Private Jet Charter to Scotland

From London, Scotland is about an hour away by light jet, and a little more to Aberdeen or Inverness. Private Jets UK plans Scottish trips as three different kinds of journey. The first is the capital run to Edinburgh or Glasgow, a morning meeting and an evening return. The second is the leisure trip to a course, a castle or an estate, where the right airfield is rarely the one with the biggest terminal. The third is the long haul north and west, to Aberdeen, Inverness and the island strips, where the road is hours and the aircraft is the only sensible answer. 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 Scotland that means picking the right one of a dozen usable fields, matching the handler's hours to the day and arranging the last stretch, which is often a car on the apron or a helicopter waiting beside the steps.

 

 

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 Scotland 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 Luton, a Cessna Citation CJ3+ to Edinburgh 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 Scotland?

Scotland keeps the same clock as England, Greenwich Mean Time in winter and British Summer Time from spring to autumn, so a London departure at nine lands before ten without any change of watch. Coming from the Continent, the clock goes back an hour. These are typical gate-to-gate times into the Scottish fields:

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 Scotland

Typical private jet charter prices to Scotland, listed cheapest first. London to Edinburgh on a light jet sets the entry price, and the table then climbs with the distance and the size of the cabin:

 

 

Private jet flights within Scotland

Within Scotland a jet or turboprop can reach a dozen fields, and the hops worth buying are those that replace a long drive: Edinburgh to Inverness, Aberdeen to Shetland, Glasgow to Orkney. These are the sectors we are asked for most, with the neighbouring cities clients add to a Scottish trip:

 

 

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 Scotland:

 

 

Because the domestic legs need a British-registered aircraft, the quote for a day inside Scotland often names Edinburgh, Glasgow or a London field as the place the aircraft starts from, and the positioning flight to you is priced in.

 

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight in Scotland 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 Scotland

Scotland has no single gateway for business aviation, and the question that opens every quote is which of the fields below suits the programme. Edinburgh and Glasgow carry the capital and the west, Aberdeen and Inverness the north, Dundee and Prestwick the golf coasts, and a handful of small Highlands and Islands fields the rest:

 

Four rules settle most Scottish quotes before they go out:

 

Flying in Scotland: borders, permits and VAT

Scotland is part of the United Kingdom, so a private flight from London, Manchester or Newcastle to a Scottish airport crosses no border. There is no passport control, no customs declaration and no General Aviation Report. The handler still takes the passenger names, and photo identification is worth carrying because an airfield or hotel may ask for it. The edges of the rule are these:

 

 

Which airport for which part of Scotland

More than half of the Scottish enquiries start with an address, a tee time or a shoot rather than a city, and the right field is seldom the one the client names first. These are the usual pairings:

 

Boardrooms, fairways and glens: what our clients go for

Business takes the first call. Edinburgh is the financial centre of Scotland and the seat of its parliament and law courts, and its airport is 20 to 30 minutes from the centre, so a morning meeting and a lunchtime departure are routine. Aberdeen is the energy capital, with a helicopter base so busy that rotary flights are nearly half of the airport's movements, and clients with a platform or a supplier in the North Sea fly there on a day basis.

Golf is the second pull, and in summer the strongest. The Old Course at St Andrews was bought by the town in 1894 and still hosts the Open more often than any other venue; Gleneagles has three courses, among them the PGA Centenary, home of a Ryder Cup; Castle Stuart and Royal Dornoch sit within an hour of Inverness. A golf party is typically four to eight people on a light or midsize jet, with bags in the hold and a transfer booked at both ends.

Field sports come next, and they run to a fixed calendar. The red grouse season opens on 12 August, the Glorious Twelfth, and the stags are taken from July to the middle of October, with the heaviest weeks in the first three weeks of October. Estates in Perthshire, Deeside and the north book a season ahead, and a shooting party often arrives with dogs, which is why the pets section below matters to us.

Then there is the rest: whisky on Speyside and Islay, Skye and the North Coast 500, castles from Urquhart on Loch Ness to Edinburgh's own on its rock, and Hogmanay. None of it needs a long sector, which is why Scotland is flown mostly on light jets and turboprops.

 

The Scottish year: when the fields fill and when the weather closes them

The calendar has two peaks, one of golf and festivals in summer and one of stalking and shooting in autumn, with winter and early spring running on business and rugby:

 

The Scottish calendar: games, golf, festivals and the hunt

Most dated events fall between January and October, and each pulls on a different airport:

 

 

Flying in Scotland with a dog or a cat

Between two points in Great Britain no import rules apply to a dog or a cat, and the animal travels in the cabin beside you. The operator still decides what it carries, so we ask in advance and confirm in writing. The paperwork starts when the flight leaves Britain or arrives in it, and in Scotland that happens more often than people expect, because gundogs fly in for the shooting season and golfers bring a spaniel for the weekend.

• An ISO-standard microchip, fitted before or at the same time as the rabies vaccination and never after it;
• A rabies vaccination given when the animal was at least 12 weeks old, with at least 21 days between the vaccination and travel;
• A travel document from a vet in the country of departure: a pet passport, an animal health certificate or a Great Britain pet health certificate, depending on where the journey starts;
• No more than five animals, because a larger number brings the commercial import rules into play;
• For a dog, the tapeworm treatment described above. A dog that travels directly to Great Britain from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Finland, Malta or Norway needs none.

Northern Ireland is the exception inside the United Kingdom. A dog or cat going from Great Britain to Belfast needs a Northern Ireland pet travel document, which a Great Britain resident applies for online at no charge, and notice to the Northern Ireland agriculture department at least ten working days before the flight; the return to Great Britain needs no tapeworm treatment. If the flight continues to Dublin, the animal health certificate for Ireland applies.

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.

 

 

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a repositioning flight with nobody aboard, offered at a fraction of the usual price. Scotland produces a steady supply, because so many trips north are one-way: the party flies in for a week of golf or a shoot, and the aircraft has to go home.

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 Scottish empty legs follows:

 

 

 

Helicopter charter

In Scotland the helicopter is the last mile or the only road. Aberdeen has a rotary operation so large that helicopters make up nearly half of the airport's movements, and Sumburgh is a base for coastguard rescue and offshore crew changes. For a private party the work is a transfer from a jet to an estate, a course, a loch or a hotel, and the hotel at Gleneagles can arrange helicopters to land on site:

These times are straight-line estimates at a cruise of about 115 knots, plus a few minutes for start-up and landing; the operator confirms the route and the landing site for your date.

 

 

UK airports for flights to and within Scotland

Most of the traffic into Scotland starts at the London fields, with Manchester, Birmingham and Dublin behind them and the Continent at the long end. The airports below are the ones our clients ask about most. 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:

 

Scottish 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 in Scotland