Private jet charter in China

Thirteen and a half hours is what a Challenger 605 needs to reach Beijing from the south of England, fuel stop included, and the flying is usually the easy part of the arrangement. Private Jets UK builds a Chinese charter around the paperwork that comes first. 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. In China that means a landing permit for every airport on the itinerary, a sponsor in each city of arrival and a route that bends well to the south of the straight line, because these three things decide the aircraft, the date and the price long before anyone talks about the cabin.

 

 

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 China 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 Biggin Hill, a Bombardier Challenger 605 to Beijing Capital with one technical stop in Baku 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 China?

China keeps one time zone from the Pacific coast to the western deserts, with no change of clock in summer, so Beijing and Shanghai run seven hours ahead of Britain in the summer and eight in the winter. A departure from a London airfield in the morning lands in the small hours of the next day by the local clock. These are the sectors from London Biggin Hill on the lowest-priced aircraft that can fly them, gate to gate, including about an hour on the ground for every fuel stop:

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.

 

 

Prices for the private jet flights to China

Typical one-way prices from Britain, cheapest first. Beijing leads the table because a Challenger 605 can reach it with a single stop, and the larger cabins further down are the ones that fly to Shanghai, Guangzhou and Sanya with one stop or none. Every figure includes the technical stop shown in the row:

 

 

Private jet flights within China and to its neighbours

Distances in China behave like those of a continent: Beijing to Shanghai is 604 nautical miles, Beijing to Chengdu 875, and Shanghai to Guangzhou 660. These are the hops we are asked for, with Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore as the neighbours that clients most often add to a Chinese loop:

 

 

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:

 

 

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 China:

 

 

For a sector this long we look for an aircraft positioned in the Gulf or in Asia as well as in Britain, so the dates should reach us while they can still move.

 

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to China 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:

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  Sending an application

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  Clarification of details and search for options

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  Preparation and coordination of optimal options

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  Registration of documents. Payment of the invoice.

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  Departure on the route.

 

Business aviation airports in China

A foreign aircraft can land only at an airport named in its permit, and not every Chinese airport takes international business jets. The first rows of the table are the ones our flights use most; the later rows matter mainly for the onward legs:

 

Four constraints shape every schedule into Beijing or Shanghai:

 

Arriving from Britain: visas, permits and sponsors

A British passport holder can usually enter without a visa, the aircraft needs permissions in its own name, and every arrival is a check of people, cabin and catering. None of it is hard, and all of it takes time.

Catering follows its own rules. Orders go to the handler at least 24 hours before departure, fresh fruit and vegetables are confiscated by customs, and refrigerated items stay on the aircraft. A prepaid car with a driver avoids the language problem at the aircraft door, and the Hilton Capital Airport is about 10 minutes from the Capital FBO.

Hong Kong and Macau have different entry rules from the mainland, and each has its own page on the Foreign Office website. A traveller who goes from Hong Kong to the mainland and back needs a mainland visa that allows a second entry. 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.

 

 

Which airport for which part of China

Choose the airport by the address you are going to, and then check it against the permit. These are the usual pairings:

 

Beijing, Shanghai, the Pearl River Delta and Hainan: what our clients go for

Beijing is where the sightseeing sits. The municipality has about 21.9 million people, and the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace are all World Heritage sites. The Great Wall at Mutianyu, a 2,250 metre section with 22 watchtowers, is about 70 km from the centre.

Shanghai is where the diary fills. The Chinese Grand Prix runs in March at the Shanghai International Circuit in Jiading, about 45 minutes from the centre by car, Fashion Week and a spring music festival share the month, and the import expo takes over the exhibition halls in the autumn. The city's airport group calls March the month of the business jet.

The Pearl River Delta is the manufacturing heart of the country. Guangzhou's Canton Fair fills the hotels and the aprons twice a year, Hong Kong and Shenzhen are a short train ride away, and Zhuhai holds the biennial air show in November.

Hainan is the leisure end of the country. Sanya has more than 100 hotels, among them an Atlantis resort, and the Haitang Bay duty-free centre is the largest in China.

The north-east turns the other way in winter. The ice and snow festival at Harbin opens in late December and runs until late February, in a city where winter averages about -17 degrees and nights of -25 are not unusual, so a short walk from the aircraft to a warm car matters.

 

Chinese seasons: a cold north, a wet summer and a tropical south

China spans several climates at once, and the month decides the airport as much as the address does:

 

The Chinese calendar: new year, a grand prix, two trade fairs and an ice festival

Few dates matter, but they matter a great deal, and each pulls on a different airport:

 

 

Flying to China with a dog or a cat

China admits dogs and cats, but the paperwork is detailed and the way home is the harder half. Planning it in the right order is the difference between a holiday with the animal and a quarantine bill.

The way back needs more thought than the way out. Mainland China does not appear in the list of countries from which Britain accepts a pet on simpler terms, and Macau does not either, though Hong Kong does. For a dog or a cat coming from an unlisted country Britain requires a Great Britain pet health certificate and a rabies blood test:

• A rabies vaccination first, then a blood sample taken at least 30 days after it, sent by the vet to an approved laboratory, with a result of 0.5 IU/ml or higher;
• A wait of three months from the date of the sample before the animal may travel to Britain, and the sample stays valid for as long as the rabies vaccinations are kept up to date;
• A Great Britain pet health certificate for the journey;
• For a dog, a tapeworm treatment from a vet between 24 and 120 hours before arrival in Britain;
• Quarantine for up to four months if the rules are not met.

Because the blood test stays valid while the vaccinations are current, the sensible plan is to have the sample taken at home months before the trip, so that the three months have passed before the return flight. An animal sampled in China has to wait out the three months there. For a private flight we confirm the entry point and the paperwork for the animal in writing before the flight.

Other destinations, and the general rules for travelling with an animal on a private jet, are set out on our flying with pets guide.

 

 

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a flight the operator has to make anyway, with the cabin vacant, and so it is priced low rather than flown for nothing. The saving on this route is large in cash, and so is the catch.

Clients who offer a month instead of a day match most often, although the operator owns the date and a leg can vanish when the original booking changes. Whatever is free is listed on our empty legs page. A selection of Chinese empty legs follows, at roughly 40 percent of a fresh charter:

 

 

 

Helicopter charter

In China the helicopter is a short-hop tool inside a city region, booked through an operator approved by the civil aviation authority. The best-documented service is in Shanghai, where a flight base in the Longhua district connects the city to the financial district of Lujiazui, and the best-known crossing is the one between Hong Kong and Macau:

A helicopter suits the first stretch out of a city and not an intercity hop, where the fast railway or a jet with a permit does the job better. Landing at a hotel, a private site or a resort needs the site agreed in advance, and the rotary leg is booked together with the rest of the itinerary so that the crews work to one schedule.

 

 

Flights from the UK to China

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 Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Sanya. 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:

 

Chinese charters from the booking notes: six typical trips

The six trips below are typical jobs assembled from booking notes with the details changed, so none of them is one named client or one date.

 

Frequently asked questions about flying to China