Private jet charter in Moldova

Moldova is a short flight from London and a long conversation about how to fly it. A light jet reaches Chisinau in a little over three hours, but by way of Hungary and Romania, because the civil corridor into Moldovan airspace runs along the Romanian border. The Foreign Office advises against all travel to Transnistria, the breakaway strip on the eastern bank of the Dniester, and names no other part of the country. Private Jets UK states plainly what a UK operator can and cannot do here and prices what can be flown. Our customers have access to 6,500 jets of all types and configurations available for rent. We will help you choose the best option based on your needs and objectives. Our catalog contains the models from the largest manufacturers: Gulfstream, Dassault, Embraer, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Learjet, Cessna, Beechcraft, Pilatus, HondaJet, etc. We have established partnerships with the world's largest airlines and VIP terminals, which means we can offer you favourable flight conditions and a high level of service. Our experts will manage the organization of your flight - starting with paperwork, agreements, etc., and ending with a transfer and meeting at the airport. Our company provides a full range of business aviation and concierge services.

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 Moldova 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+ flying nonstop to Chisinau by way of Hungary and Romania, 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 Moldova?

About 3 hours 20 minutes from Biggin Hill or London City in a light jet, and about 3 hours 35 minutes from Glasgow in a Challenger 350. Moldova keeps Eastern European Time, two hours ahead of Britain. The distances follow the track the aircraft actually flies, from the British field across Hungary and Romania to the Iasi area and into Chisinau from the west, and not the straight line on a globe.

Prices for the private jet flights to Moldova

Typical trips from Britain, cheapest first, all flown nonstop into Chisinau by way of Hungary and Romania. Permit, handling and a car are quoted as separate lines, and the first weekend of October, when the wine festival fills the capital, can price above these figures.

The cheapest row, from Biggin Hill in a Citation CJ3+, sets the starting price of £16,050, and London City costs the same. Luton and Farnborough in a Phenom 300E come to £16,250 and £16,350. Scotland and the north of England pay for the larger cabins we use on a sector of this length. Chisinau has no based business fleet to speak of, so a positioning leg is part of every one-way fare.

Three ways in compared

The figures are for the same light jet from Biggin Hill. Chisinau is the only Moldovan airport with the runway, customs post and handling a private jet needs. Iasi is plan B: the road adds 3 to 4 hours with the border.

Private jet flights within Moldova and to its neighbours

We do not sell private jet flights between Moldovan airports. Chisinau is the only one with the services described below, and the country is small: Balti in the north lies about 72 nautical miles from the capital, a sector where most of the time goes on the ramp. What clients ask for is the programme at its edges, with Chisinau as one stop between Romania and Central Europe.

Every sector out of Chisinau leaves to the west, along the corridor the aircraft came in by, so even Istanbul and Athens are measured by way of Bucharest.

Iasi is only 58 nautical miles from Chisinau, yet the road is about 147 km through the Sculeni crossing, so the hop exists for the day the Chisinau airspace is shut and works only if the Romanian airport has agreed in advance to clear a private arrival.

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:

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 Moldova:

The aircraft we quote usually comes from Bucharest, Budapest, Vienna or Istanbul and is positioned first. The positioning leg is a visible line in the quote, not a hidden one.

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Moldova 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. In business aviation 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.

Business aviation airports in Moldova

One airport takes the private traffic. The other Moldovan fields are listed because they turn up in charter databases, and each entry says what is published and no more. Romanian airports follow, because the programme falls back to them when Moldovan airspace is closed.

Three things to settle before a Chisinau landing

Airspace, routing and what a UK operator can do

A private flight from Britain to Moldova is possible in principle, subject to the operator, the insurer and the permit, and it is flown to a published pattern. Moldova opened a western corridor of its airspace for civil traffic along the Romanian border, and all flights come and go through Romania. The rest of the airspace is restricted or closed to general traffic, and the eastern part along the border with Ukraine is a restricted area that civil flights enter only with special permission. A charter to Chisinau never needs it. The aircraft files over Hungary and Romania, picks up the published arrival from the west and lands on the runway in use.

Entering Moldova as a British passport holder

The rules below are those the Foreign Office publishes for holders of a full British passport.

Moldova is outside the EU and Schengen, so you clear the border on arrival even when you have just left an EU country. For the way home the operator files a General Aviation Report with UK customs between 48 and 2 hours before departure, and passengers who are not British or Irish citizens may need a UK Electronic Travel Authorisation. If the party lands in Romania and drives, the crossing at Sculeni is an external border of the European Union, with passport control on both sides.

Which airport for which part of Moldova

Moldova is small, and most of what a visitor wants lies within a morning of the capital, so the question is rarely which airport and more often how long the drive takes.

Transnistria is not on this list. The Foreign Office advises against all travel to it, and we do not plan routes there.

From the apron to the wine cellars

Chisinau is a city built largely in white limestone, with the Nativity Cathedral, the Triumphal Arch and the Stephen the Great Monument within a short drive of each other. What brings private clients is what lies within a morning of the airport: two of the largest wine cellars in the world, a gorge with a cave monastery and a region with its own language.

The Moldovan year: one big wine weekend and a quiet calendar around it

Moldova has no season in the sense that Alpine or coastal destinations have. It has a handful of dates that fill hotels and cellar tours, and the rest of the year is easy to book.

Flying to Moldova with a dog or a cat

The pet paperwork for Moldova is the longest lead-time item in the whole booking, so start it before the aircraft is confirmed. The animal sits beside you in the cabin for about three and a half hours.

• Moldova is outside the EU and sets its own rules. The Moldovan food safety agency issues the certificate for the non-commercial movement of pets, and its service page lists the owner's identity document, the pet's passport and a laboratory report on rabies antibody tests among the documents;
• A rabies antibody test needs a blood sample taken some weeks after vaccination, so count the lead time in weeks, not days;
• Pets arriving by air are normally checked at Chisinau airport, and we confirm this in writing before the flight;
• For the return, a dog needs a tapeworm treatment from a vet between 24 and 120 hours before arriving back in Britain, and cats do not. Britain may apply stricter rules, including a blood test, to animals that return from some countries, and we check the position for Moldova for your dates before we confirm the booking.

Requirements for cats, ferrets, birds and anything less usual are collected on our flying with pets guide.

Empty Legs

Another way to fly cheaper is to use Empty Legs. This service allows you to save on regular charter rates. As you know, part of the flights is one-way (for example, when the passenger flies from England to Eastern Europe). After the flight, the jet returns to its home base (for example, to London Farnborough airport) empty. Such flight is called "Empty Legs". Empty leg flights can be as cheap as 50-75% off the standard charter price. This option is profitable for both the passengers and the charter companies. The clients can enjoy the services of business aviation at a very good price, while the airlines recoup part of the cost of fuel and jet maintenance.

It is almost impossible to find Empty Leg flights, as the information about them is stored in special databases available only to the aviation brokers and specialized companies. You should know that Empty Leg flights offer the same service as private jet charters. The passengers enjoy a 100% private jet flying experience. Services and flight conditions are discussed individually. We should note that our company cooperates with the world's largest home bases, so we can offer our clients a wide choice of return flights. Just send a request to our manager who will help you find the best flight options. Please note that Empty Leg flights are sold out very quickly. To avoid such a problem, you can leave us a deposit, and we will contact you as soon as the flight of your choice becomes available. For additional information, check with the operators.

Moldova is a thinner market than the main European capitals, so legs are rarer. They come from an aircraft that brought a party to National Wine Day and returns empty, or from a team that flew in for two days. A client who can name a few days rather than one has a far better chance, and a leg can vanish when the original booking moves.

Helicopter charter

In Moldova a helicopter is a request to be examined, not a service to be listed. A flight plan must be accepted by the Moldovan air navigation service in coordination with the Ministry of Defence, and the airspace outside the corridor is restricted. We plan every programme around cars and treat a helicopter as an addition when it can be arranged. A landing away from an aerodrome needs an agreed site and the landowner's consent.

Flights from the UK to Moldova

Biggin Hill, London City, Luton and Farnborough send most of the traffic on this corridor, with Southampton, Birmingham and Manchester behind them and Scotland 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

Moldova enquiries from the booking notes: six typical cases

Six typical jobs of the kind that come through our booking notes, described in outline, with the particulars changed.

Frequently asked questions about flying to Moldova