Private jet charter in Ethiopia

Almost eight hours in the air is the price of reaching Ethiopia nonstop from the south-east of England, and that figure settles the choice of aircraft before it settles anything else. Addis Ababa is the seat of the African Union, so a good share of our passengers fly there for meetings and not for leisure. 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 Ethiopia that means a landing permit requested from the Ethiopian civil aviation authority, a handler named before the aircraft leaves Britain, an e-visa for every passenger and a straight answer on which aircraft can fly the distance in one hop.

 

 

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 in Ethiopia 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 Biggin Hill, an Embraer Praetor 600 flying nonstop to Addis Ababa Bole International 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 Ethiopia?

Ethiopia keeps East Africa Time, three hours ahead of Greenwich all year, with no daylight saving. The gap with Britain is therefore three hours in winter and two in summer. A departure from Biggin Hill at eight in the morning, London time, lands after about eight hours of flying, which is a little before seven in the evening in Addis Ababa in winter. These are the sectors to Bole on a Praetor 600, gate to gate, from the airfields our clients use most:

Few trips to Ethiopia go anywhere but the capital, and the other airports a jet can use sit only a little further out. The aircraft that reaches Bole nonstop reaches these too:

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 Ethiopia

Typical private jet charter prices from Britain to Addis Ababa Bole, listed cheapest first. Every row is a nonstop Praetor 600, the smallest aircraft we price for this run without a fuel stop. London City is left out on purpose, because its short runway is a poor start for a sector of this length:

 

 

Bole is the anchor because it is the airport the business world uses. The same aircraft flying from Biggin Hill to the other Ethiopian airports that take a business jet costs this:

 

 

Private jet flights within Ethiopia and to its neighbours

A typical Ethiopian trip is a hub and spoke: the jet from Britain lands in the capital, and the party works from there for a few days, with at most one flight out to the Rift Valley or the east. The sectors below start at Addis Ababa and include the neighbouring capitals:

 

 

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 Ethiopia:

 

 

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia

One airport carries almost all the private traffic in Ethiopia, and the useful question is what that airport can and cannot do for a business jet:

 

Bole is an airline hub, and a private aircraft shares it with the long-haul fleet of the national carrier. It has a single general aviation parking area, and wide-body and large business aircraft are often parked on the commercial side of the airport. A business aviation department exists, and private flights are handled much like VIP flights. For heads of state, senior officials and the diplomatic corps, a dedicated VIP terminal has been built on the left wing of Terminal 2, with its own access road and parking. The handler and the protocol office decide whether a private flight uses it, and we ask before the quote is final.

Handling is compulsory. One designated handler is listed for the airfield, S B Man and Co Ltd, and the other firms in the records are supervising agents who book the services for the operator. Customs, immigration and quarantine are normally done in the VIP lounge when this is requested in advance through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the crew go through a separate crew line in the main terminal. Clearance on board is not an option. Jet fuel is listed from two suppliers, AEG Fuels and World Fuel, and Bole is the only airport in the country with an in-flight caterer, so the catering for a continuing journey is collected here before leaving.

Cash and ordinary credit cards are not the usual means of payment at Bole. The supervising agent normally extends credit and settles the landing, parking, navigation and terminal fees, which appear as lines in the invoice, and a notice of at least 12 hours is recommended for the handling.

Dire Dawa can take an international arrival and suits a party that wants to start in the east. Sources differ on whether it works round the clock, so we treat it as a daytime field. Hawassa and Arba Minch are domestic fields, and we plan a private jet there only as the second leg of a trip that began at Bole.

Five points settle most Ethiopian arrivals before a quote goes out:

 

Arriving from Britain: passports, visas and customs

Ethiopia is far outside the Schengen area, and every British passenger needs a visa before travel. These are the points that decide whether the party passes through in minutes or is held at the desk:

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. Most other nationalities do.

 

 

Which airport for which part of Ethiopia

Ethiopia is big, the roads are slow and the fields are few. What matters is where the party sleeps:

 

Addis Ababa, the Rift Valley and the east: what our clients go for

Diplomacy comes first. Addis Ababa is the headquarters of the African Union and of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and many states keep large embassies in the city. Delegations arrive for summits, ministerial meetings and negotiations, with a protocol officer, a security team and a tight programme, and a private aircraft keeps to a timetable that scheduled flights cannot guarantee.

Business is the second reason. Investors, contractors and exporters make the trip, and some go on to Hawassa, 273 km to the south, where an industrial park devoted to apparel stands on the outskirts.

Travel is the third reason. The Rift Valley lakes, the southern lakes around Arba Minch and the Bale Mountains offer scenery and wildlife, and Harar, in the east, is a walled town on the UNESCO World Heritage list. The northern circuit of rock-hewn churches and ancient capitals that fills the guidebooks is another matter, covered in the section on arrivals.

One detail catches visitors out. The Ethiopian year has twelve months of 30 days and a short thirteenth month of five or six days, its year number is seven or eight years behind the western one, and the new year falls on 11 September, or 12 September in the year before a leap year. A document dated by the Ethiopian calendar can disagree with a western diary by about a week in the day, so a date on an invitation letter is confirmed in both.

 

The Ethiopian year: a high plateau with a long rainy season

Addis Ababa stands at 2,355 metres, and that altitude keeps the temperature gentle all year, with daytime highs between 21 and 26 degrees. The rain, not the heat, is what changes from month to month:

 

The Ethiopian calendar: summit week, Timkat and Meskel

A handful of dates fill the hotels and the airport apron in Addis Ababa, and some follow the Ethiopian calendar, so the western date is checked for the year of travel:

 

 

Flying to Ethiopia with a dog or a cat

The cabin is not the problem: the animal sits beside you for the eight hours. The paperwork is the problem. Ethiopia asks for an import permit before the animal travels, and Britain does not treat Ethiopia as a listed country, so an animal coming home needs a rabies blood test planned months before the flight.

• A microchip, fitted before the rabies vaccination, as the return to Britain requires;
• A rabies vaccination given at least 30 days, and not more than 12 months, before entry to Ethiopia, and at least 21 days before the return to Britain;
• The Ethiopian import permit and the export health certificate, completed by an Official Veterinarian, with the vaccination record attached;
• For the return, a rabies blood test, because Ethiopia is not listed, and a Great Britain pet health certificate; GOV.UK counts three months from the date of the blood sample before an animal from a non-listed country may travel to Britain;
• For dogs only, a tapeworm treatment from a vet between 24 and 120 hours before arrival in Britain. A cat needs no treatment.

An approved travel route for the return is the last item. GOV.UK tells owners to check it, and its guidance does not say how the rule applies to a private aircraft, so we confirm the entry point and the paperwork for the animal in writing before the flight. An animal that does not meet the rules can be placed in quarantine for up to four months at the owner's expense, and an animal that does not meet the Ethiopian conditions can be quarantined or sent back at the importer's cost.

The dates run in two directions at once. The tapeworm window for the flight home is 24 to 120 hours, so a dog's vet visit falls in Ethiopia, near the end of the stay, and not before leaving. Requirements for ferrets, birds and anything less usual are collected on our flying with pets guide.

 

 

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a repositioning flight with nobody aboard, offered at a fraction of the usual price. The sector is so long that an aircraft rarely goes there and back in a day, and many trips are one-way by nature: a delegation flies out for a summit, stays a week and the aircraft comes home or moves on.

A client who can offer a few days has a far better chance of a match, though a leg can disappear when the original booking changes. Whatever is free is listed on our empty legs page. Typical Ethiopian empty legs:

 

 

 

Helicopter charter

A helicopter in Ethiopia is a tool for the edges of a trip and not an airport shuttle, and it is arranged case by case. We do not publish a standing helicopter service for the country, because the machine, the crew and the permission for each landing site come from local operators and the Ethiopian authorities and are confirmed for the date. The times below are straight-line planning estimates from the capital:

Typical machines are the Airbus H125 and H130 for short transfers, and the H135 and the Bell 429 where a twin-engine helicopter is wanted. At 2,355 metres a helicopter carries less than at sea level, which is why the load is stated in the quote. We book it alongside the jet, so the whole itinerary is quoted as one.

 

 

Flights from the UK to Ethiopia

Biggin Hill, Farnborough, Stansted and Luton send most of the traffic on this corridor, with Southampton, Birmingham and Manchester behind them and Scotland and Northern Ireland at the long end; the price table higher up covers thirteen of those pairings. 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:

 

Ethiopian 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.

 

Frequently asked questions about flying to Ethiopia