Private jet charter in Mali
London to Bamako is about 2,446 nautical miles, a distance a Praetor 600 would cover in under six hours, and we still do not sell that flight. The Foreign Office advises against all travel to the whole of Mali, the European safety agency asks operators to avoid Mali's airspace below flight level 260, and the capital's airport has been attacked. 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 Mali we put the published advice, the limits of what we arrange and the practical alternative on the page before any price, so that a decision is made with the facts in front of you.
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 Mali 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);
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- 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 Farnborough, an Embraer Phenom 300E to Dakar with one fuel stop in Gran Canaria, and two passengers aboard. The price is for the Dakar gateway, not for a landing in Mali. 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 Mali?
Mali keeps Greenwich Mean Time all year, so local time matches Britain in winter and runs one hour behind it from spring to autumn. Senegal is on the same clock. The times below are for the Dakar gateway on a Phenom 300E with a fuel stop in Gran Canaria, gate to gate:
2,445 nautical miles in two legs, the usual choice for Surrey, Hampshire and the Thames Valley, and the basis for the price at the top of the pageabout 6 h 45 min
2,465 nautical miles in two legs, the closest of the London fields to the City and Canary Wharfabout 6 h 50 min
2,532 nautical miles in two legs, the main departure for the north of Englandabout 7 h
2,664 nautical miles in two legs, the main Scottish departure, with the longest sector of the fourabout 7 h 15 min
Why the aircraft decides the plan
The Praetor 600 and everything larger fly London to Dakar in one hop of 2,428 nautical miles, about 5 h 45 min from Farnborough. A light jet such as the Phenom 300E and a midsize jet such as the Citation XLS+ have ranges of roughly 2,000 nautical miles, so they stop in Gran Canaria first, which typically adds about an hour.
The legs are 1,611 nautical miles to Gran Canaria and 834 from there to Dakar. From Farnborough the Phenom through the Canaries prices at about £30,050 and a Citation XLS+ on the same routing at about £37,400, against £39,050 for a Praetor 600 that flies straight through. For scale only, Bamako is a further 569 nautical miles beyond Dakar, and Farnborough to Bamako is 2,446.
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 private jet flights to the Mali gateway
Typical private jet charter prices from Britain to Dakar, cheapest first. The entry price is Farnborough to Dakar on a Phenom 300E with a stop in Gran Canaria. The other rows show the aircraft we would usually propose from each airfield, and none of them is a quote for a landing in Mali:
| Route | Aircraft | Price, one way |
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| London Farnborough - Dakar 2,445 nm / 4,528 km, via Gran Canaria |
Phenom 300E up to 8 |
from £30,050 |
| London Gatwick - Dakar 2,451 nm / 4,539 km, via Gran Canaria |
Phenom 300E up to 8 |
from £30,150 |
| London Biggin Hill - Dakar 2,465 nm / 4,565 km, via Gran Canaria |
Phenom 300E up to 8 |
from £30,300 |
| London Luton - Dakar 2,486 nm / 4,604 km, via Gran Canaria |
Phenom 300E up to 8 |
from £30,550 |
| Birmingham - Dakar 2,491 nm / 4,613 km, via Gran Canaria |
Phenom 300E up to 8 |
from £30,600 |
| Manchester - Dakar 2,532 nm / 4,689 km, via Gran Canaria |
Phenom 300E up to 8 |
from £31,100 |
| Bristol - Dakar 2,415 nm / 4,473 km, via Gran Canaria |
Citation XLS+ up to 9 |
from £37,000 |
| Southampton - Dakar 2,416 nm / 4,474 km, via Gran Canaria |
Citation XLS+ up to 9 |
from £37,000 |
| Belfast - Dakar 2,556 nm / 4,734 km, via Gran Canaria |
Citation XLS+ up to 9 |
from £39,000 |
| Leeds Bradford - Dakar 2,561 nm / 4,743 km, nonstop |
Praetor 600 up to 9 |
from £41,100 |
| Newcastle - Dakar 2,628 nm / 4,867 km, nonstop |
Praetor 600 up to 9 |
from £42,100 |
| Glasgow - Dakar 2,643 nm / 4,895 km, nonstop |
Praetor 600 up to 9 |
from £42,300 |
| Edinburgh - Dakar 2,660 nm / 4,926 km, nonstop |
Praetor 600 up to 9 |
from £42,600 |
Two things worth knowing about these figures
– The departure airfield moves the price less than the aircraft does. Manchester costs about £1,050 more than Farnborough on the same Phenom, while the step from a Phenom through the Canaries to a Praetor 600 flying nonstop from Farnborough is about £9,000;
– A one-way price assumes the aircraft flies home empty. For a stay of more than a day the aircraft either waits at Dakar, with parking and the crew's hotel as lines of their own, or flies out and returns for you, and the extra flying is priced as such. Permits, handling and fuel are quoted separately.
What a British operator can and cannot do for Mali
Most destinations are a matter of price and timing. Mali is a matter of what is possible, so we set that out before we quote.
The Foreign Office position
The Foreign Office advises against all travel to the whole of Mali. It calls the security situation unpredictable, says the threat of terrorist attacks and of kidnap is very high, describes blockades of key routes in southern and western Mali, including around Bamako, and states that travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against the advice.
The flying side
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has issued a conflict zone bulletin on Mali that rates the risk to operations as high, says armed groups are likely to hold man-portable air-defence systems, and asks operators to avoid operating in the Mali parts of the Niamey and Dakar flight information regions below flight level 260. The United Kingdom's own airspace warning is listed as telling UK operators not to enter Mali's airspace below 25,000 feet above ground level, and an approach to Bamako lies inside that limit. France is listed as advising against using Bamako even as an alternate.
The airport
The Foreign Office records coordinated attacks near Bamako International Airport that temporarily closed it, says flights can be cancelled or diverted at short notice, and describes airports outside Bamako as extremely dangerous, with Timbuktu repeatedly shelled. Aircraft fuel at Bamako has also run short before, which matters when a jet must leave again.
What we do not arrange
Landings in Mali on UK or European aircraft, domestic flights inside the country, road journeys, and anything that depends on travelling after dark. The Foreign Office calls overland routes to Mali's neighbours too dangerous because of attacks on national highways.
If the purpose can be met elsewhere
Many meetings do not have to be held in Mali. Dakar is the nearest gateway to Bamako that we plan, and we can fly you there from any British airfield. We do not describe the road or rail link from Dakar to Mali as an option.
For a traveller who must reach Bamako and has weighed the Foreign Office text, scheduled airlines are the other route. The airport's published list of carriers includes Air France, Royal Air Maroc, Turkish Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines, and the Foreign Office says anyone already in Mali should leave by commercial flight if they judge it safe. We do not sell airline tickets.
Private jet flights to the West African alternatives
Mali is landlocked. Dakar is 569 nautical miles from Bamako in a straight line, Abidjan 517 and Accra 646, and these are the three coastal gateways we would propose as alternatives. From London they price as follows:
| Route | Aircraft | Flight time | Price, one way |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Farnborough - Dakar (Senegal) 2,445 nm / 4,528 km, via Gran Canaria |
Phenom 300E up to 8 |
about 6 h 45 min | from £30,050 |
| London Farnborough - Dakar (Senegal) 2,428 nm / 4,497 km, nonstop |
Praetor 600 up to 9 |
about 5 h 45 min | from £39,050 |
| London Farnborough - Accra (Ghana) 2,852 nm / 5,282 km, nonstop |
Praetor 600 up to 9 |
about 6 h 40 min | from £45,500 |
| London Farnborough - Abidjan (Ivory Coast) 2,878 nm / 5,330 km, nonstop |
Praetor 600 up to 9 |
about 6 h 45 min | from £45,850 |
Domestic sectors and the neighbours
– A British aircraft does not carry passengers between two points inside Mali. That is cabotage, which most countries reserve for local operators, and with the Foreign Office describing the airports outside Bamako as extremely dangerous we price no sector inside the country;
– Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana have their own entry rules and Foreign Office pages, and the Senegal page asks for particular care in remote areas near the borders with Mauritania and Mali;
– We do not treat any neighbouring capital as a base for road travel into Mali.
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 the Dakar gateway:
Turboprops
Too slow and short-legged for the journey from London. They suit regional hops once you are in West Africa.
Light and midsize jets
These need a fuel stop in Gran Canaria and suit two or three people with soft bags. The Phenom 300E sets the entry price.
Super-midsize
The first class that reaches Dakar in one hop, and the better choice once a party reaches four or five.
Heavy jets
For a delegation or a team with equipment. These fly from anywhere in Britain without a stop.
Ultra-long range
Save a little time and carry up to 16 people.
How to book a private jet?
You can book a private jet flight to Mali in 6 easy steps:
- Flight request - indicating the route and your preferences for the model of business jet and other points.
- Coordination of flight details - our consultant will contact you to offer the possible flight options and answer all your questions.
- Commercial offer - we will send you a final offer on a specific model taking into account all your wishes.
- Signing of the contract.
- Payment for the flight and booking a business jet.
- 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.
Airports in Mali and the gateway at Dakar
Bamako is the only airport in Mali with scheduled international traffic that we can describe, and it is the one we do not plan. Dakar is where a charter from Britain lands instead:
| Airport | Ground | How it operates |
|---|---|---|
| Bamako Modibo Keita International BKO / GABS |
about 15 km south of the centre of Bamako, next to an air base of the Malian Air Force | One asphalt runway, 06/24, with listed lengths between about 2,700 and 3,200 metres depending on the source, at an elevation of 1,247 feet, with ILS and VOR/DME approaches and rescue and fire category 8. A directory lists the airport as open round the clock, as an airport of entry with customs, with no slots and mandatory handling; administration is listed as Monday to Thursday 07:30 to 16:00 and Friday 07:30 to 12:30 UTC. It has been attacked, and we do not plan landings there |
| Airports outside Bamako Timbuktu, Gao, Sevare and others |
in the centre and north of the country | The Foreign Office describes airports outside Bamako as extremely dangerous and says Timbuktu airport has been repeatedly shelled. Gao and Sevare appear in its list of places hit by coordinated attacks on military installations. We found no verified handling or customs arrangement for passenger arrivals at any of them, and we plan none |
| Dakar Blaise Diagne International DSS / GOBD |
about 43 km east of downtown Dakar, near Diass in Senegal, the nearest gateway we plan | One asphalt runway, 01/19, of 3,500 metres (11,483 feet) with ILS and VOR/DME approaches and rescue and fire category 9. A directory lists operations as round the clock, the airport as an airport of entry with customs, no slots and handling not mandatory, with Flysafe Aviation and Click Aviation Network as supervising agents. It replaced the older Dakar airport for scheduled traffic |
Neither airport has a business aviation terminal that we can name and describe. A flight-support directory lists Click Aviation Network as supervising agent at Bamako and a long list of international flight-support companies for both airports; it labels none of them as an FBO. At Dakar we choose the handler, and we ask for the arrival procedure, the place where the party is processed and the fuel arrangement in writing before the aircraft is confirmed.
Three points explain how we treat the Mali airports:
Warnings first
The Foreign Office advice, the European bulletin and the UK airspace warning all come before any question of permits, and the operator has the last word on the route. UK operators are encouraged by the Civil Aviation Authority to contact the Department for Transport for security advice before flying in airspace covered by its notices.
Fuel is not certain
Mali's civil aviation agency has attributed a suspension of domestic flights to a shortage of Jet A1 at the Bamako depot, and the Foreign Office says fuel is in short supply and queues are long. On any sector near Mali we plan to carry the fuel for the return rather than rely on uplift.
Why Dakar
It has a 3,500 metre runway, round-the-clock operations and customs listed, and no slot requirement. Senegal has its own Foreign Office page, which we read again before each quote.
Arriving from Britain: visas, yellow fever and the Foreign Office advice
A British passenger cannot simply turn up with a passport at either end of this plan. Mali requires a visa, Senegal does not for a short stay, and the health papers differ.
British citizens must have a visa. The Foreign Office says the application and payment are made fully online through the Malian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that an entry permit is then issued electronically, and that nothing needs to be sent to the Embassy of Mali in Brussels, which covers the UKarrange before you fly
the passport must be valid for the whole of the stay, and a certificate proving yellow fever vaccination is requiredbring both
a stay of up to three months needs no visa, but evidence of onward or return travel and arranged accommodation may be asked for, and the passport must have an expiry date at least six months after arrival. A yellow fever certificate is needed only if you arrive from a country with a transmission risk, including by transitcheck the passport date
The Foreign Office advice on Mali, as published
The Foreign Office advises against all travel to the whole of Mali. It describes terrorist attacks as very likely, names JNIM and Islamic State Sahel Province as the main groups, says central and northern Mali are the most affected but that attacks have reached southern Mali and that JNIM has the capability and intent to target Bamako, and lists transport hubs, hotels and embassies among the places that have been targeted. The threat of kidnapping is described as very high, including in urban areas, and British nationals are described as legitimate targets.
It adds that violent crime is high in Bamako and the south, that large and sometimes violent protests happen in the capital, that landmines are used in the centre, north and north-east, and that support from the British government is severely limited, especially outside Bamako, so travellers should not rely on being evacuated.
Clearance and the way home
On arrival in Senegal passengers and crew clear immigration and customs at the airport of entry as listed.
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 citizens must carry a valid British passport.
Which airport for which part of Mali
The honest answer is none for a charter from Britain, and Dakar for a meeting in the region:
the capital and the largest city, with the country's one airport for scheduled international traffic, 15 km from the centrelisted, not planned
airports the Foreign Office calls extremely dangerous, in areas where it records coordinated attacks on military installationsnot planned
the nearest gateway we plan, with a 3,500 metre runway and customsDakar
Bamako: what the trips are for
Official and commercial visits would be the usual reason to go. Bamako stands on the Niger river, had about 4.2 million residents at the last census, and holds about 70 per cent of the country's industrial activity.
The Foreign Office points to armed robbery and kidnapping in the capital, to fake police who stop drivers late at night, and to protests with tyre burning and gunfire. Bamako has a National Museum and a biennial photography festival, but a cultural visit is not a reason we would recommend flying in against the advice.
The Malian year: the heat and the rains
Bamako has a hot semi-arid climate, and the seasons matter to a flight mostly through heat and rain:
the mildest months, with almost no rain from November to Aprilmilder
the hottest months. April has an average daily high of about 39.5 degrees, and the record is 46 degreeshottest
the rainy season, with storms from May and August the wettest month at about 264 mm. The Foreign Office says Bamako roads are difficult in the rains and roads outside the capital are often damaged and dangerouswet
The Malian calendar: heat, rains and Ramadan
No event is a reason to plan a flight into Mali, so the calendar lists only what changes the conditions:
What the calendar does to a plan
The Foreign Office says to avoid gatherings and demonstrations in Bamako. We do not plan trips around festival dates.
Flying to Mali with a dog or a cat
A pet can travel in the cabin, but the papers take planning, and the security position is a reason to ask whether the animal should go.
The facts to read before you book
A pet-travel guide for Mali says dogs and cats need a rabies vaccination at least 21 days before travel, dogs from 12 weeks of age, and a health certificate from an official government vet issued within 10 days of the flight, preferably in French or with a certified French translation. It lists no import permit and no quarantine for a single dog or cat, no microchip requirement, and Bamako as the entry airport. A United States form for Mali gives the certificate 30 days of validity, so we use the shorter period.
We found no official Malian text, so we obtain the requirements in writing before any aircraft is confirmed. For Dakar, the rules of Senegal apply and are confirmed separately.
Coming home, a pet from a country outside the simple British scheme, as we understand Mali to be, needs a microchip fitted before the rabies vaccination, then a rabies blood test taken at least 30 days after the vaccination, and a wait of three months from the date of the sample before the animal travels. The wait is not required if the animal was vaccinated and blood-tested, with a British health certificate or an EU pet passport, before it left, which is why we ask owners to do the tests before the outward flight. A dog must also be treated against tapeworm by a vet no less than 24 hours and no more than 120 hours before landing in Britain. No more than five animals may travel with one person, and an animal that arrives without the right paperwork can be held in quarantine for up to four months.
We confirm in writing which entry point will receive the animal and which papers are needed. Requirements for birds, rabbits and the less usual species are set out in 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. To West Africa they are occasional, and none go to Mali.
Where empty legs to Dakar come from
– A charter that lands in Dakar and does not wait: the aircraft returns to Europe empty, and the leg home is the one most often offered;
– Aircraft repositioned along the coast after a contract in Abidjan or Accra.
Whatever is free is listed on our empty legs page. A selection of empty legs on the Dakar sector follows:
| Route | Aircraft | Capacity | Whole aircraft |
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| Senegal (Dakar) - UK (London Farnborough) | Praetor 600 | 9 seats | £16,400 |
| UK (London Luton) - Senegal (Dakar) | Praetor 600 | 9 seats | £16,650 |
| UK (Manchester) - Senegal (Dakar) | Praetor 600 | 9 seats | £17,000 |
| Senegal (Dakar) - UK (Bristol) | Challenger 605 | 12 seats | £20,800 |
| Senegal (Dakar) - UK (Birmingham) | Challenger 605 | 12 seats | £21,400 |
| UK (Southampton) - Senegal (Dakar) | Legacy 650 | 13 seats | £21,950 |
Helicopter charter
We found no helicopter operator in Mali that we can name and verify. A helicopter carrying passengers between two Malian places would normally be a local one, and flights outside Bamako run into the Foreign Office advice on the airports and roads of the centre and north. We do not offer helicopter sectors inside Mali.
Flights from the UK to Mali
Farnborough and Biggin Hill are the south-east airfields best suited to a long sector, with Luton, Gatwick, Stansted and London City as the other London options. Manchester is 87 nautical miles further from Dakar than Farnborough on the stop routing, which adds about £1,050 on a Phenom 300E. The table below lists the British airports we work with:
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 |
Mali charters from the booking notes: six typical trips
Six typical jobs from booking notes, with the particulars changed.
DAKAR · A CHANGED PLAN
A team that moved the meeting
London Farnborough - Dakar, Praetor 600, about 5 h 45 min · 4 pax
The team had asked for Bamako, read the Foreign Office text and the European bulletin, and held the meeting in Dakar instead, with the other side travelling to them.
DAKAR · A LIGHT JET
Two directors and a short stay
London Farnborough - Dakar via Gran Canaria, Phenom 300E, about 6 h 45 min · 2 pax
Soft bags only and an early departure. The fuel stop in Gran Canaria was agreed at the booking, and the crew stayed overnight in Dakar before the flight home.
DAKAR · A LONG STAY
An aircraft that waited three days
London Luton - Dakar and return, Challenger 605, about 5 h 50 min each way · 6 pax
Parking, the crew's hotel and handling at Dakar were quoted as separate lines, and the party kept its own transfers within the city.
ABIDJAN · A WEST AFRICA ROUTE
A regional meeting programme
London Biggin Hill - Abidjan, Challenger 605, about 6 h 45 min · 6 pax
The client first asked about Mali, then agreed to a programme on the coast, where the counterparts could fly to meet them.
A REQUEST WE DECLINED
Manchester to Bamako
No quote issued · 3 pax
The enquiry was answered in writing with the reasons: the Foreign Office advice, the European bulletin, the airspace warning and the fuel position. We offered Dakar as the alternative and priced it.
EMPTY LEG · FROM DAKAR
A flexible return to Birmingham
Dakar - Birmingham, Challenger 605 empty leg, about 5 h 50 min · 5 pax
The client gave a window of three days instead of a date and paid about £21,400, a little under half of a fresh one-way charter on the same sector.
Frequently asked questions about flying to Mali
1How long does it take to fly to Mali by private jet?
We do not plan landings in Mali. To the Dakar gateway the flight takes about 5 hours 45 minutes from London Farnborough on a Praetor 600 without a stop, and about 6 hours 45 minutes on a Phenom 300E with a fuel stop in Gran Canaria.
2How much does a private jet to the Mali region cost?
From about £30,050 one way from Farnborough to Dakar on a Phenom 300E with a stop in Gran Canaria. A Praetor 600 flying nonstop on the same sector is about £39,050, and from Edinburgh a Praetor 600 is about £42,600. We do not quote a landing in Mali.
3Can you fly me to Mali given the Foreign Office advice?
No. The Foreign Office advises against all travel to the whole of Mali, the European safety agency asks operators to avoid Mali's airspace below flight level 260, the UK airspace warning is listed as covering airspace below 25,000 feet above ground level, and Bamako airport has been attacked. We state the position before any quote and can fly you to Dakar instead.
4Which airport do private jets use for Mali?
Bamako Modibo Keita International (BKO / GABS) is the country's main airport, about 15 km from the centre, but we do not plan landings there. We use Dakar Blaise Diagne (DSS / GOBD), which has a 3,500 metre runway, is listed with customs, and needs no slot.
5Do British passengers need a visa for Mali?
Yes. The Foreign Office says British citizens must have a visa for Mali, applied for and paid for fully online through the Malian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and must show a yellow fever vaccination certificate. For Dakar, a British citizen can stay in Senegal without a visa for up to three months.
6Can I take my dog or cat on a private jet to Mali?
A pet-travel guide says a dog or cat needs a rabies vaccination at least 21 days before travel and a health certificate issued within 10 days, ideally in French. The return to Britain follows the rules for countries outside the simple scheme, including a rabies blood test, so the animal should be tested before it leaves.