Private jet charter in Kiev

A private jet from London reaches the Polish and Moldovan borders of Ukraine in two and a half to just over three hours, but it cannot land in Kyiv, because the country's civil airspace is closed and the closure takes in Boryspil and Zhuliany alike. Private Jets UK says so before it quotes anything. 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. What we can do is fly you to the nearest working airport, Rzeszow in south-east Poland as a rule, with Krakow, Lublin, Warsaw, Chisinau, Suceava and Iasi as the other ways in, and plan the road or rail leg that follows. Kyiv itself, with its two airports and its streets, is described further down as a reference for the day flights can operate again.

 

 

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 a private jet charter for a Kyiv-bound journey depends on many factors, such as the model of the business jet, the number of passengers, the gateway airport, 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 for the flight to the gateway. 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, flying to Rzeszow in south-east Poland, the nearest working gateway for Kyiv. There is no price for Kyiv itself, because no flight to Kyiv can be arranged while civil airspace is closed. 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.

 

Can you charter a private jet to Kyiv?

No. A British private jet cannot be chartered to land at Kyiv Boryspil (KBP / UKBB) or Kyiv Zhuliany (IEV / UKKK) while Ukrainian civil airspace is closed, and no broker can honestly put a price on it. This is not a question of money or of finding a bold operator. Five separate layers say no, and the first four have to change before a single flight is possible.

None of this is a matter of opinion for a broker to soften. If someone offers a seat on a private jet to Kyiv, ask which airspace permission, which insurer and which British authority sit behind the offer, and expect silence.

Reopening is expected to be phased and cautious, and published plans name Lviv, in the west, as the likely first airport. We will quote Kyiv when the Ukrainian notice has been withdrawn, the European bulletin and the British direction no longer apply and an insurer will write the risk. Until all four are true, the honest product is the flight to a gateway, and the rest of this page is about doing that well.

 

How long does it take to get from London to Kyiv?

The aircraft is the short part. A light jet reaches Rzeszow from the London fields in about 2 hours 30 minutes, and Poland keeps Central European time, one hour ahead of Britain. What decides the length of the trip is the ground leg after the landing, which runs to nine hours or more by rail. For comparison, the straight line from Biggin Hill to Kyiv is 1,210 nautical miles, or 2,241 km, a sector a jet would cover in a little over three hours if it were allowed to. At 868 to 1,050 nautical miles, Rzeszow is a light-jet sector from the south of England and a job for a bigger cabin from Scotland or Northern Ireland. The table gives the flight from each British field we use.

 

 

 

Prices for the private jet flights to Kyiv

Typical trips from Britain, cheapest first, all of them to Rzeszow and none to Kyiv, because Kyiv has no flight to price. A figure here covers the aircraft to the gateway and nothing on the ground in Ukraine.

 

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 to the Kyiv gateways

Rzeszow is the nearest door, but it is not always the right one. The choice depends on the train that follows, on whether the airport is open to civil traffic on the day, and on how many people and how many bags travel. The prices below are for the same light jet from Biggin Hill to each gateway, so the differences are the airports and not the aircraft.

 

Flying time is only half of the comparison. The next box gives the ground leg from each gateway to Kyiv, taken from published timetables and from road distances, so treat the figures as planning numbers and not as promises.

 

 

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 the Kyiv gateways:

 

 

 

This is a small part of what is available. Warsaw and Krakow see regular business traffic, and an aircraft can often reach them from Prague, Vienna or Berlin, which can lower the positioning cost. Rzeszow is the stricter airfield, so for dates close to departure Krakow and Warsaw are usually the easier places to find a jet.

 

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to a Kyiv gateway 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:

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  Sending an application

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  Clarification of details and search for options

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  Preparation and coordination of optimal options

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  Registration of documents. Payment of the invoice.

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  Departure on the route.

 

Business aviation airports for Kyiv

Kyiv has two airports and neither can be used while the airspace is closed. The ones that matter in practice lie to the west and south, and they are not interchangeable: each fits a different onward leg.

 

Four things to settle before a gateway landing:

 

 

Border, passport and the Foreign Office

The first landing in the Schengen area is where the formalities happen, and they are the same as for any Polish destination: passport control and customs at the gateway, the aircraft looked after by a handler, and a General Aviation Report for the flight back to Britain, filed not earlier than 48 hours and not later than 2 hours before departure. The frontier with Ukraine is a second crossing. British citizens may enter Ukraine without a visa for up to 90 days in any 180, completing an immigration card and showing proof of funds if asked, and the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service decides every entry. On the Polish side, access to a strip along the frontier is restricted except at the crossing points, which is one more reason to hand the road leg to a driver who knows them.

 

 

The Foreign Office advice is plain about what it cannot do. The British Embassy in Kyiv cannot help in person, the Foreign Office cannot facilitate a departure from Ukraine or an evacuation, and travel insurance can be invalidated if you travel against the advice. For anyone who goes anyway it points to private security companies, and says it does not endorse any of them. That is where the Ukrainian side of the journey belongs, and a charter broker is the wrong place to look for it.

 

Kyiv itself: a reference for the day flights resume

Kyiv is a city of close to three million people on both banks of the Dnipro, the capital and the centre of business and commerce in Ukraine, and the home of most of its largest companies. The older, hilly core lies on the right bank and the left bank is mostly residential. What follows is a guide for planning a visit once flights can operate again, and it does not mean that Kyiv can be reached by air while the airspace is closed.

A business visitor will spend most of the time on the right bank, between the government quarter, the head offices and the old city, and the universities add a second rhythm: Taras Shevchenko National University was founded in the 19th century and is one of the oldest in the country. Podil, the lower and older district by the river, is where the historic merchant town stood. Distances inside the centre are short, which is why the airport matters more than the city plan when the time comes to book.

 

Flying to the gateway with a dog or a cat

The flight to Poland is the easy part of a pet journey. The animal sits beside you in the cabin, and on a sector of two and a half hours most simply sleep. The difficult part is the way back, because a pet that crosses into Ukraine returns to Britain under much stricter rules than a pet that stays in Poland.

 

 

What a Polish gateway asks for when a pet arrives from Britain:

• An ISO microchip, fitted before the rabies vaccination or at the same time;
• A rabies vaccination given when the animal was at least 12 weeks old, with 21 days elapsed before it travels. A vaccination given before the microchip does not count;
• An Animal Health Certificate for each trip, issued by an Official Veterinarian and valid for ten days for entry to the EU. A British pet passport cannot be used to enter the EU;
• A written declaration that the animal is not travelling for sale or a change of ownership, and no more than five animals per traveller;
• For dogs, a tapeworm treatment from a vet between 24 and 120 hours before arrival back in Britain, recorded on the paperwork. Cats are exempt.

Requirements for cats, ferrets, birds and anything less usual are collected on our flying with pets guide. For the entry point and the paperwork on the way home, we confirm both in writing before the flight, and our managers check the position for your dates before a booking is taken.

 

The Kyiv year, for the day flights resume

Seasons matter less on this page than the airspace does, and a calendar for a city that cannot be reached by air is a planning aid and not a booking guide. It is short for that reason, and we will rebuild it from real booking patterns when flights can operate.

 

Ways to bring the price of the journey down

• Compare the gateways. On the same light jet from Biggin Hill, Krakow is priced about £1,000 lower than Rzeszow and Warsaw about £700 lower. The saving is real and so is the longer drive or train, so let the onward leg decide;
• Do not keep the aircraft waiting for the whole stay. A jet on standby is paid for while it waits, and for a stay of several days it is normally cheaper to release it and book the way home separately, with an empty leg from Poland where one exists;
• Move the date a day or two where you can. Warsaw runs a night rule, Krakow is slot-coordinated and Rzeszow can be suspended for short periods, so a flexible arrival hour lowers both the risk and the cost.

 

Types of flights

Because the aircraft stops short of Ukraine, the work on this corridor is different from a normal city charter. It is closer to a logistics job than to a holiday booking, and the jobs fall into a few groups.

• Business travel to a Polish or Moldovan gateway, with a rail or road leg to Kyiv arranged by the traveller or by a specialist on the Ukrainian side;
• Family journeys between Britain and Ukraine, where the aircraft covers the long part and the family takes the train for the rest;
• Delegation and diplomatic travel, which usually needs a larger cabin and a handler who can move a group through a gateway quickly;
• Medical flights from a gateway: a patient who reaches Poland by land or rail can be flown on with doctors and equipment aboard, with the medical team responsible for the clinical side;
• Aircraft positioning, for example an operator moving a jet to Poland ahead of a booking, which sometimes produces an empty leg for travellers returning to Britain.

The day trip, the style of trip that suits most European capitals, does not exist on this corridor. There is no way to land at ten in the morning, hold a meeting and fly home the same evening, because the meeting is a day and a night away. We say so at the start, so that nobody books around a timetable that cannot be kept.

 

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a repositioning flight with nobody aboard, offered at a fraction of the usual price. There are no empty legs to Kyiv, because there are no flights to it. There are empty legs from the Polish gateways to Britain, and they matter most to the traveller who comes out of Ukraine on a date that depended on a train.

Dates are the catch. A traveller who can leave on any of several days will find a match far more often than one who needs a fixed evening, because the operator sets the departure hour and can withdraw the leg if the first booking changes. Whatever is free is listed on our empty legs page, and we flag a match from Poland the day an operator releases it.

 

 

Helicopter charter

A helicopter does not change the answer for Kyiv. The airspace closure covers every type of aircraft, and a civil helicopter flight into it is no more possible than a jet flight. In Poland a helicopter can link an airfield with a hotel or a meeting, subject to an agreed landing site and the landowner's consent, but the airspace near the Ukrainian frontier carries military restrictions, so we ask for written confirmation before planning a rotary leg there.

 

 

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 towards Kyiv 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 towards Kyiv

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

 

Kyiv-bound journeys from the booking notes: six typical set-ups

What the corridor looks like once a quote turns into a plan. Six typical set-ups, described in outline, with the particulars changed. In every one the aircraft ends at a gateway and the rest is the traveller's own arrangement.

 

Frequently asked questions about flying to Kyiv