Private jet charter in Davos

A client who tells a London broker that the destination is Davos is naming a place without an airport, and the sooner that is settled, the better the trip goes. Davos has no jet airport. The town lies at 1,560 metres in a Graubünden valley and has a heliport but no runway, so every charter lands somewhere else and finishes the journey by road, rail or helicopter. Private Jets UK picks that somewhere else for each booking. 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. For Davos the realistic gateways are Zurich, about two hours away by road, the Engadin airfield at Samedan, and St. Gallen-Altenrhein on the Swiss shore of Lake Constance. In the week of the World Economic Forum each of them comes with its own federal conditions, and the choice among them matters more than the choice of aircraft.

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 Davos 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 Davos?

There is no flight to Davos itself, so the figures below are the flight to Zurich, the gateway with the fewest conditions attached: 1 hour 25 minutes from Biggin Hill or London City in a light jet and 2 hours from Glasgow in a Challenger, with a clock one hour ahead of Britain on landing. The sector is 422 to 725 nautical miles. After that comes the last stretch to the valley: about two hours by road from Zurich, or about half an hour by helicopter. The table covers the flight from each British field we use.

The same trip from Biggin Hill into each airport that serves Davos, with a Citation CJ3+. The distance from the gateway to the town is in the last column; it is the choice of gateway that moves the total time, not the flight.

Prices for the private jet flights to Davos

Typical trips from Britain, cheapest first, priced as a flight to Zurich, the gateway we use most for Davos. The transfer to the valley and the weeks of the Forum, Christmas and New Year come on top of these figures.

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 Davos

A flight "from Davos" starts at the gateway, because the town has only a heliport. Most onward sectors leave Zurich or Samedan, and the short hops between the Alpine airfields are flown by turboprop. 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 Davos:

This is a small part of what is available. The Samedan approach demands a briefed crew, so many aircraft for the Engadin are positioned from Zurich or northern Italy, and a Davos quote may name one of those fields as the start. In Forum week the opposite also happens: aircraft are moved out of Zurich to a parking airfield and brought back to collect the party, which is why the quote has to show where the aircraft waits.

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Davos 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 Davos

Start with one fact: none of these airports is in Davos. They are listed by how often we use them for the town, and the order changes for the week of the Forum. For the large cabins Zurich is the answer all year, and in Forum week it needs a plan for the parking.

Four points settle most Davos arrivals:

Border, passport and customs

Switzerland is not in the EU customs union, so a flight from Britain is dealt with twice: as a Schengen border for the passengers and as a Swiss customs border for the goods. The federal rules state that flights into Switzerland must arrive at, or stop over at, an airport with customs. That is why the Davos heliport is never the first landing of a trip from abroad, and why the choice of gateway is also a choice of customs office. Zurich, Samedan during its hours and Altenrhein all offer customs. Coming home, the General Aviation Report for Britain is filed between 48 hours and 2 hours before departure, which our handler takes care of together with the crew.

From the apron to the Landwasser valley

Davos is a town of about 10,800 residents at 1,560 m, and it consists of two villages, Davos Dorf and Davos Platz. The Parsenn lifts lead from Dorf over the ridge to Klosters, while the Jakobshorn is reached from Platz. Six ski areas share about 300 km of pistes and 57 lifts, and the Schatzalp funicular climbs from Platz to the Berghotel Schatzalp on the hill. The distances that matter are these:

Flying to Davos with a dog or a cat

A pet on a winter trip is an ordinary booking, and the flight is the easy part: the animal travels beside you in the cabin and not in a hold, and on a sector of an hour and a half most simply sleep. The complications are on the ground. Switzerland is outside the EU and runs its own import rules, and the airport where the animal first enters the country is something we settle in writing before the aircraft is booked.

What the Swiss veterinary office asks for when a pet arrives from Britain:

• An ISO microchip, fitted before the rabies vaccination;
• A rabies vaccination given after the microchip, when the animal is at least 12 weeks old; it counts as valid 21 days later;
• Where the animal has no Swiss or EU pet passport, as on a first trip, an official veterinary certificate from the country of departure, with its validity checked against the Swiss rule on the day;
• Presentation of the animal at the red customs exit. The Swiss guidance names Basel, Geneva and Zurich for accompanied animals arriving by air, so for a dog or a cat we plan the first landing at Zurich unless Samedan or Altenrhein is confirmed in writing;
• No dogs with docked ears or tails, which Switzerland does not allow in;
• For dogs on the way home, a tapeworm treatment from a vet between 24 and 120 hours before landing in Britain, recorded with product, date and time. 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 them in writing before the flight.

The Davos calendar: one famous week and a long winter

Davos has a long winter, one famous week in January and a smaller summer. The winter fills the valley from the first lift openings to the school holidays, the Forum takes over the town for a working week in January, and summer is a quieter walking season with a chamber music festival. Which week you want decides the aircraft, the airport and the price.

Ways to bring the Davos price down

• Move the dates away from Forum week, Christmas, New Year and the Spengler Cup where you can; ordinary weeks of the season are calmer;
• Ask where the aircraft is based. A jet already in Zurich, Milan or Innsbruck needs less positioning than one coming from Britain;
• Take the light jet unless the luggage says otherwise. Four people and four bags do not need a midsize, and the saving buys the helicopter leg.

Types of flights

Davos produces a different mix of flights from the cities we cover, because the town sells winter sport, one famous meeting and a conference trade that runs through the year.

• Ski holidays, from a long weekend to a week, with skis, boots and a driver waiting at Zurich;
• Forum traffic in January, with delegations, security staff and aircraft chosen to fit the federal rules;
• Hockey weekends around the Spengler Cup, at the end of December;
• Summer visits for the festival, walking and cycling, when the daylight limits of the mountain fields matter much less;
• Meetings and conferences at other times of year, where the party lands at Zurich and finishes the journey by road or helicopter;
• Onward legs from the Alps to Milan, Nice or Paris, flown from Zurich or Samedan.

A long weekend is the trip to examine closely. Leave London on a Friday morning, land at Zurich before lunch, be in the valley for the afternoon and come back on the Sunday. The aircraft and crew wait for you or fly to a parking airfield, and that waiting is paid for, but it still comes out cheaper than two one-way charters. In Forum week the waiting is rarely possible at Zurich at all, and we quote the options both ways.

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a repositioning flight with nobody aboard, offered at a fraction of the usual price. Davos has a strong seasonal pattern, and the empty legs come in waves.

A client who can name a few days rather than one has a far better chance than one who needs a particular Sunday. 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 Zurich or Samedan match the day an operator releases it.

Helicopter charter

In Davos the helicopter is the way to cover the last stretch from Zurich, 122 km in a straight line, in about half an hour. A jet lands at Zurich with its customs, a helicopter takes the party up to the Stilli heliport, and the day gains a morning. The rules are tight, though, and they are tightest in the week of the Forum.

The machines on this ground are the Airbus H125 for mountain work, the H130 for passengers with bags, the H135 and the Bell 429 where a twin is wanted, and larger helicopters for bigger 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 Davos 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 Davos

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

Davos 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 Davos