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Private jet charter in Uzbekistan

Leave the London area at eight on a summer morning and the wheels touch down in Uzbekistan a few minutes before seven in the evening, local time. Nearly three thousand nautical miles lie between the two, and one detail of the arrival surprises people who know the country from airline timetables: charter business jets are not routed to the main Tashkent airport at all, they are sent to a separate field on the eastern side of the city that exists for exactly this traffic. 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 Uzbekistan that includes the part clients rarely think of in advance: the cities that people actually come for, Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, are each a long way from the capital and from one another, and a jet that can land at the right one saves a day of road or rail.

 

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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 Uzbekistan 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 nonstop to Tashkent 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 Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan keeps a single time zone all year, five hours ahead of UTC and without a change of clocks, so Tashkent is four hours ahead of Britain in summer and five in winter. The figures below are gate to gate in still air, flown nonstop in a Praetor 600 from British fields to Tashkent, with the western cities of the Silk Road a little closer to Britain than the capital:

Biggin Hill to Tashkent
2,940 nautical miles with the routing allowance, nonstop
about 6 h 55 min
Manchester to Tashkent
2,990 nautical miles, nonstop
about 7 h
Glasgow to Tashkent
3,023 nautical miles, nonstop
about 7 h 05 min
Biggin Hill to Samarkand
2,910 nautical miles, nonstop, for the Registan and the old city
about 6 h 50 min
Biggin Hill to Urgench
2,599 nautical miles, nonstop, the landing airport for Khiva
about 6 h 10 min
Tashkent East to the centre
about 12 km east of the city; the handler quotes a transfer of 25 to 30 minutes
about 30 min

What the clock says on arrival

A departure from Biggin Hill at eight in the morning in British summer reaches Tashkent a few minutes before seven in the evening, and an hour later in winter. That leaves a late dinner and a night's sleep, not a meeting. The way home gives the hours back: leave Tashkent at eight in the morning and you are in Britain by late morning, although the westbound leg is often a little longer than the eastbound one.

A same-day return is out of the question. Fourteen hours of flying and a crew duty day do not fit together. Two nights on the ground is the shortest trip that works, and anyone who wants Samarkand or Bukhara as well should plan on four or five.

Range check: what flies nonstop and what stops

– A super-midsize jet is the working floor. The Embraer Praetor 600 lists a range of about 3,900 nautical miles, which covers every British field in the table to Tashkent with a reserve, and the Challenger 350 (about 3,200) also reaches it, at £55,050 against £46,800 for the Praetor from Biggin Hill;

– Lighter jets stop. The Citation Latitude lists about 2,700 nautical miles, which is less than the planned track once the routing is counted, so it needs one fuel stop. On the same formula that adds about 450 nautical miles, lengthens the sector to about 8 h 05 min and lifts the price to about £62,850, so the lower hourly rate does not survive the stop;

– For a party of ten or more, a large-cabin jet carries the luggage and the people without a weight compromise.

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.

 

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Prices for the private jet flights to Uzbekistan

Typical private jet prices from Britain to Tashkent, cheapest first. Every row is a Praetor 600 flown nonstop to the capital's business aviation airport, and the spread between British fields is narrow because the hours in the air decide the bill:

Route Aircraft Price, one way
Biggin Hill - Tashkent
2,940 nm / 5,445 km, nonstop, 6 h 55 min
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
from £46,800
London Gatwick - Tashkent
2,952 nm / 5,467 km, nonstop, 6 h 55 min
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
from £47,000
East Midlands - Tashkent
2,965 nm / 5,491 km, nonstop, 6 h 55 min
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
from £47,200
Farnborough - Tashkent
2,972 nm / 5,504 km, nonstop, 6 h 55 min
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
from £47,300
Birmingham - Tashkent
2,986 nm / 5,530 km, nonstop, 7 h
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
from £47,500
Manchester - Tashkent
2,990 nm / 5,537 km, nonstop, 7 h
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
from £47,550
Southampton - Tashkent
2,999 nm / 5,554 km, nonstop, 7 h
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
from £47,700
Liverpool - Tashkent
3,011 nm / 5,576 km, nonstop, 7 h
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
from £47,900
Glasgow - Tashkent
3,023 nm / 5,599 km, nonstop, 7 h 05 min
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
from £48,050
Bristol - Tashkent
3,042 nm / 5,634 km, nonstop, 7 h 05 min
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
from £48,350
Cardiff - Tashkent
3,065 nm / 5,676 km, nonstop, 7 h 10 min
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
from £48,700
Exeter - Tashkent
3,081 nm / 5,706 km, nonstop, 7 h 10 min
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
from £48,950
Belfast City - Tashkent
3,094 nm / 5,730 km, nonstop, 7 h 15 min
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
from £49,150

 

Two things worth knowing about these figures

– The starting field moves the price far less than the aircraft does. London City (£46,750), Stansted (£46,550) and Luton (£46,900) are within a few hundred pounds of Biggin Hill; Cardiff is £48,700 and Belfast City £49,150. The destination matters more: the same aircraft from Biggin Hill flies to Samarkand for £46,350, to Bukhara for £44,850 and to Urgench, for Khiva, for £41,650, because those cities lie hundreds of miles nearer to Britain than the capital. A quote that looks very cheap is usually a light jet that has not been counted with its stop, so ask which aircraft it is;

– The Uzbek end adds lines that are not in the table: the landing permit, air navigation and airport charges, handling, fuel on the day, and, for a stay of several days, parking. We show them separately in the offer.

 

Private jet flights within Uzbekistan and to its neighbours

The sights of Uzbekistan are strung out along a line of about a thousand kilometres, from the Fergana Valley in the east to the Khorezm oasis in the west. A fast train runs between Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara, but a light jet or a turboprop earns its fee when the party has two days and a long list: the afternoon in Samarkand and the morning in Khiva are separated by a flight of an hour, or by most of a day on the rails and the road. Beyond the borders, Almaty and Bishkek are short hops, and Dubai and Istanbul are the first real sectors out of Central Asia:

Route Aircraft Flight time Price, one way
Samarkand - Bukhara
120 nm / 222 km
Pilatus PC-12 NGX
up to 8 passengers
about 50 min from £3,100
Tashkent - Fergana
126 nm / 233 km
Pilatus PC-12 NGX
up to 8 passengers
about 50 min from £3,100
Tashkent - Samarkand
152 nm / 282 km
Pilatus PC-12 NGX
up to 8 passengers
about 55 min from £3,100
Tashkent - Bishkek
259 nm / 480 km
Citation CJ3+
up to 6 passengers
about 1 h from £5,300
Bukhara - Urgench
214 nm / 396 km
Phenom 300E
up to 7 passengers
about 50 min from £5,700
Tashkent - Almaty
375 nm / 694 km
Citation CJ3+
up to 6 passengers
about 1 h 15 min from £6,050
Tashkent - Urgench
410 nm / 759 km
Phenom 300E
up to 7 passengers
about 1 h 15 min from £6,550
Tashkent - Nukus
460 nm / 852 km
Phenom 300E
up to 7 passengers
about 1 h 20 min from £7,150
Tashkent - Dubai
1,238 nm / 2,293 km
Citation Latitude
up to 8 passengers
about 3 h 10 min from £24,700
Tashkent - Istanbul
1,890 nm / 3,500 km
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
about 4 h 35 min from £30,950

 

Two things worth knowing about these sectors

– Every flight inside Uzbekistan is a separate movement with its own landing permit and its own handling. Whether a foreign-registered aircraft may fly a purely domestic sector is a question we put to the Uzbek civil aviation authority before we price a loop through two Uzbek cities, and the answer decides whether the plan is one aircraft all the way or a jet from Britain plus a local one inside the country;

– A hop to Bishkek or Almaty is short in the air and still means two border clearances and two permits, so it is priced with the permits and the handling at both ends. For Dubai and Istanbul the larger question is the route, which the operator plans and we confirm in writing, together with the permit status, before the offer is final.

 

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:

Turbopropsfrom £850/h
Small jet£1,700 - 2,500/h
Light jet£2,100 - 3,000/h
Medium-sized jet (Citation XLS+, Hawker 800XP)£3,000 - 3,700/h
Large medium-class jet (Challenger 300)£4,600 - 5,500/h
Large jet (Legacy 600)£4,900 - 5,800/h
Long-haul jet (Global 5000, G550, Falcon 7X)£5,800 - 8,800/h
Business linersfrom £10,300/h

 

Prices for private jet flights

 

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 Uzbekistan:

Super-midsize, the working choice from Britain

The Praetor 600 makes the run to Tashkent with room to spare and costs less per hour than the Challenger 350. It suits up to eight people who want to arrive and work.

Embraer Praetor 600 · 9 seatsfrom £3,400/h
Bombardier Challenger 350 · 9 seatsfrom £4,000/h

Midsize and light, for the legs inside Central Asia

From Britain they need a stop, so we use them where they are strongest: from Tashkent to Urgench, Nukus or the neighbouring capitals.

Cessna Citation XLS+ · 9 seatsfrom £3,100/h
Cessna Citation Latitude · 9 seatsfrom £3,900/h
Cessna Citation CJ3+ · 7 seatsfrom £2,400/h
Embraer Phenom 300E · 8 seatsfrom £2,600/h

Large cabins

For ten or more passengers, or a team that works in the air. A full cabin on a sector this long sometimes means a lighter load or a stop, and we show both figures.

Bombardier Challenger 605 · 12 seatsfrom £4,350/h
Embraer Legacy 650 · 13 seatsfrom £4,600/h
Dassault Falcon 2000LXS · 10 seatsfrom £4,900/h
Dassault Falcon 900LX · 12 seatsfrom £5,400/h

Heavy and ultra-long range

The comfortable answer on a six or seven hour sector: a bed on the way home, space for a delegation and the range to carry on to the east without a stop.

Gulfstream G450 · 13 seatsfrom £5,800/h
Bombardier Global 6000 · 13 seatsfrom £6,400/h
Gulfstream G550 · 16 seatsfrom £6,700/h
Gulfstream G650ER · 14 seatsfrom £7,700/h

Turboprops

The aircraft for Tashkent to Samarkand or the Fergana Valley, where the runways are long and the distances short. Not for the flight from Britain, which would take two days at turboprop speed.

Pilatus PC-12 NGX · 9 seatsfrom £1,400/h
Beechcraft King Air 350 · 9 seatsfrom £1,650/h

 

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For an Uzbek booking the nearest suitable aircraft is often not in Britain. Istanbul, the Gulf and Central Asian operators hold large charter fleets, and positioning from one of them can move the price more than the choice of model. We look at the whole map before a number is sent.

 

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Uzbekistan 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:

  • Sending an application

  • Clarification of details and search for options

  • Preparation and coordination of optimal options

  • Registration of documents. Payment of the invoice.

  • Departure on the route.

 

Business aviation airports in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan has one airport that matters first to a jet from Britain, Tashkent East, and a ring of capable runways in the old cities of the west and the south. The identifiers have changed prefix, from UT to UZ, so older charts and websites still show the UTTT and UTSS forms, and the table uses the current ones. Most itineraries start at Tashkent East, or at Samarkand, Bukhara or Urgench when the whole trip is the Silk Road:

Airport Ground How it operates
Tashkent East
UZTP / TVT
about 12 km east of the city centre, 1,500 ft above sea level The business aviation airport of the capital and our price anchor, also known as Tashkent-Humo and Tashkent-Vostochny. It occupies a former military airfield and belongs to a company of the Uzbekistan Airways group. One runway, 08/26, listed at 4,000 metres with ILS at both ends, fire category 9, TS-1 fuel, customs and immigration on site and listed round the clock. There are no scheduled passenger services, but there is a separate terminal for official delegations, another for business aviation and reported hangar space. The handler Flight Consulting Group (FCG OPS) keeps a supervisor on site, and Tarmac-Ops is also listed. No slot is listed, though the landing permit is still needed, and the airport may ask for a shift in timing when a state or diplomatic flight is planned
Tashkent International
UZTT / TAS
about 12 km (6.5 nautical miles) from the centre, 1,417 ft above sea level The airline hub, with two parallel runways of 4,000 and 3,905 metres. Charter business aviation is directed to Tashkent East and not here, so this is the airport for scheduled passengers. We ask which field a flight is cleared for before the aircraft is priced, and name it on the offer
Samarkand
UZSS / SKD
about 6 km north-east of the city, 2,223 ft above sea level The gateway to the Registan and the old city. One runway, 09/27, about 3,100 metres, with ILS. Customs and immigration are listed, the airport is listed as open round the clock, and the handlers on the list are Tarmac-Ops, Euro Jet and FCG OPS. A landing here saves the train ride from the capital, and from Britain it is the nearer of the two cities by about 30 nautical miles
Bukhara
UZSB / BHK
about 6 km north-east of the city, 751 ft above sea level One runway, 01/19, 9,843 ft (about 3,000 metres), with ILS. Customs and immigration are listed, and the hours are listed as round the clock. Handling is listed as mandatory, so a handler is booked for every visit. The natural landing for the old city of Bukhara, and nearly 130 nautical miles closer to Britain than Tashkent
Urgench
UZNU / UGC
about 3 km north-east of Urgench, 322 ft above sea level The airport for Khiva, which lies about 40 km away. Runway 13/31 is 9,843 ft (about 3,000 metres) with ILS, customs is listed and the hours are listed as round the clock. Among the airports a guest would normally use only Nukus is nearer to Britain, which is why a Khiva trip costs less by air than a Tashkent one
Nukus
UZNN / NCU
about 8 km north-east of the city, 249 ft above sea level The airport of Karakalpakstan, in the north-west. Runway 15/33 is 9,865 ft (about 3,000 metres). Customs is listed, the control tower is staffed round the clock and handling is not mandatory. A first landing for travellers heading to the Aral Sea region, who then continue by road
Navoi
UZSA / NVI
about 15 km west of the city, 1,142 ft above sea level A long runway, 07/25 at 13,123 ft (about 4,000 metres), between Bukhara and Samarkand. Customs and handlers are listed, but the published hours differ between sources, so we treat it as an alternate to be confirmed and not as a first choice
Fergana
UZFF / FEG
about 5 km south-west of the city, 2,052 ft above sea level The airport of the eastern valley. Runway 18/36 is 9,390 ft (about 2,860 metres). Customs is listed, but the hours are listed as 08:00 to 17:00 local time and not round the clock, so arrival and departure are planned inside the working day

 

Three rules settle most Uzbek arrivals:

Name the right Tashkent airport

Business aviation operators are asked to give Tashkent East as the destination in the permit application and in the flight plan, and a plan filed for the main airport out of habit is the mistake to avoid.

The permit is the operator's

A landing permit is needed for each flight. The application lists the aircraft registration and type, the operator, the schedule in UTC, the route including the entry and exit points of the Uzbek airspace, the purpose of the flight and the passenger details, with the registration, airworthiness and insurance certificates and the air operator certificate behind it. For the capital the permit is typically issued within about a day, and we plan on three working days.

A handler at every airport

Handling, fuel, permits and crew visa support are arranged airport by airport. Tarmac-Ops is listed as the supervising agent across the Uzbek airports, FCG OPS handles at Tashkent East, Samarkand, Bukhara and Navoi, and Euro Jet is listed at Samarkand. The offer names the handler, the terminal and the permit status for each leg.

Give the driver the airport as well as the flight

A chauffeur sent to the main Tashkent airport waits at the wrong end of the city, and the drive between the two fields is a journey of its own. We pass the airport name, the aircraft registration and the passenger names to the driver the day before.

 

Arriving from Britain: passports, registration and what to carry

Uzbekistan is outside the European Union and the Schengen area, and British citizens enter without a visa for tourism or business. The formalities are cleared at the airport of arrival, so a family of three goes through the same process as a delegation of twelve, and at Tashkent East the operator describes passport control and customs in the business aviation terminal as a matter of a few minutes.

Visa
British citizens can visit for tourism or business for up to 30 days without a visa; a longer stay or another purpose is arranged through the Uzbek Embassy in London
30 days
Passport
valid for at least three months after the date of arrival; entry is refused on an invalid travel document or on a passport reported lost or stolen
check before the quote
Registration
every foreign visitor is registered within three days of arrival, weekends included; hotels do it for guests, and a private host registers the guest through the official system
hotels do it for you
Cash and valuables
significant sums of cash, with a stated threshold of US$10,000, are declared on a customs form, in two copies, one shown on arrival and one on departure; you cannot leave with more foreign currency than you brought in, and precious metals or stones above 65 grams are declared
declare it
Medicines
carry prescription medicines in the original packaging with a doctor's letter and declare them; some UK over-the-counter products, codeine among them, cause trouble
bring the letter

Two nationalities, longer stays and the way home

Uzbekistan does not recognise dual nationality, and a traveller who enters on an Uzbek passport receives very limited consular help from Britain. Longer stays, study and work need a visa or permit through the Uzbek Embassy in the UK. Overstaying even briefly can bring a fine and deportation, so get the passport stamped on arrival.

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 the UK. Guests of other nationalities check their own entry rules for both countries, and tell us before we file the passenger details.

 

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Which airport for which part of Uzbekistan

The capital takes the business, the three old cities take the visitors, and the rest is a question of how the last stretch is made. The runways are long and the roads between the cities are good, so the real choice is which two airports bracket the trip:

Tashkent and the mountains
the capital, 3 million people, with the Chatkal mountains a short drive away, the Amirsoy resort about 65 km from town and the Charvak reservoir in the same range
Tashkent East
Samarkand
the city of the Registan, Gur-e-Amir and Shah-i-Zinda, a fast train ride of just over two hours from Tashkent for 344 km
Samarkand, or Tashkent and the train
Bukhara
the old city of mosques, madrasahs and the Kalyan minaret, a further 256 km by fast train and about three hours twenty minutes from the capital
Bukhara
Khiva and Khorezm
the walled inner town of Itchan Kala, about 40 km from the airport at Urgench; by train from the capital the journey takes most of a day
Urgench
Karakalpakstan and the Aral Sea
the north-west, 161,000 square kilometres of desert around the former sea, which has shrunk to about a tenth of its old area
Nukus, then road
The Fergana Valley
the densely populated eastern valley, hemmed in by the mountains
Fergana, in daytime hours

 

Tashkent, the Silk Road cities and the desert: what our clients go for

Uzbekistan covers about 449,000 square kilometres and is one of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world, which means that a traveller needs to cross at least two borders to reach an ocean. About 38 million people live there, making it the most populous republic of Central Asia.

Tashkent is the working capital, the place for investment meetings, government visits and the flights onward. Clients who come on business typically arrive on the evening of day one, meet on day two and leave on day three, sometimes with a morning in the mountains between the meetings. The Amirsoy resort, about 65 km from town in the foothills of the Chatkal ridge, has a gondola, chairlifts and 11 slopes of more than 15 km in total, with alpine-style chalets, and it works in summer as well as in winter.

The three famous cities are different in character. Samarkand was the capital of Timur, and its Registan square, begun by his grandson Ulugh Beg in the early fifteenth century, the Gur-e-Amir mausoleum and the Shah-i-Zinda complex are the core of the site UNESCO lists under the title Crossroads of Cultures. Bukhara is smaller and denser: the Kalyan minaret, about 45 metres high, the pond ensemble of Lyab-i Hauz and the Samanid mausoleum, one of the oldest buildings in the city, are all within walking distance of each other. Khiva is the most compact of the three, the walled inner town of Itchan Kala with the unfinished blue Kalta Minor tower, and a day there is enough to see it. All three are for people who like walking, and none of them rewards a quick visit.

The north-west is the most remote part of the country. Karakalpakstan has its capital in Nukus and its own autonomy inside Uzbekistan, and on its edge lies the Aral Sea, once the fourth largest inland sea on earth, shrunk to a small fraction of its old size.

 

The Uzbek year: heat, snow and the two good seasons

The climate is continental, dry and extreme at both ends. The sensible seasons are spring and autumn, and most group itineraries are built around them:

December to February
Tashkent averages about 1 degree in January, with highs near 6 and lows near minus 3; the plains are cold, and in the high Tian Shan and in Karakalpakstan the cold can reach minus 40; the mountain resorts near the capital are in their winter season
skiing and short city stays
March to May
the wettest part of the year in Tashkent, with March the rainiest month, while the south warms first; the old cities of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva are at their most comfortable as the heat has not yet arrived
the first good season
June to August
Tashkent reaches highs near 36 degrees in July; Bukhara has a July mean daily maximum above 37 and a record above 46; the desert cities are very hot, and the mountains and the summer season at Amirsoy are the cool option
mountains and the north
September and October
dry and warm after the summer heat, and with spring the other season that visitors to the old cities are usually advised to choose
the second good season

The heat is a scheduling fact

In July and August a jet standing on an apron in Bukhara or Urgench is a hot cabin at midday, and hot air thins the performance of a loaded aircraft. We plan summer departures from the desert cities for the early morning or the evening, and a full cabin on a long sector may have to give up some baggage. From Biggin Hill the Praetor 600 quote to Tashkent is £46,800 one way, to Samarkand £46,350 and to Urgench £41,650.

 

The Uzbek calendar: Navruz, the investment forum and the Silk Road festivals

The fixed dates are few, and each one pulls on a different part of the country:

December to March
The mountain season near Tashkent, with skiing at the resorts of the Chatkal foothills; dates depend on snow
21 March
Navruz, the spring and new year holiday, with concerts in Tashkent and celebrations over several days. Offices close and corporate traffic is thin
Late May or early June
The Silk and Spices festival in Bukhara, in the old city
June
The Tashkent International Investment Forum, which has typically been held in June and brings delegations and ministers to the capital
Late August, every two years
Sharq Taronalari, the international music festival in Samarkand, held in alternate years
1 September
Independence Day, a public holiday
Dates vary
Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha follow the lunar calendar and move by about eleven days each year, so the dates are checked before a trip is fixed

Why a festival week costs more

Not for the flying, which is the same all year, but for permits, handlers and hotels. A request made a fortnight before an event may mean an aircraft positioned from Istanbul or the Gulf, while one made six to eight weeks ahead is simpler and cheaper.

 

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Flying to Uzbekistan with a dog or a cat

The animal sits in the cabin with you and no hold is involved. What takes the time is the paperwork, which comes in two parts of very different weight: a short one for Uzbekistan and a long one for the way home. Uzbekistan is not on Britain's list of countries with the simple pet-travel rules, and that fact decides the calendar.

Two sets of rules

For entry into Uzbekistan the authority is the national veterinary service, and the published summaries of the rules agree on the main points and differ on the details, so we plan to the stricter reading and confirm with the authority in writing for your animal before a booking with a pet is taken. Typically a rabies vaccination given at least three weeks, and by some readings thirty days, before arrival and not more than twelve months old; an ISO microchip, which some sources call recommended and others compulsory; and a health certificate signed by a vet and endorsed by the British government authority, dated within ten days of arrival. A personal dog normally needs no import permit and no quarantine if the papers are in order, and the number of animals per traveller is limited.

The published border points for animals are the airports at Tashkent and Samarkand, and a flight into Tashkent East is a different field from the main airport, so the veterinary check for your animal and the airport it takes place at are agreed in writing before the aircraft is priced. Coming home is where the planning is. Because Uzbekistan is not a listed country, a dog or cat returning to Great Britain needs a Great Britain pet health certificate and a rabies antibody blood test: a sample taken at least 30 days after the vaccination, a result of at least 0.5 IU/ml from an approved laboratory, and three months between the sample and the day of travel. A dog also needs a tapeworm treatment from a vet no less than 24 hours and no more than 5 days before arrival. An animal that does not meet the rules can be held in quarantine for up to four months. In practice the blood test is done in Britain, months before the trip.

  • An ISO-standard microchip, fitted before the rabies vaccination;
  • A rabies vaccination given at 12 weeks of age or later, at least 30 days before arrival to be on the safe side of the published readings;
  • A health certificate from an official vet, issued within the ten-day window and endorsed by the British authority, with a translation where the Uzbek authority asks for one;
  • For the way home, the blood test and the three-month wait described above, the Great Britain pet health certificate and, for a dog, the tapeworm treatment given in Uzbekistan inside its window.

Cats need the same list without the worming. The treatment for a dog has to be given in Tashkent or in the city where the trip ends, so we book the vet appointment together with the aircraft, and the time of the treatment and the time of the departure are agreed in a single message. We confirm the entry point and the paperwork for the animal in writing before the flight, and the rules for birds, ferrets and less usual species are set out on our flying with pets guide.

 

private flight with animals

 

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a repositioning flight with nobody aboard, offered at a fraction of the usual price. The Uzbek corridor is thinner than the busiest London routes, but a trip this long is nearly always one-way by nature, so the supply is real.

Where Uzbek empty legs come from

– Delegations and forum weeks. Aircraft arrive in Tashkent with guests and typically leave empty a day or two later, which produces westbound legs towards Istanbul and Europe;

– The Silk Road seasons. Jets that bring tour groups to Samarkand, Bukhara or Urgench in spring and autumn often return without a booking;

– Traffic between Europe and the east. Jets repositioning towards Central Asia or China sometimes offer a leg that starts or ends in Uzbekistan.

A client who can offer a few days has a far better chance of a match than one who needs a particular evening, 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 Uzbek empty legs follows:

Route Aircraft Capacity Whole aircraft
Uzbekistan (Urgench) - UK (London Luton)
nonstop
Praetor 600 9 seats £17,550
UK (London Biggin Hill) - Uzbekistan (Bukhara)
nonstop
Praetor 600 9 seats £18,850
Uzbekistan (Tashkent) - UK (London Biggin Hill)
nonstop
Praetor 600 9 seats £19,650
UK (Birmingham) - Uzbekistan (Samarkand)
nonstop
Praetor 600 9 seats £19,800
Uzbekistan (Tashkent) - UK (Farnborough)
nonstop
Praetor 600 9 seats £19,850
UK (Manchester) - Uzbekistan (Tashkent)
nonstop
Praetor 600 9 seats £19,950
Uzbekistan (Tashkent) - UK (Glasgow)
nonstop
Praetor 600 9 seats £20,200
UK (Bristol) - Uzbekistan (Tashkent)
nonstop
Praetor 600 9 seats £20,300

 

How to read those figures

– Each price is for the whole aircraft rather than per seat. A Praetor 600 from Manchester with eight aboard comes to about £2,500 a head;

– The legs cluster after forum weeks and the Silk Road seasons, and they are less regular than the ones to Germany or Italy, so an open return date helps.

 

empty legs

 

Helicopter charter

In Uzbekistan a helicopter is a tool for the mountains and not for the cities. Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva are walking cities with good airports close by, and a rotor adds nothing to them. Rotary flight changes the journey only where the road is long or slow: the ridge and the reservoir north-east of Tashkent. The times are our estimates for a typical turbine helicopter in good visibility:

Tashkent East to Amirsoy
the mountain resort about 65 km by road, against the drive by road
about 25 min
Tashkent East to the Charvak reservoir
the mountain reservoir north-east of the capital, a day trip by road
about 25 min

Before you plan around a helicopter

A helicopter cannot land wherever it likes. A landing away from an aerodrome needs an authorised site, so a resort terrace, a lakeside lodge or a ski base is cleared before we quote and not after, and a place used last time is not assumed to be cleared this time. A helicopter also needs its own permit, and whether a foreign-registered machine may work inside the country is something we ask before quoting.

Cold and low cloud can keep a machine on the ground while a jet lands normally, so the helicopter is booked together with the jet and a road alternative stays in the same day.

 

private helicopter flight

 

Flights from the UK to Uzbekistan

Biggin Hill, Luton, Stansted and Gatwick are the usual London fields for the nonstop run to Tashkent, Farnborough and Southampton serve a western departure, and the Midlands, the north, Wales and Scotland add a little to the hours and very little to the price; the 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:

 
Airport Country ICAO IATA
London Heathrow Airport England EGLL LHR
 Birmingham Airport England EGBB BHX
London Gatwick England EGKK LGW
London City Airport England EGLC LCY
London Luton England EGGW LTN
Edinburgh Airport Scotland EGPH EDI
Leeds Airport England EGNM LBA
Manchester Airport England EGCC MAN
London Stansted England EGSS STN
Liverpool John Lennon Airport England EGGP LPL
Newcastle Airport England EGNT NCL
 Bristol Airport England EGGD BRS
Glasgow Airport Scotland EGPF GLA
 East Midlands Airport England EGNX EMA
 Southampton Airport England EGHI SOU
 Jersey Airport Channel Islands EGJJ JER
Cardiff International Airport Wales EGFF CWL
Inverness Airport Scotland EGPE INV
Bournemouth Airport England EGHH BOH
London Farnborough Airport England EGLF FAB
Oxford Airport England EGTK OXF
London Biggin Hill England EGKB BQH
Belfast Airport Northern Ireland EGAA BFS
Gibraltar Airport Gibraltar LXGB GIB
Aberdeen Airport Scotland EGPD ABZ

 

Uzbek 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.

TASHKENT · TWO NIGHTS

Two directors and a ministry meeting

Birmingham - Tashkent, Praetor 600, about 7 h · 2 pax

The permit was requested a week ahead, with Tashkent East named as the destination in the application and the flight plan. Wheels up at eight, on the ground in the capital in the evening, the meeting on the second morning and a flight out on the third.

SILK ROAD · THREE CITIES

Six friends and an autumn week

London Luton - Samarkand, Praetor 600, about 6 h 50 min · 6 pax

The aircraft landed in Samarkand, waited there for two nights and flew the party on to Bukhara, then to Urgench for Khiva, from where it left for Britain. Hotels registered the guests within the three days, and the offer showed the loop and the out-and-back variant side by side.

TASHKENT · AMIRSOY

A family of four and a winter weekend

Manchester - Tashkent, Praetor 600, about 7 h · 4 pax

The family flew into Tashkent East, drove to the mountain resort the next morning and returned for the flight home on the Sunday. A helicopter was priced as an option and left out when the weather forecast turned cloudy.

KHIVA · A SHORT STAY

A couple and the walled city

Glasgow - Urgench, Praetor 600, about 6 h 20 min · 2 pax

A nonstop to the airport nearest the old town, a transfer of about 40 km to the hotel inside the walls, two nights, and the same aircraft home. The departure was set for the early morning to keep the aircraft out of the midday heat.

WITH THE DOG · BLOOD TEST FIRST

A couple and a labrador on a ten-day stay

Biggin Hill - Tashkent, Praetor 600, about 6 h 55 min · 2 pax + dog

The rabies blood test was taken in Britain more than three months before the flight home, the vet certificate was issued inside its ten-day window, the entry point for the animal was confirmed in writing, and a vet in Tashkent gave the tapeworm treatment the day before departure.

EMPTY LEG · AFTER THE FORUM

A flexible return to London

Tashkent - London Luton, Praetor 600 empty leg, about 6 h 55 min · 4 pax

The client gave us a window of three days instead of a date, which is what makes these work, and paid about £19,700, a little under half of a fresh one-way charter on the same sector, for a Wednesday departure.

 

Frequently asked questions about flying to Uzbekistan

1How long does it take to fly to Uzbekistan by private jet?

About 6 hours 55 minutes nonstop from Biggin Hill to Tashkent in a Praetor 600, about 6 hours 50 minutes to Samarkand and about 6 hours 10 minutes to Urgench, the airport for Khiva. From Manchester to Tashkent the Praetor takes about 7 hours. Uzbekistan keeps one clock, five hours ahead of UTC, so it is four hours ahead of Britain in summer and five hours ahead in winter.

2How much does a private jet to Uzbekistan cost?

From about £46,800 one way from Biggin Hill to Tashkent in a Praetor 600, nonstop. The same aircraft to Samarkand is about £46,350, to Bukhara about £44,850 and to Urgench about £41,650. A short hop from Tashkent to Samarkand starts from £3,100 in a turboprop.

3Which airport do private jets use in Tashkent?

Business aviation operators are asked to name Tashkent East, also called Tashkent-Humo, as the destination in the permit application and the flight plan. It has a 4,000 metre runway listed with ILS at both ends, customs and immigration on site, and no slot or prior permission requirement, though a landing permit is still needed. The main Tashkent International airport is not the business jet airport. Samarkand, Bukhara, Urgench and Nukus also have customs listed.

4What are the visa, permit and customs rules for a private flight from Britain to Uzbekistan?

British citizens can stay up to 30 days without a visa for tourism or business. The passport should be valid for three months after arrival, the arrival is registered within three days, usually by the hotel, and significant sums of cash, with a stated threshold of US$10,000, are declared on a customs form. The aircraft needs a landing permit, which for Tashkent East is typically issued within about a day.

5Can I take my dog or cat on a private jet to Uzbekistan?

Yes, but plan it months ahead. Uzbekistan is not a listed country for return to Britain, so the animal needs a rabies blood test taken at least 30 days after the vaccination, a three-month wait from the sample date and a Great Britain pet health certificate, and a dog needs a tapeworm treatment 24 hours to 5 days before landing. For entry we plan to a rabies vaccination of at least 21 to 30 days and a vet certificate dated within 10 days, and we confirm the rules and the entry point in writing before taking the booking.

6How early should I book a private jet to Uzbekistan?

As soon as the dates are known. The landing permit is typically issued within about a day for the capital, but we plan on three working days, and weeks such as the Tashkent investment forum in June and Navruz in March tend to be busier. A booking made six to eight weeks ahead is simpler and cheaper than one made a fortnight before.

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