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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Khovd, Mongolia
Khovd (ZMKD / HVD): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
HVD (IATA) · ZMKD (ICAO)
A 2850 m runway at Khovd takes wide-body movements onto a single wide-body-rated stand, which sets the frame for every uplift boarded here. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering off that stand, loading by hi-loader straight to galley height so the tray sets never sit at the foot of the aircraft awaiting a hand-carry uplift.
2,850 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 — Khovd
Aviation catering with ramp access at Khovd airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Khovd (HVD)
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Khovd, Mongolia
Every catering uplift at Khovd starts sealed at the kitchen and ends with a signature at the galley door, with nothing left to estimate between the two. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the run to the wide-body-rated stand does not wait on a third party's schedule. The apron here carries one stand, which keeps the sequence short and the handover close to the aircraft.
Between the kitchen and the wide-body stand at ZMKD, the convoy is the part that carries risk, not the galley catering itself, and screening, escort and apron traffic are planned against their worst case rather than their average. Chain of custody runs from the seal applied at the kitchen to the signature taken at the aircraft door, with a temperature log opened at sealing and closed again at handover. Every catering uplift that leaves the building at Khovd carries that same paperwork, whatever the mission on the other end of the ramp.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the door, nothing estimated in between.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for Khovd, Mongolia
Airline food supplier crews cleared for ZMKD / HVD
The flight kitchen at HVD runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard and provisioned for the wide-body reference code held at Khovd. Airport catering here means every tray set for a rotation leaves that same building, on the same cold chain, whether the flight is scheduled or ad hoc. Airport catering at ZMKD is planned around that single production line, not split across outside sites.
Government flight catering at Khovd is worked by the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for the day. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, they sit on the access list for the ramp, and they are trained against household service standards before a sealed uplift ever reaches the stand. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first at ZMKD, and it is what we hold constant.
Halal airline meals and special meals at ZMKD
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Khovd
Menus at Khovd are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for season, and every one of them is built by our own chefs rather than pulled from a fixed catalogue. Local sourcing draws on the dairy, meat and orchard produce of the region around Khovd where the rotation allows it, worked into a specification rather than left to a supplier's default. Inflight catering at Khovd is documented per passenger for allergens, halal, kosher and medical sets, labelled by cabin before it is sealed. Nothing served here leaves the kitchen without that documentation attached.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Khovd are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single menu card. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation through HVD receives the same presentation on the return leg.
Business cabins
Business cabins run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to a galley-ready format sized to the aircraft working ZMKD. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same tray sets, boxed against the roster rather than an estimate of headcount.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Khovd are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering built to those codes is produced on a separate line at the kitchen and sealed before it leaves that line for the stand.
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 Khovd
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 Khovd (HVD)
Khovd carries scheduled, charter and government movements across a single wide-body-rated stand, and that mix decides how a rotation is planned here: a delegation is a documentation problem before it is a loading problem, while a repeat charter through the same stand is mostly a matter of holding the specification steady leg after leg. Airline catering at HVD and airport catering at HVD both run off that one stand, which keeps the sequencing simple even when the mission changes.
The uplift moves from the flight kitchen to the wide-body stand by hi-loader, boarded directly to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft, with our own loading crew on the ramp for the whole run. Inflight catering, in-flight catering in Khovd and aviation catering in Khovd are coordinated off the same desk, so a change to the loading window reaches the crew on the stand before the aircraft does.
One coordinator holds the rotation from seal to signature, on sealed carts and a handover that is signed at the aircraft door, whatever the segment behind the flight.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at ZMKD / HVD
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Government and state flight catering at Khovd
The wide-body reference code held at Khovd governs how a delegation aircraft is worked, and it allows a full protocol file to travel with the load rather than around it. Government flight catering here covers state visits and head of state movements, with security-cleared staff, the file documented per passenger and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at ZMKD
Our kitchen holds a written household specification on file between movements, built for the wide-body reference code assigned to Khovd, so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard each time. Royal flight catering at HVD covers private airliners — BBJ, ACJ, wide-body VVIP — with halal and household dietary requirements produced to order.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at HVD
Wide-body is the reference code held at Khovd, and it sets the ceiling for every charter working the single stand here. Charter flight catering at HVD covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift, staged and counted against the loading sheet before charter flight catering at Khovd ever reaches the ramp.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Khovd
A single wide-body-rated stand at Khovd has to absorb a diversion or a technical stop on the same footprint as a scheduled rotation, so sequencing is fixed before the aircraft calls in. Carriers running HVD as an outstation get ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, AOG covered, across a multi-leg pattern through Mongolia.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at ZMKD
A business jet working Khovd shares the same wide-body-rated stand infrastructure that a scheduled aircraft uses, which lets a smaller aircraft draw on the same ramp access rather than a separate arrangement. Private jet catering at Khovd reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal directly, with FBO catering and business aviation catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as a business jet catering uplift for an airline.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Khovd (HVD)
Operators on commercial aviation catering at HVD
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“I asked for airline catering IATA standards at Khovd (HVD/ZMKD) because we had limited time to reset the galley. Presentation stayed good while the setup remained practical for a fast aircraft turnaround. The crew appreciated how easy it was to load. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Sara — Airport Operations Lead
“For a changing schedule at Khovd (HVD/ZMKD), we needed flexible ACMI. The team stayed in contact with operations, adjusted to the new timing, and kept the aircraft handover simple. That operational understanding was the biggest advantage. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Celine — VIP Account Manager
“We used the team for private jet catering at Khovd (HVD/ZMKD) on a VIP trip. The team was responsive to a late change and the final order still arrived looking polished. Reliable, responsive, and easy to work with. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Miguel — Government Flight Operations Manager
Flight catering station reference for Khovd (ZMKD / HVD)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,850 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | ZMKD |
Business jet catering questions at ZMKD
Diversion catering and ramp questions at ZMKD
What operations gets asked every week about Khovd.
Ask operations directly →Do you deliver airline catering airside at HVD, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
Yes, by hi-loader straight to galley height, with airside delivery run on our own ramp clearance rather than a handoff at the aircraft steps.
What does private jet catering look like at ZMKD for aircraft using the FBOs on the field?
We deliver directly to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as any airline uplift.
When does an order need to be placed for a rotation through Khovd, and how late can the specification change?
Once a loading window is confirmed, we hold the lead time against it and take specification changes up to the point the cart is sealed, not after.
Can you say what airline catering costs at Khovd Airport?
The airline catering cost turns on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked, so the desk comes back with a quotation rather than a published price.
How is VIP flight catering and government flight catering handled at HVD, and under what protocol?
HVD work under a documented protocol: security-cleared staff, the file recorded per passenger, and every VIP flight catering or government flight catering uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Commercial aviation catering near Khovd
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Four steps
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Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Khovd (HVD)