Private jet charter in India

Nobody lands a private jet in India without a permit from the civil aviation authority, and it is the permit, more than the aircraft, that sets the earliest date of the flight. Private Jets UK plans an Indian charter around that permit, the airport slot and the route that will really be flown. 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 India that means a landing permit for every airport on the itinerary, a crew and passenger list that must match the permit on the day, and a track that bends 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 India 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, an Embraer Praetor 600 to Delhi with one technical stop in Dubai 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 India?

India keeps a single time zone, five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and four and a half hours ahead of British Summer Time, with no change of clock in summer. A morning departure from a London airfield therefore lands after dark on the same day by the local clock, or in the small hours of the next. 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 the technical stop:

The exact flight time depends on the model of the business jet, as well as the speed of the tail or head wind. On sectors this long the jet stream moves the figure by the better part of an hour. Our consultant will make a detailed calculation of the flight time for the chosen business jet.

 

 

Prices for the private jet flights to India

Typical one-way prices from Britain, cheapest first. Delhi leads the table because an Embraer Praetor 600 can reach it with a single stop in Dubai, and the larger cabins further down are the ones that fly to the south and the east with one stop or none. Every figure includes the technical stop shown in the row:

 

 

Private jet flights within India and to its neighbours

Distances in India behave like those of a continent: Delhi to Mumbai is 638 nautical miles, Delhi to Kolkata 737, and Bengaluru to Chennai only 150. These are the hops we are asked for, with Dubai, Malé and Colombo as the neighbours that clients most often add. Domestic legs are flown on Indian-registered aircraft whose operators quote their own rates, so the figures show the scale and not a firm price:

 

 

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 India:

 

 

For a sector this long we look for an aircraft positioned in the Gulf or in India 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 India 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 India

A foreign aircraft can land only at an airport named in its permit, and not every Indian airport takes international business jets. The first rows of the table are the ones our flights use most; the later rows matter for the leisure end of a trip and for parking:

 

Four constraints shape every schedule into Delhi or Mumbai:

 

Arriving from Britain: visas, permits and the passenger list

A British passport holder needs a visa for India, the aircraft needs permissions in its own name, and every arrival is a check of people against a list. None of it is hard, and all of it takes time.

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. The first landing must be at an aerodrome that is regulated for customs, since a landing at an unregulated one carries a fine of £2,500.

 

 

Which airport for which part of India

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

 

Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur, Goa and the south: what our clients go for

Delhi is where government and diplomatic business sits, and the winter months suit it best: daytime highs typically range from 16 to 21 degrees from December to February, though the same weeks bring the fog that disrupts flights on 15 to 20 days of the year.

Mumbai is the financial capital, and its general aviation terminal moves about 38 aircraft a day on average. A second airport at Navi Mumbai is expected to take part of the business jet traffic, so we ask the handler which of the two fields is in use before a quote is final.

Jaipur is the gateway for Rajasthan, and its literature festival fills the city in January or February. Goa follows the tourist season: the airports are busiest from October to March, when parking and rooms are both short.

Hyderabad and Bengaluru are corporate cities, and the Hyderabad air show, held every second January, is the one occasion when the business aviation calendar of the whole country meets in one place.

 

Indian seasons: fog, heat and the monsoon

The Indian weather service counts four seasons, and the month decides the airport as much as the address does:

 

The Indian calendar: an air show, a literature festival, an art fair and the tourist season

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

 

 

Flying to India with a dog or a cat

India admits dogs and cats, but the paperwork starts before the flight is booked 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. India is not on either of the lists of countries from which Britain accepts a pet on simpler terms. For a dog or a cat coming from an unlisted country Britain requires a Great Britain pet health certificate issued in the last ten days 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 India 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. Whatever is free is listed on our empty legs page. A selection of Indian empty legs follows, at roughly 40 percent of a fresh charter:

 

 

 

Helicopter charter

In India the helicopter is a tool for the last stretch, in cities where traffic is the obstacle and in places that have no runway. The best-documented base is in Mumbai, and elsewhere helicopters are booked on request through approved operators:

A helicopter suits the first stretch out of a city and not an intercity hop, where a jet with a permit does the job better. Between June and September, when the monsoon is on, rotary flying is planned with a road alternative into the same day, and a landing at a hotel, a private site or a resort needs the site agreed in advance.

 

 

Flights from the UK to India

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 Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Goa, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata. 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:

 

Indian 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 India