Private jet charter in Chambery

A private jet from London reaches Chambéry in about an hour and twenty-five minutes, and for most clients the real question is not the flight but the Saturday: from mid-December to mid-April the airport beside the Lac du Bourget fills with British ski charters and private jets. Private Jets UK builds the charter around that fact. 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. Chambéry-Savoie Mont Blanc (LFLB) has a paved runway of 2,020 m, an instrument landing system on runway 18, a separate business aviation terminal and customs that want 24 hours' notice. Geneva, about 100 km away by road, and Lyon, about 100 km away, take the larger cabins and the late arrivals, while Grenoble lies to the south-west and serves the Isère side of the Alps.

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 Chambéry 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 Chambéry?

About an hour and twenty-five minutes from Biggin Hill or London City in a light jet, just over two hours from Edinburgh or Glasgow, and one hour of clock difference to add on arrival, because France keeps Central European time. The British fields we use sit 430 to 756 nautical miles from the Savoie runway, which makes Chambéry a short sector from the south of England and an easy midsize job from Scotland. The table gives the flight from each field.

Prices for the private jet flights to Chambéry

Typical trips from Britain, cheapest first, all of them into Chambéry-Savoie Mont Blanc airport. Saturdays from mid-December to mid-April, the February half-term and the Christmas weeks sit 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 Chambéry

Chambéry works as the gate to the Alps more often than as a departure point for long sectors, but the flights that do leave it are useful ones. Lyon Bron is about 30 minutes away in a turboprop, Sion in the Swiss Valais is a short hop across the range, and the Riviera and Paris are easy light-jet distances. Geneva, Lyon-Saint Exupéry and Grenoble are close enough that nobody flies to them from Savoie. 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 Chambéry:

This is a small part of what is available. Business jets are often based at Geneva, Lyon or Nice, so there can be an aircraft within an hour of Chambéry, and a quote may name one of those airports as the positioning point. That is normal for a seasonal airfield, and it is frequently where the better price comes from.

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Chambéry 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 for Chambéry

Four airports matter for a Chambéry trip. One is the destination itself, one is across the Swiss border, one is the big hub at Lyon, and the fourth looks towards the Isère. Which of them is right depends on where in the Alps you are going and on the hour, not on the name of the resort.

Four points settle most Chambéry arrivals:

Border, passport and the way back to Britain

The first landing in the Schengen area is where passport control happens, and for Chambéry that means the airport itself, with the border service and customs who must be told a day ahead. The aerodrome entry asks for notice 24 hours before arrival or departure on any flight to or from a country outside France. For a flight with a handler the request goes through the handling portal, and for a flight without one it is sent by email to the customs offices at Lyon and Montmélian. A client who lands at Geneva instead is processed in the Swiss terminal and then drives across the border into France, and a client who lands at Lyon-Saint Exupéry finds the checks available at any hour. First-time visitors to the Schengen area may be asked to register a photograph and fingerprints, a free step whose record stays valid for three years. Britain is outside the system, so the way home also carries formalities: the General Aviation Report for the return is filed not earlier than 48 hours and not later than 2 hours before departure, and passengers who are neither British nor Irish citizens may need an electronic travel authorisation for the UK.

Landing permits, slots and the crew

A flight from London to Chambéry is a plain point-to-point service, and the air services agreement between Britain and the European Union gives each side's operators the third and fourth freedom rights that such a flight needs. A standard charter therefore runs on the operator's usual authorisations. The permit question begins when the routing goes beyond a simple out and back: a British aircraft that carries passengers between two French points, or picks up in France for a third country, is outside those rights. For that case France runs a non-objection procedure for operators without an EU licence, with a request filed through its SAGA system at least two working days ahead. The operator files it and we track it.

From the apron to the Alps and the lake

Chambéry is the old capital of Savoy, a city of about 60,000 under the Bauges and Chartreuse mountains, and the airport sits in the valley floor at the southern end of the Lac du Bourget. The lake is some 18 km long and 1.6 to 3.5 km wide, and Aix-les-Bains on its shore is a spa town with a Belle Epoque past and the largest freshwater marina in France. Everything else on the map runs uphill and is measured in hours.

Flying to Chambéry with a dog or a cat

A winter trip with a pet is more ordinary than it sounds, because plenty of families on the Saturday run to Savoie take a dog to the chalet. On a private flight the animal travels in the cabin beside you, never in a hold, and on a sector of about an hour and a half most simply sleep. The date on the health certificate is where trips go wrong, since the certificate is valid for only ten days for entry to the EU.

What France, as an EU country, 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 for Chambéry means the customs service we notify a day ahead;
• 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 Chambéry calendar: a ski winter, a lake summer and a long quiet autumn

Chambéry has one dominant season and a few smaller peaks around it. The ski winter fills the airport, July brings a music festival to the lake, and the weeks outside those are the easiest of the year. Knowing which week you want matters more than choosing an aircraft.

Ways to bring the Chambéry price down

• Move the dates by a few days where you can. A Tuesday arrival in February avoids the Saturday facilitation and the weekend roads, and the aircraft is easier to find;
• Ask where the aircraft is based. A jet that already sits at Geneva, Lyon or Nice 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 Geneva or Lyon works as well. On the same light jet from Biggin Hill, the sector to Geneva is priced about £300 lower than the one to Chambéry, and Lyon-Saint Exupéry about £250 lower. The difference is small, so let the hour of arrival and the size of the cabin decide, and then price the road.

Types of flights

Chambéry produces a different mix from the city destinations we cover, because it is a gateway: the airport is small, the valleys behind it are expensive and the people who use it know exactly where they are going.

• Ski weekends and weeks in Courchevel, Méribel, Val Thorens, La Plagne and Les Arcs, flown on a Saturday, with luggage and children, and often with a helicopter on the last stretch;
• Higher valleys and the long season: Tignes and Val d'Isère, 143 and 145 km from the airport, for clients who accept the longest road in return for the highest snow;
• Spa and lake weekends at Aix-les-Bains and on the Lac du Bourget, small groups with a car waiting at the aircraft door;
• Business visits in Chambéry and the Savoie, small teams, fixed times and a return the same evening;
• Trips that combine France and Switzerland, with Chambéry at one end and Geneva or Sion at the other;
• Summer walking and cycling around Mont Revard and the Bauges, and onward travel to Chamonix.

The day trip is the one to look at closely. Land around half past nine local time, leave before the tower closes in the evening and you are back on the British side the same night. A same-day return means the aircraft and crew wait for you rather than going home, and that waiting is paid for, but it usually 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. Chambéry produces them in a very regular pattern, and it helps to know what that pattern is.

Because the Savoie 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 Chambéry match the day an operator releases it.

Helicopter charter

At Chambéry a helicopter is a tool for the last stretch of a ski trip and not for the airport itself. The road to the Tarentaise takes an hour and a half or more, and the altiports at Courchevel and Méribel bring that down to a short flight. The Courchevel altiport has a single paved strip of 537 m with a gradient of 18.6 per cent, at more than 2,000 m, no instrument approach and no go-around, so jets do not use it and a helicopter is the practical way in.

The machines on this ground are the Airbus H125 for Alpine work, the wider H130 for chalet transfers, the H135 and the Bell 429 where a twin is wanted, and the Bell 407 that Alpine operators use for resort transfers. 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 Chambéry 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 Chambéry

Biggin Hill, London City, Luton and Farnborough 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

Chambéry 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 Chambéry