Private Jet Charter to South Africa from the UK

Eleven hours is a long night, and for South Africa it is only a night: leave Britain in the evening, land on the Highveld in the morning, and lose no more than two hours on the clock. 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 South Africa that means a landing permit from the South African Civil Aviation Authority, a slot and a handler at OR Tambo or Cape Town before the aircraft leaves Britain, and a plan for the legs inside the country, which are normally flown on South African aircraft and not on the one that brought 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 South Africa 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 Bombardier Global 6000 flying nonstop to Johannesburg OR Tambo 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 Africa?

South Africa keeps South African Standard Time, two hours ahead of Greenwich all year, with no daylight saving. The gap with Britain is two hours in winter and one in summer. A Global 6000 that leaves Biggin Hill at nine in the evening lands after about eleven hours at OR Tambo at about ten in the morning local time in winter and about nine in summer, in good time for a late-morning meeting or a drive to the bush. These are the sectors to Johannesburg, gate to gate, from the airfields our clients use most:

Johannesburg is not the end of the map. Cape Town lies about 350 nautical miles beyond it and Durban about 250, while the Kruger gateway is as far as Johannesburg itself. Sectors from Biggin Hill on the same Global 6000:

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 Africa

Typical private jet charter prices from Britain to Johannesburg OR Tambo, listed cheapest first. Every row is a nonstop Global 6000, the smallest aircraft we price for this run without a fuel stop. London City is left out on purpose, because its short runway is a poor start for a sector of this length:

 

 

OR Tambo is the anchor because it is the airport where the executive terminal, the customs hall and the round-the-clock tower come together. The same departure to the other gateways costs more as the distance grows. All of these sectors are priced on a Global 6000:

 

 

Private jet flights within South Africa and to its neighbours

The aircraft that brings you from Britain is rarely the one that takes you round the country. South Africa has a deep fleet of its own charter operators, and handler guidance names cabotage as an issue, so we plan the domestic sectors on South African-registered aircraft and quote them in the same itinerary. The prices below are planning figures for comparable types:

 

 

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 Africa:

 

 

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to South Africa 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 Africa

Two Johannesburg airports share the private traffic, Cape Town takes the south, and the useful question is which of them fits the aircraft and the plan:

 

OR Tambo is an airline hub, and a private aircraft shares it with the long-haul fleets of the scheduled carriers. The airport is slot coordinated, the slot window is quoted as plus or minus one hour, and handling is compulsory. Handler guidance asks for 24 hours of notice at both Johannesburg airports. Records list several flight support companies for the field, among them Jetmate Aviation, Mixjet Flight Support and Just Aviation, and some of them are supervising agents who book the services and not ramp handlers. We name the one we use in the quote.

The executive terminal changes the experience. Fireblade Aviation built its facility on the airport for private aircraft: the customs and immigration area opens straight onto the apron, with a lounge, meeting rooms, concierge and a crew area on the upper floor, and a fuel farm that supplies aircraft round the clock. It started with domestic traffic and added international customs and immigration afterwards. The hours of the terminal itself, as opposed to the airport, are confirmed by the handler for the date.

Lanseria is where many South African business jets live. ExecuJet there has about 5,000 square metres of hangar and 7,000 of ramp and NAC and MH Aviation work on the field; refuelling between 19:00 and 05:00 is limited to the main apron. For Sandton and the north-west, and for Sun City, it is the shorter drive.

Cape Town works round the clock and is slot coordinated: handler guidance asks for slot requests at least 24 hours ahead, with arrival slots based on the estimated on-block time. ExecuJet runs the executive terminal with a lounge and a hangar. The British government warns that violent attacks have targeted visitors in hire cars on the way from the airport, so a pre-arranged driver is the norm.

Four points settle most South African arrivals before a quote goes out:

 

Arriving from Britain: passports, traveller declaration and customs

South Africa is far outside the Schengen area and asks British visitors for no visa for a stay of up to 90 days. The formalities are short, and the points that decide whether the party passes in minutes are these:

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. Most other nationalities do.

 

 

Which airport for which part of South Africa

South Africa is large, and what matters is where the party sleeps:

 

Johannesburg, the bush and the Cape: what our clients go for

Safari comes first, and the structure rarely changes. A long-range jet lands at OR Tambo or Lanseria, and the party transfers within the hour to a turboprop that takes it to a strip beside a lodge in the Greater Kruger or to the Botswana side of the Okavango.

Business comes second. Gauteng is the economic heart of the country, and executives fly in for meetings in mining, finance and energy and for the conferences that fill the hotels.

The Cape is the third reason: Table Mountain, the coast road to Cape Point, the wine estates around Stellenbosch and Franschhoek, and the whale coast at Hermanus. A party that has finished a safari often ends the trip on the Cape. Golf brings its own traffic to Sun City.

 

The South African year: summer rains inland, winter rains at the Cape

The country has two weather systems, and they run in opposite directions. Johannesburg and the Kruger area get their rain in summer; the Cape gets it in winter. That decides when a safari is at its best and when a beach holiday works:

 

The South African calendar: the Cycle Tour, the whales and the golf

A handful of dates fill the hotels and the aprons:

 

 

Flying to South Africa with a dog or a cat

The cabin is not the problem: the animal sits beside you for eleven hours. The paperwork is the problem. South Africa asks for a veterinary import permit before the animal travels, its published rules are written for animals shipped as air cargo, and Britain does not list South Africa among the countries with lighter rules, so an animal coming home needs a rabies blood test planned months before the flight.

• A microchip, fitted before the rabies vaccination, as the return to Britain requires;
• A rabies vaccination given at least 30 days, and not more than 12 months, before entry to South Africa, and at least 21 days before the return to Britain;
• The South African import permit and the export health certificate completed by an Official Veterinarian, with the vaccination record attached;
• For the return, a rabies blood test, because South Africa is not on the British list of countries with lighter rules, and a Great Britain pet health certificate; GOV.UK counts three months from the date of the blood sample before an animal from a non-listed country may travel to Britain;
• For dogs only, a tapeworm treatment from a vet between 24 and 120 hours before arrival in Britain. A cat needs no treatment.

An approved travel route for the return is the last item. GOV.UK tells owners to check it, and its guidance does not say how the rule applies to a private aircraft, so we confirm the entry point and the paperwork for the animal in writing before the flight. An animal that does not meet the rules can be placed in quarantine for up to four months at the owner's expense.

The tapeworm window for the flight home is 24 to 120 hours, so a dog's vet visit falls in South Africa, near the end of the stay. Requirements for ferrets, birds and anything less usual are collected 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. The sector is so long that many trips are one-way by nature: a family flies out for a safari fortnight, and the aircraft comes home or moves on.

A client who can offer a few days has a far better chance of a match, though a leg can disappear when the original booking changes. Whatever is free is listed on our empty legs page. Typical South African empty legs:

 

 

 

Helicopter charter

A helicopter in South Africa is a tool for the edges of a trip, arranged case by case. We do not publish a standing helicopter service for the country, because the machine, the crew and the permission for each landing site come from local operators and are confirmed for the date. At Cape Town, a dedicated heli-stop terminal at the V&A Waterfront, in the Granger Bay district, is used for Table Mountain and False Bay flights, the Cape Peninsula and landings at wine estates, and a charter can be tailored. The times below are straight-line planning estimates:

Typical machines are the Airbus H125 for short transfers and twin-engine types such as the AW139 for heavier loads. At Johannesburg's altitude of about 1,750 metres a helicopter carries less than at sea level, which is why the load is stated in the quote. We book it alongside the jet, so the whole itinerary is quoted as one.

 

 

Flights from the UK to South Africa

Biggin Hill, Farnborough, Stansted and Luton send most of the traffic on this corridor, with Southampton, Birmingham and Manchester behind them and Scotland and Northern Ireland 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:

 

South African 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 South Africa