Private jet charter in Saint Lucia

From a London airfield, Saint Lucia lies about 3,830 nautical miles to the south-west, across an ocean where the Azores are the only sensible place to stop. That single fact shapes every quote. Private Jets UK starts by asking how the party wants to cross: in one long hop in an ultra-long-range cabin, or in a Challenger-class jet with an hour on the ground in the Azores that takes a good deal off the bill. 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 Saint Lucia that means handling at Hewanorra, the long-runway airport at the southern tip where every jet from Europe lands, a decision on whether the smaller airfield at Castries can take your aircraft at all, and a car or a helicopter for the last stretch to the Pitons, a Rodney Bay marina berth or a hillside villa.

 

 

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 Saint Lucia 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 Challenger 605 to Saint Lucia Hewanorra International with one technical stop in the Azores, 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 Saint Lucia?

Only the ultra-long-range jets cover the distance without touching down. A Challenger 605 or a Legacy 650, which is what most parties of six to eight actually book, needs one fuel stop, and the natural place for it is Santa Maria in the Azores, almost on the straight line. From Biggin Hill the two legs are 1,429 and 2,462 nautical miles, a mere 61 beyond the direct 3,830, so the detour costs next to nothing in distance and about an hour on the ground in time. Saint Lucia has no summer time: it is four hours behind Britain in winter and five in summer. The times below are westbound, flown into the usual headwind, and do not include 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 Saint Lucia

Typical private jet charter prices from Britain to Hewanorra, cheapest first. The top of the list is large-cabin jets that stop in the Azores, the lower part long-range types that fly straight through. What moves the figure is the class of aircraft, far more than the airfield you leave from:

 

 

Private jet flights from Saint Lucia to the neighbouring islands

Saint Lucia is one island of about 617 square kilometres, so there is no domestic network to sell, only hops between neighbours. The island stands in the middle of the Windward chain with Martinique 54 nautical miles to the north, Barbados to the east and St Vincent and the Grenadines to the south, and the usual requests come from the people who have already arrived: a day in Martinique, a lunch in Barbados, a charter on to Mustique, a run down to Grenada, or the long leg north to Antigua. These are the sectors we price:

 

 

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 Saint Lucia:

 

 

The distances in the Windward chain are short and the crossing is long, so a Caribbean stay often needs two aircraft. The first brings you from Britain and either goes home or waits at Hewanorra. The second, a turboprop or small jet based in the region, makes the hops. Both are named in the quotation.

 

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Saint Lucia 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 Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia has two airports, and for a jet from Europe the choice is made by the runway. Hewanorra takes anything and is the one we plan around. The airfield in Castries is closer to the hotels of the north, but its limits are real and the authority enforces them. The table lists both, and the neighbours that matter to a party continuing by air:

 

Handling at Hewanorra is concentrated in a few names, and they are not equal:

 

Arriving from Britain: passports, customs and what to carry

Saint Lucia is outside the Schengen area, the European Union and the British customs territory. A private flight from London lands as an international arrival at Hewanorra, where passengers and crew clear immigration and customs, and the same applies on departure.

 

 

From the apron to the resort: Saint Lucia by district

The island is small on the map and slow on the ground: it is a mountainous place, the roads climb and twist, and a transfer is counted in hours more often than in kilometres. These are the usual pairings:

 

Saint Lucia: what our clients go for

Most guests come for the south-west. The Pitons, two volcanic plugs that rise straight out of the sea near Soufrière, are the island's best-known landmark, and the resorts around them, Anse Chastanet and Jade Mountain among them, run their own helicopter pad for guests. Next to them stands Sulphur Springs, described as the only drive-in volcano in the world. A client who wants that corner and nothing else flies into Hewanorra, takes the six-minute helicopter or the hour on the road, and does not see the north at all.

The other half of the island is Rodney Bay. Its marina is the finish of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, the yacht crossing that leaves Gran Canaria in November, and the harbour fills with some 150 boats each December. Pigeon Island lies just north. Owners and crews of the boats fly in to meet them, and families fly in for the Christmas finish, which turns the end of the year into the busiest part of the season.

Saint Lucia has 617 square kilometres and about 184,000 inhabitants, with Castries as the capital and Mount Gimie, at 950 metres, the highest point. English is the official language, though the French-based Kwéyòl is widely spoken, and the currency is the East Caribbean dollar. The island became independent from Britain on 22 February, and it keeps the Commonwealth link. It also claims the highest number of Nobel laureates per head of any sovereign state, the economist Sir Arthur Lewis and the poet Derek Walcott among them.

Hewanorra has a past that surprises first-time visitors. It began as a United States army airfield, later an air force base, and the name is an old word for the land of the iguana. Today it is a long-haul field with a runway big enough for the largest passenger aircraft, and British Airways flies to it from Gatwick.

 

The year in Saint Lucia: dry months, wet months and the winter peak

Saint Lucia has a tropical climate cooled by the north-east trade winds, and the year splits in two:

 

The Saint Lucia calendar: independence, jazz, carnival and the flower festivals

The dated events are cultural and seasonal, and the larger ones fill the hotels and the apron in the same week:

 

 

Flying to Saint Lucia with a dog or a cat

Saint Lucia admits dogs and cats from Britain without quarantine when every condition is met, and a private flight suits its rules well, because the animal has to travel directly to the island and may not mix with other animals on the way. The weak point is time, since the permit comes first and the veterinary steps are measured backwards from the flight.

• A microchip to ISO standard 11784, readable by a standard reader, or a reader supplied by the owner;
• A rabies vaccine, inactivated and adjuvanted and approved by the British authorities, given at least one month before the flight;
• Treatment against worms, tapeworm included, and against ticks and other external parasites, inside the window written on the permit. The Saint Lucia conditions allow up to 14 days before export, while older British guidance for exporters speaks of 24 to 48 hours before entry, so the vet follows the permit;
• For a dog, vaccination at least 14 days before the flight against distemper, leptospirosis, hepatitis, parainfluenza and parvovirus. For a cat, vaccination at least two weeks before against feline leukaemia, rhinotracheitis, calicivirus and panleukopenia;
• For a dog, the tests the permit names where they apply, such as heartworm, Lyme disease or leishmaniasis, done close to the flight;
• A health certificate from the exporting country's veterinary authority, stating that the animal is healthy and free from external parasites.

On the way home the rule is British. Saint Lucia is a listed country, so the animal returns with a Great Britain pet health certificate, and a dog must be treated against tapeworm by a vet no less than 24 hours and no more than 120 hours before landing in Britain. That treatment is easy to forget on an island holiday, so we put it in the plan on the first day. An animal without the right paperwork can be held in quarantine for up to four months.

The division also lists an office at Vieux Fort, close to Hewanorra, which makes the south the natural arrival point for a pet. We confirm the entry point and the paperwork for the animal in writing before the flight, and the longer rules for other species, along with the countries where the timeline runs to months, are set out on our flying with pets guide.

 

 

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a repositioning flight with nobody aboard, sold at a fraction of the usual price. Saint Lucia generates them for a simple reason: a charter to the island is one-way by nature, and an aircraft that brings guests from Britain has an ocean to recross before it earns anything again.

A client with a few spare days has a far better chance of a match, though the operator owns the date and a leg can vanish when the original booking changes. Legs from the island often point to Florida or another Caribbean base as well as to Britain, so a flexible destination helps. Whatever is free is listed on our empty legs page. A selection of Saint Lucia empty legs follows:

 

 

 

Helicopter charter

The roads of Saint Lucia are the reason the helicopter earns its place. Saint Lucia Helicopters is based at Hewanorra, where it keeps a helipad and a desk in the terminal, and lists airport transfers, island tours, photography flights and hourly charters. It does not fly after sunset, so an evening arrival after the Atlantic crossing usually continues by road. The resorts around the Pitons run a helipad of their own above Anse Chastanet and Jade Mountain, open to resident guests and to flights inside Saint Lucia in daylight only:

Resort transfers are sold per seat or per helicopter, with a minimum number of passengers for a shared flight, and hand luggage travels with the guest while the main bags can follow separately. For the first row, the straight-line estimate at about 115 knots, the operator confirms the route and the time. A private party that wants the helicopter reserved for itself should ask for it with the aircraft, since the seats in the winter go early.

 

 

Flights from the UK to Saint Lucia

We fly this corridor from every British airfield in the list below, and 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:

 

Saint Lucia charters from the booking notes: six typical trips

Six typical jobs put together from booking notes with the particulars changed, so none describes one named client or date.

 

Frequently asked questions about flying to Saint Lucia