Tsushima · RJDT / TSJ · Nagasaki Prefecture

Private jet catering at Tsushima Airport (RJDT / TSJ), Tsushima

Catering to your aircraft in Tsushima.

Tsushima is a hilly island with one runway and a small apron, so the aircraft are light jets and turboprops with small galleys. We cook and pack for that galley, with local anago and sea bream, for the crew at Tsushima Airport.

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10 hours

ideal notice, last-minute handled

Plane-side

handover at the steps

Flight deck

crew and pilot dishes, on request

24/7

a flight attendant on the line

Three of us. All ex VIP cabin crew.

We know the galley, the diet card and the 5 a.m. re-plate — because we lived them. So we built the caterer we always wished we could call.

Camille

Menu & galley logistics

Fourteen years on VIP and head-of-state cabins. Can plate for twelve in a G650 galley and still land it hot.

Inès

Dietary & labelling

The one who reads every diet card twice. If it says no cross-contact, it means no cross-contact.

Sofia

The 24/7 line

Answers at 5 a.m. when the leg moved overnight. Same-day swaps are her love language.

The local tableCooked so it travels

Tsushima on the plate: local specialities for in-flight catering at TSJ

Tsushima is an island kitchen, and the private jet menu follows the water. Tsushima anago, the conger eel the island is known for, grills with a sweet tare and travels well as a hot dish with the sauce kept apart. Sea bream and yellowtail from the Tsushima Strait go onto cold private jet platters as sashimi, sliced per passenger and chilled on the tray. Tsushima soba, handmade with local buckwheat, comes as a cold inflight menu item with the dipping sauce in its own pot. Rokube, the sweet-potato noodle of the island, makes a light, unusual private jet food option, and those local specialities sit beside gourmet inflight meals and private jet snacks such as rice crackers and seasonal fruit. Everything is prepared for Nagasaki Prefecture departures with galley limits in mind.

Order from Tsushima and the menu leans on Nagasaki Prefecture's sea. The private jet menu starts with anago, grilled and glazed, with the sauce apart so the skin stays crisp. Sashimi of local sea bream and squid goes on private jet platters, plated cold and re-plated at the seat. Soba and rokube give you a lighter inflight menu for a short sector, and the local specialities are completed by gourmet inflight meals such as chirashi and by private jet snacks: dried fish, senbei and mikan. Private jet food here is mostly cold and clean, because island galleys rarely have room for more.

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Grilled Tsushima anago and sea bream sashimi, private jet menu with local specialities of Nagasaki Prefecture

01Tsushima anagoGrilled conger eel, tare sauce apart; finishes in the oven.

02Sea bream sashimiSliced per passenger, served chilled on the tray.

03Tsushima sobaCold buckwheat noodles, dipping sauce in its own pot.

04Rokube noodlesSweet-potato noodle of the island, served cool as a light course.

05Chirashi boxSeasonal fish over seasoned rice, re-plate cold.

06Island mikanPeeled and segmented citrus for the end of service.

How it works

Three steps, one message

You message us

Tail, pax, diets, timing. One message — no portal, no quote form. Answered at any hour, by a flight attendant.

We cook & pack for a galley

Leak-proof boxes, marked by guest and restriction, with reheating times written on the lid.

You re-plate and serve

Two minutes out of the drawer. Whatever you ordered for the crew comes in the same delivery, and one clean invoice follows.

At a glance · TsushimaTsushima Airport · RJDT

The three founders, former VIP cabin crew, on a business jet airstair — private jet catering at Tsushima Airport (RJDT)

A Tsushima slot is usually a short island hop, and the galley on board is often a drawer and a small oven. That decides what private jet catering looks like at RJDT: compact trays, cold plates that hold, one hot dish that finishes in the oven. We handle in-flight catering, aviation catering and business aviation catering for the airport, plus diplomatic flight catering for the Korea-facing border island and cabin crew meals boxed separately.

Restaurant cuisine, cooked on the ground
Fresh and local produce
Labelled by seat, diet and reheat
Aviation-ready packaging
High loader for large cabins
HACCP certified kitchens

Who we fly forTwo cabins, one standard

Business jet on the apron at Tsushima Airport RJDT, business jet catering for island departures

Business aviationOur core

Business jet & VIP jet catering at Tsushima Airport

A typical business jet catering brief at Tsushima is a small group on a corporate jet flying in from Fukuoka or on to Seoul, so corporate jet catering here stays compact: few seats, a drawer and a small oven. Charter flight catering and VIP flight catering are plated cold with one hot course. Luxury inflight catering means sea bream and soba, where a private jet chef writes a bespoke menu around your cabin. We treat inflight catering and in-flight catering the same way at RJDT: the galley on board decides what gets packed.

Government flight catering plate prepared for a VIP aviation departure from Tsushima, Japan

State & royalDiscretion, protocol

Diplomatic and state visit aviation catering in Tsushima (RJDT)

When a delegation transits Tsushima, government flight catering starts with protocol, not the kitchen. State visit aircraft catering and head of state flight catering are written to a cleared brief, with allergen checks and a small, named team. VIP aviation catering here is quiet, cold-first and traceable to the tray.

Menu highlights for jet catering in *Tsushima* (RJDT)Or write your own, we cook it

Cold sea bream sashimi and soba platters, private jet platters for Tsushima TSJ

Cold galley

No oven · served in four minutes

Sea bream sashimi platterChilled — private jet platters

Tsushima soba with dipping sauceSauce apart

Chirashi box, gourmet inflight mealsRe-plate cold

Rokube noodle saladChilled

Rice crackers and dried fish, private jet snacksChilled

Mikan segmentsChilled

Grilled Tsushima anago with sauce apart, hot gourmet inflight meals for Tsushima Airport

Hot service

One oven · re-plated in twelve minutes

Grilled Tsushima anago over riceOven

Miso soup with local seaweedOven

Yellowtail teriyakiSauce apart

Simmered pork and daikon, gourmet inflight mealsOven

Chicken katsu, private jet plattersSauce apart

Steamed seasonal vegetablesOven

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A dish sealed and labelled for one guest's diet

PrincipalSealed

Nut-free · gluten-freeChecked by two people

Special meals

Halal, kosher and kids meals: inflight catering at Tsushima Airport (TSJ)

Japanese island cooking hides allergens in soy, dashi, wheat and shellfish, so special meals at RJDT are handled by procedure. Vegan and gluten free dishes use separate boards, kosher and halal requests are cleared with us before cooking, allergen free trays are sealed, and kids meals stay mild and small.

Allergens

A sheet per guest. Separate boards, separate boxes.

ii.

Halal & kosher

Sealed, certificate in the same box.

iii.

Children

Their own menu, nothing to cut at altitude.

iv.

Plant-based & wellness

Vegan, low-carb, light — composed, never compromised.

Crew & pilot mealsOn request

Crew meals on request for flights from Tsushima (TSJ)

At Tsushima the crew often turns around on the island, so crew catering is built for that: crew meals ordered on request, billed like the rest, packed as crew meal boxes with CREW on the lid. Flight crew meals and pilot meals stay out of the guest trays, cockpit meals are easy to eat in the seat, and different meals for pilots are available when the captain and first officer should not share a dish.

Meal passRJDT

Cabin crew

Box

Marked crew

Galley

Oven 6 min

Order

On request

Marked crew

Meal passRJDT

Pilots

Box

CPT ≠ F/O

Galley

Cold or hot

Order

On request

Two dishes

Tsushima Airport RJDT runway and hills, airport catering for business aviation in Nagasaki Prefecture

To the steps, on your slot.

Airside · plane-side · day or night

DeliveryEvery FBO

Airport catering delivered to the FBO at Tsushima Airport (RJDT)

FBO catering at Tsushima means one handover, at the aircraft or the FBO. We coordinate catering delivery to the FBO through your handling agent, and ground handling catering goes onto the general aviation terminal apron. Handling agent catering is simple here: the apron is small, the aircraft are few, and the person who meets the aircraft takes the order.

FBOHandling agentGround handlerGA terminal

High loaderLarge cabins, bizliners

High loader delivery for jet catering at Tsushima Airport (TSJ)

Larger aircraft on the Tsushima apron are rare, so aircraft provisioning is usually by hand to the cabin door. When a bigger type comes in, we arrange airside catering delivery with the handling agent, and galley catering is sized to the oven and drawers actually on board.

Mention it when you order

HACCP kitchen

Certified, inspected, with cold-chain records filed against your trip.

All FBOs served

Whichever terminal you park at, handover is at the aircraft, on your slot.

Diets read twice

Allergen sheet per guest, halal and kosher on request, sealed and labelled.

One clean invoice

Itemised and trip-report ready, sent after the leg.

About the airportRJDT / TSJ

Aviation catering and business aviation at Tsushima Airport (TSJ)

Tsushima Airport (RJDT/TSJ) serves an island in Nagasaki Prefecture that lies in the strait between Kyushu and Korea. Airport catering here supports a small general aviation apron where crews meet the aircraft at the terminal. FBO services and ground handling services are modest but dependable, and the airport works as a quiet business aviation hub for the island.

Business aviation

Business aviation at Tsushima is seasonal. Inflight catering and aviation catering orders peak in the fishing and tourist months, and in-flight catering has to deal with fog and typhoon delays. Business aviation catering, executive jet catering and diplomatic flight catering all use the same small apron, and cabin crew meals are boxed apart. The border position adds a steady trickle of official traffic.

Customs & food import

Japan screens imported food at the first port of entry: meat products, dairy, eggs and fresh produce are the usual targets. For Tsushima, that means food loaded on the island is clean for outbound legs, while carried-in overseas items may be declared or discarded. Allergens are labeled in English, and we prepare in Japan so quarantine does not become your problem.

ReviewsFrom the crews we cater for

4.7 / 5

★★★★★

Average rating from the cabin crew and pilots we cater for.

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★★★★☆BUSINESS JET

“Timing and organisation mattered at TSJ, where our order of herb chicken with a quinoa salad for 11 people involved a short ground stop. My search for "private jet catering near me" led to a practical conversation about final order confirmation. The Galley Girls used a readable packing list for the main courses, which helped when two colleagues checked the order together. Keeping the starters identifiable helped the colleague taking over service understand the order without another long explanation.”

Alice Q. | VIP flight attendant

Gulfstream G550

★★★★★VIP AIRLINER

“Passenger preferences led us to a mezze selection with flatbreads at Tsushima Airport; 11 portions were needed, with two separate meal services factored into preparation. Our handling contact received the order details from The Galley Girls, including how the crew provisions had been grouped. The salads went straight to the right colleague instead of circulating between several people during the turnaround. This experience of private jet catering menu gave us a useful reference for managing catering handover on another departure.”

Rebecca E. | Chief cabin officer — BBJ

BBJ 2

★★★★★GOVERNMENT

“One detail shaped our order at RJDT: an evening cabin service, alongside a request for a selection of petits fours and sandwiches for 2 passengers. The Galley Girls updated the sandwiches in the written order and sent back a confirmation that clearly showed our amendments. There was no need to reconstruct the starters quantities from several messages during the final departure checks. For private aviation catering, that attention to packing arrangement made the order noticeably easier to manage.”

Manon F. | Government flight manager

Gulfstream G650

Tsushima in five questionsAsked by crews

How much does private jet catering cost for a flight out of Tsushima?+

Take the weather window first. At Tsushima, spring fog and autumn typhoons move departures, and fresh anago or squid depend on landings. A cold platter of local fish and a hot grilled dish are priced differently, so private jet catering is quoted per menu once we know season, seats and service style.

What is the lead time for a Tsushima catering order?+

The galley sets the pace at Tsushima. Light jets and turboprops have little cold storage, so we choose items that hold without ice and finish in a small oven. Lead time is easier when you name the type early, and last-minute requests are still handled for island departures.

What are the customs rules for catering at Tsushima Airport?+

Rules differ by direction. Outbound from Tsushima, locally prepared food loaded at the FBO has no special paperwork on our side. Inbound from abroad, Japanese quarantine inspects animal and plant products, so plan to dispose of overseas-origin food before landing.

Can you bring food to Tsushima instead of ordering from us?+

If you plan to bring food, check the origin first. Japan screens meat and fresh produce, and Tsushima is a border island, so inspectors look carefully. Island specialties such as Tsushima soba are easy to order here and need no import step.

Is catering part of a charter into Tsushima?+

No, and the turnaround is why it matters here. A Tsushima stop can be brief, so there is no room to sort meals once the aircraft is on the ground. Place the order against your departure slot; it is invoiced as its own line, apart from the private jet charter.