Private jet charter in Essen

From the London fields the Rhine and Ruhr are an hour and ten minutes away by light jet, but Essen's own airfield is meant for turboprops and helicopters, so the first decision on any Essen charter is which of three jet airports you land at. Private Jets UK arranges the charter around that choice. 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. Düsseldorf is about 25 km from the centre of Essen and has an executive terminal that opens at half past five, Dortmund is a smaller and quieter field to the east, and Cologne/Bonn never closes, so the useful questions are where the meeting is, which week of the fair calendar it falls in and how late the return has to leave.

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 Essen 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 London Luton, 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 Essen?

An hour and ten minutes from Biggin Hill, London City or Luton in a light jet, an hour and a quarter from Farnborough and Southampton, an hour and twenty to twenty-five minutes from Birmingham and Manchester, and an hour and forty from Glasgow. Germany keeps Central European time, one hour ahead of Britain, so a departure at seven in the morning lands at about ten past nine local time. The table gives the sector into Düsseldorf, the airport we use for most Essen trips: 261 to 503 nautical miles, short enough that a light jet suits nearly everybody and a heavy aircraft is wasted unless Essen is only the first stop.

Prices for the private jet flights to Essen

Typical trips from Britain, cheapest first, all of them into Düsseldorf. The big Düsseldorf fair weeks, Medica in November above all, 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 Essen

The Ruhr cities run into one another and are tied together by motorways and fast trains, so a jet is rarely the answer for the neighbouring town. Cologne/Bonn at 30 nautical miles from Düsseldorf and Dortmund at 36 are distances a car often matches, and we say so when it is the wrong tool. Where a jet earns its place is the second leg of a trade-fair week, the day that starts in Essen and ends in Frankfurt or Amsterdam, and the long sector on to Munich, Paris or the Gulf. Typical one-way prices from Düsseldorf, the gateway we use for jets out of Essen:

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 Essen:

This is a small part of what is available. Essen sits among the Düsseldorf, Cologne and Dortmund fleets, with Amsterdam and Frankfurt a short positioning flight away, so outside a fair week some suitable aircraft is normally standing close by, and that is where the better price usually comes from. In the Medica or drupa week the same aircraft are taken early, which is the reason to ask early.

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Essen 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 Essen

Asked which airport serves Essen, the honest answer has three parts: the one inside the city that jets do not use, the one that carries most trips, and two that are sometimes the better choice. It helps to know them before a quote arrives with one of them in it.

Four things decide most Essen arrivals:

Border and passport: clear once, at the first airport

The arrival formalities are done where you first touch German soil, and nowhere else on the trip. A party that lands at Düsseldorf for a meeting in Essen is through the border check in the terminal and has no further control on the way, and one that carries on to Amsterdam or Frankfurt after Essen is checked once, on arrival. Whether a flight from Britain can clear the border at Essen/Mülheim itself is something we settle with the airport and the Federal Police for your date, and clients usually choose Düsseldorf and take a helicopter or a car. For the return to Britain a General Aviation Report is filed not earlier than 48 hours and not later than 2 hours before departure, and a guest who does not hold a British or Irish passport usually needs a UK electronic travel authorisation or a visa for the flight home.

From the apron to Zollverein

Essen is the second-largest city of the Ruhr after Dortmund, with about 570,000 people in a region of some 5.3 million. For a century its address was coal and steel, Krupp above all. Today the head offices of RWE, E.ON, Evonik, thyssenkrupp, Aldi Nord and Hochtief are in the city, and the Zollverein colliery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has become a museum quarter with the Ruhr Museum in the former coal washery. The distances that matter are the transfers from the three airports and the short hops across the city.

Flying to Essen with a dog or a cat

The flight is short enough that most animals sleep through it, and the animal travels beside you in the cabin with no hold involved. The paperwork takes more care than the flight. The certificate is dated for entry into the EU and not for the trip as a whole, and its ten-day life starts on the day it is issued.

What Germany asks for on the way in:

• A microchip, implanted before the rabies vaccination or on the same day, and never afterwards;
• A rabies vaccination given when the animal is at least 12 weeks old, with 21 days passing before entry;
• An Animal Health Certificate from an Official Veterinarian, issued no more than ten days before entry to the EU and valid for the return to Britain as stated on the certificate. A pet passport issued in England, Scotland or Wales cannot be used for entry;
• Not more than five animals per traveller, presented at a travellers' point of entry;
• For dogs, a vet's tapeworm treatment 24 to 120 hours before the flight back to Britain, written into the paperwork with the 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 a private flight with an animal into Britain we confirm the entry point and the paperwork for the animal in writing before the flight, and our managers confirm the position for your dates before a booking is taken.

The Essen calendar: fair halls, football and a coalfield turned museum

Essen sets its own rhythm and borrows two more from its neighbours. The fairground in Rüttenscheid has ten halls and about 110,000 square metres under cover, Düsseldorf next door has a fair programme of its own that fills most of the year, and Cologne adds carnival and a games show. The calendar below is the thing to read before choosing an aircraft, because the week sets the price of a hotel room far more than the weather does.

Ways to bring the Essen price down

• Move the dates by a few days where you can. The days after a big fair closes are calm, and so is high summer, between the spring fairs and gamescom;
• Let us choose between Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Cologne/Bonn when the meeting allows. They price alike from London, but an aircraft that is already standing at one of them saves its positioning, and from Scotland the nearest field can be several hundred pounds cheaper than the farthest: an Edinburgh departure is £9,000 into Düsseldorf and £9,400 into Cologne/Bonn;
• Keep to the light jet unless the baggage forces the issue. A party of four with ordinary suitcases gains nothing from a midsize cabin, and the saving pays for the car and the hotel.

Types of flights

Essen produces a different mix from a resort or a capital. It is a head-office city first, a fair city second, and the middle of a conurbation that holds Düsseldorf, Cologne and Dortmund within an hour of each other.

• Head-office travel. With the big groups named above based in the city, the demand is for small parties on fixed days, usually out and back within the day;
• Trade fairs, in three cities. Exhibitors, buyers and stand teams for Messe Essen, Düsseldorf and Cologne, with heavy luggage and a short window on the ground;
• Football. Borussia Dortmund home matches, normally a same-evening return that depends on the closing time of the airport;
• Culture and industrial heritage. Zollverein, the Folkwang Museum, Villa Hügel, the Aalto Theatre and the Grugapark, usually weekend parties of two to six;
• University and medical visits. The University of Duisburg-Essen has a university hospital in Essen, and consultants and patients travel for appointments and conferences;
• Christmas market weekends in Essen, Dortmund, Cologne and Düsseldorf, sometimes with a dog.

The day return deserves a closer look. London is an hour and ten minutes away and the Düsseldorf terminal runs from half past five to eleven at night, which leaves a working day with margin at both ends. The aircraft and crew wait on the ground, and that wait is a real line in the quote, but the total still comes out below two one-way charters. We build the return to leave well before the terminal closes and quote it both ways, so you see the difference.

Empty Legs

Sometimes an aircraft has to fly without passengers to reach its next job, and the operator sells that flight cheaply to fill the seats. On the Rhine and Ruhr these appear in bursts that follow the fair and football calendar.

Flexibility is what pays here. A client with a window of several days finds a match far more often than one who needs a particular evening, and the trade-off is that the date and the hour belong to the operator, who may withdraw the leg if the original booking changes. Open legs are posted on our empty legs page, and we tell you about an Essen match as soon as an operator releases it.

Helicopter charter

In the Ruhr a helicopter does one thing that no road can do: it removes the motorway. Düsseldorf Airport to Essen/Mülheim is a short hop in the air against a drive of about half an hour, and from Essen/Mülheim the Ruhr towns are minutes apart. The figures are straight-line distances and approximate flying times, set against the road.

For this ground we use the Airbus H125 for light passenger work, the roomier H130 for scenic and estate transfers, the Bell 429 and Agusta 109 when a twin-engine machine is wanted, and the H155 for larger parties. The helicopter is booked together with the jet, so both crews work from 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 Essen 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 Essen

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 into Düsseldorf. 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

Essen 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 Essen