Private jet charter in Japan

Seventeen hours is what the cheapest cabin that can reach Tokyo needs from the south of England, two fuel stops in the Caucasus and Central Asia included, and the flying is the smaller part of the planning. Private Jets UK builds a Japanese charter around the slot first and the aircraft second. 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 Japan that means a landing slot that has to be won before the date is final, a permit for a charter, a handler on the apron at every airport and a parking approval that is granted separately, because these four things decide the airport, the date and the price long before anyone discusses 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 Japan 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 Tokyo Haneda with two technical stops, in Baku and in Almaty, 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 Japan?

Japan keeps one time all year, nine hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and eight hours ahead of British Summer Time. A morning departure from a London airfield lands before lunch on the following day by the Japanese clock, and an evening departure puts you on the ground late the next evening. 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 Japan

Typical one-way prices from Britain, cheapest first. The Challenger 605 leads the table because it is the lowest-priced aircraft that can be planned to Tokyo at all, and the larger cabins below it save a stop or two and a good deal of time. Every figure includes the technical stops shown in the row:

 

 

Private jet flights within Japan and to its neighbours

Distances inside Japan are short by the standard of the journey that brought you there: Tokyo Haneda to Osaka Kansai is 243 nautical miles, Tokyo to Sapporo 460, and Tokyo to Fukuoka 495. These are the hops we are asked for, with Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei and Hong Kong as the neighbours that clients most often add to a Japanese itinerary:

 

 

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 Japan:

 

 

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 Japan 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 Japan

Japan has no Western-style FBO network. Business jets park on the general airport apron and are looked after by approved handling companies, which is why the handler we choose matters more here than in most countries. The first rows of the table are the airports our flights use most; the later rows matter for the regions:

 

Four constraints shape every schedule into Tokyo:

 

Arriving from Britain: visa, permit and customs

A British passport holder does not apply for a visa in advance, the aircraft needs its permissions in its own name, and every arrival is a check of people, cabin and catering. None of it is hard. All of it needs the paperwork in the handler's hands before the aircraft leaves Britain.

Customs rules are strict, and the first surprise for a British traveller is the medicine cabinet. Medicines that contain pseudoephedrine, such as Sudafed or Actifed, Vicks inhalers and anything containing codeine are illegal to bring in. Prescription medicines are allowed for up to a month's supply and ordinary over-the-counter medicines for up to two months, and a larger quantity or an injectable needs an import certificate issued by the Japanese authorities before the trip. Meat products, including sausages, bacon and ham, may not be brought in without permission, and the same suspicion falls on catering: leftovers and large quantities of food are generally refused, so the handler arranges approved catering and delivers it airside.

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 technical stops are in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, so the passengers' paperwork is checked for both, even when the aircraft stays on the ramp.

 

 

Which airport for which part of Japan

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

 

Tokyo, Kansai, Hokkaido and Okinawa: what our clients go for

Tokyo is where the diary sits. The metropolis has about 14.25 million people, and the three central wards of Chiyoda, Chuo and Minato form its business core, with the Imperial Palace, the former Edo Castle, in Chiyoda and the head office of the Tokyo government in Shinjuku.

Kansai is where the temples are. From Osaka, Kyoto is 28 minutes by JR, Nara 35 to 50 minutes and Kobe about 25, and Himeji Castle is about 45 minutes away on the Shinkansen.

Hokkaido is where the snow is. The Niseko resorts get 10 to 15 metres of snow a year, according to a ski-travel guide, carried by cold winds across the Sea of Japan, and the season runs from early December to early May. Chinese New Year in February fills the resorts again.

Nagoya and Suzuka are where the motor racing is. The Japanese Grand Prix runs on the Suzuka circuit in Mie prefecture, about 50 km south of Nagoya, and has been moved to the cherry-blossom season in early April. Okinawa, at the far south, is the leisure end of the country.

 

Japanese seasons: snow in the north, a wet summer and typhoons

Japan runs through all four seasons in the same year, and the month decides the airport as much as the address does:

 

The Japanese calendar: new year, snow, blossom, a grand prix and the autumn leaves

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

 

 

Flying to Japan with a dog or a cat

Japan admits dogs and cats, but the entry rules are among the strictest we deal with and the clock starts half a year before the flight. A trip that is decided in a month cannot take the animal.

The way home is the easy half. Japan appears in the list of countries from which Britain accepts a pet on the simpler terms, which means no blood test for the return:

• A Great Britain pet health certificate;
• For a dog, a tapeworm treatment from a vet between 24 and 120 hours before arrival in Britain;
• A microchip and a rabies vaccination that are valid, with no more than five animals per traveller;
• Quarantine for up to four months if the rules are not met.

The practical consequence is that the 180 days decide the whole trip. The blood sample is taken at home, half a year before the date, the notification goes to the Japanese port 40 days before arrival, and the aircraft is booked around those two dates.

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 Japanese empty legs follows, at roughly 40 percent of a fresh charter:

 

 

 

Helicopter charter

In Japan the helicopter is a tool for a few specific jobs rather than a general shuttle, and the most useful fact is a negative one: the handlers' guide to Tokyo says that a helicopter link between Haneda and the city centre is not available. Narita is different, and the sightseeing flights out of Osaka are well established:

A helicopter suits the first stretch out of a city and not an intercity hop, where the Shinkansen or a jet with a slot 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. Rain, summer thunderstorms and typhoons stop a helicopter on days when a jet still lands, so keep a car or a train in reserve.

 

 

Flights from the UK to Japan

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 Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo and Okinawa. 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:

 

Japanese 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 Japan