Private jet charter in Chios

Close to four hours in a light jet puts a London passenger on the eastern edge of the Aegean, a ferry ride from the Turkish coast, yet on this island the runway decides the charter long before the aircraft does. Private Jets UK plans every Chios trip 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. Chios Omiros has a single asphalt runway of 1,511 m, only VOR/DME and NDB approaches in the directories we checked, a compulsory handler and, in summer, slot coordination, so the island suits a light jet or a small midsize one and little larger. Runway works can restrict the airport to turboprops or close it for a period, and then a jet cannot land on the island at all, which is why this page gives you a second way in beside the first.

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 Chios 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 Chios?

About three hours and three-quarters from Biggin Hill or London City in a light jet, just under four from Manchester or Birmingham in a midsize one and about four from Edinburgh or Glasgow, with a two-hour clock change on arrival because Greece keeps Eastern European time. At 1,400 to 1,675 nautical miles from the British fields we use, Chios is among the longest sectors a light jet flies from Britain, and it is where we start to quote a midsize cabin beside the light one. The table gives the sector from each field.

Prices for the private jet flights to Chios

Typical trips from Britain, cheapest first, all of them into Chios Omiros. Summer weeks sit above these figures because of slot coordination, and the handler's charges are quoted separately. When the airport is closed to jets, the same party flies into Izmir and crosses by road and ferry; the airports section prices that alternative.

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 Chios

Chios sends little traffic of its own, and most of what leaves it is either a short hop across the water or a long business sector home. A British operator may not carry passengers between two Greek airports, so Athens, Mykonos, Santorini and Thessaloniki are jobs for a Greek-licensed operator, a scheduled airline or a helicopter, and the table sticks to sectors that leave Greece. 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 Chios:

This is a small part of what is available. Chios sits at the far end of the European business jet fleet and has almost no based aircraft, so for a booking in the summer an aircraft is often positioned from Athens, Izmir or Italy, and the quote may name one of those cities as the starting point. That is normal for an island airport, and it is frequently where the better price comes from.

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Chios 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 Chios

The island has one airport and it is a small one, so the useful question is what to do when it cannot take the aircraft. Izmir, across the water, is the answer when it cannot, and Athens is where the scheduled and Greek-operated flights begin.

Four points settle most Chios arrivals:

Landing permits, the Schengen border and the way home

A private flight into Greece does not usually need a separate landing permit. What it needs is the slot and the handler, and the operator has to be licensed to fly the route. Operators from outside the EU, which since Brexit includes British ones, need a permit from the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority for charter flights, applied for at least five working days ahead. The rule that surprises clients is cabotage: a non-EU operator may fly UK to Greece and back, but may not carry passengers between two Greek airports. London to Athens to Chios on a single British charter is therefore not the plan, while London to Chios nonstop is allowed, and for a trip that needs both airports we propose a different structure. When a notice closes Chios to jets, the same logic leads to Izmir. We read the notices for your date before we quote, and say plainly when a trip cannot be flown as drawn.

For the flight home, the General Aviation Report for Britain is filed not earlier than 48 hours and not later than 2 hours before departure, and any passenger who needs an Electronic Travel Authorisation for the UK must hold it before boarding. British and Irish citizens are exempt. The same handler who arranged the arrival files the paperwork for the departure. Cash worth about £8,500 or more must be declared on entry to the EU.

From the apron to Chios Town

Chios is a large island, about 50 km from end to end, so the first decision is which part of it you want to sleep in. The town and the harbour are three kilometres from the runway, the mastic villages lie in the south and the shipowners' villages in the north. Distances worth knowing:

The mastic villages, Nea Moni and Kardamyla

Chios mastic, the resin of the mastic tree, comes from the south of the island, and the villages there are organised around it. The villages of the Mastichochoria were built as fortresses against pirates, with houses joined into an outer wall and a tower in the middle. Pyrgi is famous for the grey and white geometric patterns on its facades, known as xysta, and it has the Chios Mastic Museum, open daily except Tuesdays. Mesta is the best-preserved of the group, a maze of narrow lanes behind a wall formed by the houses themselves, and Olympoi dates from the 13th century. The know-how of cultivating mastic is on the UNESCO list of intangible heritage, and the growers clear the ground around the trunks in mid-June and cut the bark from July.

Nea Moni, in the hills at the centre of the island, is an 11th-century monastery funded by the Byzantine emperor Constantine IX and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The main church is an octagon decorated with mosaics on a gold ground, and UNESCO groups it with Daphni and Hosios Loukas as monuments of the second golden age of Byzantine art. It came through the great earthquake of the 19th century largely intact, and it is the one stop that nearly every itinerary on the island includes.

The north is quieter. Kardamyla, on a bay in the north-eastern corner, and the small island of Oinousses a short boat ride off the coast are known as the home villages of Greek shipowners. On a clear day Lesbos shows on the horizon. Beyond Kardamyla the road runs on to Nagos and Giosonas, and in the north-west to Volissos, where Agia Markella has sunbeds and a taverna.

Flying to Chios with a dog or a cat

Greece asks for more paperwork than the flight takes time, and the flight is long enough for a dog to settle and sleep. The animal sits beside you in the cabin, never in a hold. The detail that goes wrong is the date on the health certificate, which is valid for only ten days for entry to the EU, and the second detail is the point at which the animal is allowed to arrive.

What Greece 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 designated point of entry. The official Greek tourism list of border inspection posts for private aircraft and yachts names Athens and Thessaloniki airports and, among the islands, Chios, with a note to confirm the position with the local authorities;
• 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 Chios calendar: quiet most of the year, busy at Easter and in summer

Chios has a long low season and a short high one. From November to March it is a working island with a limited timetable, and from late spring the ferries, the villages and the beaches fill up. Orthodox Easter and the weeks from July to September are the two periods when the date matters more than the aircraft.

Ways to bring the Chios price down

• Move the dates out of July, August and September where you can. May, June and October fall outside the usual slot period, and aircraft are easier to find;
• Compare the airports. On the same light jet from Biggin Hill, Izmir is priced about £450 higher than Chios, but it opens the choice to an aircraft of any size, and a ferry fare is a small number beside a charter;
• Combine legs. A trip that visits the Turkish coast and Chios, or flies out of Chios later in the week on the same aircraft, costs less than two separate one-way flights because the crew and the aircraft are positioned once.

Types of flights

Chios produces a different mix from the cities we cover, because people go there for the villages and the sea, not for meetings. Almost everything is leisure, and a good deal of it is shaped by the runway notice.

• Holiday weeks in Chios Town, the mastic villages or a house in the north, flown out on a Thursday or Friday and back a week later;
• Easter trips for the rocket war in Vrontados and the processions in the villages, booked months ahead;
• Combined itineraries with the Turkish coast, landing at Izmir, spending time around Cesme and crossing to Chios by ferry;
• Visits to Nea Moni, Pyrgi and Mesta, usually as day excursions from a base in the town;
• A trip to Kardamyla and Oinousses, in the north-east of the island, by road and by a short boat ride;
• Connections through Athens, arriving from Britain on a jet and finishing the journey on a scheduled flight, a Greek charter or the ferry.

A same-day return does not work. The sector alone is close to four hours each way, so a short stay is planned as two one-way flights and quoted that way, and the figure you see is the one you pay.

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a repositioning flight with nobody aboard, offered at a fraction of the usual price. On the Chios corridor the supply is thin, because the island has little business aviation of its own, and it helps to know where it comes from.

Because the corridor is thin, 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 Chios match the day an operator releases it.

Helicopter charter

On Chios a helicopter competes with a car and a ferry for the same job, the last stretch between a runway and a village that has none. The routes that matter are Athens to Chios, a transfer from the airport or the harbour to the south or the north of the island, and a day to Mykonos. During a full closure the notice allows only helicopters on urgent missions to use the apron, so a private transfer then needs a different site that we agree before the quote.

The machines on this ground are the Airbus H125 for island and coastal work, the wider H130 for hotel and harbour 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 Chios 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 Chios

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

Chios 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 Chios