shifts. That layout keeps a HACCP-run process intact from raw intake through to sealed cart, with no handoff between separate sites to record or defend. Airport catering at RJDB is therefore a matter of sequencing one kitchen against one stand, not scaling several kitchens against many.
The staff who handle government flight catering at Iki are the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating roster: security clearance on file, named on the access list, and trained to the household paperwork that has to travel sealed with the cart. With one stand and one kitchen, that continuity is a fixed strength rather than a stretch, and it is what a protocol officer checks before anything else on a shortlist.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at RJDB
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Iki
Menus at Iki are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single house style: a scheduled main-cabin rotation is planned differently from a chartered wide-body VIP movement, even from the same kitchen. Local sourcing draws on Japan's coastal and orchard produce where the season allows it, worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish list. Inflight catering here carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, each labelled per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed. The result is a tray set built to the mission, not a menu applied to every flight regardless of it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Iki are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request against that file. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the same presentation repeats on the next rotation without a fresh brief each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at RJDB take a multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft in use. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately against the roster, kept distinct from the passenger tray sets they travel beside.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at Iki covers household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line from the main run. The full range of IATA special meal codes is worked from that line and sealed before it leaves, so inflight catering in Japan carries the same paperwork whatever the code requested.
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 and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at RJDB / IKI
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 Iki (IKI)
Iki works a narrow-body traffic profile off a single runway and one stand, which turns catering into a sequencing problem rather than a capacity one: each rotation is loaded, cleared and released before the next aircraft is worked. Airline catering at Iki is planned against that one stand rather than against a bank of gates, so the schedule is fixed early and held rather than adjusted on the day.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by sealed cart from our kitchen, escorted across the apron and raised to galley height by hi-loader rather than set down at the foot of the stairs. Inflight catering in Iki and in-flight catering in Japan run off that same ramp routine, with aviation catering at RJDB and airport catering at RJDB following the identical seal-to-signature sequence regardless of the operator on the stand that day.
What we commit to on this station is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts start to finish, and a signed handover at the aircraft door.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at RJDB
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Government and state flight catering at RJDB
Our kitchen at Iki holds a 1320 metre runway and one stand as the working constraint behind every government flight catering movement it provisions. We document the protocol file per passenger, staff the rotation with security-cleared personnel, and seal the uplift before it leaves the kitchen for a head of state aircraft or any other official movement on the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at IKI
The 1320 metre runway at Iki sets what can be worked on this stand, and it takes the private airliners this segment flies: BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations included. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced against it on request and catering at IKI logged the same way each rotation.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Iki
A wide-body VIP configuration or an ACMI narrow-body can both be worked from the single stand at Iki, because the reference code here is built around that one aircraft at a time rather than a bank of gates. Charter flight catering at RJDB and charter flight catering in Iki cover ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions alike, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at RJDB
A single runway of 1320 metres and one working stand set a fixed sequence at Iki, so ad hoc airline catering has to be planned into that one slot rather than around a choice of gates. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals and crew meals in Japan boxed separately from the passenger run and ad hoc catering at IKI held to the same seal-to-signature standard throughout.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at IKI
On the same apron that takes the one narrow-body stand at Iki, the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field draw on the identical kitchen behind the airline rotation. Private jet catering in Iki is delivered to that terminal and to the ramp handler on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, run through our dedicated business aviation catering and business jet catering branch, with FBO catering covering whichever operator is parked that day.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Iki
Charter operators on flight catering at IKI
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We had a last-minute schedule change into Iki (IKI/RJDB) and needed technical stop catering. Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Aisha — Charter Services Manager
“Iki (IKI/RJDB) was an outstation for us, and we booked airline catering at small airports for the sector. It felt like working with a regular station supplier even though this was not one of our usual airports. We would be comfortable using the service there again. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Fatima — Flight Dispatch Supervisor
“We requested an airline catering cost per meal for Iki (IKI/RJDB) and appreciated how clear the pricing was. The inclusions were easy to understand, lead time was realistic, and there were no surprises when the final order was confirmed. The clear communication made the booking easy. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Elisa — VIP Flight Operations Manager
Airport catering profile for Iki (RJDB / IKI)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,320 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | RJDB |
Business jet catering questions at RJDB
Diversion catering and ramp questions at RJDB
What operations gets asked every week about Iki.
Ask operations directly →How much does airline catering cost at IKI?
IKI's single-stand rotation means a quotation is built from cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than a price list; our desk comes back with a figure once those are set.
Can you deliver airline catering airside at RJDB?
RJDB's single working stand is the fixed point every run is measured against, and yes: airline catering here reaches the aircraft by airside delivery on a sealed cart, boarded to galley height by hi-loader rather than left at the foot of the stairs.
Which operators get private jet catering on the field at Iki?
The sealed cart and hi-loader route used for the airline rotation also serves the GA terminal, so private jet catering and FBO catering at Iki reach every operator on the field on the same cold chain and paperwork.
Where is the record kept once an order is placed for Iki Airport?
The specification file logged at booking is what the lead time is measured against; how far in advance an order should be placed depends on cabin count and protocol needs, and last minute airline catering is worked against that same file when the rotation allows it.
When are halal, kosher and SPML meals produced for IKI?
Once a special meal code is confirmed against the booking, halal, kosher and the full range of IATA SPML special meals are produced on a separate line and sealed before they leave the kitchen.
What protocol governs VIP and government flights at RJDB?
We run VIP flight catering and government flight catering at RJDB under the same protocol file logged per passenger, with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift from kitchen to signature.
Commercial aviation catering near Iki
FUK / RJFF
Fukuoka
Japan · 64 km from Iki
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TSJ / RJDT
Tsushima
Japan · 73 km from Iki
Airline & VIP flight catering →
HSG / RJFS
Saga
Japan · 82 km from Iki
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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