Private jet charter in Tanzania

Tanzania sits well down the African map, about ten hours from the south-east of England with one stop and a little under nine in a large-cabin jet that flies it nonstop. That puts two questions in front of every client before price: which airport suits the plan, and which aircraft can reach it. 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 Tanzania that means a flight clearance requested from the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority, a handler booked at Kilimanjaro or Dar es Salaam before the aircraft leaves Britain, an insurance and visa checklist for every passenger, and, for a safari, a turboprop waiting on the apron when the jet arrives.

 

 

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 Tanzania 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, an Embraer Praetor 600 flying to Kilimanjaro International with one technical stop in Cairo, 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 Tanzania?

Tanzania keeps East Africa Time, three hours ahead of Greenwich throughout the year, and the country has no daylight saving. The gap with Britain is three hours in winter and two in summer. A Praetor 600 leaving Biggin Hill at eight in the evening, London time, refuels at Cairo during the night and lands at Kilimanjaro at about nine in the morning, local time, in winter. Most clients prefer that pattern to an arrival after dark. These are the sectors to Kilimanjaro, gate to gate and including the hour on the ground in Cairo, from the airfields our clients use most:

A large-cabin jet does without the stop. A Global 6000 covers the 3,945 nautical miles from Biggin Hill to Kilimanjaro in about 8 h 35 min, and the same aircraft reaches Dar es Salaam, which lies further south, in about 9 h 05 min.

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 Tanzania

Typical private jet charter prices from Britain to Kilimanjaro International, listed cheapest first. Every row is a Praetor 600 with one technical stop in Cairo, the smallest aircraft we price for this run with a single stop. London City is left out on purpose, because its short runway is a poor start for a sector of this length:

 

 

Kilimanjaro is the anchor because it is the airport that serves Arusha, the northern parks and the mountain, and the one most safari parties want. Other Tanzanian airports cost more or less depending on the distance, and a Global 6000 shows what skipping the stop costs:

 

 

Private jet flights within Tanzania and to its neighbours

A Tanzanian trip is usually a hub and spoke. The jet from Britain lands at Kilimanjaro, Dar es Salaam or Zanzibar, and the party moves on by turboprop to a lodge, a park or the coast and back. The sectors below start at Kilimanjaro and include the neighbouring capitals:

 

 

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 Tanzania:

 

 

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Tanzania 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 Tanzania

Three international airports take a jet from Europe, and the useful question is which of them is on the same side of the country as the plan:

 

Kilimanjaro is run by the Kilimanjaro Airport Development Company and has scheduled services to Amsterdam, Doha, Istanbul, Addis Ababa, Nairobi and Dubai. Handling is compulsory. Records list VIA Aviation, which markets the Tanzanite Jet Centre brand, and General Aviation Services as a supervising agent, and the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority licenses Swissport, NAS-DAR Airco and Equity AST for ramp handling at the field. Fuel is listed. We name the handler we use in the quote, because a supervising agent books services and does not work the ramp.

Dar es Salaam is the other gateway for a business party. Terminal 1 takes charter, private and small aircraft, while the international airlines use the separate Terminal 3, so the route from the aircraft to the car depends on which building the handler uses. VIA Aviation and Servair Aviation are licensed there as handlers with FBO status, among several others. The record shows no slots and no compulsory handling, but we book a handler regardless, so parking, fuel and crew transport are not left to the day.

Mwanza and Arusha are domestic fields for a trip that has already entered the country, and the gravel strips of the parks are for turboprops. Weekday hours matter at almost every airport on the list: outside them an arrival needs prior notice, and the cost of customs cover appears as a line of its own in the quote.

Four points settle most Tanzanian arrivals before a quote goes out:

 

Arriving from Britain: passports, visas and insurance

Tanzania is far outside the Schengen area and asks British visitors for a visa, an insurance policy bought from the state and a health form. Every passenger needs each of them before the immigration desk:

The crew's visas are typically arranged by the handler on arrival for a short stay. 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 Tanzania

Tanzania is almost four times the size of the United Kingdom, and what matters is where the party sleeps:

 

Safari, the mountain and the coast: what our clients go for

Safari comes first. The Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire and Lake Manyara make up the northern circuit, and the whole of it lies within an hour or two of Kilimanjaro by turboprop, in place of a long day on unpaved roads. A jet to Kilimanjaro, a car to the apron for the turboprop, or a turboprop waiting beside the jet, is the standard pattern, and we quote it as a single itinerary with one timetable and one point of contact.

Kilimanjaro is the second reason. Africa's highest mountain draws parties of colleagues, families and charity groups, and a group that is climbing for a week has no use for a connection that might slip.

The coast is third: Zanzibar for the beach and Stone Town, the island of Mafia for diving, and Dar es Salaam for business. A party that has finished a safari often ends on the sand, and the jet flies it from the bush to the sea without a change in Dar es Salaam. Business visitors are fewer but regular, and they plan around Dar es Salaam and Dodoma.

 

The Tanzanian year: two sets of rains and the herds

The north of Tanzania has two rainy seasons, from October to December and from March to May, and the herds of the Serengeti follow the rain. The warmest months nationally run from November to February, with daytime highs of about 25 to 31 degrees, and the coolest from May to August, when the temperature falls to about 15 to 20. What changes the plan from month to month is where the wildebeest are:

 

The Tanzanian calendar: the calving, the marathon and the dry season

A handful of dates and seasons fill the camps and the aprons:

 

 

Flying to Tanzania with a dog or a cat

The cabin is not the problem: the animal sits beside you for the ten hours. The paperwork is the problem. Tanzania asks for an import permit before the animal travels, and Britain does not treat Tanzania as a listed country, 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 one month, and not more than three years, before entry to Tanzania, and at least 21 days before the return to Britain;
• The Tanzanian import permit, requested in advance by letter, and the health certificate from your vet, with the vaccination record attached;
• For the return, a rabies blood test, because Tanzania is not listed: the sample is taken at least 30 days after the vaccination, goes to an approved laboratory, and must show a result of at least 0.5 IU/ml, and GOV.UK counts three months from the date of the sample before the animal 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.

A dog's tapeworm visit falls in Tanzania, near the end of the stay, so a vet has to be found before you leave. 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. Many trips on this sector 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 Tanzanian empty legs:

 

 

 

Helicopter charter

A helicopter in Tanzania 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. The times below are straight-line planning estimates:

Typical machines are the Airbus H125 and H130, and the H135 or Bell 429 where a twin is wanted. At the height of Arusha and the Serengeti 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 Tanzania

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:

 

Tanzanian 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 Tanzania