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Private jet charter in Haifa

Haifa puts a question to the client that Tel Aviv does not: not how to reach Israel, but which of two airports, some ninety kilometres apart, the aircraft and the party should use. Private Jets UK arranges the charter from London with that choice made first and the price built afterwards. 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. The city has an airport of its own on the shore of the bay, with a short runway, and the larger gateway lies down the coast. What decides between them is the size of the aircraft, the permit the authorities issue for your date, and the day of the week.

 

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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 Haifa 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, an Embraer Praetor 600 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 Haifa?

Under five hours from Biggin Hill, about five from the Midlands and the north, and a little over five from Scotland. The distance is 1,963 to 2,227 nautical miles depending on the British field, so every sector on this page is a nonstop flight in a super-midsize or larger cabin. Israel keeps time two hours ahead of Britain through most of the year, and for two days in March, when the two countries change their clocks on different dates, the gap is three. The table lists the sector from each British field we use, with the flying time we plan.

Route Aircraft Flying time Routing
Biggin Hill - Haifa
1,963 nm / 3,635 km
Embraer Praetor 600 about 4 h 50 min Nonstop
London Luton - Haifa
1,991 nm / 3,687 km
Embraer Praetor 600 about 4 h 55 min Nonstop
Farnborough - Haifa
1,991 nm / 3,687 km
Embraer Praetor 600 about 4 h 55 min Nonstop
Southampton - Haifa
2,005 nm / 3,713 km
Embraer Praetor 600 about 4 h 55 min Nonstop
Birmingham - Haifa
2,053 nm / 3,802 km
Embraer Praetor 600 about 5 h 05 min Nonstop
Bristol - Haifa
2,065 nm / 3,824 km
Embraer Praetor 600 about 5 h 05 min Nonstop
Leeds Bradford - Haifa
2,085 nm / 3,861 km
Embraer Praetor 600 about 5 h 10 min Nonstop
Cardiff - Haifa
2,088 nm / 3,867 km
Embraer Praetor 600 about 5 h 10 min Nonstop
Manchester - Haifa
2,093 nm / 3,876 km
Embraer Praetor 600 about 5 h 10 min Nonstop
Newcastle - Haifa
2,117 nm / 3,921 km
Embraer Praetor 600 about 5 h 10 min Nonstop
Edinburgh - Haifa
2,195 nm / 4,065 km
Embraer Praetor 600 about 5 h 25 min Nonstop
Glasgow - Haifa
2,227 nm / 4,124 km
Embraer Praetor 600 about 5 h 25 min Nonstop

 

A day that starts in London and ends on the Carmel

Leave a London airfield at eight in the morning and you are on the ground in northern Israel in the middle of the afternoon, local time, with the sun still well above the bay. Haifa Airport lies on the shore east of the centre, close to the port, so a landing there puts you in the city within minutes. A landing at Ben Gurion adds the drive up the coast, which is roughly ninety kilometres on the map and typically a little over an hour on the road. Counting the transfer in Britain, the trip from central London to central Haifa takes seven to nine hours depending on the gateway. A same-day return is not realistic. Most clients spend at least one night in the city or in the hills above it.

Airspace, permits and security: what we confirm before a quote becomes a booking

Conditions in the eastern Mediterranean can close or restrict airspace at short notice, and when they do, routings, crew availability and insurance terms follow. For that reason a quote for Haifa is conditional until the operator has confirmed three things in writing: the route and any technical stop, the landing permit for your date, and the arrival arrangements with the handler. Routing and permits are confirmed at the time of booking and again before departure, and the offer sets out what happens to the price if either has to change. We also suggest that you read the travel advice that the UK government publishes for Israel and tell your own insurer where you are going.

Which cabin for a five-hour sector

– A super-midsize cabin such as the Embraer Praetor 600 or the Bombardier Challenger 350 is where the nonstop flight from Britain starts to make sense. Light jets usually need a fuel stop in southern Europe, which adds about an hour and a second set of handling and paperwork, and the saving mostly disappears;

– Nine or more passengers, luggage for a long stay, or a team that wants to work in the cabin, point to a large cabin such as the Challenger 605 or the Falcon 2000LXS. The size of the aircraft also affects which Israeli airport it can use, which is why the cabin and the airport are decided together;

– Long-range heavies such as the Gulfstream G450 or the Global 6000 are worth the money when Haifa is one stop on a longer itinerary and the aircraft stays with you. They are planned into Ben Gurion, not the bay.

 

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Prices for the private jet flights to Haifa

Typical trips from Britain, cheapest first, flown nonstop in a super-midsize jet and priced to Haifa Airport, subject to the operator confirming the runway performance. The Jewish holiday weeks and the autumn festival season sit above these figures, and the calendar block further down shows when they fall.

Route Aircraft Passengers Price, one way
Biggin Hill - Haifa
1,963 nm
Embraer Praetor 600 8 from £32,050
London Luton - Haifa
1,991 nm
Embraer Praetor 600 8 from £32,450
Farnborough - Haifa
1,991 nm
Embraer Praetor 600 8 from £32,450
Southampton - Haifa
2,005 nm
Embraer Praetor 600 8 from £32,700
Birmingham - Haifa
2,053 nm
Embraer Praetor 600 8 from £33,400
Bristol - Haifa
2,065 nm
Embraer Praetor 600 8 from £33,600
Leeds Bradford - Haifa
2,085 nm
Embraer Praetor 600 8 from £33,900
Cardiff - Haifa
2,088 nm
Embraer Praetor 600 8 from £33,950
Manchester - Haifa
2,093 nm
Embraer Praetor 600 8 from £34,000
Newcastle - Haifa
2,117 nm
Embraer Praetor 600 8 from £34,350
Edinburgh - Haifa
2,195 nm
Embraer Praetor 600 8 from £35,550
Glasgow - Haifa
2,227 nm
Embraer Praetor 600 8 from £36,050

 

Moving the arrival from Haifa to Ben Gurion changes the bill by very little, because it adds only a few minutes in the air. From Biggin Hill the difference is about £450, and the transfer by road is what you pay for instead. The spread between the south of England and Scotland is modest too: a Praetor 600 out of Biggin Hill is £32,050, the same aircraft out of Glasgow £36,050. 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 Haifa

Haifa is a useful start for the northern corner of the Mediterranean. Cyprus is under an hour away, the Greek islands and Athens a short hop beyond it, and the Red Sea at Eilat is a quick turboprop flight over the desert. The flight back to Britain is the long sector again. Typical one-way prices:

Route Aircraft Price, one way
THE LOCAL HOPS · THE RED SEA AND CYPRUS
Haifa - Eilat Ramon, for the Red Sea
193 nm
Pilatus PC-12 NGX
up to 9 passengers
from £3,100
Haifa - Larnaca, Cyprus
149 nm
Cessna Citation CJ3+
up to 7 passengers
from £5,300
THE AEGEAN · ATHENS AND RHODES
Haifa - Athens
649 nm
Cessna Citation XLS+
up to 9 passengers
from £11,550
Haifa - Rhodes
422 nm
Cessna Citation CJ3+
up to 7 passengers
from £6,600
BACK TOWARDS WESTERN EUROPE
Haifa - Nice
1,514 nm
Bombardier Challenger 350
up to 9 passengers
from £29,700
Haifa - Paris Le Bourget
1,819 nm
Bombardier Challenger 350
up to 9 passengers
from £35,150

 

Cyprus, the Aegean and the Red Sea: short legs that fit around a Haifa stay

A Haifa visit rarely stands alone, and the neighbours are close. Larnaca is a little under an hour from the bay, which is why Cyprus is the usual second stop for clients who split a week between the two countries. Rhodes and Athens suit a yacht or villa week in Greece. Eilat is served by Ramon Airport, about 18 km north of the resort on a 3,600 m runway; the Red Sea Jazz Festival has been held there in February and in late August, and the town is a winter-sun stop in between. The simplest way to price all of this is one itinerary with the aircraft and crew staying with you, because two separate charters double the positioning cost.

Before you accept an onward quote from northern Israel

– Which airport, and who may use it. Rosh Pina in the Galilee has two asphalt runways of about 970 m and 1,110 m and no scheduled service, and Ramat David in the Jezreel Valley is an air force base. Neither is a place for a business jet to be sent on the strength of a map;

– Which day. Friday afternoon, Saturday and the Jewish holidays change what handlers, caterers and drivers can offer, and the authorities that issue landing permits do not work at weekends. We ask for hours and permits in writing before pricing a leg that falls on any of those days;

– Whether it is one booking. Haifa to Eilat to Larnaca and back over a long weekend is cheaper arranged as one trip, since the crew stays put and the aircraft does not reposition between each stop.

 

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 Haifa:

 

Super-midsize, the starting point from Britain

These aircraft cover the sector nonstop, and with the lighter loads typical of a small party the operator can look at the shorter runway on the bay as well as at Ben Gurion.

Embraer Praetor 600 · 9 seatsfrom £3,400/h
Bombardier Challenger 350 · 9 seatsfrom £4,000/h

Large cabins, for bigger parties and longer stays

For ten or more passengers, for a team that works in the air, and for trips that carry on beyond Israel in the same aircraft. At this size the gateway is Ben Gurion.

Bombardier Challenger 605 · 12 seatsfrom £4,350/h
Embraer Legacy 650 · 13 seatsfrom £4,600/h
Dassault Falcon 2000LXS · 10 seatsfrom £4,900/h
Dassault Falcon 900LX · 12 seatsfrom £5,400/h

Long-range heavies

Worth considering when the same aircraft continues to another continent, or when a large party wants full-flat beds on the way home.

Gulfstream G450 · 13 seatsfrom £5,800/h
Bombardier Global 6000 · 13 seatsfrom £6,400/h
Gulfstream G550 · 16 seatsfrom £6,700/h
Gulfstream G650ER · 14 seatsfrom £7,700/h

Light jets and turboprops, for the legs out of Haifa

The right aircraft for Larnaca, Rhodes, Athens and Eilat. From Britain they need a fuel stop, so we quote them only for the regional hops.

Cessna Citation CJ3+ · 7 seatsfrom £2,400/h
Embraer Phenom 300E · 8 seatsfrom £2,600/h
Cessna Citation XLS+ · 9 seatsfrom £3,100/h
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 north: the Galilee, the coast and the Carmel. Local operators fly machines from three seats upward, and landing sites are agreed before the quote.

Airbus H125 · 5 seatson request
Airbus H130 · 6 seatson request
Bell 429 · 6 seatson request
Sikorsky S-76 · 10 seatson request

 

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This is a small part of what is available. Outside the holiday weeks an aircraft is sometimes already within a few hours of the Israeli coast, in Cyprus, Greece or Italy, and that is where a better price can come from. For the flight out of Britain the aircraft still has to be quoted with its range, its runway needs and its routing in mind, and the lowest hourly rate does not always give the lowest total.

 

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Haifa 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 Haifa

Two airports matter and three more are worth knowing about only so that you can rule them out. Which of the first two a quote names is the most useful thing to check when it arrives.

Airport What it gives you
Haifa (Uri Michaeli)
HFA / LLHA
The city's own airport, on the shore of the bay east of the centre, near the port and the shipyards. One asphalt runway, 15/33, of 1,318 m, which is short, so the operator confirms the performance of any super-midsize jet, a Praetor 600 or a Challenger 350 included, for the weight and temperature of the day. Scheduled turboprop services run from here to Eilat, Cyprus and Greece, and the airport also takes charters, general aviation and some military traffic. It carries international status. Its published hours are limited, a flying club is based there, and a charter normally needs prior approval from the security authorities, so for a private jet it is an arrangement and not a default
Ben Gurion International
TLV / LLBG
The gateway for most Haifa charters, about 90 km south of the city. Three long runways take any aircraft we quote, and the private terminal run by Fattal, with ExecuJet listed as FBO in partnership with Flyeast, does security, customs and immigration on its own premises. Operator guides have long treated this as the airport of entry for foreign business aircraft, so the choice is between Ben Gurion, with a transfer of a little over an hour, and Haifa as a special request
Ramat David
LLRD
An Israeli Air Force base in the Jezreel Valley, about 20 km south-east of Haifa, with three long runways. It is not a civil airport, though plans to turn it into an international airport for the north have been discussed. A business jet cannot be booked into it
Rosh Pina
RPN / LLIB
A public field in the Upper Galilee, run by the Israel Airports Authority, with asphalt runways of about 970 m and 1,110 m and no scheduled flights. Safed is 16 km away and Tiberias 29 km. It suits small aircraft and not the jets on this page
Ramon, near Eilat
ETM / LLER
The Red Sea airport, about 18 km north of Eilat on a 3,600 m runway. It is the end of a flight from Haifa to the south and not an alternative to anything in the north

 

Four points settle most Haifa arrivals:

Choose the airport first

Ben Gurion is the dependable gateway for anything from a Challenger 350 upward and for every long-range aircraft. Haifa Airport is for a smaller jet and a smaller party with a reason to land at the bay, and only once the operator and the authorities have agreed in writing. We quote both where both are possible, so that you see the transfer against the permit.

Hours and permissions

Foreign business flights into Israel need a landing permit, which is requested through the handler. The official lead time is four working days, a week is advised for a first trip, and a local sponsor and full crew and passenger details are part of the file. The permit office does not work on Fridays and Saturdays. Haifa Airport publishes limited hours and has traditionally stopped flying for Yom Kippur, as have Ben Gurion and Ramon.

Border and ETA-IL

UK passport holders do not need a visa for a visit of up to 90 days, but each passenger needs an approved ETA-IL before the flight. The fee is typically 25 shekels, about £5, the authorisation typically lasts two years, and an answer usually comes within 24 to 72 hours. Apply only through the official government site. Approval is not a guarantee, and the border officer decides on entry.

Car and the road

From Ben Gurion the coast road and Highway 4 lead north to the bay, which is typically a little over an hour of driving. Haifa Airport sits near Highways 4 and 22, close to the port. Tell us which airport your driver meets and where the hotel drop-off is, because the Carmel hotels sit well above the sea and the approach differs from the lower city.

 

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Landing permits, passports and the first hour

The permit is the part of an Israel trip that has no European equivalent. The operator or handler files an application that names every passenger and crew member, attaches passport copies, aircraft documents and proof of insurance, and gives the details of a local sponsor, who must be an Israeli national. The captain then receives a login to a security system and completes it at least 24 hours before the aircraft enters Israeli airspace. A change of passenger means a new form. Because the same check applies to every foreign business flight, the first hour after landing at the private terminal is quick when the paperwork is right, and long when it is not. We hold the passenger list, the ETA-IL numbers and the permit together in one file, and we send it to the handler a week ahead.

 

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From the apron to the Carmel

Haifa climbs a mountain: the port and the lower city on the bay, the Bahá'í Gardens and Hadar on the slopes, and the hotels and residential districts at the top of the Carmel. The places a visitor wants lie both ways along the coast, and most of them are short drives.

Haifa Airport to the lower city and the port
on the shore of the bay, near the shipyards
a short drive
Ben Gurion to Haifa
about 90 km north on the map, by road along the coast
a little over an hour
Haifa to Acre
the old walled port city to the north of the bay, about 15 km in a straight line
a short drive
Haifa to Nazareth
about 27 km in a straight line, across the hills to the south-east
under an hour
Haifa to Rosh Pina airfield
about 53 km in a straight line, into the Galilee
not for jets
Ramat David air base
about 20 km south-east, military and closed to charters
not available
Haifa to Eilat by turboprop
over the desert to Ramon airport, 18 km north of the resort
about 1 hour 15 minutes

 

Flying to Haifa with a dog or a cat

Israel is among the stricter destinations for pet owners, and the preparation is done months before the trip, not in the final fortnight. The animal sits in the cabin beside you and the flight is the easy part. The difficult part is a sequence of veterinary steps that has to be done in a fixed order.

 

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What Israel typically asks for when a dog or cat arrives from Britain:

  • An import licence from the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture's veterinary service, with a simpler route for up to two animals travelling with their owner, who signs a declaration that they have kept them for at least 90 days;
  • An ISO microchip implanted before the first rabies vaccination, and a rabies vaccination given at least 30 days and no more than a year before arrival;
  • A rabies antibody blood test taken at least 30 days after vaccination, with a result of at least 0.5 IU/ml from an approved laboratory;
  • An official health certificate signed by a government vet no more than ten days before arrival, for an animal at least four months old;
  • Advance notice with a copy of the certificate to the veterinary office at the port of entry two working days before loading, and entry through Ben Gurion;
  • No dogs of the listed fighting breeds or close crosses of them unless a licence is granted.

What catches owners out on a Haifa trip

– The animal enters through Ben Gurion, which is a further reason a pet trip goes through the larger airport and not through the bay. A plan that has the dog landing at Haifa Airport needs the veterinary office's agreement first;

– The blood test sets the pace. It cannot be taken until a month after the vaccination, so the first call to the vet comes months ahead of the departure date;

– The way home is a separate project. Israel is not among the countries with simplified rules for pets entering Great Britain, so we plan the return as a non-listed one: a Great Britain health certificate issued within ten days, a rabies blood test, a three-month wait after the sample, a tapeworm treatment for dogs from a vet 24 to 120 hours before arrival, and an approved route. Cats do not need the tapeworm treatment. On a private flight the approved route is not settled by a printed rule, so we confirm the entry point and the paperwork for the animal in writing before the flight.

Requirements for cats, ferrets, birds and anything less usual are collected on our flying with pets guide, and our managers confirm the position in writing for your dates before a booking is taken.

 

The Haifa calendar: autumn festivals, a December of three holidays and the Jewish year

Haifa is a working city of universities, a port and a technology park, and its busiest weeks come from the calendar of festivals and holidays more than from trade fairs. The Jewish holidays move from year to year because they follow the lunar calendar, so the sensible habit is to ask for a date first and the aircraft second.

September
Arab Cultural Days in Haifa usually fall in mid-September, with exhibitions, workshops and a book fair. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur arrive in September or October, and at Yom Kippur Haifa, Ben Gurion and Ramon airports have traditionally stopped flying for the length of the fast
October
The Haifa International Film Festival is held around Sukkot, in the autumn, and the week fills hotels in the city. Sukkot also brings family travel to the north, and in Safed there is a programme of concerts. The Akko Festival, the fringe theatre festival, falls in the autumn as well
December
The Holiday of Holidays runs through much of the month in the Wadi Nisnas, Hadar and German Colony districts and joins Hanukkah, Christmas and a Muslim festival in one programme. Nazareth holds a Christmas market. The city is busy for the whole month
January
The Winter Festival in the Western Galilee, with chefs and markets, and the Sea of Galilee marathon at Tiberias are held in January. Both are regional events and suit a short winter break
March and April
Passover falls in March or April and is one of the heaviest periods for family travel in either direction. Handlers, drivers and caterers keep holiday hours, and bookings should be made early
May to July
Shavuot falls in May or early June, with music and family events. In July the Kol Hamusica classical music festival takes place in the Upper Galilee

Why a holiday week costs more

Not because the flying is dearer. Aircraft are plentiful in the Mediterranean. What runs short is the number of departures that can leave a given British field on the day you want, the capacity of the permit office and the handler on the Israeli side, and cars and rooms on arrival, all in the same week. A request made two weeks before Passover or the autumn holidays can still be arranged, but at a higher price and sometimes with an aircraft brought from Cyprus, Greece or Italy. The same request made six weeks earlier is calmer and cheaper. Outside those weeks a charter can often be arranged in a few days, provided the permit lead time is respected.

 

Ways to bring the Haifa price down

  • Choose the gateway with the aircraft in mind. A larger jet into Ben Gurion with a car to Haifa is often cheaper and more certain than a smaller one forced into the bay;
  • Keep away from the holiday weeks and the October film festival, where rooms and aircraft are scarcer and the quote follows;
  • Ask where the aircraft is based. A jet that is already in Cyprus, Greece or Israel needs less positioning than one coming out from Britain, and on a long sector that changes the figure;
  • Book the return together with the outbound. A round trip with the aircraft waiting a few days is priced differently from two one-way flights, and it is worth asking for both versions.

 

Types of flights

Haifa's traffic comes from a few distinct sources, and they do not look like the passengers who fly to Tel Aviv.

  • Business visits to the technology park at Matam, the Technion and the port, usually short and fixed to a meeting date, where the car at the aircraft door and a clean arrival matter most;
  • Academic and research travel to the Technion and the University of Haifa, often in small groups;
  • Pilgrim and heritage visits to the Bahá'í Gardens and the shrines, to Acre's old town and to Nazareth, which are reasons to choose Haifa over the larger city;
  • Leisure trips to the Galilee and the Carmel, often paired with a few days on the coast;
  • Regional hops to Cyprus, Greece and Eilat, used for business and for holiday itineraries;
  • Positioning and ferry flights, where a client rides a leg the aircraft was flying anyway.

A same-day return from London does not work here: most of the day would go in the air and the working window on the ground would be short. The pattern that does work is a morning departure, one or two nights in the city, and a flight home, with the aircraft either waiting or repositioning. We quote both versions so that the difference is visible.

 

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a repositioning flight with nobody aboard, sold at a fraction of the normal price. Between Britain and the Israeli coast they come from a particular rhythm, and knowing it helps you ask for the right thing.

Where Haifa empty legs come from

– Holiday weeks. After families and delegations fly to Israel on charters, the aircraft often return empty a day or two later, which creates departures towards Britain and Europe;

– Festival weeks. The autumn film festival and the December programme bring a cluster of arrivals, and a cluster of empty departures follows when they end;

– Regional rotation. Aircraft based in Cyprus, Greece or Italy that fly a party to the Israeli coast often go home empty, and the short legs between those countries can be very cheap.

The sector between Britain and Israel is flown less often than a European city pair, so a client who can offer a window of a few days has a far better chance than one who needs a particular evening. The usual terms apply: the operator owns the date and the hour, and a leg can disappear if the original booking moves. Whatever is free appears on our empty legs page, and we report a match for Haifa the day an operator releases it.

 

empty legs

 

Helicopter charter

In Haifa a helicopter is for the day out and not for the airport run. It earns its place over the places that take hours by car: the Sea of Galilee, the Caesarea coast and the hills of the Galilee. The times below are our calculations from the straight-line distances at a typical helicopter speed, with a few minutes added for take-off and landing.

Haifa to the Sea of Galilee and Tiberias
about 45 km in a straight line, over the Lower Galilee
about 20 minutes
Haifa to Caesarea
about 37 km along the coast to the south, with the Roman and Crusader remains below
about 20 minutes
Mount Carmel and Haifa Bay
a short scenic flight over the Bahá'í Gardens, the port and the coast
on request
Galilee and the northern coast
a longer sightseeing flight, flown on request from the north
on request

Before you plan around a helicopter

– A helicopter cannot land wherever it likes. Each pick-up and set-down point needs the approval of the operator and the authorities, and airspace restrictions in the north can change a route or stop a flight at short notice, so the points are agreed before we quote and again before the day;

– The morning is usually the better slot. Heat builds by midday and the air is usually smoother early in the day;

– We choose the machine for the party and the route, and we book it together with the jet so that both crews work to one timetable.

The helicopters available range from small three-seat machines to ten-seat twins, with the Airbus H125 and H130 and the Bell 429 covering most private parties. Because the landing sites and the permits are the slow part, we ask for the programme a week or more ahead.

 

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 Haifa 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 Haifa

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

 

Haifa charters from the booking notes: six typical trips

What the corridor looks like once a quote has become a flight. Six typical jobs of the kind that reach our booking notes, described in outline, with the particulars changed.

DELEGATION · FIXED DATES

A team for two days at the technology park

Biggin Hill - Haifa, Praetor 600, about 4 h 50 min · 5 pax

The meetings set the dates, and the client wanted the car at the aircraft door and the hotel on the Carmel reached before dinner. The operator confirmed its route in writing, the permit was filed ten days ahead with the local sponsor named, and every passenger held an approved ETA-IL before the car left for the airfield. The aircraft was cleared for the bay because the party was small and the baggage light, and the operator confirmed the runway figures for that day.

FAMILY OCCASION · THE LUGGAGE BOOKED THE CABIN

Ten people and a long stay in the north

London Luton - Haifa, Challenger 605, about 4 h 55 min · 10 pax

Suitcases, gifts and children's equipment filled the hold well beyond what a smaller cabin carries, so the quote moved up a class for the baggage and not for the seats. A cabin of that size flies into Ben Gurion, and the party was met by two vehicles for the drive up the coast. The return was arranged together with the outbound, because the date fell in a holiday window.

ONWARD LEG · THE RED SEA

A long weekend in Eilat after the meetings

Haifa - Eilat Ramon, Pilatus PC-12 NGX, about 1 hour 15 minutes · 5 pax

The party finished in Haifa on a Thursday and wanted to be on the Red Sea that evening. A turboprop did in about an hour and a quarter what would have been a day on the road, the same crew brought them back on Sunday, and the whole programme was priced as one itinerary together with the long-haul legs.

A DOG ON BOARD · MONTHS OF PREPARATION

Two adults and a retriever for a month at the university

Southampton - Haifa, Praetor 600, about 4 h 55 min · 2 pax + dog

The paperwork took longer than the flight. The vaccination, the blood test and the import licence were sorted months ahead, the certificate was dated inside ten days of arrival, and the return was planned as a separate project with the three-month wait built into the calendar. We confirmed the entry point and papers in writing before the aircraft was booked.

HERITAGE DAY · ACRE AND THE BAHÁ'Í GARDENS

A guest programme built around the old town and the terraces

Haifa local programme with a car and a guide · 6 pax

The guests arrived the night before by jet and spent the next day on the ground in the north: the terraces on the Carmel, the old walled port of Acre, and Nazareth in the afternoon. The car and driver were booked together with the flight so that the programme ran to one timetable, and the visit to the gardens was timed to the opening hours.

EMPTY LEG · A JET ALREADY GOING YOUR WAY

Israel back to Britain at the end of a holiday week

Ben Gurion - London Luton, super-midsize empty leg, about 5 h 00 min · 4 pax

The aircraft had brought a party out to the coast and was returning empty. The client gave us a three-day window and not a single date, which is what makes these work, and paid well below a fresh one-way charter for the long sector home to the London fields.

 

Frequently asked questions about flying to Haifa

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

Under five hours from Biggin Hill (1,963 nautical miles) and about five hours from Luton or Farnborough in a Praetor 600. From Birmingham, Bristol or Manchester allow five hours five to five hours ten, and from Edinburgh or Glasgow about five hours twenty-five. Israel is two hours ahead of Britain for most of the year, so an eight o'clock departure lands in the middle of the afternoon local time.

2How much does a private jet to Haifa cost?

From about £32,050 one way in a super-midsize jet out of Biggin Hill, priced to Haifa Airport; Ben Gurion adds about £450. Luton and Farnborough come to £32,450, Birmingham to £33,400, Manchester to £34,000 and Glasgow to £36,050. A large-cabin jet costs more, and the Jewish holiday weeks and the autumn festival season price above these figures.

3Can a private jet land at Haifa Airport?

Sometimes. Haifa (HFA / LLHA) has a single asphalt runway of 1,318 m, has limited published hours and normally needs prior approval from the security authorities, so a charter there is a special arrangement and the operator must confirm the runway figures for the day. Ben Gurion (TLV / LLBG), about 90 km south, is the usual airport of entry for business jets, with a private terminal where security, customs and immigration are handled.

4Do I need a visa or a permit to fly to Israel?

UK passport holders do not need a visa for a visit of up to 90 days, but each passenger needs an approved ETA-IL before the flight. The fee is typically 25 shekels, about £5, and an answer usually comes within 24 to 72 hours. The aircraft also needs a landing permit, requested through the handler, with a lead time of at least four working days. The border officer decides on entry.

5Can I take my dog to Haifa on a private jet?

Yes, and the dog travels in the cabin. Israel typically asks for an import licence, an ISO microchip, a rabies vaccination, a rabies antibody blood test, a government vet's health certificate issued within ten days of arrival and advance notice to the veterinary office at the port of entry, which is Ben Gurion. The return to Britain is planned as a non-listed one, with a blood test, a three-month wait and a tapeworm treatment for dogs, so start months ahead.

6What should I check about routing and airspace before I book?

Conditions in the region can close or restrict airspace at short notice, so we treat a quote as conditional until the operator confirms its route, any technical stop and the landing permit for your date in writing. Routing and permits are confirmed at the time of booking and again before departure. We also suggest reading the travel advice that the UK government publishes for Israel and telling your own insurer where you are going.

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