Private jet charter in Kenya

Nine hours in the air is what Kenya costs from the south-east of England, and about the same coming home, so the first decision is the aircraft and the second is the airport. Nairobi has two of them within a few miles of each other, and they suit different jets. 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 Kenya that means a landing permit requested from the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, a slot and a handler arranged for Jomo Kenyatta before the aircraft leaves Britain, an electronic travel authorisation for every passenger, and a turboprop waiting at Wilson Airport when the plan is a safari.

 

 

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 Kenya 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 Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta 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 Kenya?

Kenya keeps East Africa Time, three hours ahead of Greenwich all year, with no daylight saving. The gap with Britain is three hours in winter and two in summer. A Praetor 600 leaving Biggin Hill at nine in the evening, London time, lands after about nine hours at Jomo Kenyatta at about nine in the morning, local time in winter, in time for a meeting. These are the sectors to Nairobi, gate to gate, from the airfields our clients use most:

Not every trip ends in the capital, and the Kenyan coast lies further away than Nairobi does. Sectors from Biggin Hill to the coastal airports, on a Global 6000, which is the aircraft that reaches them without a 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 Kenya

Typical private jet charter prices from Britain to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta, 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:

 

 

Jomo Kenyatta is the anchor because it is the airport where a jet from Europe lands. The same departure to the coastal airports costs more, because the distance is longer and the Praetor cannot fly it nonstop; these sectors are priced on a Global 6000:

 

 

Private jet flights within Kenya and to its neighbours

A typical Kenyan trip is a hub and spoke: the jet from Britain lands at Jomo Kenyatta, and the party fans out by turboprop to a reserve, a conservancy or the coast and comes back. The sectors below start at Nairobi 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 Kenya:

 

 

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Kenya 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 Kenya

Two Nairobi airports share the private traffic, and the useful question is which of them fits the aircraft and the plan:

 

Jomo Kenyatta is an airline hub, and a private aircraft shares it with the long-haul fleets of the scheduled carriers. The airport is listed as slot coordinated, and handler guidance says the slots matter mainly for large aircraft and for stays of several days, with scheduled traffic given priority. Requests go through the handler, with a notice of at least 48 hours quoted, and the flight plan of a large aircraft can be refused without a slot number in the remarks. Handling is compulsory. Records list many flight support companies for the field, among them General Aviation Services Ltd, Africa Aviation Executive Services, Jetmate Aviation and FCG Ops Africa, and several are supervising agents who book the services and not ramp handlers. We name the one we use in the quote.

Customs and immigration are on site. Jet fuel is listed, and catering can be arranged at any hour, with 48 to 72 hours of notice advised for unusual items. Some stands need a tow-in, so a tow bar is worth carrying. The original civil terminal on the north side of the runway is now used by the Kenya Air Force, so there is no separate private terminal to point to on this page, and we ask the handler for the stand, the terminal route and the car access in writing.

Wilson is the city airport, about 18 km by road from Jomo Kenyatta. The scheduled domestic airlines and the medical and missionary aviation operators work from it, and executive aircraft favour it for the faster check-in. Its two asphalt runways are short for a jet of the Praetor class at that altitude, so we plan it for turboprops, the Pilatus PC-12, the King Air and the lighter jets, and not for the aircraft that flies in from London.

Mombasa takes a large jet and works round the clock. The smaller coastal fields, Malindi, Lamu and Diani, are for turboprops and light jets.

Four points settle most Kenyan arrivals before a quote goes out:

 

Arriving from Britain: passports, travel authorisation and customs

Kenya is far outside the Schengen area. It asks British visitors for an online electronic travel authorisation, and every passenger needs one before the flight. 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 Kenya

Kenya is large, and what matters is where the party sleeps:

 

Nairobi, the Mara and the coast: what our clients go for

Safari comes first. The Masai Mara, the conservancies of Laikipia and the park at Amboseli are all within an hour of Nairobi by turboprop, in place of most of a day on the road. A jet to Jomo Kenyatta, a car to Wilson and a turboprop to a camp is the standard pattern, and we quote it as one itinerary.

Diplomacy and business come second. Nairobi is the headquarters of UN Environment and UN-Habitat, and many agencies and embassies keep regional offices in the city, so delegations arrive for conferences and negotiations with a protocol officer and a tight programme, and a private aircraft keeps to a timetable that scheduled flights cannot guarantee.

The coast is the third reason: Mombasa, the second city and the port, Diani Beach to the south of it, and Malindi and the old town of Lamu to the north. A party that has finished a safari often ends on the coast, and the jet flies it from the bush to the sea without a connection. At Lamu the last stretch is a short boat ride from the airport on Manda Island.

 

The Kenyan year: two rainy seasons on the equator

Nairobi sits almost on the equator, so rain, not temperature, defines the seasons. Daytime highs at the airport run from about 24 degrees in July to about 28 in March, and the evenings are cool, dropping to about 9 degrees in June and July. The rain is what changes from month to month:

 

The Kenyan calendar: the rally, the migration and the Lamu festival

A handful of dates fill the camps and the apron in Nairobi:

 

 

Flying to Kenya with a dog or a cat

The cabin is not the problem: the animal sits beside you for the nine hours. The paperwork is the problem. Kenya asks for an import permit before the animal travels, its published rules are written for animals shipped as air cargo, and Britain does not treat Kenya 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 21 days, and not more than 12 months, before entry to Kenya, and at least 21 days before the return to Britain;
• The Kenyan 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 Kenya 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 one that does not meet the Kenyan conditions can be quarantined or sent back at the importer's cost.

The tapeworm window for the flight home is 24 to 120 hours, so a dog's vet visit falls in Kenya, near the end of the stay. 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 many trips are one-way by nature: a family flies out for a safari fortnight, 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 Kenyan empty legs:

 

 

 

Helicopter charter

A helicopter in Kenya is a tool for the edges of a trip, 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 are confirmed for the date. The times below are straight-line planning estimates from Nairobi:

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 Nairobi's altitude of 1,795 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 Kenya

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:

 

Kenyan 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 Kenya