Private jet charter in Bern

From the London fields it is barely an hour and a half to Bern in a light jet, and the Swiss capital turns out to be the quiet one: no hub traffic, a Federal Palace, an old town and the Bernese Alps an hour or two beyond. Private Jets UK plans the charter around the one rule that decides most Bern trips, which is that business jets above 3.5 tonnes use the airport only between 08:00 and 19:00 local time. 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. Bern-Belp is a small airport with a big restriction, so the real decisions here are the departure time, the cabin and whether the programme ends in the city or in the mountains.

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 Bern 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 Bern?

About an hour and twenty minutes from Biggin Hill or London City in a light jet, about two hours from Edinburgh or Glasgow, and one hour of clock difference to allow for on arrival, because Switzerland keeps Central European time. At 411 to 725 nautical miles from the British fields we use, Bern is among the shortest Alpine sectors: a light-jet trip from the south of England and a midsize one from the north. The table gives the sector from each British field we use.

Prices for the private jet flights to Bern

Typical trips from Britain, cheapest first, all of them into Bern-Belp. Parliament weeks, the Onion Market Monday in November and the winter weekends for Gstaad 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 Bern

Bern is a sound starting point for short hops inside the Alps, for northern Italy and for the French coast, with one condition: the airport closes to jets at 19:00, so the last leg of the day is planned early. Sion and the Engadine are short turboprop sectors, Zurich and Geneva matter mostly as the airports for large cabins and late departures, and Milan, Nice and Paris are an hour or less in a light jet. 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 Bern:

This is a small part of what is available. Bern has a small based fleet, but Zurich, Geneva, Basel and northern Italy are all within about an hour of the airport, so a quote may name one of those cities as the positioning point. That is normal for a capital that is not a hub, and it is frequently where the better price comes from.

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Bern 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 Bern

One airport carries most Bern trips, and four more matter when the programme leaves the capital or the aircraft is too big or too late for Belp. Which one is right depends on where the meeting is and what time it ends.

Four things to settle before a Bern landing:

Border, passport and Swiss customs

Switzerland sits in the Schengen area but outside the European Union, which is why a flight from Britain meets two separate systems at once. Passport control follows the Schengen rules, while customs follows Swiss ones, and the border officers may ask for proof of accommodation, travel insurance, an onward ticket and enough money for the stay. The airport has customs and border control on site, so the formalities are done at Belp itself, and for the return the General Aviation Report for Britain is filed not earlier than 48 hours and not later than 2 hours before departure. Passengers should keep the receipts of anything bought in Switzerland that may attract tax or duty on the way back.

From the apron to the Federal Palace

Bern is the Swiss federal city: the Federal Assembly meets in the Federal Palace, and the old town, the ministries and the river are all close together. The airport at Belp is on the south-eastern side, so what matters to a private client is less the road into the city than the roads out of it: the Oberland, Gstaad, Lucerne and the valleys of the Valais.

Flying to Bern with a dog or a cat

For a pet the paperwork is the part of a Swiss 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 eighty minutes most simply sleep. What goes wrong is the entry check, because Switzerland is not in the EU and its animal rules are its own.

What Switzerland asks for when a pet arrives from Britain:

• An ISO microchip, fitted before the rabies vaccination. In every case the chip has to come first;
• A valid rabies vaccination. The first vaccination can be given from 12 weeks of age and takes effect 21 days later;
• If the animal already meets the Swiss requirements, a valid Swiss or EU pet passport is enough. Otherwise Switzerland wants an official veterinary certificate issued in the country of departure, and we confirm in writing which document it will accept for a British animal;
• A mandatory pet check at the red customs exit. An animal with missing documents can be refused;
• Entry through an approved point. The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office names Basel, Geneva and Zurich for animals flown in with their owner, and Bern is not among the airports it names;
• For the return, a dog needs a tapeworm treatment from a vet between 24 and 120 hours before landing in Britain, recorded with product, date and time. Cats are exempt. A pet travel document and a declaration go with the animal, and no more than five animals travel per person.

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 a quarantine of up to four months awaits an animal that arrives in Britain without meeting the rules.

The Bern calendar: four parliament sessions and an onion market

Bern does not have a single huge event, and that is its character: a capital whose calendar is set by parliament, a few good festivals and, beyond the city, the winter in the Alps. Knowing which week you want matters more than choosing an aircraft.

Ways to bring the Bern price down

• Move the dates by a few days where you can. The weeks between the parliament sessions and the days away from the Onion Market are calmer than the peaks themselves;
• Ask where the aircraft is based. A jet that already sits in Zurich, Geneva or Milan takes less positioning than one coming from Britain, and on a sector of this length positioning is a meaningful part of the bill;
• Check whether Zurich or Geneva works as well. On the same light jet from Biggin Hill, the sector to Zurich is priced about £100 higher than the one to Bern and the sector to Geneva about £100 lower. Zurich and Geneva have their own conditions, a slot or a prior permission, so let the location of the meeting decide.

Types of flights

Bern produces a different mix from the resort or the hub destinations we cover, because it is the seat of the Swiss government and at the same time the gate to the Bernese Oberland and, by helicopter, to the highest valleys of the Valais.

• Government and parliamentary business, with fixed meeting dates and a small team: the Federal Assembly sits in the Federal Palace, and a meeting often means a morning in and the flight home before the airport closes;
• Winter stays in Gstaad, where the guests land in Bern and carry on by car or helicopter, with ski kit and a lot of luggage;
• Day trips and short breaks in the Oberland, with Interlaken, Grindelwald and Lucerne all within 90 minutes of the airport by road;
• Valais and Zermatt, flown to Sion and finished by helicopter with a mountain operator;
• Davos in January, flown to Samedan or Zurich, with Bern on the itinerary only when the capital is part of the trip;
• Festival weekends: the jazz festival in spring, the Gurten Festival in July and the Onion Market in November.

The day trip is the one to look at closely. Land a little after nine local time and leave Belp by six in the evening, which is five in Britain, and you are on the British side again before seven in the evening, UK time, with almost nine hours on the ground in between. A same-day return means the aircraft and crew wait for you rather than going home, and that waiting is paid for, but it often 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. Bern does not have a single event that creates them, so they come from the pattern of neighbouring airports, and it helps to know what produces them.

Because the Swiss corridor 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 a Bern match the day an operator releases it.

Helicopter charter

In Bern a helicopter is a tool for the edges of a trip and not the middle. The old town is small enough to cross by car or on foot, and the places where rotary flight changes the journey are Gstaad, the Oberland valleys and, from Sion, the villages of the Valais. Belp is itself a helicopter airport: Heliswiss has its head office on the field and the REGA rescue service keeps a base there.

The machines on this ground are the Airbus H125 for Alpine work, the wider H130 for chalet and scenic 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 Bern 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 Bern

Biggin Hill, London City, Farnborough and Luton send most of the traffic on this corridor, with Southampton, Bristol and Birmingham behind them 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

Bern 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 Bern