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Private Jet Charter to Australia from the UK

Britain and Australia sit on opposite sides of the globe, and no business jet in production flies from London to Sydney without landing on the way. Private Jets UK builds every Australian charter around that stop, because the stop decides the aircraft, the crew, the price and the hour you arrive. Our customers have access to 6,500 jets of all types and configurations available for rent. We will help you choose the best option based on your needs and objectives. Our catalog contains the models from the largest manufacturers: Gulfstream, Dassault, Embraer, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Learjet, Cessna, Beechcraft, Pilatus, HondaJet, etc. We have established partnerships with the world's largest airlines and VIP terminals, which means we can offer you favourable flight conditions and a high level of service. Our experts will manage the organization of your flight - starting with paperwork, agreements, etc., and ending with a transfer and meeting at the airport. Our company provides a full range of business aviation and concierge services. For Australia that also means the permissions an overseas aircraft needs before it lands, the biosecurity paperwork that goes with the arrival, and a plan for the domestic legs, because the cabin that crosses the world is seldom the one that flies you on from Sydney to the Whitsundays.

 

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At your request, the aviation consultants of Private Jets UK will help you choose the jet with the suitable technical parameters (production year, flight hours, and home base). The cost of the private jet charter to Australia depends on many factors, such as the model of the business jet, the number of passengers, departure and destination airports, type of flight, duration of parking, additional services, etc. Therefore, we calculate the price of each order individually taking into account your wishes. You can use an online calculator to get an instant charter quote. Please indicate your real contact details to get the final calculation.

You can calculate the cost of your flight in several ways:

  • using an online calculator on the website (however, it shows only the approximate price);
  • via Messenger (WhatsApp or Telegram);
  • by landline or cell phone;
  • via e-mail (jets@private-jets.co.uk).

 

 

 

Please note that the above-mentioned price is indicative only. It is calculated on this basis: a departure from London Stansted, a Gulfstream G650ER to Sydney with one technical stop in Singapore and two passengers aboard. If you want to get a personal quote, just fill out the online booking form below. Our aviation consultant will make the calculation within 20 minutes, and then contact you to specify the details of the flight.

 

How long does it take to fly to Australia?

Sydney runs nine to eleven hours ahead of Britain depending on the season of the year, and Perth seven or eight, so a flight that leaves London in the morning lands the next day by the local clock. These are the journeys from a London airfield, gate to gate, including one fuel stop of about an hour:

London to Perth
8,143 nautical miles planned, the shortest way into the country, with the stop in Dubai
about 18 h
London to Darwin
8,222 nautical miles planned, the Top End and the closest Australian city to Asia, also through Dubai
about 18 h 10 min
London to Cairns
8,892 nautical miles planned, tropical Queensland and the reef, through Singapore
about 19 h 10 min
London to Adelaide
9,114 nautical miles planned, South Australia, through Singapore
about 19 h 35 min
London to Melbourne
9,468 nautical miles planned, Victoria and the only airport where an animal can enter, through Singapore
about 20 h 15 min
London to Sydney
9,614 nautical miles planned, the busiest gateway and the longest of the main sectors, through Singapore
about 20 h 35 min

Why every flight has a stop

In a straight line London to Sydney is about 9,200 nautical miles. The longest-range cabins in production are rated at 7,500 nautical miles for the Gulfstream G650ER and G700 and 7,700 for the Bombardier Global 7500, which leaves the east coast more than 1,500 miles out of reach. Darwin, at about 7,480 miles in a straight line, falls inside those ratings only on paper and with a light load, so it is planned with a stop as well. A quote with no stop in it is worth reading twice.

The stop is chosen by arithmetic, not by taste. Singapore splits London to Sydney into legs of about 6,080 and 3,534 nautical miles, both inside a G650ER. Dubai makes the first leg short, about 3,066 miles, and the second to Sydney long, about 6,763, which sits at the edge of what the best cabins can do with passengers and bags aboard. For Perth the sums turn round: Dubai to Perth is about 5,077 miles, short enough for a Global 6000.

Twenty hours is longer than one crew may work, so the aircraft flies with an augmented crew or changes crew at the stop, and the operator's duty-time rules decide which. It is a real cost, and it belongs in the quote from the first figure.

The exact flight time depends on the model of the business jet, as well as the speed of the tail or head wind. Our consultant will make a detailed calculation of the flight time for the chosen business jet.

 

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Prices for the private jet flights to Australia

Typical one-way prices from Britain into Australia, cheapest first. Perth and Darwin come first because Dubai to either is a leg a Global 6000 can fly, and the table then steps up to the Gulfstream G650ER, the cabin that makes the east coast with a single stop in Singapore. Every figure includes that stop:

Route Aircraft Price, one way
London Biggin Hill - Perth
8,144 nm / 15,083 km via Dubai
Global 6000
up to 13
from £217,200
London Farnborough - Darwin
8,254 nm / 15,286 km via Dubai
Global 6000
up to 13
from £220,100
Birmingham - Cairns
8,958 nm / 16,590 km via Singapore
Gulfstream G650ER
up to 14
from £281,300
London Luton - Adelaide
9,137 nm / 16,922 km via Singapore
Gulfstream G650ER
up to 14
from £286,800
London Biggin Hill - Melbourne
9,483 nm / 17,563 km via Singapore
Gulfstream G650ER
up to 14
from £297,450
London Gatwick - Brisbane
9,554 nm / 17,694 km via Singapore
Gulfstream G650ER
up to 14
from £299,650
London City - Canberra
9,579 nm / 17,740 km via Singapore
Gulfstream G650ER
up to 14
from £300,400
London Stansted - Sydney
9,614 nm / 17,805 km via Singapore
Gulfstream G650ER
up to 14
from £301,500
Manchester - Gold Coast
9,640 nm / 17,853 km via Singapore
Gulfstream G650ER
up to 14
from £302,300
Birmingham - Sydney
9,680 nm / 17,927 km via Singapore
Gulfstream G650ER
up to 14
from £303,550
Edinburgh - Sydney
9,684 nm / 17,935 km via Singapore
Gulfstream G650ER
up to 14
from £303,650
London Biggin Hill - Hobart
9,777 nm / 18,107 km via Singapore
Gulfstream G650ER
up to 14
from £306,500
Belfast - Sydney
9,792 nm / 18,135 km via Singapore
Gulfstream G650ER
up to 14
from £307,000

 

Two things worth knowing about these figures

– Where in Australia you land moves the price more than where in Britain you leave. From London Stansted, Perth costs about £217,200 and Sydney £301,500, a difference of about £84,300. Sydney is 1,401 planned nautical miles further out, and it needs a bigger and dearer aircraft class. A client with business in the east who can enter at Perth and fly the rest on a local aircraft sometimes saves money, and we price both versions;

– These are one-way figures, and on a sector this long a one-way price includes the empty flight home, because there is rarely a passenger waiting in Australia to fly the aircraft back. A return trip is quoted as a round trip, and an empty leg in the right direction can lower either half. Handling, airport charges, catering and the crew costs of a long duty day appear as lines of their own in the quote.

 

Private jet flights within Australia and to its neighbours

Australia is roughly the size of Europe, and the distances inside it behave accordingly. Sydney to Melbourne is under 400 nautical miles, while Sydney to Perth is 1,840, further than London to Athens. These are the hops we are asked for, with Auckland and Bali as the neighbours that clients most often add:

Route Aircraft Flight time Price, one way
Sydney - Canberra
133 nm / 246 km
Citation CJ4 Gen2
up to 8
about 50 min from £5,950
Melbourne - Hobart
346 nm / 641 km
Citation XLS+
up to 9
about 1 h 20 min from £7,150
Sydney - Gold Coast
382 nm / 707 km
Citation XLS+
up to 9
about 1 h 25 min from £7,700
Sydney - Melbourne
396 nm / 733 km
Citation XLS+
up to 9
about 1 h 25 min from £7,900
Sydney - Brisbane
423 nm / 783 km
Citation XLS+
up to 9
about 1 h 30 min from £8,250
Brisbane - Hamilton Island
499 nm / 924 km
Challenger 350
up to 9
about 1 h 35 min from £11,650
Sydney - Hobart
583 nm / 1,080 km
Challenger 350
up to 9
about 1 h 50 min from £13,150
Sydney - Adelaide
654 nm / 1,211 km
Challenger 350
up to 9
about 1 h 55 min from £14,450
Brisbane - Cairns
781 nm / 1,446 km
Challenger 605
up to 12
about 2 h 15 min from £18,150
Sydney - Auckland
1,213 nm / 2,246 km
Challenger 605
up to 12
about 3 h 10 min from £26,500
Perth - Bali
1,449 nm / 2,684 km
Falcon 2000LXS
up to 10
about 3 h 45 min from £35,000
Sydney - Perth
1,840 nm / 3,408 km
Falcon 2000LXS
up to 10
about 4 h 35 min from £43,500

 

Two things worth knowing about the Australian sectors

– The aircraft that brought you from London is rarely the one that flies the local legs. The Department of Infrastructure's cabotage guidelines say foreign airlines are not permitted to serve domestic routes except under a dispensation requested at least seven days ahead, and on the same principle we book the domestic legs of a charter on an Australian-registered aircraft, naming the operator in the quote;

– Holding an ultra-long-range cabin on an Australian apron for a fortnight is an expensive way to own a domestic flight. The usual shape of the trip is the long cabin out and released, a local midsize jet for the sectors inside the country, and a long cabin brought back for the return, which is normally the difference between a sensible bill and an absurd one.

 

We can arrange the flights from any cities in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) and European countries. Due to a large database of available business jets, we can help you find an optimal jet and crew. If you have any questions about the departure or the flight itself, you can ask them using the form below:

 

 

 

Prices depending on the type of business jet

We can clearly show the high dependence of the cost of the flight, on the type of aircraft - we have collected approximate data, at the price of 1 flight hour, for various types of business jets:

Turbopropsfrom £850/h
Small jet£1,700 - 2,500/h
Light jet£2,100 - 3,000/h
Medium-sized jet (Citation XLS+, Hawker 800XP)£3,000 - 3,700/h
Large medium-class jet (Challenger 300)£4,600 - 5,500/h
Large jet (Legacy 600)£4,900 - 5,800/h
Long-haul jet (Global 5000, G550, Falcon 7X)£5,800 - 8,800/h
Business linersfrom £10,300/h

 

Prices for private jet flights

 

The cost per hour indicated in the table is preliminary and does not constitute an offer or a commercial offer. Exact prices are available from the managers of the company.

 

Online Calculator

If you want to make an urgent calculation of the cost of a private plane flight, use our online calculator. Just fill in all the fields of the form with a note that you are interested in a specific model of the aircraft and get the final price. NB! - the figures are sent to you by email or messenger, please carefully fill in the contact details to get the calculation.

All our calculations are as transparent as possible for you. After receiving the request, we will prepare a beautiful offer - where the costs and the final price will be clearly described. The exact price is agreed in advance and is written in the contract, so you can be sure of the final cost.

 

 

 

Private jets are ready to take off

Our database contains over 6,500 business jets (about 3,500 in Europe and 3,000 in the rest of the world) of different configurations and production years. The list of models is constantly updated. Unfortunately, we can't post a full list of available jets on our website due to confidentiality issues. Please contact the managers of the company for more accurate information. We will help you choose a suitable model taking into account your wishes. These are the typical choices for Australia:

Ultra-long range

The cabins that make the east coast with one stop. On a journey of twenty hours a flat bed is the point of the aircraft, not an indulgence.

Gulfstream G650ER · 14 seatsfrom £7,700/h
Bombardier Global 7500 · 14 seatsfrom £8,300/h
Gulfstream G550 · 16 seatsfrom £6,700/h
Bombardier Global 6000 · 13 seatsfrom £6,400/h

Large cabins

The rest of this class cannot manage the long legs and is used for the regional sectors once you have arrived.

Dassault Falcon 900LX · 12 seatsfrom £5,400/h
Dassault Falcon 2000LXS · 10 seatsfrom £4,900/h
Embraer Legacy 650 · 13 seatsfrom £4,600/h
Bombardier Challenger 605 · 12 seatsfrom £4,350/h

Super-midsize

Not for the journey from Britain, but the right size for Sydney to Brisbane, Melbourne or Hobart, booked locally.

Cessna Citation XLS+ · 9 seatsfrom £3,100/h
Embraer Praetor 600 · 9 seatsfrom £3,400/h
Cessna Citation Latitude · 9 seatsfrom £3,900/h
Bombardier Challenger 350 · 9 seatsfrom £4,000/h

Light jets

The aircraft for the short eastern sectors and the coastal strips, flown by Australian operators once you are on the ground.

Cessna Citation M2 · 7 seatsfrom £2,200/h
Cessna Citation CJ3+ · 7 seatsfrom £2,400/h
Embraer Phenom 300E · 8 seatsfrom £2,600/h
Learjet 75 Liberty · 8 seatsfrom £3,000/h

Turboprops

For the outback, the wine regions and strips where the runway is short and the alternative is a long drive. Booked locally as part of an itinerary, not flown from Britain.

Pilatus PC-12 NGX · 9 seatsfrom £1,400/h
Beechcraft King Air 350 · 9 seatsfrom £1,650/h

 

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On a route this long the aircraft is sourced wherever it happens to be positioned, often the Gulf or Asia, which is one more reason to send the dates as soon as they are real.

 

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Australia in 6 easy steps:

  1. Flight request - indicating the route and your preferences for the model of business jet and other points.
  2. Coordination of flight details - our consultant will contact you to offer the possible flight options and answer all your questions.
  3. Commercial offer - we will send you a final offer on a specific model taking into account all your wishes.
  4. Signing of the contract.
  5. Payment for the flight and booking a business jet.
  6. Departure at the agreed time and date. Assistance during the whole flight.

In addition to renting the private jets and arranging the flights, we provide concierge services, premium transfer, security, exclusive catering, etc. We have learned to solve problems of any complexity, offering the service of the European level. Our experts will be happy to answer your questions and help you arrange your flight.

 

How to rent a business jet with a crew

5 main stages:

  • Sending an application

  • Clarification of details and search for options

  • Preparation and coordination of optimal options

  • Registration of documents. Payment of the invoice.

  • Departure on the route.

 

Business aviation airports in Australia

An aircraft arriving from abroad cannot land wherever it likes. The Australian Border Force requires every aircraft to enter or leave at a designated international airport unless permission has been given in advance. The later rows of the table matter mostly for the onward legs:

Airport Ground How it operates
Sydney Kingsford Smith
SYD / YSSY
9 km south of the centre Runways of 3,963, 2,530 and 2,438 metres. A curfew runs from 23:00 to 06:00 local, with limited approved movements in the shoulder hours, and movements are capped at 80 an hour. Slots are coordinated for arrivals and departures. ExecuJet Sydney handles business aircraft from Ross Smith Avenue, with hangar space sized for a Global 7500 and customs and immigration support
Melbourne Tullamarine
MEL / YMML
about 22 km north-west of the centre Runways of 3,657 and 2,286 metres. No curfew and open round the clock. Melbourne Jet Base, a purpose-built private terminal, hangars 18 aircraft and has its own customs and quarantine processing, with clearance on board available. It is also the only airport where an animal can enter the country
Melbourne Essendon
MEB / YMEN
closer to the centre than Tullamarine A restricted airport of entry, listed as clearing no more than nine people, crew included, per aircraft. Officers travel to the field, so notice is always needed
Brisbane
BNE / YBBN
Queensland gateway Runways of 3,560 and 3,300 metres. Two private-aviation facilities, Brisbane Jet Base on the North Apron and AVCAIR on the South Logistics Apron, and Corporate Air, a long-established handler whose line is staffed round the clock. International arrivals and departures by prior approval
Perth
PER / YPPH
about 10 km east of the centre Runways of 3,444 and 2,163 metres. A general aviation terminal north of Terminals 3 and 4 serves charter and mining flights, while passengers from abroad typically clear in the international terminal. Slots are typically needed in the weekday peaks
Adelaide
ADL / YPAD
about 6 km west of the centre Runways of 3,100 and 1,652 metres. Listed with a night curfew from 23:00 to 06:00 local and exemptions for some aircraft, so a late arrival is confirmed in writing
Darwin
DRW / YPDN
about 8 km from the centre Runways of 3,354 and 1,524 metres, shared with RAAF Base Darwin. Two general aviation aprons lie north of the terminal
Cairns
CNS / YBCS
about 7 km north of the centre A 3,156 metre runway and many general aviation and helicopter operators. International arrivals are typically processed in the international terminal and not at the private ramp
Gold Coast
OOL / YBCG
about 90 km south of Brisbane A 2,492 metre runway that crosses the Queensland and New South Wales border. Listed with customs hours of about 06:00 to 19:00 local and overtime by arrangement
Canberra
CBR / YSCB
about 8 km from the centre Runways of 3,283 and 1,679 metres. The only public general aviation facility in the Australian Capital Territory, with a small terminal on the west side of the precinct
Hobart
HBA / YMHB
about 17 km north-east of the centre A 2,727 metre runway and no curfew. One apron serves international, domestic and general aviation traffic
Hamilton Island
HTI / YBHM
Whitsunday Islands A privately owned public-use airport with a 1,764 metre runway, reached by a domestic leg after the border is cleared elsewhere
Uluru (Yulara)
AYQ / YAYE
Northern Territory Needs approval for any number of travellers, so never a first stop

 

Four rules settle most Australian arrivals before a quote goes out:

Eleven airports with no approval

The Border Force guide lists Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Christmas Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Darwin, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Norfolk Island, Perth and Sydney as fields where a non-scheduled aircraft needs no approval whatever the number on board.

Ten travellers is the threshold

At Avalon, Canberra, Essendon, Hobart, Newcastle, Sunshine Coast and Townsville, among others, no approval is needed for fewer than ten travellers, crew counted. Ten or more needs it.

Everywhere else: ten business days

At any airport not listed, such as Broome, Alice Springs or Uluru, the approval is requested through the Air and Sea Approvals Portal at least ten business days before the flight.

Sydney: the curfew and the slot

Sydney is closed to most movements from 23:00 to 06:00 and a slot is needed for the rest of the day, so a long-haul arrival is planned for the middle of the day and not for the edge of the curfew.

Why the resort strip is a second leg and not the first

The airfield at the end of your journey, be it Hamilton Island, a wine-country strip or a station in the interior, is almost never a first point of entry. Approval for a non-designated field carries minimum notice, conditions that can bring charges, and an infringement notice for straying from them. It is faster and cheaper to clear the border at a designated airport and fly the last stretch on a local aircraft.

 

Arriving from Britain: visas, biosecurity and permits

A British passport holder needs a visa in the system before departure, the aircraft needs permissions in its own name, and the arrival is a biosecurity event for the people, the cabin and the catering. None of it is hard, and all of it is checked.

Visa before departure
British citizens usually apply for an eVisitor visa, which carries no application charge, or for an Electronic Travel Authority through the official app, where a service fee may apply. Both are applied for online, and nobody at a private terminal will remind you
every passenger, before leaving
Passport
The passport must be valid for the length of the planned stay, and the countries on the routing may ask for more
every passenger, children included
Incoming passenger card
Every passenger completes the card and declares food, animal products and plant material, wooden articles included, and contact with farms, farm animals or wilderness areas in the past 30 days
a heavy fine for a breach

The three approvals behind every arrival

The airport. An aircraft must enter at a designated international airport, or an approval is needed from the National Passenger Processing Committee through the Air and Sea Approvals Portal, requested at least ten business days ahead. A request made inside the ten days has to show exceptional circumstances.

The flight. Foreign air operators apply to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority for a non-scheduled flight permission; the form lists private flights as well as passenger and cargo transport. A flight that carries passengers for reward also needs permission from the Department of Infrastructure, which asks for the application at least seven days before the first flight, and a private non-commercial flight is exempt but is reported to the Department within 14 days after the first flight. We prepare both and confirm in writing which applies.

The biosecurity. The operator reports before landing, close to the top of descent or 30 minutes before the aircraft stops, and a non-scheduled flight adds the registration, the type, the first landing place, the owner's details and any animals or plants in the cabin. Every aircraft must also be disinsected by one of four approved methods, with a certificate on board for each arrival. If the treatment cannot be shown, an officer supervises a spray on arrival before anyone disembarks, at a fee charged to the operator.

Cabin waste and catering follow separate rules. Food served on board stays on board, and waste is handled by a provider with an approved arrangement with the department, so the catering for the final leg is planned with that in mind.

Coming home is a flight into Britain. A General Aviation Report goes to the border authorities not earlier than 48 hours and not later than two hours before departure, and British and Irish citizens need no electronic travel authorisation for Britain, though most other nationalities do.

 

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Which airport for which part of Australia

The arrival airport follows the address you are going to. These are the usual pairings, with the road or air leg that finishes the journey:

Sydney and the Hunter Valley
the harbour and the business district sit 9 km from the airport, and the Hunter Valley wine country lies to the north
Sydney
Melbourne and Victoria
Melbourne Jet Base for the Grand Prix, the tennis and the racing; Mount Buller is about three hours by road
Melbourne
Brisbane and the Gold Coast
the Gold Coast airport is about 90 km south of Brisbane, and its main runway crosses the state border
Brisbane or Gold Coast
The Whitsundays and Hamilton Island
Hamilton Island has its own 1,764 metre runway, but the border is cleared at Brisbane or Cairns first
Brisbane or Cairns, then onward
Cairns, Port Douglas and the reef
the airport is 7 km north of Cairns, which has many helicopter operators on the field
Cairns
Perth and the west
the airport is 10 km east of the centre, with a general aviation terminal that serves the mining flights
Perth
Adelaide and the wine country
the airport is only 6 km from the centre, and the wine regions lie within a short drive
Adelaide
Canberra and the snowfields
Canberra is around two hours by road from the New South Wales ski fields
Canberra
Hobart and Tasmania
a curfew-free field 17 km from Hobart, which is the finish of the Sydney to Hobart race
Hobart
Darwin and the Top End
the nearest Australian airport to Asia, with a runway shared with the air force
Darwin

 

Sydney, Melbourne, the reef and the west: what our clients go for

Sydney is where most of the business lands. The airport is 9 km south of the centre, and the curfew means the day is planned around the hours between 06:00 and 23:00.

Melbourne is the city of the diary: the Australian Open, the Grand Prix and the Melbourne Cup. Melbourne Jet Base says it hosts government and business figures, sports stars and visitors for these events, and the airport's lack of a curfew helps when the party arrives from the other side of the world.

Queensland is the leisure state. The Gold Coast is the beach side of Brisbane, the Whitsunday Islands have Hamilton Island with its own runway and a regatta every August, and Cairns further north is a base for reef trips.

The west and the north work differently. Perth is the base for the mining industry of the west, with a general aviation terminal that serves charters and fly-in fly-out flights, while Darwin shares its runway with an air force base and is the closest Australian city to Asia.

Tasmania is smaller but has its own pull. Hobart is the finish of a 630 nautical mile yacht race from Sydney that starts on Boxing Day, and the usual way to reach it is a domestic jet from Sydney or Melbourne after the international arrival.

 

Australian seasons: summer in December, snow in July and a wet season in the north

The seasons run opposite to Britain's, and the north has two of its own:

December to February
the southern summer; January averages reach a maximum of 31.4 degrees in Perth, 27.7 in Sydney and 27.0 in Melbourne, and over a large part of the interior they exceed 35 degrees
summer, and a hot interior
October to April
the wet season in the Northern Territory runs from October to April, with most rain from December to March, and tropical cyclones occur mainly from December to April
wet season in the north
May to September
the dry season in the north, which is when Darwin and the tropical coast are at their most comfortable
dry season in the north
June to early October
the ski season; most resorts open on the King's Birthday long weekend on the second Monday in June, though deep snow often waits until late June or July. Perisher and Thredbo in New South Wales and Falls Creek, Mount Hotham and Mount Buller in Victoria are the main names
ski season

A British summer holiday lands in an Australian winter

A trip in July or August arrives in the southern winter and the dry season of the north, which suits Darwin and the reef better than Hobart. A trip over Christmas arrives in the middle of the southern summer. We ask for the month first and the airport second.

 

The Australian calendar: tennis, motor racing, a harbour festival and a yacht race

The dated events are few and well known, and each pulls on a different airport:

Mid to late January
The Australian Open at Melbourne Park, two weeks from the middle of the month, with the men's final on the last Sunday
March
The Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, which has opened the Formula One season in 23 of the 28 races held there, so the date follows the sport's calendar
Late May to mid June
Vivid Sydney, three weeks of light installations across the harbour, with the sails of the Opera House lit each year
Second Monday in June
The King's Birthday long weekend, the usual opening of the ski season in New South Wales and Victoria
August
Hamilton Island Race Week, a keelboat regatta against the backdrop of the Whitsunday Islands
First Tuesday in November
The Melbourne Cup at Flemington, a 3,200 metre race and a public holiday in the Melbourne area since 1877
26 December
The start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, about 630 nautical miles, with crews traditionally celebrating New Year's Eve at Constitution Dock in Hobart

What an Australian event does to a flight plan

Melbourne has no curfew, so the big dates there fill the private terminal and not the clock. Sydney's dates, above all the harbour festival and Boxing Day, put a curfew and a slot on top of a full city, so an arrival for either is requested as soon as the dates are public.

 

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Flying to Australia with a dog or a cat

Here the answer is not the one most owners are hoping for, and it is kinder to give it at the first call than to discover it in month five. Australia does not let a cat or dog arrive in the cabin, which means it cannot arrive beside its owner.

The one fact to read before you book

The Department of Agriculture requires a cat or dog to travel to Australia as manifest cargo, in an approved crate, and to arrive directly at Melbourne airport, with no transfer from another Australian city. At Mickleham, the post-entry quarantine facility in Victoria, the animal then stays at least 10 days if its identity was verified by the competent authority before the blood sample, and at least 30 days if not. The department's pages speak of manifest cargo and say nothing about private aircraft, so the question of a private jet as the carrier goes to the department before any plan is made.

The timetable is the other half. The department advises allowing at least six months for the tests and paperwork, and the figure is a floor and not an estimate.

  • An ISO-compliant microchip, fitted first and scanned at every veterinary visit, since an error in the number cannot be corrected on the reports later;
  • An identity check by an official government vet, done before the blood sample and not at the same visit, which is what reduces the minimum quarantine from 30 days to 10;
  • A rabies vaccination given when a dog was at least 84 days old and kept continuously current, then a rabies antibody blood test at least three to four weeks after the first vaccination, with a result of 0.5 IU/ml or higher that stays valid for 12 months;
  • At least 180 days between the blood sample and export, with no exceptions, during which the animal lives normally in an approved country, the United Kingdom among them;
  • An import permit applied for through the department's online system with the laboratory report and the endorsed declaration, which usually takes 20 to 40 business days and up to 123 in some cases;
  • A veterinary examination within five days before export, a health certificate endorsed by an official vet in that window, and a booked place at Mickleham.

The sequence is what catches people out: a lapsed vaccination, a blood sample taken before the identity check, a permit applied for too late. Each costs months, and a lapsed vaccination restarts the 180 days. For a holiday of two weeks the animal stays at home, and we say so rather than quote a plan that cannot work.

The way back is simpler. Britain treats Australia as a listed country in its second category, which means a Great Britain pet health certificate issued within ten days of travel, and a pet passport or Animal Health Certificate cannot be used. A dog needs tapeworm treatment from a vet between 24 hours and five days before arrival, and a cat from Australia needs a certificate from the Australian Department of Agriculture confirming no exposure to the Hendra virus in the 60 days before departure. For a private flight we confirm the entry point and the paperwork for the animal in writing before the flight.

Requirements for other species are more restrictive still, and the destinations where an animal does travel beside you are set out on our flying with pets guide.

 

private flight with animals

 

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a repositioning flight with nobody aboard, offered at a fraction of the usual price. On the most expensive sector we sell, the cash saving is large, and so is the catch.

Why they exist on this route and why they are rare

– Every ultra-long-range aircraft that delivers a party to Australia has to leave again, and holding one on an apron is costly enough that operators usually prefer to fly it home. The westbound legs home are the useful ones;

– The aircraft is seldom in the right place: a leg from Perth to London suits a client in Perth and not one in Melbourne, so a match needs the right city as well as the right week;

– Frequency is the limit. These flights appear occasionally and not weekly, so the realistic approach is to register interest, and not to plan the trip around one.

A client who can offer the month and not the day has the best chance of a match, though the operator owns the date and a leg can disappear when the original booking changes. Whatever is free is listed on our empty legs page. A selection of Australian empty legs follows, at roughly 40 percent of a fresh charter:

Route Aircraft Capacity Whole aircraft
Australia (Perth) - UK (London Biggin Hill) Global 6000 13 seats £91,200
UK (Farnborough) - Australia (Darwin) Global 6000 13 seats £92,450
Australia (Cairns) - UK (Birmingham) Gulfstream G650ER 14 seats £118,150
UK (London Luton) - Australia (Adelaide) Gulfstream G650ER 14 seats £120,450
Australia (Melbourne) - UK (London Gatwick) Gulfstream G650ER 14 seats £125,050
UK (Manchester) - Australia (Brisbane) Gulfstream G650ER 14 seats £126,450
Australia (Sydney) - UK (London Stansted) Gulfstream G650ER 14 seats £126,650
UK (Edinburgh) - Australia (Sydney) Gulfstream G650ER 14 seats £127,550

 

How to read those figures

– Each price is for the whole aircraft rather than per seat. A Global 6000 from Perth to London with eight aboard comes to a little over £11,000 a head;

– What you give up is the date, often the hour and sometimes the arrival airport. The saving is large in absolute terms because the underlying figure is large.

 

empty legs

 

Helicopter charter

Australia uses helicopters differently from Europe, where they save an hour on a motorway. Here they cover the first stretch out of a city, the reef and the stations of the interior, and the two jobs have little in common. Sydney Airport has a heliport beside the general aviation area, Melbourne Jet Base offers a helicopter transfer to the city, and Cairns has several helicopter operators based on the airport:

Sydney Airport to the harbour
the airport is 9 km from the centre, so the leg is minutes and not an hour
about 10 min
Melbourne Tullamarine to the city
the airport is about 22 km north-west of the centre
about 15 min
Brisbane to the Gold Coast
the airport on the border, about 90 km south
about 35 min
Sydney to Canberra
the upper limit of what a helicopter does better than a turboprop
about 1 h 15 min
Cairns and the reef
scenic and island flights from operators on the airport
by arrangement

The times are straight-line estimates at a cruise of about 115 knots, and the operator confirms the route for your date. A helicopter is right for the first hour out of a city and wrong for anything approaching a state crossing, where a turboprop into a country strip is faster and cheaper.

Two points on Australian rotary legs

Heat matters in the interior, where summer averages exceed 35 degrees over a large part of the country and performance suffers on the afternoon legs. A landing at a private property, a lodge or a resort needs the site agreed in advance, and most established stations and resorts have a strip or a pad already. We book the rotary leg with the rest of the itinerary so the crews work to one schedule.

 

private helicopter flight

 

Flights from the UK to Australia

London sends most of the traffic on this route, with Manchester, Birmingham and the Scottish airfields behind it; the price table higher up covers thirteen pairings across eight Australian cities. Our clients have access to all airports of the UK and Europe. Due to the unique partnership conditions, we can offer our clients the best prices for business aviation services. Our experts will consult you on the availability of private jets in a particular city and help you choose the best option.

 

List of TOP 25 business aviation airports:

 
Airport Country ICAO IATA
London Heathrow Airport England EGLL LHR
 Birmingham Airport England EGBB BHX
London Gatwick England EGKK LGW
London City Airport England EGLC LCY
London Luton England EGGW LTN
Edinburgh Airport Scotland EGPH EDI
Leeds Airport England EGNM LBA
Manchester Airport England EGCC MAN
London Stansted England EGSS STN
Liverpool John Lennon Airport England EGGP LPL
Newcastle Airport England EGNT NCL
 Bristol Airport England EGGD BRS
Glasgow Airport Scotland EGPF GLA
 East Midlands Airport England EGNX EMA
 Southampton Airport England EGHI SOU
 Jersey Airport Channel Islands EGJJ JER
Cardiff International Airport Wales EGFF CWL
Inverness Airport Scotland EGPE INV
Bournemouth Airport England EGHH BOH
London Farnborough Airport England EGLF FAB
Oxford Airport England EGTK OXF
London Biggin Hill England EGKB BQH
Belfast Airport Northern Ireland EGAA BFS
Gibraltar Airport Gibraltar LXGB GIB
Aberdeen Airport Scotland EGPD ABZ

 

Australian charters from the booking notes: six typical trips

Six typical jobs put together from booking notes with the particulars changed, so none describes one named client or date.

PERTH · THE SHORTEST WAY IN

A mining company with business in the west

London Biggin Hill - Perth, Global 6000 via Dubai, about 18 h · 8 pax

They had assumed an eastern arrival and a domestic connection. Going straight into Perth removed more than 1,400 planned nautical miles and the domestic connection, and allowed a smaller and cheaper aircraft class, since the legs through Dubai are short enough for a Global 6000.

SYDNEY · THE QUOTE WITH NO STOP

A director who had been told it could be done in one leg

London Stansted - Sydney, Gulfstream G650ER via Singapore, about 20 h 35 min · 6 pax

Another broker had quoted a nonstop. The distance is about 9,200 nautical miles and the aircraft is rated at 7,500, so the flight as sold did not exist. We showed the numbers and routed through Singapore with the crew arrangement priced in, and the party landed in the middle of the Sydney day.

MELBOURNE · A TENNIS FORTNIGHT

Four guests for the Australian Open

London Biggin Hill - Melbourne, Gulfstream G650ER via Singapore, about 20 h 20 min · 4 pax

Melbourne has no curfew, so the arrival time did not matter, and the party cleared the border at the private terminal. The aircraft was released to its next job after the drop, and a different one was booked for the flight home at the end of the second week.

WITH THE DOGS · THE ANSWER NOBODY WANTS

A family relocating with two dogs

London Stansted - Melbourne, Gulfstream G650ER · 4 pax, animals separately

They asked in the winter about an April move with the dogs in the cabin. Neither half was possible: the dogs must travel as manifest cargo into Melbourne, and the blood test carries a 180-day wait. We set out the timetable at the first call, they moved the date, and the dogs went through quarantine at Mickleham.

WHITSUNDAYS · FIRST BRISBANE, THEN THE ISLAND

Eight friends on a sailing week

Manchester - Brisbane, Gulfstream G650ER via Singapore, about 20 h 35 min · 8 pax

The border was cleared at Brisbane, and a local Challenger 350 flew the last 499 nautical miles to Hamilton Island, about 1 h 35 min. Landing on the island first would have needed a separate approval, and the lodge was happy with the arrangement.

EMPTY LEG · HOMEWARD FROM MELBOURNE

A flexible return after a long stay

Melbourne - London Gatwick, Gulfstream G650ER empty leg, about 20 h 20 min · 5 pax

The client gave us a month instead of a date, which is what makes these work, and paid about £125,050, roughly 40 percent of a fresh one-way charter on the same sector, for a departure that suited the aircraft's schedule and not the other way round.

 

Frequently asked questions about flying to Australia

1Can a private jet fly from London to Sydney nonstop?

No. Sydney is about 9,200 nautical miles from London in a straight line, and the longest-range business jets in production are rated at 7,500 to 7,700 nautical miles. Every private flight to the east coast includes a technical stop, usually in Singapore or the Gulf. Darwin at about 7,480 miles falls inside those ratings only on paper and is planned with a stop as well.

2How long does a private jet take from the UK to Australia?

About 18 hours to Perth with a stop in Dubai, the shortest way in, and about 20 hours 35 minutes to Sydney with a stop in Singapore, both including the stop. Melbourne is a little less than Sydney, and Darwin and Cairns sit between Perth and Melbourne.

3How much does a private jet to Australia cost?

From about £217,200 one way from London to Perth on a Global 6000 through Dubai, and about £301,500 to Sydney on a Gulfstream G650ER through Singapore. Every figure includes the technical stop and, on a sector this long, the empty flight home of a one-way charter. An empty leg in the right direction costs roughly 40 percent of a fresh charter.

4What do passengers need to enter Australia on a private flight?

British citizens need a visa before departure, usually an eVisitor visa or an Electronic Travel Authority applied for online, and every passenger completes the incoming passenger card and declares food, animal products and plant material. The aircraft must enter at a designated international airport or have an approval, must be disinsected with a certificate on board, and the operator reports to biosecurity before landing.

5Can my dog or cat travel with me to Australia on a private jet?

No. Australia requires cats and dogs to travel as manifest cargo and arrive directly at Melbourne, where they spend at least 10 days in quarantine at Mickleham, or 30 if the identity check was not completed before the blood test. There is a mandatory 180-day wait after the rabies antibody test, and the department advises allowing at least six months for the whole process.

6Which airports can a private jet use to enter Australia?

Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Darwin, Cairns and the Gold Coast need no approval from the National Passenger Processing Committee, whatever the number on board. Canberra and Hobart need none for fewer than ten travellers, crew included. Sydney has a curfew from 23:00 to 06:00 and Melbourne has none. A resort airfield is normally reached by a domestic leg after the border has been cleared at one of these.

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