Private jet charter in South Korea

A Korean charter is won or lost on the permit, the curfew and the choice of Seoul airport, long before anyone argues about the cabin. From a London airfield the planned flight to Seoul takes 13 hours 15 minutes, a stop in Baku included, and Private Jets UK builds the whole chain around that single technical landing. Our customers have access to 6,500 jets of all types and configurations available for rent. We will help you choose the best option based on your needs and objectives. Our catalog contains the models from the largest manufacturers: Gulfstream, Dassault, Embraer, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Learjet, Cessna, Beechcraft, Pilatus, HondaJet, etc. We have established partnerships with the world's largest airlines and VIP terminals, which means we can offer you favourable flight conditions and a high level of service. Our experts will manage the organization of your flight - starting with paperwork, agreements, etc., and ending with a transfer and meeting at the airport. Our company provides a full range of business aviation and concierge services. In South Korea that means three Seoul airports with three different sets of rules, a separate permit for every landing, an aircraft that cannot take you from Seoul to Busan once it has brought you from Britain, and a calendar in which Chuseok, Seollal and the cherry blossom weeks take the hotels and the slots at the same moment.

 

 

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 South Korea depends on many factors, such as the model of the business jet, the number of passengers, departure and destination airports, type of flight, duration of parking, additional services, etc. Therefore, we calculate the price of each order individually taking into account your wishes. You can use an online calculator to get an instant charter quote. Please indicate your real contact details to get the final calculation.

You can calculate the cost of your flight in several ways:

• using an online calculator on the website (however, it shows only the approximate price);
• via Messenger (WhatsApp or Telegram);
• by landline or cell phone;
• via e-mail (jets@private-jets.co.uk).

 

 

Please note that the above-mentioned price is indicative only. It is calculated on this basis: a departure from London Biggin Hill, a Bombardier Global 6000 to Seoul Gimpo with one technical stop in Baku, 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 South Korea?

Korea keeps one time all year, nine hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and eight hours ahead of British Summer Time. Leave a London airfield at nine in the evening and the Global 6000 lands in the early evening of the next day by the Korean clock; leave at nine in the morning and you arrive in the small hours, which matters because Gimpo and Gimhae do not accept private flights between 23:00 and 06:00. These are the sectors from London Biggin Hill, gate to gate, with an hour on the ground at the 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 South Korea

Typical one-way prices from Britain, cheapest first. The Global 6000 sets the standard because it is the aircraft we plan for this sector with a single stop, and the larger cabins and the ultra-long-range jets in the lower rows buy cabin space or a nonstop at a higher hourly rate. Every figure includes the technical stop shown in its row:

 

 

Private jet flights within South Korea and to its neighbours

Korea is compact. Seoul to Busan is 183 nautical miles and Seoul to Jeju 253, while Tokyo, Beijing and Taipei are the regional neighbours that clients most often add to a Korean trip. Typical one-way prices from the main Korean airports:

 

 

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 South Korea:

 

 

A long-range jet is rarely waiting in Korea, so a charter normally starts with an aircraft positioned from Europe, the Gulf or elsewhere in Asia. Dates that reach us while they can still move give us the widest choice.

 

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to South Korea in 6 easy steps:

1. Flight request - indicating the route and your preferences for the model of business jet and other points.
2. Coordination of flight details - our consultant will contact you to offer the possible flight options and answer all your questions.
3. Commercial offer - we will send you a final offer on a specific model taking into account all your wishes.
4. Signing of the contract.
5. Payment for the flight and booking a business jet.
6. Departure at the agreed time and date. Assistance during the whole flight.

In addition to renting the private jets and arranging the flights, we provide concierge services, premium transfer, security, exclusive catering, etc. We have learned to solve problems of any complexity, offering the service of the European level. Our experts will be happy to answer your questions and help you arrange your flight.

 

How to rent a business jet with a crew

5 main stages:

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  Sending an application

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  Clarification of details and search for options

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  Preparation and coordination of optimal options

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  Registration of documents. Payment of the invoice.

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  Departure on the route.

 

Business aviation airports in South Korea

Korea has no network of FBOs. It has one purpose-built executive terminal, at Gimpo, and elsewhere a private jet is looked after by a flight-support company and parked on the ordinary apron. That makes the airport the first decision of the trip. The first three rows are Seoul's; the others serve the south and the mountains:

 

Four rules decide almost every Korean schedule:

 

Arriving from Britain: visa, K-ETA and customs

A British passport holder does not need a visa for a short visit, the aircraft needs its permits in its own name, and every arrival ends with a check of people, cabin and catering. None of it is hard, but all of it has to be in the handler's hands before the aircraft leaves Britain.

Customs is the second check, and the reports we rely on describe it as strict. Every arriving passenger completes a traveller declaration, on paper, by app or on the web. Cash and cash equivalents above US$10,000 must be reported, and failure to report is a criminal offence. The duty-free allowance is listed at US$800 of personal goods, with 2 litres of alcohol worth up to US$400 and 200 cigarettes on top. Medicines that are not controlled are accepted in a quantity of up to about three months' supply, carried with the original prescription and a doctor's letter, while a medicine that contains a narcotic or psychoactive substance needs approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in advance, and the advice is to allow at least 10 business days. Meat, sausage, eggs and dairy must be declared, nearly all fresh fruit and vegetables are prohibited, and undeclared food is confiscated.

Coming home is a flight into Britain: a General Aviation Report goes to the border authorities not earlier than 48 hours and not later than two hours before departure, and British and Irish citizens need no electronic travel authorisation for Britain. The technical stop is in Azerbaijan, so the passengers' paperwork is checked for that country as well, even when the aircraft stays on the ramp.

 

 

Which airport for which part of South Korea

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

 

Seoul, Busan, Jeju and the mountains: what our clients go for

Seoul is where the diary sits. Business centres on Gangnam and on the island of Yeouido in the Han river, the main Korean groups have their head offices in the city, and the airports are close enough that a meeting can follow a morning landing.

Busan is where the ships are. It is the country's second city, with about 3.3 million people and the country's main container port, and it is also a beach city: Haeundae is the country's largest beach, and Centum City behind it holds the BEXCO convention centre and the Busan Cinema Center, the home of the film festival. The Gamcheon hillside village is the postcard.

Jeju is where Koreans go for a holiday. Hallasan, the highest point in South Korea, stands in the middle of a volcanic island that holds a World Heritage site, Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes, and the women divers of the haenyeo tradition still work the coast. Most visitors can stay without a visa for 30 days on the island itself, though British passport holders already have 90 days on the mainland.

Gangwon is where the snow is. The resorts of Yongpyong, Alpensia and High1 lie in the mountains east of Seoul, Yongpyong and Alpensia served as venues for the winter Olympic Games, and the ski season runs roughly from early December to the end of March or early April, with Hwacheon holding its ice festival in January.

 

Korean seasons: cold winters, a wet summer and typhoons

Korea has four distinct seasons, and the month decides the airport as much as the address does:

 

The Korean calendar: lunar new year, blossom, mud, film and a three-day harvest holiday

A handful of dates matter a great deal, and each one pulls on a different airport:

 

 

Flying to South Korea with a dog or a cat

Korea asks little of an animal arriving from Britain and a great deal on the way home, and the hard half is the one that has to be planned before the aircraft leaves Britain. Read the two directions separately.

The way home is where the clock starts. South Korea is not on the list of countries from which Britain accepts a pet on the simpler terms, so the animal needs a Great Britain pet health certificate and a rabies blood test:

• A rabies blood test with a result of at least 0.5 IU/ml, taken at least 30 days after the vaccination, followed by a wait of three months from the date of the sample before the animal travels;
• A Great Britain pet health certificate for the journey;
• For a dog, a tapeworm treatment from a vet between 24 and 120 hours before arrival in Britain;
• A microchip and a rabies vaccination that are valid, with no more than five animals per traveller;
• Quarantine for up to four months if the rules are not met.

The practical consequence is that the three months decide the trip. A blood sample taken after arrival in Korea would keep the animal there until the wait is over, so we agree the vaccination and testing dates with the owner and the vet before the outward flight is booked.

Other destinations, and the general rules for travelling with an animal on a private jet, are set out on our flying with pets guide.

 

 

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a flight the operator has to make anyway, with the cabin vacant, and so it is priced low rather than flown for nothing. The saving on this route is large in cash, and so is the catch.

Clients who offer a week instead of a day match most often, although the operator owns the date and a leg can vanish when the original booking changes. Whatever is free is listed on our empty legs page. A selection of Korean empty legs follows, at roughly 40 percent of a fresh charter:

 

 

 

Helicopter charter

In Korea a helicopter solves one problem, the road, and it does not solve the other, the airspace. The centre of Seoul lies under prohibited and restricted zones, so a helicopter does not land on an arbitrary roof, and every site has to be agreed in advance:

A helicopter suits the first stretch out of the airport on a night when the road from Incheon takes two hours, and it does not replace the fast train between Seoul and Busan. The rotary leg is booked with the rest of the itinerary so that the crews work to one schedule. Fog, summer storms and typhoons stop helicopters on days when a jet still lands, so keep a car in reserve.

 

 

Flights from the UK to South Korea

London sends most of the traffic on this route, with Manchester, Birmingham and the Scottish airfields behind it; the price table higher up covers thirteen pairings across Gimpo, Incheon, Busan and Jeju. 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:

 

Korean charters from the booking notes: six typical trips

The six trips below are typical jobs assembled from booking notes with the details changed, so none of them is one named client or one date.

 

Frequently asked questions about flying to South Korea