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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Izumo, Japan
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Izumo (RJOC / IZO)
IZO (IATA) · RJOC (ICAO)
A narrow-body reference code and one runway of 2,000 metres put a defined ceiling on what Izumo boards, and inflight catering here is planned inside that ceiling rather than around a wider one. AERO GOURMET runs in-flight catering and aviation catering from a kitchen staged for hi-loader boarding, so wide-body-style uplift discipline still reaches the galley door on every rotation through RJOC.
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 — Izumo
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Izumo, Japan
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Izumo, Japan
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Izumo airport
Ramp access at Izumo is what turns a sealed cart into a boarded galley, and the interval is measured rather than promised. Every load leaves our kitchen sealed, crosses the apron under escort, and is signed for at the aircraft door before the hi-loader lifts it to galley height. The window is held the same way on a single rotation as on a repeat one, because RJOC gives us no second stand to fall back on.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Izumo sit screening, an escort crossing and apron traffic sharing the one runway's movements, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of that sequence rather than the average of it. Chain of custody starts at the seal on the cart and does not end until a name is signed against the galley catering handover, so nothing moves unescorted once it leaves the kitchen door. Temperatures are logged at sealing and logged again at handover, and the two readings travel with the paperwork, not just the food.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature: that is the whole window.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for RJOC / IZO
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Izumo (IZO)
The kitchen that provisions IZO holds hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, run to HACCP standards from seal to signature. With a single runway and a narrow-body reference code governing the ramp, airport catering at Izumo is planned to that ceiling rather than to a wider one, and the cold chain is held across the same route on every rotation. Airport catering built this way keeps the flight kitchen at RJOC answerable for one uplift standard, not several.
The team that handles government flight catering at Izumo is the same named crew every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to household service standards before a sealed uplift ever reaches the ramp. Nothing about that team changes because the runway is short or the stand count is one; the clearance and the paperwork travel with the load regardless of aircraft size. Catering at RJOC is signed off by that crew alone, cart by cart.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Izumo
VVIP catering written per mission at Izumo, Japan
Menus for IZO are written to the cabin and the mission, chef-designed and adapted whether the sector is a single rotation or a repeat one. Local sourcing draws on the produce of the wider region around Izumo — dairy, fish and orchard fruit worked into a seasonal frame rather than a fixed cycle. Inflight catering at RJOC follows that same brief for scheduled, charter, VIP and government departures alike, without a separate standard for any of them. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before the cart is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Izumo are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte service available on request and the presentation filed against the standing order. VIP flight catering here follows the same protocol line whether the movement is a single sector or a repeat rotation through RJOC.
Business cabins
Business cabins in Izumo run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, delivered in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on the stand. Crew meals at RJOC travel in the same tray sets, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately to the roster.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements at Izumo are documented per passenger, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line and sealed before it ever meets the main run. Inflight catering at IZO carries the full set of IATA special meal codes, tracked from that line straight through to the galley door.
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 RJOC
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.
Stand-side catering uplift at Izumo airport
Izumo works to a narrow-body reference code and a single 2,000-metre runway, which means catering here is planned against one movement at a time rather than a wave of parallel wide-bodies — a delegation is a documentation problem, a repeat rotation a repetition problem, and both are handled off the same loading plan. Airline catering at Izumo and airport catering at Izumo share that one plan rather than running as separate desks.
The uplift leaves our kitchen sealed, crosses the apron under escort, and is boarded by the ramp crew rostered to that stand, with ground handling on the apron coordinating the timing against the runway's single-movement rhythm. Inflight catering at Izumo, in-flight catering at RJOC and aviation catering at IZO all run off that one route from kitchen to stand.
What we commit to at Izumo is unchanged regardless of stand or aircraft size: one named coordinator, sealed carts, and a signed handover at the galley door.
Aviation catering for five mission types at Izumo, Japan
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Government and state flight catering at RJOC
A narrow-body reference code governs every stand assignment at Izumo, which means a government movement is sequenced against that same single-stand ceiling rather than parked apart from it. Government flight catering at Izumo for state visits and official delegations is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared personnel, and sealed at the kitchen before any head of state aircraft is boarded.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at IZO
One runway of 2,000 metres, and that figure decides how a private airliner movement is slotted against everything else scheduled through Izumo on the same day. Royal flight catering at RJOC for private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations — is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced on request and catering at IZO signed off by the same named team each time.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Izumo
Our kitchen plans a narrow-body reference code into every charter loading sheet at Izumo, staging the cart order to match the galley layout of whichever operator is on the stand. We uplift ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin service, counted against that sheet whether charter flight catering at Izumo is a single rotation or charter flight catering in Izumo repeats across a season.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at RJOC
With a single 2,000-metre runway governing every arrival, Izumo works one movement through the ramp at a time, and ad hoc airline catering here is built around that constraint rather than around a busier field. Carriers running IZO as an outstation get outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation; crew meals in Japan and crew meals at IZO travel boxed to the same roster.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at IZO
A single 2,000-metre runway serves every movement at Izumo, business aviation included, so a private jet is worked through the same ramp sequence as a scheduled departure rather than a separate one. Private jet catering at IZO reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same sealed paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at RJOC / IZO
Operators on commercial aviation catering at RJOC / IZO
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We needed delegation flight catering at Izumo (IZO/RJOC) for a protocol-sensitive flight. The team understood the need for confidentiality and kept the order organized despite late passenger and dietary changes. We were very satisfied with the level of coordination. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Esther — Trip Operations Manager
“I handled the cabin order for a flight from Izumo (IZO/RJOC) and needed private airliner catering. Everything arrived neatly packed, easy to identify in the galley, and consistent with the presentation we requested. I would happily use them again on a VIP rotation. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Elisa — Station Services Coordinator
“We arranged hajj charter catering for a group movement through Izumo (IZO/RJOC). Meal counts were accurate, halal requirements were clearly managed, and the delivery was organized for a quick uplift. Good coordination for a high-volume movement. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Mauro — Cabin Operations Lead
Outstation catering data for Izumo (RJOC / IZO)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | RJOC |
Airline catering services FAQ for Izumo
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Izumo
What operations gets asked every week about Izumo.
Ask operations directly →Are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced at IZO, and how are they documented?
Our coordinator logs every halal, kosher and SPML-coded meal against the passenger it is built for, sealed on a separate line before it joins the main uplift.
Where does private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal at RJOC?
The signed handover record shows delivery to whichever FBO or the GA terminal a movement is parked at, on the same sealed route as FBO catering anywhere else on the field.
What does airline catering look like on the ramp at Izumo?
We seal every load at the kitchen, cross the apron under escort, and board it airside by hi-loader to galley height rather than handing it up at the foot of the aircraft.
Does Izumo Airport allow a specification to change close to departure?
Every order is confirmed against a lead time set at booking, and each specification can still move within the loading window agreed with the desk.
Which factors set airline catering cost at IZO?
The loader, the cart count and the route from kitchen to stand set the quotation, along with cabin count and the specification requested; we do not publish a price list.
When is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering available at RJOC, and under what protocol?
As soon as a movement is confirmed, VIP flight catering and government flight catering are staffed to the same protocol file: security-cleared crew, sealed uplift, signed handover.
Inflight catering at other airports near Izumo
YGJ / RJOH
Yonago
Japan · 33 km from Izumo
Airline & VIP flight catering →
OKI / RJNO
Okinoshima
Japan · 94 km from Izumo
Airline & VIP flight catering →
HIJ / RJOA
Hiroshima
Japan · 109 km from Izumo
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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