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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Lashio, Myanmar
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Lashio (VYLS / LSH)
LSH (IATA) · VYLS (ICAO)
Across a 1611 m runway, the single narrow-body-rated stand at Lashio takes scheduled, charter and government movements, and every one of them is boarded from a sealed cart, never left at the foot of the aircraft. For inflight catering and in-flight catering here, the hi-loader closes on the galley door itself, so the wide-body method used on trunk routes carries over to a smaller uplift with the same chain of custody.
1,611 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 — Lashio
Wide-body aviation catering at Lashio airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at VYLS / LSH
Airport catering, one seal from kitchen to cabin at Lashio (LSH)
The loading window at Lashio starts with a sealed cart leaving our kitchen and ends at the galley door, with nothing measured in between left to guesswork. Ramp access to the single stand is held on our own badges, so the convoy crosses the apron without waiting on a shared escort slot. Every cart that leaves the kitchen is logged against that same route, from the seal at dispatch to the signature at the aircraft.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Lashio sit screening, an escort across the apron and whatever traffic is working the narrow-body stand that day, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of those three rather than the average.
Temperature is logged at sealing and again at handover, and the chain of custody is closed by a signature at the galley door, not by a note left on a trolley. A diversion or a late change to the loading sheet is worked the same way: the galley catering leaves the kitchen sealed, and the paperwork travels with the cart rather than behind it.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature: nothing about the load is left to memory.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Lashio
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Lashio, Myanmar
The flight kitchen behind airport catering at Lashio runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, rather than as separate contractors stitched together for each rotation. That single roof is what lets airport catering in Myanmar hold one HACCP standard from raw intake through to the sealed cart, instead of passing the load between kitchens with a different rulebook each time. For flight kitchen work at LSH, the cold chain runs unbroken from the walk-in to the hi-loader.
The team behind government flight catering at Lashio is the same named crew every rotation, not a rotating pool assembled per flight. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the kitchen and the ramp is controlled by a standing list, and household service standards are trained rather than briefed on the day. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually checking when they ask who touches the cart.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at LSH
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at VYLS / LSH
Menus at Lashio are written to the cabin and the mission rather than issued from one fixed book, so a scheduled rotation and a charter movement do not run the same tray set by default. Where Myanmar produce fits the season, we draw on dairy, orchard fruit and river fish from the region rather than importing a fixed European set, and the balance shifts as the season does. Passenger meal boxes and plated trays are built from the same specification, so a change in cabin count does not mean a change in standard. Inflight catering here also carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, labelled per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Lashio are plated to a written specification rather than improvised per rotation, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the same standing order every time it recurs, so the presentation does not drift between movements.
Business cabins
Business cabins at VYLS run multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets sized to fit the aircraft on stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the flight deck and the cabin crew are never served from the passenger cart.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at Lashio covers household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, with halal and kosher sets produced on a line kept apart from the main run. The full range of IATA special meal codes is built into that same line, and inflight catering here is sealed before it leaves the kitchen 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
Aircraft catering under HACCP control at Lashio
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.
Catering uplift and airside delivery at LSH
Lashio works a mixed profile of scheduled, charter and government movements across its single 1611 m runway, so a delegation and a peak charter wave can land in the same week without a second kitchen to fall back on. That single narrow-body stand means the documentation load of a protocol flight and the repetition of a regular rotation both run through the same loading sheet, never a separate process for each.
Airline catering in Lashio moves from the kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, boarded through the galley door rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp throughout. Inflight catering and in-flight catering at Lashio run off that same route, and aviation catering here is planned stand by stand, since there is only the one to plan against.
What we commit to at Lashio is one coordinator per rotation, carts sealed at the kitchen, and a signed handover at the galley door.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Lashio, Myanmar
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Government and state flight catering at Lashio
A 1611 m runway, and that length still clears the movements a protocol desk plans around: delegations, state visits and other official traffic. Government flight catering at Lashio documents the protocol file per passenger, uses security-cleared staff throughout, and seals the uplift at the kitchen before it reaches the stand, covering head of state movements on the same standing procedure.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at VYLS
Our kitchen holds a narrow-body specification on file between movements, so a repeat rotation through Lashio is served to the same standard each time rather than rebuilt from scratch. Royal flight catering here covers private airliners, BBJ and ACJ types among them, with royal household requirements and halal sets produced on request and VVIP protocol carried on the same sealed cart as any other uplift at VYLS.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LSH
Narrow-body is the reference code Lashio is built to, and that code sets the frame for every charter flight catering movement worked here, from a single ACMI leg to a full group charter. Wet-lease operators, tour groups and special missions all board a full cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, staged in the order the galleys are laid out rather than loaded on arrival.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Lashio
A 1611 m runway sets the ceiling on what can divert into Lashio, and that ceiling is exactly why outstation catering here has to be ready for a rotation that was never on the original schedule. Carriers running this stand as an outstation get ad hoc airline catering on short notice, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, with AOG covered across a multi-leg rotation rather than treated as a special case.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at VYLS
A business jet using the same 1611 m runway as the scheduled traffic is worked from the same stand and the same ramp, since Lashio has only the one to offer. Private jet catering at LSH reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on that identical cold chain and paperwork, run by our dedicated private-jet branch rather than bolted onto the airline line.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Lashio (LSH)
Flight departments on jet catering at Lashio
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For a last-minute requirement at Lashio (LSH/VYLS), we contacted them as our airline catering broker. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. It made the station much easier to manage. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Idris — VIP Trip Manager
“Our team needed VIP flight catering in Lashio for a short-notice flight at LSH/VYLS. Communication was responsive and the team handled a late timing change without any issue. A very easy service to use at this station. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Jean — Trip Operations Manager
“We had several special meals on our order at Lashio (LSH/VYLS) and everything was handled correctly. All requirements were followed and the cabin crew could see immediately which meal belonged to which passenger. That attention to detail makes a big difference onboard. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Martin — Station Performance Manager
Airport catering reference for Lashio (VYLS / LSH)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,611 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | VYLS |
Aircraft catering questions at VYLS / LSH
Diversion catering and ramp questions at LSH
What operations gets asked every week about Lashio.
Ask operations directly →How are halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes handled for flights out of Lashio?
Lashio produces halal and kosher sets on a line kept apart from the main run, with the full set of SPML codes documented per passenger and sealed before dispatch.
Given the single stand at Lashio Airport, how much does airline catering cost there?
There is no fixed price list: a quotation depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window requested, and the desk comes back with a figure once those are known.
Can you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at LSH?
A single narrow-body stand serves both the scheduled apron and the general aviation side, so FBO catering and GA terminal deliveries run on the same cold chain and paperwork as any other uplift.
Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at VYLS, and under what protocol?
Yes, with security-cleared staff, a documented protocol file per passenger and a sealed cart for every VIP flight catering and government flight catering movement.
What is the lead time for placing an order at Lashio, and how late can the specification change?
We take standing orders well ahead of the rotation but also work ad hoc and diversion catering on short notice, and a specification can still change up to the loading window itself.
Outstation catering near Lashio
MOE / VYMO
Momeik
Myanmar · 114 km from Lashio
Airline & VIP flight catering →
CWJ / ZPCW
Lincang
China · 169 km from Lashio
Airline & VIP flight catering →
LUM / ZPMS
Dehong
China · 177 km from Lashio
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Inflight catering quote for LSH
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Lashio (LSH / VYLS)
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Lashio (LSH)