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Hire a Private Jet to Luxembourg

A British executive can leave London after breakfast, sit through a full set of meetings in Luxembourg and be home for dinner, and that single fact explains most of the private flying between the two countries. Private Jets UK plans these flights around one airfield, Findel, and a short list of questions: which hour, which side of the city the meetings are on, how late the return can leave. 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. The country is only about 82 km long and 57 km wide, so the aircraft usually lands within a quarter of an hour of the office, the courtroom or the vineyard, and the road after landing is rarely the problem.

 

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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 Luxembourg 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, a Cessna Citation CJ3+ nonstop to Luxembourg 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 Luxembourg?

Luxembourg keeps Central European time, one hour ahead of Britain all year, because both countries change their clocks on the same weekends. The sectors below run from British airfields to Findel, gate to gate, with the taxi and the approach included:

Biggin Hill, Citation CJ3+
nonstop, 268 nautical miles with the routing allowance, almost the same from London City, Gatwick and Stansted
about 1 h 10 min
Luton, Citation CJ3+
nonstop, 295 nautical miles
about 1 h 15 min
Southampton, Phenom 300E
nonstop, 313 nautical miles, the south-coast departure
about 1 h 15 min
Manchester, Citation XLS+
nonstop, 403 nautical miles
about 1 h 30 min
Glasgow, Challenger 350
nonstop, 559 nautical miles, the longest of the regular British departures
about 1 h 45 min
Findel to the city centre
the airfield lies about 6 km east of the old town by the aeronautical publication, and the Business Aviation Centre, which stands about 1 km from the main terminal, quotes about 7 km; the drive to the centre typically takes around 15 minutes
about 15 min by car

A morning meeting and the evening at home

Take off from Biggin Hill at eight and the CJ3+ is on the ground at Findel a little after ten on the Luxembourg clock, with the car already at the terminal door. That leaves most of a working day, and the return leaves in time to be back in Britain for dinner. A same-day round trip on this route is an ordinary booking and not an extravagance.

The limit is the clock at the other end. Findel is closed to traffic from 23:00 to 06:00 local time, so the last departure has to leave comfortably before 23:00, and we book it with the outbound flight.

Jet or scheduled flight: when the aircraft earns its price

– There is no direct train from London, and the scheduled flights are timed for the airline, not for your meeting. For one person with one appointment in the centre a ticket may be enough;

– The aircraft wins when the party is three or more, when the meeting runs late and the evening departure cannot wait for a published time, when two cities are visited in one day, or when the trip goes on from Luxembourg to the Moselle, the Ardennes or across the border to Trier or Metz.

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.

 

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Prices for the private jet flights to Luxembourg

Typical private jet prices from Britain to Luxembourg, cheapest first. Every row is a nonstop flight to Findel. Because the distances are short, the price follows the aircraft class and the length of the sector more than anything else, and the table shows it plainly:

Route Aircraft Price, one way
Biggin Hill - Luxembourg
268 nm / 496 km, nonstop
Citation CJ3+
up to 6 passengers
from £5,300
London City - Luxembourg
271 nm / 502 km, nonstop
Citation CJ3+
up to 6 passengers
from £5,300
London Luton - Luxembourg
295 nm / 546 km, nonstop
Citation CJ3+
up to 6 passengers
from £5,300
Farnborough - Luxembourg
296 nm / 548 km, nonstop
Phenom 300E
up to 7 passengers
from £5,700
Southampton - Luxembourg
313 nm / 580 km, nonstop
Phenom 300E
up to 7 passengers
from £5,700
Birmingham - Luxembourg
359 nm / 665 km, nonstop
Citation XLS+
up to 8 passengers
from £7,350
Bristol - Luxembourg
371 nm / 687 km, nonstop
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
from £8,000
Leeds Bradford - Luxembourg
403 nm / 746 km, nonstop
Citation XLS+
up to 8 passengers
from £8,000
Manchester - Luxembourg
403 nm / 746 km, nonstop
Citation XLS+
up to 8 passengers
from £8,000
Newcastle - Luxembourg
452 nm / 837 km, nonstop
Citation XLS+
up to 8 passengers
from £8,700
Belfast City - Luxembourg
557 nm / 1,032 km, nonstop
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
from £10,800
Edinburgh - Luxembourg
535 nm / 991 km, nonstop
Challenger 350
up to 8 passengers
from £12,300
Glasgow - Luxembourg
559 nm / 1,035 km, nonstop
Challenger 350
up to 8 passengers
from £12,750

 

Two things worth knowing about these figures

– Short sectors hit a minimum charge. From Biggin Hill, London City, Farnborough, Luton, Stansted and Gatwick the Citation CJ3+ quote is the same £5,300, and Southampton is only £5,350, because the flying time is so short that the minimum sets the price. The real decision is the cabin: from Biggin Hill a Phenom 300E is £5,700, a Citation XLS+ £6,800, a Praetor 600 £7,500 and a Challenger 350 £8,800;

– Luxembourg adds lines of its own. Handling at Findel is compulsory and is coordinated by the Business Aviation Centre, so the quote carries the handler's fee, and an aircraft left on the ground for more than 72 hours has to be notified. A British-operated aircraft may also need a permit from the Luxembourg civil aviation authority, which the handler files, and we include it in the offer before it is sent.

 

Private jet flights within Luxembourg and to its neighbours

There are no domestic flights to sell. The Grand Duchy has one airport with scheduled traffic and one runway, and every other place in the country is an hour or so by road or a helicopter hop of a quarter of an hour. What we are actually asked for are the connections to the cities around the border and the longer sectors that use Findel as the base for the Alps, the Riviera or the Gulf:

Route Aircraft Flight time Price, one way
Luxembourg - Liège
70 nm / 130 km
Pilatus PC-12 NGX
up to 8 passengers
about 45 min from £3,100
Luxembourg - Brussels
105 nm / 194 km
Citation CJ3+
up to 6 passengers
about 45 min from £5,300
Luxembourg - Cologne Bonn
86 nm / 159 km
Citation CJ3+
up to 6 passengers
about 45 min from £5,300
Luxembourg - Frankfurt
98 nm / 181 km
Citation CJ3+
up to 6 passengers
about 45 min from £5,300
Luxembourg - Amsterdam
177 nm / 328 km
Citation CJ3+
up to 6 passengers
about 55 min from £5,300
Luxembourg - Paris Le Bourget
159 nm / 294 km
Citation CJ3+
up to 6 passengers
about 55 min from £5,300
Luxembourg - Zurich
166 nm / 307 km
Phenom 300E
up to 7 passengers
about 50 min from £5,700
Luxembourg - Geneva
212 nm / 393 km
Citation XLS+
up to 8 passengers
about 1 h from £6,800
Luxembourg - Milan Linate
291 nm / 539 km
Citation XLS+
up to 8 passengers
about 1 h 10 min from £6,800
Luxembourg - Nice
375 nm / 694 km
Citation XLS+
up to 8 passengers
about 1 h 20 min from £7,600
Luxembourg - Dubai
2,805 nm / 5,195 km
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
about 6 h 45 min from £44,750

 

Two things worth knowing about these sectors

– The neighbours are mostly under an hour. Liège, Brussels, Frankfurt, Cologne, Paris Le Bourget and Amsterdam all fall inside the minimum charge for a Citation CJ3+, so they cost the same whether the flight takes 40 minutes or 55. The PC-12 sector to Liège is mostly a positioning flight, for an aircraft that has to be where the client is;

– Zurich, Geneva, Milan Linate and Nice are the second ring, the gateways for the Alps, Lombardy and the Riviera. Dubai is the long sector, and it needs a large-cabin aircraft: the figure in the table is for a Praetor 600, which we select for its range.

 

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:

Turbopropsfrom £850/h
Small jet£1,700 - 2,500/h
Light jet£2,100 - 3,000/h
Medium-sized jet (Citation XLS+, Hawker 800XP)£3,000 - 3,700/h
Large medium-class jet (Challenger 300)£4,600 - 5,500/h
Large jet (Legacy 600)£4,900 - 5,800/h
Long-haul jet (Global 5000, G550, Falcon 7X)£5,800 - 8,800/h
Business linersfrom £10,300/h

 

Prices for private jet flights

 

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 Luxembourg:

Light jets

The natural aircraft for Luxembourg: one to six people and an hour in the air at most. The runway is 4,002 metres, so length is never an issue, and the price in the title is for this class.

Cessna Citation CJ3+ · 7 seatsfrom £2,400/h
Embraer Phenom 300E · 8 seatsfrom £2,600/h
Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen2 · 8 seatsfrom £2,700/h
Cessna Citation M2 · 7 seatsfrom £2,200/h

Midsize

Where the cabin starts to matter: more headroom, a larger baggage hold and an enclosed lavatory. Six to eight people who work on board, or who carry luggage for a week on the Moselle and in the Ardennes, are better placed here.

Cessna Citation XLS+ · 9 seatsfrom £3,100/h
Cessna Citation Latitude · 9 seatsfrom £3,900/h

Super-midsize and large

For delegations, for a board travelling together and for the sector that carries on beyond Luxembourg to Dubai or New York. Findel's single runway and category III approach to runway 24 suit them.

Embraer Praetor 600 · 9 seatsfrom £3,400/h
Bombardier Challenger 350 · 9 seatsfrom £4,000/h
Bombardier Challenger 605 · 12 seatsfrom £4,350/h
Embraer Legacy 650 · 13 seatsfrom £4,600/h

Heavy and ultra-long range

For ten or more passengers, or when Luxembourg is the first leg of a longer itinerary. The Business Aviation Centre is listed as accepting aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 747; the practical limits are the stand and the notice, not the runway.

Dassault Falcon 900LX · 12 seatsfrom £5,400/h
Bombardier Global 6000 · 13 seatsfrom £6,400/h
Gulfstream G550 · 16 seatsfrom £6,700/h
Gulfstream G650ER · 14 seatsfrom £7,700/h

Turboprops

The aircraft for a short European leg when a jet's speed is not worth its price. Not for the crossing from Britain, where a jet is faster and costs no more.

Pilatus PC-12 NGX · 9 seatsfrom £1,400/h
Beechcraft King Air 350 · 9 seatsfrom £1,650/h

 

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For a Luxembourg booking the nearest suitable aircraft is often not in Britain. Several business aviation operators run their fleets from Findel, and a positioning leg from there can change the price more than the choice of model. We look at the whole map before a number is sent.

 

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Luxembourg 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 Luxembourg

Luxembourg has one airport that takes a business jet from Britain, and it is a good one. Findel carries the border, the handling and the fuel in a single place, and the others in the table answer a specific problem: a night arrival or a destination on the far side of the frontier. All times in this section are local, converted from the UTC times in the aeronautical information publication, which lists the summer hour in brackets:

Airport Ground How it operates
Luxembourg Findel
LUX / ELLX
Niederanven, 3.25 NM (about 6 km) east of Luxembourg City, 1,234 ft above sea level, run by lux-Airport The country's only international airport and the only one we plan for a jet from Britain. One asphalt runway, 06/24, of 4,002 by 45 m, with ILS category I on 06 and category III on 24, so fog is less likely to close it than most airfields. The aeronautical information publication lists customs and immigration, air traffic services, fuelling and de-icing as open round the clock, with Jet A1 and Avgas on offer; de-icing is on the stand only, and no hangar space is listed for visiting aircraft. The airport is closed to traffic from 23:00 to 06:00 local time, with exceptions for government, rescue, humanitarian, hospital and distress flights and for delayed scheduled flights, and it must not be filed as an alternate in those hours. Aircraft noise-certified only to the old Chapter 2 standard are forbidden.
The Business Aviation Centre
at Findel
about 1 km from the main terminal, quoted as about 7 km from the city centre Handling is compulsory for business aircraft and is coordinated by the centre. The publication lists its coordination from 06:00 to 23:00 local time every day, while the centre's own page gives 06:00 to 22:00, so we plan the last passenger on the earlier hour. It describes itself as the only private jet terminal in the country and accepts aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 747. The services listed are ground handling, customs and border control, passenger security screening, crew and passenger transport on the apron, a VIP lounge, a crew lounge, in-flight catering, cars and hotel booking. Visiting aircraft are parked by default on apron P2, and the standard time allowed on the ground is 72 hours; a longer stay has to be notified
Metz-Nancy-Lorraine
ETZ / LFJL
between Metz and Nancy in France, about 72 km south of Findel in a straight line The fallback on French soil when Findel is shut or full. One runway, 04/22, of 3,050 by 45 m, with an ILS on 22 and only visual aids on 04. Air traffic services run on weekdays from 05:45 to 22:00 local time, on Saturdays until 20:00 and on Sundays from 09:00 to 22:00. Customs and police are available on request with notice, and the airport has no hangar for visitors and no business aviation terminal of its own, so a car and a handler are arranged separately
Saarbrücken
SCN / EDDR
in Saarland, Germany, about 79 km east-south-east of Findel in a straight line A regional airport with one 2,000 by 45 m runway and a general aviation terminal listed as open from 06:00 to 22:30 local time. It suits a light or midsize jet and business on the German side. We confirm customs availability and handling with the airport before a flight is planned there
Liège
LGG / EBLG
Grâce-Hollogne in Belgium, about 125 km north-north-west of Findel in a straight line A 3,690 m runway and customs, immigration, handling, fuelling and de-icing listed round the clock, with ASL Jet Handling serving business jets in a separate zone. It is the practical choice when Findel is closed at night and the party must arrive after 23:00, followed by a drive of well over an hour

 

Business aviation at Findel is also a local industry. The Business Aviation Centre names Luxaviation, Jetfly, Global Jet Luxembourg, Flying Group and Hahn Air Lines among the business aviation operators on its page, and the airport is the base of the helicopters of Luxembourg Air Rescue. Aircraft on the ground are why one is so often already positioned in Luxembourg when a British client asks. Four rules settle most arrivals before a quote goes out:

The handler: compulsory and one door

Handling is mandatory for every business flight, and the Business Aviation Centre coordinates it. In practice we book the centre with the aircraft, and it deals with the stand, the border officers and the fuel. An unauthorised operation may be charged up to four times the regular handling fee, according to the publication.

The night: when the doors close

Findel is closed to traffic from 23:00 to 06:00 local time. Nothing lands or departs in those hours except the exempt flights. A party that has to leave after a dinner must leave before 23:00, or be driven to another airport.

The notice: permits and filings

Flight plans, the general declaration and the passenger and crew lists reach the handler before landing. For an aircraft from outside the European Union, a permit from the Luxembourg civil aviation authority is typically needed, and handlers ask for it to be filed about two working days ahead.

The stand: no hangar, a limit on time

No hangar is listed for visiting aircraft, so an aircraft staying for several days sits outside. The standard ground time is 72 hours. The extract of the publication we read lists no slot rules, so the handler confirms parking and any slot for the day. A very large aircraft of code F, apart from the Boeing 747-8 freighter, needs special permission requested 72 hours ahead.

Fog, cloud and the choice of alternate

Findel stands at 376 metres, and low cloud and fog are the usual winter risk. The equipment is good: category III on runway 24 and category I on 06. A morning arrival therefore carries a named alternate, usually Metz-Nancy-Lorraine, Saarbrücken or Liège, and because Findel may not be used as an alternate between 23:00 and 06:00, a flight from another airport that diverts at night is planned with that in mind.

 

Arriving from Britain: passports, customs and what to carry

Luxembourg belongs to the European Union and to Schengen, and Britain belongs to neither. A private flight from London therefore arrives as a flight from outside both, and the border is dealt with at Findel, where the Business Aviation Centre lists customs and border control among its services and the publication lists customs and immigration round the clock.

Passports
British citizens may stay up to 90 days in any 180-day period without a visa; the passport must have been issued less than ten years before arrival and be valid for at least three months after the planned departure
every passenger, children included
Entry/Exit System
a photo and fingerprints are taken at the first entry for a short stay, free of charge, and the record stays valid for three years; children aged eleven or under are photographed but not fingerprinted
longer waits are possible; a private terminal keeps them short
Authorisation
British passport holders do not need a visa; where the EU's online ETIAS authorisation applies to a British passport on your date, we tell you before the offer, not on the apron
we check for your date
Questions at the border
officers may ask for proof of accommodation, travel insurance, a return ticket and enough money for the stay, so a booking confirmation for the hotel is worth carrying
keep them in hand luggage
Cash
a declaration is due if you carry cash or travellers' cheques worth ten thousand in the EU's own currency or more, about £8,500 at the rate we use, including in transit
declare when in doubt

Aircraft paperwork, goods and the way home

The aircraft brings its own file: a general declaration, a passenger manifest and the crew documents, which are sent to the handling agent before landing. A party carrying commercial samples, a work of art or other high-value goods tells us at the booking stage, not at the airport.

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, while most other nationalities do. A passenger who is not British should ask us about the visa and the authorisation for both ends of the journey.

 

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Which part of Luxembourg is the airport closest to

Findel is the only choice, so the question here is what lies how far from it. The figures below are straight-line distances from the airfield, so allow more for the winding valleys of the north and the east, and a little more again at the morning rush on the roads into the city:

Kirchberg, the European institutions and the banks
the plateau north-east of the old town, where most of the EU institutions in Luxembourg stand, among them the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European Investment Bank and the Secretariat of the European Parliament; it is the nearest part of the city to the airport, about 4 km
Findel, 10 minutes by car
The old town, the station and the financial district
the UNESCO-listed quarters and fortifications of the Ville Haute, the Grund below it and the business streets around the main station; about 6 km from the airfield
Findel, around 15 minutes
The Moselle valley: Remich and Schengen
the wine villages on the river, which forms part of the border with Germany; Remich is about 14 km from the airfield and the village of Schengen, where the agreements were signed, about 21 km
Findel, then a car
Echternach and the east
the abbey town of Willibrord and the dancing procession, about 25 km from the airfield
Findel, then a car or the helicopter
Vianden, Clervaux and the Ardennes
the hilly northern third of the country, called Oesling, part of the Ardennes; Vianden and its castle are about 34 km away and Clervaux about 49 km
Findel, then a car or the helicopter
Esch-sur-Alzette and the south
the second city and the old steel country on the French border; about 22 km from the airfield
Findel
Trier and Metz across the border
Trier in Germany is about 33 km from the airfield and Metz in France about 56 km; both are typically an hour or less by road, and a client with business on the far side of the frontier does not need a second airport
Findel

 

The Grand Duchy: finance, institutions and a small country of castles

Luxembourg is first a financial place. According to the government's own description it is the largest centre for investment funds in Europe and the second largest in the world after the United States, with fund assets of more than £4 trillion at the rate we use, more than 120 international banks and over 60,000 people working in finance. Fund managers, lawyers, custodians and auditors fly in for a board, a closing or a regulator's meeting, and many of those trips are made in a single day. A private flight pays back here in the hours it returns to the diary.

The second kind of trip belongs to the European institutions. Kirchberg, in the north-east of the city, holds the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European Investment Bank, the European Investment Fund, the European Stability Mechanism, the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the Secretariat of the European Parliament and several departments of the Commission, and the Council of the European Union meets in Luxembourg in the spring, early summer and autumn months. Advocates, officials and delegations arrive for a hearing or a session with a fixed hour.

The third is industry and technology. Steel built the south of the country, and the company that became ArcelorMittal has its roots there, while the satellite operator SES has its home at Betzdorf.

The fourth is the country itself. Luxembourg covers about 2,586 square kilometres, has some 690,000 residents and about 140,000 live in the capital, where roughly seven in ten residents are foreigners and 160 nationalities are counted. The old quarters and fortifications of the city are a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the Bock casemates under the rock hold kilometres of tunnels begun by the Spanish. Beyond the capital lie the vineyards of the Moselle, the abbey town of Echternach, the castle of Vianden, one of the largest fortified castles west of the Rhine, and the Ardennes.

 

The Luxembourg year: spring councils, a summer of processions and an autumn fair

Luxembourg has no ski season and no single peak. It has a rhythm of institutional sessions, church festivals and one very large fair, and a quiet stretch in midwinter between them:

December to February
the Christmas markets run from late November into December, with Saint Nicholas on 6 December; fog and low cloud are the main risk for the schedule
city breaks and the markets
March to May
Easter Monday brings the Éimaischen pottery market, with its small terracotta birds, the Octave pilgrimage fills the cathedral for two weeks in spring, the Council of the European Union sits in Luxembourg in April, and the ING Night Marathon runs through the city in mid-May
institutions and pilgrims
June to August
the Council returns in June, the Echternach dancing procession follows Whitsun, and National Day on 23 June has torchlight, concerts and fireworks on the evening before; July and August are the Moselle season and the quietest weeks for the institutions
festivals and the vineyards
September to November
the Schueberfouer fills the Glacis for about three weeks from late August, the Council sits again in October, the grape harvest on the Moselle typically falls in these weeks and shorter days bring the fog back
the fair and the autumn session

 

The Luxembourg calendar: sessions, processions and the fair

Dated events are few, and each one pulls the private flights toward the same airfield at the same hours:

Easter Monday
The Éimaischen market in the capital is known for the small terracotta birds called Péckvillercher
April and May
The Octave brings pilgrims to the cathedral of Notre-Dame for two weeks in spring, and the Council of the European Union meets in Luxembourg in April
Mid-May
The ING Night Marathon runs through the capital in the evening, and a car is booked with the route in mind
Whit Tuesday
The dancing procession of Echternach honours Saint Willibrord: pilgrims hop in rows of four or five, holding white handkerchiefs, from the bridge over the Sauer to the basilica; it is on the UNESCO list of intangible heritage
22 and 23 June
National Day, with a torchlight procession, concerts and fireworks on the evening of 22 June and official ceremonies and parades on the day itself
Late August to mid-September
The Schueberfouer, the largest fair in the region, lasts about 20 days on the Glacis in Limpertsberg and opens in the days before Saint Bartholomew on 24 August
October
The Council of the European Union returns for its autumn sessions in Luxembourg, and the grape harvest on the Moselle typically falls in these weeks
Late November to December
Christmas markets in the capital and in the towns, then Saint Nicholas on the night of 5 December

What a Luxembourg event does to a flight plan

Findel is one runway with a night closure, so the peaks are felt in the hours around them. National Day and the Schueberfouer bring crowds, and the Council weeks bring delegations. A request sent as soon as the dates are known gives the stand, the car and the border officers time to line up.

 

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Flying to Luxembourg with a dog or a cat

A dog or cat travels in the cabin, and the paperwork has two halves: the standard European set for the way out and one appointment for the way home. Luxembourg applies the rules of the European Union, so what follows is the general EU procedure for an animal arriving from Great Britain, plus the points Luxembourg itself stresses.

The one fact to read before you book

The animal must carry a 15-digit microchip, fitted before the rabies vaccination, and be vaccinated against rabies from the age of 12 weeks, with 21 days to pass before it may travel. A pet passport issued in Great Britain is not accepted for entry, so a health certificate from an official vet is issued for the trip, within ten days before arrival. The animal arrives through a travellers' point of entry and is examined there; if a dog or cat looks unwell, a vet may be called at the owner's expense. More than five animals fall under the rules for commercial movements.

Coming home is where the diary matters. A dog needs a tapeworm treatment from a vet no less than 24 and no more than 120 hours before it arrives in Great Britain, with the product, date and time entered in the document, and a cat does not. The certificate issued in Britain is used for the journey back as the certificate states. Because the treatment window is short, we book a vet near the hotel or near the departure airfield alongside the flight.

  • A microchip, fitted before the rabies vaccination, not after;
  • A rabies vaccination given at 12 weeks or later, at least 21 days old on the day of arrival and kept in date;
  • An official veterinary health certificate for each trip, issued no more than ten days before arrival;
  • For a dog on the homeward leg, the tapeworm treatment 24 to 120 hours before landing in Great Britain;
  • Not more than five animals per traveller.

Cats need the same list without the worming. We confirm in writing with the handler that Findel receives the animal at its border post before the date is fixed.

Requirements for birds, rabbits and the less usual species, along with the countries where the timeline runs to months, are set out on our flying with pets guide.

 

private flight with animals

 

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a repositioning flight with nobody aboard, offered at a fraction of the usual price. Luxembourg is a short hop from Britain and a base for several business aviation operators, so repositioning flights run in both directions all year, though the discounts are modest because the sectors are short.

Where Luxembourg empty legs come from

– Findel is the home airfield of aircraft that fly clients out across Europe, and an aircraft that has taken a party to Britain often returns to Luxembourg empty, or collects one from there, which is a common source;

– The institutional weeks and the dated events, from the Council sessions in April, June and October to National Day in June and the Schueberfouer in late summer, when aircraft land full and leave empty a day or two later;

– The night closure at Findel, which pushes a late return into the early morning and leaves aircraft positioned for the first slot.

A client who can offer a few days has a far better chance of a match, though the operator owns the date and a leg can disappear when the original booking changes. Whatever is free is listed on our empty legs page. A selection of Luxembourg empty legs follows:

Route Aircraft Capacity Whole aircraft
Luxembourg - UK (London Biggin Hill)
nonstop
Citation CJ3+ 7 seats £2,250
Luxembourg - UK (London Luton)
nonstop
Citation CJ3+ 7 seats £2,250
UK (London City) - Luxembourg
nonstop
Citation CJ3+ 7 seats £2,250
UK (Farnborough) - Luxembourg
nonstop
Phenom 300E 8 seats £2,400
UK (Birmingham) - Luxembourg
nonstop
Citation XLS+ 9 seats £3,100
Luxembourg - UK (Bristol)
nonstop
Praetor 600 9 seats £3,350
Luxembourg - UK (Manchester)
nonstop
Citation XLS+ 9 seats £3,350
UK (Edinburgh) - Luxembourg
nonstop
Challenger 350 9 seats £5,150

 

How to read those figures

– Each price is for the whole aircraft rather than per seat. A Citation XLS+ from Manchester with eight aboard comes to about £400 a head;

– Short legs have a floor under the price, so the discount on a Luxembourg sector is smaller than on a long one.

 

empty legs

 

Helicopter charter

In a country this small a helicopter does not replace the crossing from Britain, and it barely replaces the drive to the capital. Its use is the stretch beyond the city: the wine villages, the abbey town, the castle and the hills of the north. These are our estimates from Findel, calculated at about 115 knots with a few minutes for the start and the landing:

Findel to Kirchberg
the European institutions and the banks, in place of a drive of around ten minutes
about 10 min
Findel to Remich
the wine town on the Moselle, in the heart of the vineyards
about 10 min
Findel to Echternach
the abbey town and its basilica, a long way round by road on Whit Tuesday
about 15 min
Findel to Vianden
the castle on the river Our in the Ardennes
about 20 min
Findel to Trier
across the German border, to the Roman city of the Moselle
about 20 min

These are estimates and move with the weather and the load. A specialist operator based in Luxembourg manages VIP helicopters, and the rescue helicopters of Luxembourg Air Rescue also sit at Findel. We confirm the aircraft, the route, the number of passengers and the baggage allowance for your date before the offer goes out.

Two points on Luxembourg rotary legs

The aeronautical information publication requires every helicopter at Findel to use the runway, except medical and police flights of local operators, which may use a taxiway, so a private helicopter arrives and departs like any other aircraft and waits for its turn. A landing at a site outside the airport, such as a castle courtyard, a hotel lawn or a vineyard, needs the landowner's permission and the authority's. We settle the landing site before the helicopter is booked.

 

private helicopter flight

 

Flights from the UK to Luxembourg

Biggin Hill, London City, Luton and Farnborough 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:

 
Airport Country ICAO IATA
London Heathrow Airport England EGLL LHR
 Birmingham Airport England EGBB BHX
London Gatwick England EGKK LGW
London City Airport England EGLC LCY
London Luton England EGGW LTN
Edinburgh Airport Scotland EGPH EDI
Leeds Airport England EGNM LBA
Manchester Airport England EGCC MAN
London Stansted England EGSS STN
Liverpool John Lennon Airport England EGGP LPL
Newcastle Airport England EGNT NCL
 Bristol Airport England EGGD BRS
Glasgow Airport Scotland EGPF GLA
 East Midlands Airport England EGNX EMA
 Southampton Airport England EGHI SOU
 Jersey Airport Channel Islands EGJJ JER
Cardiff International Airport Wales EGFF CWL
Inverness Airport Scotland EGPE INV
Bournemouth Airport England EGHH BOH
London Farnborough Airport England EGLF FAB
Oxford Airport England EGTK OXF
London Biggin Hill England EGKB BQH
Belfast Airport Northern Ireland EGAA BFS
Gibraltar Airport Gibraltar LXGB GIB
Aberdeen Airport Scotland EGPD ABZ

 

Luxembourg 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.

KIRCHBERG · A HEARING AT NOON

Two advocates and a client

Biggin Hill - Luxembourg, Citation CJ3+, about 1 h 10 min · 3 pax

Wheels up at eight, a car at the door of the Business Aviation Centre, ten minutes to the plateau and a hearing at noon. The party left Findel in the late afternoon and was home in Britain for dinner, with the handler holding both stands.

FUNDS · A CLOSING DAY

A fund team of three and the signed papers

London City - Luxembourg, Citation CJ3+, about 1 h 10 min · 3 pax

The signing ran late, and the return was booked for an hour that left a margin before the airport closed to traffic at 23:00 local time.

MOSELLE · A WEEKEND AMONG THE VINES

Four friends and a table booked in Remich

Farnborough - Luxembourg, Phenom 300E, about 1 h 10 min · 4 pax

Findel was chosen because it is the only airport in the country, and the drive to the river is under half an hour.

ECHTERNACH · WHIT TUESDAY

Six guests and the dancing procession

London Luton - Luxembourg, Citation XLS+, about 1 h 15 min · 6 pax

The road to Echternach is crowded on the day of the procession, so a car met the party at Findel before nine and the return was set for the evening, well before the closure at 23:00.

WITH THE DOG · TAPEWORM FIRST

A couple and a spaniel on a long weekend

Manchester - Luxembourg, Citation XLS+, about 1 h 30 min · 2 pax + dog

The certificate was dated six days before departure, the dog was presented on arrival, and a vet near the hotel gave the tapeworm treatment on the Friday afternoon, inside the window for the Sunday flight home.

EMPTY LEG · AFTER THE MEETINGS

A flexible return to London

Luxembourg - London Luton, Citation CJ3+ empty leg, about 1 h 15 min · 3 pax

The client gave us a window of two days instead of a date, which is what makes these work, and paid about £2,250, a little under half of a fresh one-way charter on the same sector, for a Wednesday departure.

 

Frequently asked questions about flying to Luxembourg

1How long does it take to fly to Luxembourg by private jet?

About 1 hour 10 minutes from Biggin Hill to Findel in a Citation CJ3+, about 1 hour 30 minutes from Manchester in a Citation XLS+ and about 1 hour 45 minutes from Glasgow in a Challenger 350. Luxembourg is one hour ahead of Britain all year, so a morning departure from London gives most of a working day on the ground and an evening return.

2How much does a private jet to Luxembourg cost?

From about £5,300 one way from Biggin Hill on a Citation CJ3+, and the same figure from the other London airfields, because short sectors fall under a minimum charge. A Phenom 300E from Biggin Hill is about £5,700, a Praetor 600 about £7,500 and a Challenger 350 from Glasgow about £12,750. A hop from Luxembourg to Brussels on a CJ3+ starts from £5,300.

3Which airport do private jets use in Luxembourg?

Findel, the only international airport in the country, about 6 km east of the old town. It has one 4,002 m runway, customs and immigration listed round the clock, and a Business Aviation Centre that coordinates the compulsory handling. The airport is closed to traffic from 23:00 to 06:00 local time. Metz-Nancy-Lorraine, Saarbrücken and Liège are the usual alternatives.

4What are the passport and customs rules for a private flight from Britain to Luxembourg?

British citizens may stay up to 90 days in any 180 without a visa, and the passport must be less than ten years old on arrival and valid for three months after departure. Photos and fingerprints are taken under the Entry/Exit System. Passengers clear the border at the Business Aviation Centre, and cash worth ten thousand in the EU's currency or more has to be declared. Handling is compulsory at Findel.

5Can I take my dog or cat on a private jet to Luxembourg?

Yes. The animal needs a microchip, a rabies vaccination given from 12 weeks and valid after 21 days, and an official health certificate issued within ten days before arrival, and it is presented at the border post on arrival. A dog coming home needs a tapeworm treatment 24 to 120 hours before it lands in Great Britain, so we book a vet for the day before the flight.

6How early should I book a private jet to Luxembourg?

As soon as the dates are known. Findel has one runway and closes to traffic from 23:00 to 06:00, so a late return has to be planned with the outbound flight. The weeks when the Council of the European Union meets, National Day in June and the Schueberfouer in late summer fill the Business Aviation Centre first.

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