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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Tanegashima, Japan
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Tanegashima (RJFG / TNE)
TNE (IATA) · RJFG (ICAO)
A narrow-body reference code sets what this ramp boards, so uplift is built to that stand rather than to a wider frame. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and hi-loader boarding to galley height at Tanegashima, with the same standing crew handling every uplift on and off the apron.
1,995 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
02
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 — Tanegashima
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Tanegashima
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at TNE
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, TNE
Ad hoc catering uplift at Tanegashima moves from a sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door under one continuous watch, with ramp access held on our own credentials rather than passed through a third party. The narrow-body stand sets a single approach line, so the convoy has one route to plan rather than several, and that route is walked before every rotation. Nothing on the apron interrupts the seal once it is closed.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Tanegashima sit screening, an escort and apron traffic crossing the same taxi line, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of that sequence rather than the average of it. The chain of custody starts at the seal and does not open again until a signature is taken at the galley, with the escort holding the same route on every rotation regardless of which crew is on shift. Galley catering leaving our kitchen carries a temperature log started at sealing and closed again at handover, so the record covers the whole route rather than either end of it alone. Nothing on that log is estimated.
One seal, one route, one signature: that is the whole loading window.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for RJFG
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for RJFG
Airport catering at Tanegashima runs from a single kitchen holding hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, so a narrow-body rotation is worked without splitting the load across two facilities. HACCP governs every stage from intake to sealing, and the cold chain is unbroken between the larder and the cart that leaves for the stand. That same kitchen carries airport catering for scheduled, charter and government work in Japan, off one production line rather than several.
Government flight catering at Tanegashima is handled by the same named team on every rotation, with security clearance on file and each member kept on the access list rather than rotated in ad hoc. That team is trained to the paperwork a sealed uplift travels with, not only to the food, so a delegation's protocol file moves with the cart and not behind it. The same crew works the household file when the mission calls for one, at Tanegashima and nowhere else on that particular booking.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Tanegashima, Japan
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Tanegashima airport
Menus at Tanegashima are set to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, so a narrow-body rotation and a government movement are not served from the same fixed sheet. Inflight catering here draws on regional produce in general terms — dairy, fish and orchard fruit sourced through the country rather than named to a supplier — and built into a specification the kitchen holds on file. Seasonal changes move the cycle without moving the standard it is checked against. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before the cart is sealed rather than after.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins out of Tanegashima are plated to a written specification held on file between movements, with à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to one sheet. Presentation is checked against that specification before the cart leaves the kitchen, not against a general standard applied to every departure at RJFG.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Tanegashima run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed and counted against the loading sheet. Crew meals travel on the same cart, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately to the roster rather than pooled into one set.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements out of Tanegashima are documented per passenger rather than pooled into a general note, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line. The full range of IATA special meal codes is worked from this kitchen, so inflight catering in Tanegashima covers a dietary request without moving it to another facility.
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
Food safety records for aviation catering at Tanegashima (TNE)
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.
Airside airport catering at Tanegashima
Tanegashima carries a mix of scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single runway, and a narrow-body reference code sets the frame every one of those movements is loaded against. That frame turns a delegation into a documentation task before it becomes a food task, and a repeat rotation into a repetition task the kitchen plans against rather than re-solves each time.
Uplift leaves our kitchen sealed and travels by cart to the stand, loaded through the galley door rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering at RJFG is planned stand by stand, with ramp access held on our own credentials and airport catering at Tanegashima worked to the same route on every rotation regardless of the mission type.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, with in-flight catering in Tanegashima and inflight catering at Tanegashima closing on a signed handover rather than a delivery note.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Tanegashima
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Government and state flight catering at Tanegashima
A 1,995 m runway is what a head of state aircraft on this route works to, and government flight catering at Tanegashima is planned against that same figure rather than a longer one. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff carry security clearance, and the uplift is sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at RJFG
A private airliner working to Tanegashima's 1,995 m runway is boarded to a household specification kept on file between movements, so royal flight catering here does not start from a blank sheet on each rotation. BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP movements draw on that same file, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at TNE
On the narrow-body stand at Tanegashima, charter flight catering is loaded as a full cabin uplift rather than split across several passes, counted against the loading sheet before the galley door closes. ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions all draw on the same charter flight catering line, staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Tanegashima
We work Tanegashima's narrow-body reference code as the frame for every carrier that runs it as an outstation, sizing ad hoc airline catering to the one galley door that frame allows. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering move off the same duty roster across a multi-leg rotation, tray standard held constant while the menu cycle changes week to week.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at RJFG
A single narrow-body reference code means business aviation on this field is sequenced around the same stand and taxi line as scheduled traffic, not around a separate apron. Private jet catering at Tanegashima reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering and business jet catering included.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Tanegashima airport
Flight departments on jet catering at Tanegashima (TNE)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For our departure from Tanegashima (TNE/RJFG), we specifically needed airline catering IATA standards. Presentation stayed good while the setup remained practical for a fast aircraft turnaround. Very cabin-friendly catering. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Fernando — Air Transport Operations Officer
“Our operation through Tanegashima (TNE/RJFG) included an outstation request at short notice. The uplift was organized around our revised departure and reached the aircraft without delaying the turn. Good support for a changing flight schedule. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Andres — Flight Planning Manager
“For our business jet at Tanegashima (TNE/RJFG), I arranged FBO catering with a few passenger-specific requests. The team was responsive to a late change and the final order still arrived looking polished. Exactly what I want from a private aviation caterer. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Alexia — Freighter Operations Coordinator
Flight catering station reference for Tanegashima (RJFG / TNE)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,995 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | RJFG |
Airline catering services FAQ for Tanegashima, Japan
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Tanegashima, Japan
What operations gets asked every week about Tanegashima.
Ask operations directly →Where are halal, kosher and special meal codes documented for flights out of RJFG?
Every SPML request is logged against the passenger record and checked at sealing, so halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes travel with a written document rather than a verbal note.
How does airline catering reach the aircraft at Tanegashima?
Tanegashima's uplift moves by sealed cart from our kitchen to the stand and boards by hi-loader to galley height, so airside delivery never sets a tray down at the foot of the aircraft.
Which protocol governs VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at Tanegashima Airport?
The loader and cart follow the same sealed route on every rotation, with VIP flight catering and government flight catering both checked against a written protocol file before the galley door closes.
When can private jet catering be delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at TNE?
Once an order is confirmed against the loading window, private jet catering and FBO catering are delivered to the GA terminal on the same schedule as an airline uplift, not a slower one.
What does airline catering cost at RJFG?
We price against cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than a fixed list, so the desk comes back with a quotation once those three are known.
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Uplift at Tanegashima (TNE)