Private jet charter in Avignon

Provence starts about an hour and a half from the London fields, and the first decision is whether to land at Avignon's own small airport or in the bigger fields at Marseille and Nîmes. Private Jets UK builds the charter around that choice. 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. Avignon-Provence sits 8 km from the old city, has a 1,880 m runway, a business aviation terminal with customs on prior request and no instrument landing system, which is why we always price Marseille alongside it. The real decisions are the airport, the cabin size and whether the week you want coincides with the theatre festival.

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 Avignon 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 Cessna Citation CJ3+ 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 Avignon?

1 hour 35 minutes from Biggin Hill or London City in a light jet, 2 hours 10 minutes from Edinburgh, and one hour of clock difference to allow for on arrival, because France keeps Central European time. At 507 to 834 nautical miles from the British fields we use, Avignon is a comfortable light-jet sector from the south of England and a job for a bigger cabin from Scotland. The table gives the sector from each field.

Prices for the private jet flights to Avignon

Typical trips from Britain, cheapest first, all of them into the business aviation terminal at Avignon-Provence. The three weeks of the Avignon theatre festival in July and the lavender weekends can price above these figures, and the calendar block further down explains when.

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:

Private jet flights from Avignon

Avignon sits in the middle of the southern corridor, so the sectors out of it are short. Marseille and Montpellier are turboprop minutes away, the Riviera and Lyon are light-jet hops, and Paris and Barcelona fit inside a morning. Typical one-way prices:

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 Avignon:

This is a small part of what is available. Avignon is a regional field without a large based fleet, so a quote may name Lyon, Marseille, Nice or Paris as the positioning point for the aircraft. That is normal for an airport of this size, and it is frequently where the better price comes from.

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Avignon 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.

Business aviation airports in Avignon

Four airports are worth discussing for a trip to Avignon and the Luberon. Which one is right depends on where the programme is and on the aircraft, because the field at Avignon is small and the others are not.

Four things to settle before an Avignon landing:

Border, passport and the road to the Luberon

The first landing in the Schengen area is where the formalities happen. At Avignon they depend on notice: the French information lists customs and police with 24 hours of prior notice, so we send the details with the flight plan and confirm the clearance time with the terminal. Marseille works the other way, with customs and police listed round the clock, which is one reason an early or late arrival goes there. After clearance, travel inside France and onward in Schengen is free of passport control in the ordinary course, although a temporary border control can be introduced at short notice, so carry the passports. For the return, the General Aviation Report for Britain is filed not earlier than 48 hours and not later than 2 hours before departure.

From the apron to Provence

Avignon is a walled city that was the seat of the papacy in the fourteenth century, when seven popes lived here and built the Palais des Papes, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage site together with the old centre. The Pont Saint-Bénézet, the Pont d'Avignon of the song, ends in the middle of the Rhône with only four of its piers left. Around it lie the Luberon, the vineyards of the southern Rhône and a ring of Roman towns, and almost all of them are an hour's drive from the apron or less. The times below are from the centre of Avignon.

Mont Ventoux, at 1,910 m the highest summit in Provence, rises about an hour east of the city, near Sault, and Lourmarin, on the south side of the Luberon, is another of the villages that guests ask for first. Further south the Alpilles and the Camargue are close enough for an afternoon. For lunch, the Michelin guide has starred tables in Avignon itself, with La Mirande and Pollen among them, in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, in Châteauneuf-du-Pape and in the villages of the Luberon, and the stars are reviewed every year, so we check the latest list before we book a table for you.

Flying to Avignon with a dog or a cat

For a pet the paperwork is the part of a Provence trip that needs planning, and the flight is the easy bit: the animal sits beside you in the cabin, never in a hold, and on a sector of an hour and a half most simply sleep. The date on the health certificate is the detail that goes wrong, because the certificate is valid for only ten days for entry to the EU.

What an EU country such as France asks for when a pet arrives from Britain:

• An ISO microchip, fitted before the rabies vaccination or at the same time;
• A rabies vaccination given when the animal was at least 12 weeks old, with 21 days elapsed before the animal travels;
• An Animal Health Certificate for each trip, issued by an Official Veterinarian and valid for ten days for entry to the EU. A British pet passport cannot be used to enter the EU;
• No more than five animals per traveller, presented at a travellers' point of entry, which we confirm in writing for the airport;
• For dogs, a tapeworm treatment from a vet between 24 and 120 hours before arrival back in Britain, recorded on the paperwork. Cats are exempt.

Requirements for cats, ferrets, birds and anything less usual are collected on our flying with pets guide. For the entry point and the paperwork on the way home, we confirm both in writing before the flight, and our managers check the position for your dates before a booking is taken.

The Avignon calendar: truffles in winter, theatre and lavender in summer

Avignon works in two halves. The winter belongs to the truffle markets and the restaurants, the summer to the theatre, the lavender and the villa parties. Knowing which week you want matters more than choosing an aircraft.

Ways to bring the Avignon price down

• Move the dates by a few days where you can. The days after the festival closes and the quiet weeks in spring and autumn are calmer than the lavender weekends;
• Ask where the aircraft is based. A jet that already sits in Lyon, Marseille or Paris takes less positioning than one coming from Britain, and on a sector of this length positioning is a meaningful part of the bill;
• Look at the other airports, but do not expect a saving. On the same light jet from Biggin Hill, the sector to Nîmes is priced the same as the one to Avignon, and Marseille is about £400 higher, so the choice should follow the programme and the weather, not the price.

Types of flights

Avignon produces a different mix from the Alpine or the Italian destinations we cover, because it is a cultural and gastronomic centre with a countryside of villas and vineyards around it and a small business trade of its own.

• Festival and culture weekends, from the Festival d'Avignon and the Orange opera in summer to the photography exhibitions in Arles;
• Wine and truffle trips, with Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the vineyard season and Richerenches on a winter Saturday;
• Villa holidays in the Luberon for families, concentrated in the lavender weeks and the summer, typically from the south of England;
• Cycling and walking parties for Mont Ventoux, with bike bags in the hold and the Bédoin climb of about 22 km at an average gradient of about 7.4 per cent as the target;
• Gastronomy weekends built around the Michelin tables of the Vaucluse, often with a night in a hilltop hotel;
• Business trips and incentive groups, a morning in town and a lunch in the vines, plus onward hops to Nice, Lyon or Paris.

The day trip is the one to look at closely. Land at about twenty to ten, leave in the late afternoon local time and you are back on the British side in the early evening, with seven or eight hours on the ground in between. The return must also leave before the airport closes, which in winter is 21:00 local on weekdays and Sundays and 19:00 on Saturdays. A same-day return means the aircraft and crew wait for you rather than going home, and that waiting is paid for, but it still comes out cheaper than two separate one-way charters. We quote it both ways, so the difference is visible.

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a repositioning flight with nobody aboard, offered at a fraction of the usual price. Avignon has no single event that creates them every year, so they come from the weekly rhythm of a leisure region, and it helps to know what produces them.

Because the corridor to Provence is thinner than the busiest London routes, a client who can name a few days rather than one has a far better chance than one who needs a particular evening. What you give up is the usual: the operator owns the date and the hour, and a leg can vanish when the original booking moves. Whatever is free is listed on our empty legs page, and we flag an Avignon match the day an operator releases it.

Helicopter charter

In Provence a helicopter is a tool for the edges of a trip and not the middle. The roads are good and the distances short, and the places where rotary flight changes the journey are the hilltop villages, the lavender plateaus and the link with a jet that lands somewhere else. A helicopter operator, Easy Helico, is based at Avignon airport and offers panoramic flights over the Alpilles, the lavender of the Luberon, the Pont du Gard, Mont Ventoux and the city of the popes, and the airport has marked helicopter stands. The charter platforms that publish Gordes routes name Avignon, a hotel landing site at Gargas, Carpentras and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence as the nearby places to land.

The machines on this ground are the Airbus H125 for scenic and mountain work, the wider H130 for villa transfers, the H135 and the Bell 429 where a twin is wanted, and the H155 for larger parties. We book them alongside the jet so that both crews work to one timetable.

Flight payment options

The main goal of our company is to provide the highest level of comfort to our customers. Therefore, we're always ready to meet you halfway. Our consultants will offer you a wide variety of flights to meet your needs and budget. Most customers prefer a non-cash method (a transfer to an EU bank account), which guarantees a high level of confidentiality and security of payment. All payment details are provided in advance, so you'll have enough time to make the necessary checks. For years of working in business aviation, our company has gained an impeccable reputation. We practice transparency and are always ready to present all necessary documents.

Private Jets UK works with both physical and legal entities. We guarantee the confidentiality and security of payments. You can pay for the flights from Avignon in any convenient way:

• cashless (by transfer to our account);
• by cash;
• by card;
• by cryptocurrency.

Our company works with European and British banks, which allows you to choose the most convenient payment method. In addition, we conclude formal agreements and provide our clients with all necessary documents and invoices, which guarantees the safe payment and delivery of services. If you have any financial questions, feel free to contact our private aviation consultants.

If you need to book an urgent flight, please keep in mind that the bank transfer can take a few days. In such situations, we may need to involve our partner companies so that you can pay for your flight in cash. If you have any questions, you can contact your personal consultant 24/7.

Flights from the UK to Avignon

Biggin Hill, London City, Luton and Farnborough are the usual London starting points for this corridor, with Southampton, Birmingham and Manchester also common and Scotland 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:

 

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

Avignon charters from the booking notes: six typical trips

What the corridor looks like once a quote turns into a flight. Six typical jobs of the kind that come through our booking notes, described in outline, with the particulars changed.

Frequently asked questions about flying to Avignon