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Private jet charter in Gdansk

The Baltic coast of Poland lies about 700 nautical miles east of London, a flight of roughly 2 hours 5 minutes that ends in the Schengen area and one hour ahead of British clocks. A jet that leaves a London airfield at seven in the morning is on the ground in Gdansk at about ten, local time, in time for a meeting in the Main Town, lunch on the pier at Sopot or an afternoon at the castle in Malbork. Private Jets UK arranges the charter around whichever of those it is. 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. Gdansk Lech Wałęsa has a 2,800 m runway, customs and immigration listed as available round the clock and no slot procedure in its published aerodrome data. The second airfield on the coast, at Gdynia-Kosakowo, is a naval base without scheduled flights, so the real decisions are the handler, the date and the size of the cabin.

 

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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 Gdansk 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 Stansted, 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 Gdansk?

A little over two hours from the London fields, and a clock that has to be moved forward by one hour, because Poland keeps Central European Time and changes it on the same dates as Britain. The sectors in the table run from 698 to 839 nautical miles, the middle of short-haul. A light jet flies them without a stop, and a full cabin of eight is better placed in a midsize one. The table shows the sector from each British field we use.

Route Aircraft Flying time Routing
London Stansted - Gdansk
698 nm / 1,293 km
Cessna Citation CJ3+ about 2 h 05 min Nonstop
London City - Gdansk
713 nm / 1,320 km
Cessna Citation CJ3+ about 2 h 05 min Nonstop
Biggin Hill - Gdansk
718 nm / 1,330 km
Cessna Citation CJ3+ about 2 h 05 min Nonstop
London Luton - Gdansk
720 nm / 1,333 km
Embraer Phenom 300E about 1 h 55 min Nonstop
Newcastle - Gdansk
726 nm / 1,345 km
Learjet 75 Liberty about 2 h Nonstop
Leeds - Gdansk
735 nm / 1,361 km
Cessna Citation XLS+ about 2 h 05 min Nonstop
Farnborough - Gdansk
749 nm / 1,387 km
Embraer Phenom 300E about 2 h Nonstop
Birmingham - Gdansk
759 nm / 1,406 km
Cessna Citation XLS+ about 2 h 05 min Nonstop
Manchester - Gdansk
764 nm / 1,415 km
Cessna Citation XLS+ about 2 h 10 min Nonstop
Southampton - Gdansk
778 nm / 1,441 km
Cessna Citation XLS+ about 2 h 10 min Nonstop
Edinburgh - Gdansk
782 nm / 1,448 km
Bombardier Challenger 350 about 2 h 05 min Nonstop
Bristol - Gdansk
817 nm / 1,513 km
Cessna Citation XLS+ about 2 h 15 min Nonstop
Glasgow - Gdansk
819 nm / 1,517 km
Bombardier Challenger 350 about 2 h 10 min Nonstop
Cardiff - Gdansk
839 nm / 1,554 km
Cessna Citation Latitude about 2 h 15 min Nonstop

 

Door to door, and the clock on the wall

Leave a London airfield at seven and you land at about ten local time, because the flight takes about 2 h 05 min in a light jet and Poland is an hour ahead. The airport stands about 12 km north-west of the Old Town. A station of the Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway serves it and a direct train to Gdansk Główny takes about half an hour, while a taxi to the centre takes 20 to 30 minutes. With the drive to the British airfield and the processing at both ends, central London to central Gdansk comes to a little over four and a half hours. On the way home the clock gives the hour back.

Light jet or midsize on a sector of just over two hours

– Three or four people with cabin bags fit a light jet comfortably for this length, and the saving is real. We still quote a midsize cabin beside it, because the legroom counts after two hours and a Baltic winter adds coats and boots to the hold;

– Past four people, or with golf bags, a pushchair, trade-fair samples or a dog, the midsize jet stops being an upgrade and becomes the sensible quote;

– A heavy jet is for a large delegation, for one aircraft that follows you from Gdansk to Berlin or Stockholm, or for a trip in which the Polish coast is only the first of several stops.

 

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Prices for the private jet flights to Gdansk

Typical trips from Britain, cheapest first, all of them into Gdansk Lech Wałęsa. The busiest weeks of the calendar further down can sit above these figures.

Route Aircraft Passengers Price, one way
London Stansted - Gdansk
698 nm
Cessna Citation CJ3+ 6 from £9,850
London City - Gdansk
713 nm
Cessna Citation CJ3+ 6 from £10,050
Biggin Hill - Gdansk
718 nm
Cessna Citation CJ3+ 6 from £10,100
London Luton - Gdansk
720 nm
Embraer Phenom 300E 7 from £10,150
Farnborough - Gdansk
749 nm
Embraer Phenom 300E 7 from £10,500
Newcastle - Gdansk
726 nm
Learjet 75 Liberty 7 from £12,250
Leeds - Gdansk
735 nm
Cessna Citation XLS+ 8 from £12,750
Birmingham - Gdansk
759 nm
Cessna Citation XLS+ 8 from £13,100
Manchester - Gdansk
764 nm
Cessna Citation XLS+ 8 from £13,200
Southampton - Gdansk
778 nm
Cessna Citation XLS+ 8 from £13,400
Bristol - Gdansk
817 nm
Cessna Citation XLS+ 8 from £13,950
Edinburgh - Gdansk
782 nm
Bombardier Challenger 350 8 from £16,700
Glasgow - Gdansk
819 nm
Bombardier Challenger 350 8 from £17,350
Cardiff - Gdansk
839 nm
Cessna Citation Latitude 8 from £17,600

 

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 Gdansk

Gdansk is a good base for a loop round the Baltic. Warsaw and Krakow are short hops inside Poland, Riga, Vilnius and Tallinn lie along the coast to the north-east, and Copenhagen, Stockholm, Berlin and Hamburg are all sectors that fit into a morning. Typical one-way prices:

Route Aircraft Price, one way
POLAND AND THE BALTICS · SHORT HOPS
Gdansk - Warsaw Chopin
167 nm
Pilatus PC-12 NGX
up to 9 passengers
from £3,100
Gdansk - Krakow
273 nm
Pilatus PC-12 NGX
up to 9 passengers
from £3,800
Gdansk - Riga
251 nm
Pilatus PC-12 NGX
up to 9 passengers
from £3,600
Gdansk - Vilnius
248 nm
Pilatus PC-12 NGX
up to 9 passengers
from £3,550
Gdansk - Tallinn
382 nm
Cessna Citation CJ3+
up to 7 passengers
from £6,150
THE REGION · SHORT BUSINESS SECTORS
Gdansk - Copenhagen
222 nm
Embraer Phenom 300E
up to 8 passengers
from £5,700
Gdansk - Berlin Brandenburg
224 nm
Embraer Phenom 300E
up to 8 passengers
from £5,700
Gdansk - Stockholm Bromma
311 nm
Cessna Citation CJ3+
up to 7 passengers
from £5,300
Gdansk - Hamburg
314 nm
Cessna Citation XLS+
up to 9 passengers
from £6,800

 

Poland from the air: when a turboprop beats the motorway

Warsaw is 167 nautical miles from Gdansk, about 1 h in a Pilatus PC-12, and Krakow is 273 nautical miles, about 1 h 20 min. On the ground both are a long day of motorway driving, which is why a day in the capital can be worth flying. Domestic legs come with one condition. An aircraft registered abroad may be barred from selling a flight between two points in Poland, which is the cabotage rule, so we check the operator's rights before a Warsaw or Krakow hop is quoted. Riga is 251 nautical miles, about 1 h 15 min by turboprop, Vilnius is 248 and Copenhagen 222, and all of these are inside the Schengen area. A loop of Gdansk, Riga and Vilnius arranged as one trip costs noticeably less than three separate charters, because the aircraft and crew stay with you.

Before you accept a Polish onward quote

– Check which Polish airport is named. A quote for Warsaw can mean Chopin or a secondary field, and the two have different rules, so we name the airport and the handler in writing;

– Ask whether a domestic leg is on the quote at all. Because of the cabotage point above, a leg that stays inside Poland can need a different operator from the one that flew you in from Britain;

– Check whether the legs are one booking. Three days across Gdansk, Riga and Vilnius cost less as a single trip, because the aircraft and crew stay with you instead of returning to base between stops.

 

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:

Turbopropsfrom £850/h
Small jet£1,700 - 2,500/h
Light jet£2,100 - 3,000/h
Medium-sized jet (Citation XLS+, Hawker 800XP)£3,000 - 3,700/h
Large medium-class jet (Challenger 300)£4,600 - 5,500/h
Large jet (Legacy 600)£4,900 - 5,800/h
Long-haul jet (Global 5000, G550, Falcon 7X)£5,800 - 8,800/h
Business linersfrom £10,300/h

 

Prices for private jet flights

 

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 Gdansk:

 

Light jets, for a short and light party

At just over two hours this is still the class for three or four people with modest bags. Range is no issue for Gdansk, so the money goes on the hour and not on capability you will not use.

HondaJet Elite · 5 seatsfrom £1,900/h
Cessna Citation CJ3+ · 7 seatsfrom £2,400/h
Embraer Phenom 300E · 8 seatsfrom £2,600/h
Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen2 · 8 seatsfrom £2,700/h

Midsize, for the team and the winter trip

A team with a laptop each and printed material, or a family with coats and a pushchair, is what usually moves a booking out of the light-jet class and into a cabin where the party can stand up and work.

Learjet 75 Liberty · 8 seatsfrom £3,000/h
Cessna Citation XLS+ · 9 seatsfrom £3,100/h
Cessna Citation Latitude · 9 seatsfrom £3,900/h
Embraer Praetor 600 · 9 seatsfrom £3,400/h

Super-midsize and large

For a corporate or government delegation travelling as one party, for a team that works in the air, and for trips that carry on from Gdansk to Scandinavia or further east rather than turning round.

Bombardier Challenger 350 · 9 seatsfrom £4,000/h
Bombardier Challenger 605 · 12 seatsfrom £4,350/h
Dassault Falcon 2000LXS · 10 seatsfrom £4,900/h
Gulfstream G450 · 13 seatsfrom £5,800/h

Turboprops

The right aircraft for the hops inside Poland and along the Baltic: Warsaw is about an hour in the air, Riga and Vilnius an hour and a quarter, and on distances like these a turboprop saves a lot against a jet.

Pilatus PC-12 NGX · 9 seatsfrom £1,400/h
Beechcraft King Air 350 · 9 seatsfrom £1,650/h

Helicopters

Not for the flight from Britain but for the last stretch: the Hel Peninsula, the castle at Malbork, or a seaside plot near Sopot with a lawn and no runway. Where a helicopter may land is agreed before the quote.

Airbus H125 · 5 seatson request
Airbus H130 · 6 seatson request
Airbus H135 · 6 seatson request
Bell 429 · 6 seatson request

 

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This is a small part of what is available. Gdansk sits at the northern edge of the Polish fleet and close to the Baltic and Scandinavian one, so there is often an aircraft within an hour or so of the airport, in Warsaw, Berlin, Copenhagen or Riga, and that is frequently where the better price comes from.

 

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Gdansk 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.

 

How to rent a business jet with a crew

5 main stages:

  • Sending an application

  • Clarification of details and search for options

  • Preparation and coordination of optimal options

  • Registration of documents. Payment of the invoice.

  • Departure on the route.

 

Business aviation airports in Gdansk

One airport does the work. The others on this list matter as a back-up, for a trip that is really to another part of northern Poland, or because a quote names them and you should know why.

Airport What it gives you
Gdansk Lech Wałęsa
GDN / EPGD
The answer for almost every jet trip. It lies about 12 km north-west of the Old Town and has a single runway, 11/29, of 2,800 by 45 metres with ILS approaches. The official aeronautical information lists customs and immigration as available round the clock, names Welcome Airport Services as the handling agent, also round the clock, and lists LS Airport Services and the General Aviation Airbase among the general aviation and VIP providers. Jet A-1 comes from Orlen Aviation and Air BP, de-icing is listed at all hours on Apron 5, and there are hangars for aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 737-900
Gdynia-Kosakowo
EPOK
The field behind the Open'er festival, on the coast north of Gdynia, and not a jet airport. It is a base of the Polish Naval Aviation, with a 2,500 metre concrete runway, 13/31. Gdynia gave up the plan for scheduled passenger flights, and the airfield is known to travellers mainly for the festival. We do not plan business jet arrivals there. A quote that names it should be treated as a mistake until the operator proves otherwise, and Gdansk is where a festival party lands
Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski
BZG / EPBY
A regional airport 3.5 km from the centre of Bydgoszcz and about 50 km from Toruń, with an asphalt runway of 2,500 by 60 metres. It is about 170 km and nearly two hours by road from Gdansk, so it is an option only when the meeting is in Bydgoszcz or Toruń. Customs and immigration arrangements for private jets are confirmed per flight
Szczecin-Goleniów
SZZ / EPSC
A 2,500 metre runway about 45 km north-east of Szczecin, in the far north-west of Poland, and roughly 250 km from Gdansk in a straight line. It is a plan B only when the programme is in West Pomerania. For anything in Gdansk, Sopot or Gdynia it is the wrong airport, and the road makes that plain
Warsaw Chopin
WAW / EPWA
Not an alternative for a Gdansk meeting but a natural next stop, 167 nautical miles away and about 1 h by turboprop. The capital has its own slot and night rules, which differ from the Gdansk ones, so a plan that links the two cities is checked against both airports

 

Four points settle most Gdansk arrivals:

Choose the handler

The Polish aeronautical information names Welcome Airport Services as the handling agent at Gdansk, available round the clock, and lists LS Airport Services among the general aviation and VIP providers beside a separate General Aviation Airbase. Aviation directories add Excel Handling, and one of them records that handling is not mandatory for a general aviation flight. Because the sources differ, we confirm in writing which company receives you before you pay, and we give the car company the handler's name as well as the flight.

Hours, slots and noise

The aerodrome data lists the administration, customs and immigration as available round the clock and contains no slot procedure, and directories state that slots are not required. The tower and approach hours it publishes are shorter than the airport's, so a night arrival is agreed with the handler first. Runway 29 is preferred for departures, and between nine in the evening and five in the morning local time training and test flights are prohibited and the use of reverse thrust is discouraged.

Border and passport

Poland is in Schengen and Britain is not, so you pass passport control and customs on arrival, and the Border Guard and customs offices are listed at all hours. British passport holders need no visa for up to 90 days in any 180, with a passport issued less than ten years before arrival and valid for at least three months beyond the day you leave. The Entry/Exit System takes a photograph and fingerprints on a first entry, so allow a few extra minutes. A charter run by an operator from outside the EEA is covered by the Polish authority's permission procedure, which the operator files.

Weather, de-icing and the car

The Baltic winter is cold and grey, with a January mean of about minus 1.4 degrees Celsius, and in snow or freezing fog de-icing is a normal part of a departure. It is listed at all hours on Apron 5 and adds minutes to the schedule. The warmest month, July, averages only about 17.7 degrees Celsius, so a summer week on the bay needs a jacket. Book the car for the handler and not just for the airport, because a driver told only the airport name can wait at the wrong door.

 

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Border, passport and the way home

Because Poland is inside Schengen, the first landing is where the formalities happen, and everything after that, a hop to Riga or a drive to Sopot, is free of border control. Denmark, Germany, Lithuania and Latvia are Schengen countries too, so a Baltic loop has one border check at the start. The way home runs the other way. Britain treats the aircraft as arriving from abroad, so a General Aviation Report is filed not earlier than 48 hours and not later than two hours before departure, and passengers pass the border at the British airfield. Visitors who need no visa for Britain still need an Electronic Travel Authorisation unless they are British or Irish citizens. We file the paperwork; you bring passports that are in date, and you declare cash above the reporting limit and anything that may be prohibited or subject to duty. The usual EU limits on meat and milk products apply to what you carry in.

 

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From the apron to the Main Town

Gdansk is a Hanseatic port that joined the League in the fourteenth century and was for a long time the principal seaport of the Polish Crown. The Main Town is rebuilt along the Royal Route, with the Long Market, Artus Court, the Crane on the waterfront and St. Mary's, one of the largest brick churches in the world. The Gdansk Shipyard is where the Solidarity movement began, and the European Solidarity Centre and the Museum of the Second World War tell that story. Westerplatte, where some of the first fighting of the war took place, lies by the harbour. The city is also the heart of the amber trade, since Baltic amber has been gathered along this coast for centuries. Sopot and Gdynia sit to the north along the same bay, and the three together are the Tricity, a metropolitan area of about a million people.

Gdansk Lech Wałęsa to the Old Town
about 12 km to the south-east, which is why one airport serves all three cities
taxi typically 20 to 30 minutes
Airport to Gdansk Główny by train
the Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway stops at the airport; the direct train runs to the main station and on towards Gdynia Główna
about 30 minutes
Airport to Sopot
the resort on the bay, with the longest wooden pier in Europe and the Forest Opera
about 9 km in a straight line
Airport to Gdynia
the port city and the film-festival town, with a direct train from the airport station
about 16 km in a straight line
Gdansk to Malbork Castle
the castle of the Teutonic Order, a UNESCO site and the largest brick complex in Europe, roughly 50 km south-east of Gdansk
28 to 55 minutes by train
Gdansk to Warsaw by air
167 nm by Pilatus PC-12, against a long motorway journey
about 1 h

 

Flying to Gdansk with a dog or a cat

For a pet the paperwork is the part of a Polish trip that needs planning, and the flight is the easy bit: the animal sits beside you in the cabin, never in a hold, and on a sector of two hours most simply sleep. The date on the health certificate is the detail to get right, since it lasts ten days from the day it is issued.

 

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What Poland, as an EU country, asks for:

  • An ISO microchip that can be read with a standard scanner, fitted before or at the same time as the rabies vaccination. A vaccination dated before the chip does not count;
  • A rabies vaccination given when the animal was at least 12 weeks old, with the 21-day wait observed after it and still valid on the day of entry;
  • An Animal Health Certificate issued by an official veterinarian, valid for ten days for entry to the EU and for the return to Britain as stated on the certificate, together with the owner's declaration that the journey is not commercial. A British pet passport is not accepted for entry to the EU. The Polish Veterinary Inspectorate lists the same elements: identification, a valid rabies vaccination and a health certificate;
  • No more than five animals per traveller, entering through a point that is open to travellers. Gdansk lists a Border Guard and a customs office at all hours, and our handler arranges the check at the terminal;
  • No tapeworm treatment on the way in, since Poland is not among the countries that ask for it. For dogs returning to Britain, a treatment from a vet between 24 and 120 hours before arrival, recorded with product, date and time. Cats are exempt.

What catches owners out on the Gdansk run

– The tapeworm treatment is a vet appointment you book in Poland towards the end of the stay. Count back from the departure time, because the window is 24 to 120 hours and a Monday morning flight needs a visit that falls before the weekend closes the clinics;

– A summer week at the sea changes the plan, not the paperwork. The certificate is valid for entry for ten days from the day it is issued, so the date of the vet visit in Britain is set by the date of the outbound flight and not by the length of the stay;

– The order of the chip and the vaccine matters. A vaccination dated before the microchip does not count, and an animal that arrives without the right papers may be refused entry or sent back at the owner's expense.

Requirements for cats, ferrets, birds and anything less usual are collected on our flying with pets guide. For the flight home, we confirm the entry point and the paperwork for the animal in writing before the flight.

 

The Gdansk calendar: from amber to the Christmas fair

Gdansk has a small number of dates that change the city: the amber fair in the spring, the weeks of the Dominican Fair in high summer, a long run of festivals on the bay and a Christmas market in the old streets. Knowing which one you want matters more than choosing an aircraft.

January to February
Cold, cloudy and quiet, with a January mean of about minus 1.4 degrees Celsius. The Old Town is empty and rooms are rarely a problem. De-icing time is part of any winter plan
March
Amberif, the amber and jewellery fair, is held at AmberExpo beside the stadium and is described as the largest of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe. Trade visitors, buyers and jewellers, often with samples that need a bigger hold than their numbers suggest
April to June
No single date dominates the spring. The summer visiting season at Malbork Castle starts at the end of April, and the Main Town, the Solidarity sites and Westerplatte are at their calmest before July. Good weeks for a first visit and for business that does not need a festival
Early July
The Open'er festival takes four days at the start of July on the Gdynia-Kosakowo airfield and is among the largest music festivals in Poland. Groups of friends or colleagues flying in for the weekend, who land at Gdansk and drive on
Late July to August
The Gdansk Shakespeare Festival runs around the turn of July and August at the Shakespeare Theatre and other Tricity stages. The Dominican Fair covers three weeks between July and August with about a thousand merchants, artists and collectors in the Old Town, and in August the Top of the Top Sopot Festival and other concerts fill the Forest Opera. The busiest weeks of the year
September
The Polish Film Festival, held for several decades and in Gdynia since the late eighties, is usually in September. Film guests and industry visitors in small groups, and a quiet month on the bay once the summer crowds have left
Mid-November to Christmas
The Christmas market opens in the second half of November on the Coal Market near the Great Mill and closes just before Christmas Eve, with a Ferris wheel, an ice rink and an Amber Carousel. Weekend city breaks, sometimes with a dog, and a cold start in the morning

When Gdansk does get tight

The aircraft are rarely the scarce item here, because most of the Gdansk calendar is made of city events and not of aircraft events. The exception is the Dominican Fair: a market of about a thousand merchants and artisans that draws around 70,000 people a day, and roughly double that at weekends, takes the Old Town rooms, the restaurant tables and the drivers, so book them before the aircraft. The festival weeks in early July and in August fill Gdynia and Sopot in the same way, and a party that wants a room on the bay at those dates books the hotel first. Amberif is a trade event with fixed dates, and its guests tend to ask for the same flights on the same mornings. The one condition that can change a plan on any date is winter weather, which is why we allow time for de-icing and keep an alternative in mind.

 

Ways to bring the Gdansk price down

  • Shift the dates by a few days if the diary allows. A midweek flight in April, May or September is calmer than the weeks of the Dominican Fair or the festival weekends;
  • Ask where the aircraft is based. A jet that already sits in Warsaw, Berlin or Copenhagen costs less to bring over than one flown out from Britain, and on a sector of this length the positioning is a visible slice of the invoice;
  • Take the light jet only when the party and the bags are small. Three people with cabin bags save real money in a CJ3+; six people with hold luggage do not, and the quote that looks cheap on paper is often the one that changes.

 

Types of flights

Gdansk produces a mix of its own, because the city is a port and business centre in the week and a seaside resort area at the weekend.

  • Business travel, with fixed meeting dates, a small team and a request to be back in Britain the same evening;
  • Trade fairs and buyers, from the amber and jewellery fair in March to the other exhibitions at AmberExpo, often with samples and cases that need hold space;
  • City breaks in the Main Town, from the Shakespeare weeks to the Christmas market, usually four people or fewer and sometimes a dog;
  • Festival weekends for Open'er and the concerts at Sopot, where the party lands in Gdansk and drives on;
  • Summer weeks on the bay, on the Hel Peninsula or in the Kashubian country, mostly families and groups of friends;
  • Day trips from London, which at about two hours each way are an easy long day.

A day trip is comfortable here. Wheels up at seven, on the ground at about ten local time, and off again at six in the evening gives you about seven hours in the city and puts you back in Britain around five past seven, British time. The crew waits for you at the airport and that waiting time is charged, yet the total is usually below two one-way charters, and we price the route both ways so you can compare.

 

Empty Legs

Some jets cross the North Sea with nobody aboard, moving to their next job, and the operator will sell that seat-free leg cheaply rather than fly it for nothing. That is an empty leg. On the Gdansk route the supply follows the working week and the festival weekends.

Where Gdansk empty legs come from

– Business and trade-fair trips. An aircraft brings a group in on a Monday and leaves empty a day or two later, and the leg back towards London or Berlin is the one most often offered;

– Festival and city-break weekends. Parties arrive on the Friday and the aircraft goes home empty, which produces an outbound leg on the Friday or Saturday;

– Baltic and Nordic rotation. Operators positioning between Copenhagen, Warsaw, Riga and Gdansk put short regional legs on the market, and those short hops can be cheap.

Because the Polish 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 Gdansk match the day an operator releases it.

 

empty legs

 

Helicopter charter

In Gdansk a helicopter is a tool for the edges of a trip and not the middle. The Main Town is small enough to cross on foot, and the airport is only about 12 km from it. The places where rotary flight changes the journey are the Hel Peninsula, the castle at Malbork and a seaside estate with its own lawn.

Gdansk to the Hel Peninsula
a sand spit about 35 km long, with resorts such as Jurata and Jastarnia and the town of Hel at its tip, reached on the ground by one road and one railway
landing site on request
Gdansk to Malbork Castle and back
the castle is 28 to 55 minutes by train from Gdansk Główny, and a helicopter is for a party that wants the visit and the return in the same morning
on request
A coastal estate with a lawn
a landing away from an aerodrome needs an agreed site and the landowner's consent
on request

Before you plan around a helicopter

– Rotary flight is limited by where it may set down. A landing away from an aerodrome needs an agreed site and the landowner's consent, so we check the status of a hotel lawn or a beach-side plot before the quote is written;

– Baltic weather sets the schedule. Fog, low cloud and winter snow can stop a helicopter on a day when the jet lands without trouble, so a transfer needs a road alternative planned into the same day;

– For the Dominican Fair weeks and the festival weekends, book the helicopter together with the jet, or expect to be told there is no rotary capacity.

The machines on this ground are the Airbus H125 for short scenic work, the wider H130 for estate and coastal transfers, the H135 and the Bell 429 where a twin is wanted. We book them alongside the jet so that both crews work to one timetable.

 

private helicopter flight

 

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 Gdansk 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.

 

reservation and payment for a private jet flight

 

Flights from the UK to Gdansk

Stansted, London City, Biggin Hill and Luton send most of the traffic on this corridor, with Farnborough, Southampton, Birmingham and Manchester behind them and Scotland at the long end; the price table higher up covers fourteen 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

 

Gdansk 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.

DAY TRIP · OUT AND BACK

A working day in Gdansk and home for the evening

London Stansted - Gdansk and return, Citation CJ3+, about 2 h 05 min each way · 4 pax

Four people left a London airfield at seven, landed at about ten local time and went straight to a day of meetings in the city. The aircraft stayed on the ground with its crew, and that wait was a line in the quote, but the total was still lower than two one-way charters. Home by seven in the evening. A long day that is easy to do.

TRADE FAIR · AMBER IN THE HOLD

Two buyers and a case of samples for the amber fair

London Luton - Gdansk, Phenom 300E, about 1 h 55 min · 3 pax

The dates were set by the fair and the cabin was chosen for the hold, not the seats. Cases of samples travelled with the party, the handler was named a week ahead, and a car met the aircraft at the door. Nobody queued with a case at a commercial terminal.

FESTIVAL WEEKEND · LAND IN GDANSK

Friends flying in for the first days of July

Farnborough - Gdansk, Phenom 300E, about 2 h · 6 pax

The festival airfield is a naval base without scheduled flights, so the aircraft landed at Gdansk and a car took the party up the coast to Gdynia. The hotel in Sopot was booked before the aircraft, as it should be for that weekend, and the return left on the Monday morning.

SUMMER WEEK · A DOG ON BOARD

A family and a retriever for a week by the bay

Southampton - Gdansk, Citation XLS+, about 2 h 10 min · 5 pax + dog

The Animal Health Certificate had to be dated inside ten days of arrival, and the vet appointment for the tapeworm treatment had to fall between 24 and 120 hours before the flight home. We booked both around the flight times, and the hotel took the dog.

CHRISTMAS MARKET · A LONG WEEKEND

Six friends for the market and the Old Town

Manchester - Gdansk, Citation XLS+, about 2 h 10 min · 6 pax

Departure on a Friday morning, a hotel inside the Main Town and the market a short walk away. We allowed extra time for de-icing on the way out, and the party came home on the Monday with a hold full of gingerbread and amber.

EMPTY LEG · MIDWEEK WEST

A jet already going your way

Gdansk - London Luton, Phenom 300E empty leg, about 1 h 55 min · 3 pax

The aircraft had brought a team in on Monday and was going home empty. The client gave us a three-day window instead of a date, which is what makes these work, and paid well below a fresh one-way charter for a midweek departure to the London fields.

 

Frequently asked questions about flying to Gdansk

1How long is a private jet flight from London to Gdansk?

About 2 hours 5 minutes from London Stansted, London City or Biggin Hill in a light jet, and 1 hour 55 minutes to 2 hours from Luton or Farnborough in a Phenom, covering roughly 698 to 749 nautical miles. From Birmingham or Manchester allow about 2 hours 5 minutes to 2 hours 10 minutes in a midsize cabin, and from Edinburgh or Glasgow around 2 hours 5 minutes to 2 hours 10 minutes. Gdansk is one hour ahead of Britain, so a seven o'clock departure lands at about ten local time.

2How much does a private jet to Gdansk cost?

From about £9,850 one way on a light jet out of London Stansted, and £10,050 from London City. A Phenom from Luton or Farnborough runs £10,150 to £10,500, a midsize cabin costs £13,100 from Birmingham and £13,950 from Bristol, and from Scotland allow £16,700 to £17,350. The weeks of the Dominican Fair, the festival weekends and the Christmas market can price above these figures.

3Which airport should a private jet use for Gdansk?

Gdansk Lech Wałęsa (GDN / EPGD), about 12 km north-west of the Old Town, for almost every jet trip. It has one 2,800 m runway, ILS approaches, and customs and immigration listed as available round the clock. Gdynia-Kosakowo is a naval airfield with no scheduled service and is not planned for business jets. Bydgoszcz (BZG / EPBY) and Szczecin (SZZ / EPSC) are far from the coast and matter only when the meeting is there.

4What happens on arrival in Gdansk, and is any permission needed?

Poland is in Schengen and Britain is not, so passengers pass passport control and customs on arrival, and the Border Guard and customs offices at Gdansk are listed at all hours. British passport holders need no visa for up to 90 days in any 180. A commercial charter run by an operator from outside the EEA falls under the Polish aviation authority's permission procedure, which asks for the application at least three working days ahead, and the operator files it; we confirm that it is in hand.

5How far are Sopot, Gdynia and Malbork from the airport?

Sopot is about 9 km from the airport and Gdynia about 16 km in a straight line, and a direct train links the airport station with Gdynia Główna in about half an hour. Malbork Castle is roughly 50 km south-east of Gdansk, 28 to 55 minutes by train from Gdansk Główny. A turboprop to Warsaw takes about 1 h and to Riga about 1 h 15 min, with no passport control on the second.

6Can I take my dog to Gdansk on a private jet?

Yes. The dog travels in the cabin with you, and Poland, as an EU country, asks for a microchip fitted before or with the rabies vaccination, a vaccination at least 21 days old and an Animal Health Certificate valid for ten days for entry. Gdansk lists a Border Guard and a customs office at all hours, so the check is made at the terminal. For the return to Britain a dog needs a tapeworm treatment from a vet between 24 and 120 hours before arrival. Cats are exempt from the treatment.

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