Private jet charter in Brest

Brest is the last large city before the Atlantic, and a light jet leaving the London fields is over Brittany in about an hour. What shapes the booking is not the distance but the airport's customs rules, and Private Jets UK builds the charter around them. 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. Brest Bretagne has a 3,100 m runway with a Category III approach, a compulsory handling agent, and a customs desk that has to be booked a day or more ahead for a flight from Britain. The real decisions are the day of the week, the size of the cabin and whether the programme lies in Brest, on the islands or further along the coast.

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 Brest 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 Brest?

1 hour from Biggin Hill in a light jet, 1 hour 25 minutes from Edinburgh, and one hour of clock difference to allow for on arrival, because France keeps Central European time. At 148 to 470 nautical miles from the British fields we use, Brest is one of the shortest sectors we sell to France and a light-jet job from almost the whole of England and Wales. The table gives the sector from each field.

Prices for the private jet flights to Brest

Typical trips from Britain, cheapest first, all of them into Brest Bretagne. The maritime festival weeks, the August holiday weekends and any weekend arrival that needs the customs desk can price above these figures, and the calendar block further down explains when.

Short sectors carry a minimum charge, which is why Biggin Hill, London City, Farnborough, Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter all price at the same figure on the light jet. It is a real feature of how a one-way charter is built, because the aircraft has to return to its base, and it means that on this route you should choose the departure field for convenience and not for the mileage.

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 Brest

Brest is a good starting point for short hops around the Breton peninsula and along the Atlantic coast. Rennes and Nantes are turboprop minutes away, Jersey and Paris fit inside a morning, and Bordeaux and the Riviera are sectors that sit comfortably inside a lunch. 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 Brest:

This is a small part of what is available. Brest sits at the far end of France from the main business aviation bases, so a quote may name Rennes, Nantes, Paris or Jersey as the positioning point for the aircraft. That is normal for a regional airport without a large based fleet, and it is frequently where the better price comes from.

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Brest 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 Brest

Six airports are worth discussing for a trip to Brittany. Which one is right depends on where the programme is and on the customs position of the flight, not on the aircraft.

Four things to settle before a Brest landing:

Border, passport and the customs booking

The first landing in the Schengen area is where the formalities happen. At Brest they work differently from a big international airport, because there is no permanent customs desk waiting for a business jet: the French AIP asks for the request 24 hours ahead on weekdays, 48 hours at weekends and 72 hours when a public holiday sits next to the weekend, and it states that customs cannot be done at the general aviation parking. We send the details with the handler's booking and keep the customs email in the same thread. A Friday evening arrival before a bank holiday is the case to avoid, and a Tuesday morning is the easiest. A visitor who wants a tax refund on purchases has to make a separate appointment with customs, at least 48 hours before departure and 72 hours when the departure falls on a Monday. 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 the Finistère coast

Brest was almost entirely destroyed in the fighting that followed the Normandy landings, rebuilt in concrete in the years after the war and never made much effort to look pretty, which is the first thing to understand about it. What it has instead is the sea. It is the second-largest naval port in France after Toulon, the naval port runs along both banks of the Penfeld river, and the arsenal that Richelieu started and Vauban fortified is the reason the city grew. Much of the river bank is a military zone, so the view comes from the castle walls, the Pont de Recouvrance and the cable car that crosses the Penfeld in about three minutes. The castle itself is one of the few buildings that survived and houses the National Navy Museum, and the Tanguy tower nearby holds a museum of the city's history.

Two places repay an afternoon. Les Capucins is a huge former naval workshop of 35,000 square metres, converted into a covered public square with a library, a food court, shops and a climbing wall, and the cable car lands beside it. Océanopolis, near the Moulin Blanc marina, is one of the largest aquariums in France, with tropical, temperate and polar pavilions, a polar section with penguins and three species of polar seal, and sea otters. Give it half a day at least, and avoid the rainy days, when it is crowded.

Food is part of the case for flying here. Finistère is oyster, lobster and crêpe country: buckwheat galettes and sweet crêpes, Cornouaille cider to go with both, the kouign-amann butter cake, and a fish soup called cotriade. Local lists add Roscoff pink onions and Plougastel strawberries. A long lunch at a harbour table and a bag of kouign-amann for the aircraft is a respectable way to spend the hour before departure.

Ushant, Molène and the Iroise coast

The best of Finistère is at the end of the roads and beyond them. Ushant, the French Ouessant, lies off the north-western tip of the mainland and is a bare rock about 8 km long and 3 km wide, with some 860 residents, a powerful lighthouse, a rare breed of small dark sheep and a long record as the landmark ships steer by on the approaches to the Channel. A Finist'air Cessna Caravan with nine seats flies from Brest Bretagne to the island in 15 to 20 minutes, Monday to Saturday, with two departures on weekdays and one on Saturday, and the company also sells flights built to order. There are no scheduled flights on Sunday, so check the timetable for the day. Molène, the smaller island of the archipelago, is normally reached by boat.

By sea, the year-round boats leave Le Conquet, about an hour and a quarter to Ushant and about half an hour to Molène, and in the summer season a second operator adds crossings from Le Conquet and Lanildut, the latter about 40 minutes to Ushant. Booking about two days ahead is the advice. A jet that lands at Brest in the morning, a flight to the island, lunch and the return in the afternoon makes a clean day, and the same programme by boat takes longer and depends on the swell.

On the mainland, the Pointe Saint-Mathieu is the headland to see: a 56 m lighthouse, the ruined abbey of Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre beside it and a memorial to sailors lost at sea, on cliffs about 20 m high. The Crozon peninsula to the south, with the harbour of Camaret-sur-Mer, its Vauban tower that is part of a UNESCO group of fortifications, the cliffs of Pen-Hir and the Lagatjar alignments of standing stones, takes about an hour and a quarter by road from Brest. The golfers have their own reason to come: Golf des Abers at Plouarzel is an 18-hole, par 70 course laid out among granite boulders with views of Molène and Ushant, and Golf de Brest Iroise at Saint-Urbain has 18 holes and a compact six-hole course set in moorland and parkland.

Quimper, Locronan, Morlaix, Concarneau and the Pink Granite Coast

A charter to Brest is often a charter to Brittany, and the day trips divide by direction. To the south, Quimper has a cathedral begun in the thirteenth century, a pedestrian medieval quarter of half-timbered houses and crêperies, a museum devoted to its faience pottery and, in the last week of July, the Festival de Cornouaille. Locronan, just beyond it, is a small granite town of the Most Beautiful Villages of France group, which has served as a film set and holds a Troménie procession each July. Concarneau, on the coast, has the walled Ville Close on its island in the harbour and one of the biggest fishing ports in the country, with the Filets Bleus festival in August.

To the north, Morlaix sits at the head of a tidal river, with a railway viaduct beside the station, an old quarter of timbered houses and a marina behind a lock, and it is the easy stop on the road to the Pink Granite Coast. That coast runs from Perros-Guirec towards Trébeurden, with the sculpted rocks of Ploumanac'h and Trégastel as the centrepiece and the Sept-Îles seabird reserve reached by boat from Perros-Guirec. Lannion is 95 km from Brest and the coast starts a few kilometres beyond it, so allow roughly an hour and a half by road. With a helicopter the same trip is a short morning flight.

Further east are the two names that visitors from Britain ask about. Saint-Malo is about 235 km and two hours forty minutes by road, and Mont-Saint-Michel about 257 km and three hours; both are better served by landing nearer, at Dinard or Rennes, if they are the real purpose of the trip, and we say so when we quote.

Flying to Brest with a dog or a cat

For a pet the paperwork is the part of a Brittany 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 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 Brest calendar: a maritime city with one big week

Brest has a mild Atlantic climate and no real off-season for the coast, but it does have one week that changes everything. The Brest International Maritime Festival fills the port every four years in July, and the other months matter much less to the price than that single week does.

Ways to bring the Brest price down

• Choose the day. A weekday arrival needs 24 hours of customs notice, a weekend arrival needs 48 and a weekend with a holiday needs 72, so a Tuesday morning is the cheapest and the simplest;
• Ask where the aircraft is based. A jet that already sits in Rennes, Nantes 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;
• Pick the cabin for the people, not the mileage. On a light jet from Biggin Hill and from Exeter the price is the same £5,300, because of the minimum on short sectors, and from Luton the step up from a Phenom at £5,700 to a Citation XLS+ adds £1,100, so ask for both figures.

Types of flights

Brest produces a different mix from the Alpine or the Italian destinations we cover, because it is a naval and university city at the end of a long peninsula, with a coast that is the real attraction.

• Coastal and island trips, with a flight to Ushant, a boat to Molène or a day on the headlands of the Iroise coast;
• Golf weekends, from the courses at Plouarzel and Saint-Urbain to the longer tours along the Finistère coast;
• Gastronomy weekends built around oysters, crêpes, cider and a good hotel, usually from the south of England;
• Sailing and maritime events, centred on the festival week in July;
• Business and official visits tied to the naval port and the university;
• Family holidays in July and August, typically with a villa or a hotel on the coast and a day trip to the islands.

The day trip is the one to look at closely. Land at about nine, leave at five in the afternoon local time and you are back on the British side by about five in the evening, UK time, with eight 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 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. Brest has no event that creates them every week, so they come from the weekly rhythm of a holiday coast, and it helps to know what produces them.

Because the Brittany 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 Brest match the day an operator releases it.

Helicopter charter

In Brest a helicopter is a tool for the edges of a trip and not the middle. The city is small enough to cross by car, and the places where rotary flight changes the journey are the Iroise coast, the islands, the Crozon peninsula across the bay and the link with a jet that lands somewhere else. We cannot point to a helicopter operator based at Brest airport itself, so an aircraft is normally positioned from elsewhere in Brittany or from further afield, and the quote says from where.

The machines on this ground are the Airbus H125 for scenic and coastal work, the wider H130 for hotel 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 Brest 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 Brest

Biggin Hill, London City, Farnborough and Luton are the usual London starting points for this corridor, with Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter also common and the Midlands, the north 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

Brest 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 Brest