Private jet charter in Friedrichshafen

A light jet that leaves a Kent or Surrey airfield after an early breakfast crosses the Channel, the Rhine and the edge of the Black Forest in about an hour and a half and lets down beside a lake with three countries on its shores. Private Jets UK arranges the charter around the airport hours, the fair and festival dates and the length of the stay. 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. Friedrichshafen is the German port on that lake, a town of engineers, airships and trade fairs, and the airport is the one fixed point of the trip. It keeps weekday hours that end at 22:00, shortens them at weekends, and is a short lake crossing from Switzerland and a short drive from Austria, which is why almost every booking here turns on the date, the border you want to cross and the cabin size, in that order.

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 Friedrichshafen 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 Friedrichshafen?

Block time is one hour thirty-five from Biggin Hill in a light jet and a little over two hours from Edinburgh. Put the watch forward an hour on landing, since Germany runs on Central European time. The sectors measure 447 to 741 nautical miles, which is comfortable for a light jet out of the south of England and starts to favour a midsize cabin from the Midlands northwards. Every British field we use is in the table.

Prices for the private jet flights to Friedrichshafen

Cheapest first, all of them landing at Friedrichshafen. Fair weeks, the Bregenz Festival and the busiest ski weekends cost more than the figures below; the calendar block lower down says 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 Friedrichshafen

Friedrichshafen is not a hub, but it is a handy launch pad for the Alps and the Swiss and Austrian lakeshores. Zurich and Munich are a short turboprop hop, the Engadin is a short hop over the mountains, and the Mediterranean is a midsize sector away. 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 Friedrichshafen:

That is a sample of the market. The lake lies between the Zurich, Munich, Stuttgart and Memmingen traffic flows, so outside a fair week an aircraft is normally based within an hour of the airfield, and that is often where the keener price comes from.

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Friedrichshafen 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 Friedrichshafen

Friedrichshafen does the work on its own for most trips. Four other fields come up in quotes now and then, each for a particular reason, and they are worth knowing before one turns up on your paperwork.

Four points settle most Friedrichshafen arrivals:

Border, passport and three shores

Landing at Friedrichshafen settles the formalities in one place: the handler arranges customs and immigration and the car waits at the aircraft. After that the road stays inside Schengen. Lindau is in Bavaria and Bregenz in Austria, and neither shows a border post. Switzerland is the exception for goods: travellers cross freely, but the country sits outside the EU customs area, so a day on the Swiss shore means declaring what you carry at the crossing, and anyone planning to buy watches or bring back wine should know that in advance.

From the apron to the lakefront

Friedrichshafen has about 62,000 residents and lost much of its old centre to bombing in the last war, so the lakeside promenade, the harbour and the museums matter more than medieval streets. It is also where Count Zeppelin's airships were built, and the industry that grew round them is still the town's business: ZF, which began as the maker of gears for airships, the Rolls-Royce Power Systems engine works that descends from Maybach and MTU, Zeppelin's own airship engineering, and the Zeppelin University. Airbus Defence and Space keeps a site at nearby Immenstaad, which is regarded as the successor to Dornier.

Visitors spend their time on the lake. The Zeppelin Museum stands on the waterfront in a restored harbour railway station of the 1930s and holds a 33 m reconstruction of a section of the Hindenburg, which visitors can walk through. The Dornier Museum beside the airport shows Claude Dornier's aircraft, from flying boats to the Dornier 228 and 328 and the Alpha Jet, along with satellites and space probes. On the water, Mainau, the flower island run by the Bernadotte foundation and part of Konstanz, is the classic day trip, Meersburg has two castles and vineyards climbing to the shore, and Lindau sits on its island with a harbour lighthouse that is the only one in Bavaria. Across the lake Bregenz has its festival, and beyond the Rhine valley the Alps begin.

Business keeps the town busy outside the season. Plant visits at ZF and the engine works, meetings at Zeppelin, delegations at Immenstaad and the fairs at the Messe next door make Friedrichshafen a working town first and a resort second. A morning meeting, lunch on the quay and the evening flight home is an everyday booking, and the 22:00 weekday limit seldom gets in its way.

Flying to Friedrichshafen with a dog or a cat

Pets fly in the cabin with you on a private jet, and the paperwork takes longer than the journey. Two things need care: the date on the health certificate, which lapses ten days after it is issued, and the plan for any day trip that takes the animal across the water into Switzerland or Austria.

The German entry checklist:

• A microchip, put in before the rabies jab or at the same appointment, never afterwards;
• A rabies vaccination given from 12 weeks of age, with 21 days passed before you travel;
• An Animal Health Certificate signed by an Official Veterinarian, dated no more than ten days before entry to the EU and valid for the return as stated on the certificate;
• A limit of five animals per traveller, shown at the first point of entry into the EU, which the handler coordinates at the terminal;
• For dogs only, a vet's tapeworm treatment 24 to 120 hours before the flight back to Britain, with the product, date and time written in the record (cats are exempt).

Rules for cats, ferrets, birds and rarer pets are gathered in our flying with pets guide, and our managers confirm them in writing for your dates before we accept a booking.

The Friedrichshafen calendar: a trade fair, a lake stage and a long season

The lake has a rhythm of its own. A fair in April, flowers from spring to autumn, an opera on the water in high summer, boats in September and snow in the Alps from the turn of the year decide which week you want, and knowing it matters more than choosing an aircraft.

Ways to bring the Friedrichshafen price down

• Shift the dates by a few days if you can. The gap between the fair and the festival and the quiet part of late autumn are the calmest stretches;
• Ask where the aircraft sits. One already at Zurich, Munich, Stuttgart or Memmingen needs far less positioning than one flown out from Britain, and on a sector this short that is a real part of the bill;
• Choose the light jet unless the baggage argues against it. A party of four with four cases does not need a midsize, and the difference is better spent on the lake;
• Plan to leave well inside the published day. A weekday departure before 22:00 or a weekend one before sunset removes the permission step.

Types of flights

The mix here differs from a capital city's. Friedrichshafen is a trade-fair venue, an engineering centre and a lake resort at the edge of the Alps, and bookings reflect all three.

• Trade fair trips for AERO in April and the boat show in September, from owners and companies who fly in themselves or charter in;
• Corporate visits to ZF, the engine works, Zeppelin and the Airbus site at Immenstaad, often out and back in a day;
• Lake weekends with a Zeppelin flight, Mainau, Meersburg and Lindau, usually four to six people and a car at the apron;
• Festival nights at Bregenz in July and August, where the date and the airport hours have to be planned together;
• Winter trips to the Arlberg, Montafon and the Bregenzerwald, many with a helicopter on the last stretch;
• Combined trips with the Swiss shore, landing at Friedrichshafen and finishing at St. Gallen-Altenrhein or Zurich, or the other way round.

A same-day round trip deserves a quote of its own. The crew waits on the ground and you pay for the waiting, yet the total usually stays below two separate one-way charters. With the airport open until 22:00 on weekdays, a morning departure from Biggin Hill and an evening return to Kent is realistic, and we price the day trip next to the two one-way options so you can compare.

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a positioning flight flown without passengers and sold at a fraction of the normal fare. On this route they follow the fair, the festival and the ski season, so it helps to know where they come from.

Few aircraft shuttle on this corridor compared with the busiest London routes, so a window of several days gives you much better odds than a fixed evening. The trade-off is the usual one: the operator sets the date and the hour, and a leg disappears if its first booking moves. Open legs appear on our empty legs page, and we tell you the day one to Friedrichshafen is released.

Helicopter charter, and the airship

On Lake Constance the rotary question and the airship question are neighbours. The Zeppelin NT, the modern airship, is based at the airport, and its sightseeing flights run from April to mid-November over the lake, with routes to Meersburg, Lindau, Mainau, Bregenz and the Swiss shore and a two-hour tour that includes the Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen. The flights last from 20 minutes to two hours and cost, per seat, from a couple of hundred pounds for the shortest hop to roughly a thousand for the long tour. It carries about a dozen passengers, and the operator also lists charter flights, so a private party can ask. An airship is an experience to book, not a transfer, and it is the most memorable thing a first-time lake visitor does. A helicopter, by contrast, does the work of getting somewhere.

For Alpine work the usual machine is the Airbus H125, the wider H130 suits scenic flights and villa transfers, and the H135 or Bell 429 serves where a twin is wanted. We book the helicopter with the jet so both crews follow one timetable. Local sightseeing flights also depart from Friedrichshafen, typically about half an hour over the lake.

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 Friedrichshafen 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 Friedrichshafen

Most traffic on this corridor starts at Biggin Hill, London City, Farnborough or Luton, followed by Southampton, Bristol and Birmingham, with Scotland at the far end; the price table above covers all thirteen departures. 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

Friedrichshafen charters from the booking notes: six typical trips

Six typical jobs from our booking notes show how a quote becomes a flight, described in outline with the particulars changed.

Frequently asked questions about flying to Friedrichshafen