Private jet charter in Zakynthos

Zakynthos lies at the southern end of the Ionian chain, about three hours from the London fields by light jet, and its airport does something unusual for a Greek island: it takes no take-offs or landings at night, because loggerhead turtles nest on the beach beside the runway. Private Jets UK plans each Zakynthos charter around that curfew, the summer slot system and the sea at the other end, since the best things on the island are reached by boat. 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 runway is 2,228 m long and the field is only about four kilometres from Zakynthos Town, so the flight is the simple part. What takes the thought is the timing of the arrival, the handler, and whether the week is meant for the turtle coast, the cliffs of the north-west or the neighbouring island of Kefalonia.

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 Zakynthos 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 Phenom 300E 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 Zakynthos?

About 3 hours 10 minutes from Biggin Hill or London City in a light jet, about three and a half hours from Manchester and Birmingham in a midsize, and about three and three quarter hours from Scotland, with a two-hour clock change on arrival because Greece keeps Eastern European time. At 1,249 to 1,548 nautical miles from the British fields we use, Zakynthos is a long sector for a light jet but a comfortable one, and from the north of England and from Scotland we quote a midsize cabin beside it. The table gives the sector from each field.

Prices for the private jet flights to Zakynthos

Typical trips from Britain, cheapest first, all of them into Zakynthos International Airport "Dionysios Solomos". July, August and the weeks around the Greek holidays can sit above these figures, and the calendar block further down explains when. Handling and the slot are quoted as separate lines.

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 Zakynthos

Zakynthos is an end point, not a hub, and almost everything that leaves it is a flight home. The short sectors are to the neighbours: Kefalonia is half an hour away by turboprop, Athens under an hour, Corfu a little less. Italy lies across the Ionian Sea, and the longer sectors run to Vienna, Paris and the Gulf. Typical one-way prices:

Prices depending on the type of business jet

We can clearly show the high dependence of the cost of the flight, on the type of aircraft - we have collected approximate data, at the price of 1 flight hour, for various types of business jets:

The cost per hour indicated in the table is preliminary and does not constitute an offer or a commercial offer. Exact prices are available from the managers of the company.

Online Calculator

If you want to make an urgent calculation of the cost of a private plane flight, use our online calculator. Just fill in all the fields of the form with a note that you are interested in a specific model of the aircraft and get the final price. NB! - the figures are sent to you by email or messenger, please carefully fill in the contact details to get the calculation.

All our calculations are as transparent as possible for you. After receiving the request, we will prepare a beautiful offer - where the costs and the final price will be clearly described. The exact price is agreed in advance and is written in the contract, so you can be sure of the final cost.

Private jets are ready to take off

Our database contains over 6,500 business jets (about 3,500 in Europe and 3,000 in the rest of the world) of different configurations and production years. The list of models is constantly updated. Unfortunately, we can't post a full list of available jets on our website due to confidentiality issues. Please contact the managers of the company for more accurate information. We will help you choose a suitable model taking into account your wishes. These are the typical choices for Zakynthos:

This is a small part of what is available. Zakynthos is far from the British fleet and has almost no based aircraft, so for a booking in the summer peak an aircraft is often positioned from Athens, Italy or the Turkish coast, and the quote may name one of those places as the starting point. That is normal for an island field, and it is frequently where the better price comes from.

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Zakynthos in 6 easy steps:

1. Flight request - indicating the route and your preferences for the model of business jet and other points.
2. Coordination of flight details - our consultant will contact you to offer the possible flight options and answer all your questions.
3. Commercial offer - we will send you a final offer on a specific model taking into account all your wishes.
4. Signing of the contract.
5. Payment for the flight and booking a business jet.
6. Departure at the agreed time and date. Assistance during the whole flight.

In addition to renting the private jets and arranging the flights, we provide concierge services, premium transfer, security, exclusive catering, etc. We have learned to solve problems of any complexity, offering the service of the European level. Our experts will be happy to answer your questions and help you arrange your flight.

Business aviation airports in Zakynthos

One airport serves the island and it is the right one for almost every trip. The others below matter because of the water: a neighbouring island with its own runway, a mainland field for parking, and the capital for a connection.

Four points settle most Zakynthos arrivals:

Landing permits, the Schengen border and the way home

A private flight into Greece does not usually need a separate landing permit. What it needs is the prior permission and the slot, issued through the handler, and passengers on a private flight sign a declaration before departure that no fare has been paid. A charter is different: operators from outside the EU, which since Brexit includes British ones, need a permit from the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority for charter flights, applied for at least five working days ahead. A British charter is therefore limited to the pattern UK - Greece - UK, and the rule that catches clients out is that the same aircraft may not carry passengers between two Greek airports. London to Zakynthos nonstop is fine, London to Zakynthos and on to Kefalonia with passengers is not, and for a trip that needs both we propose a different plan. We arrange the permits and say plainly when a trip cannot be flown as drawn.

For the flight home, the General Aviation Report for Britain is filed not earlier than 48 hours and not later than 2 hours before departure, and any passenger who needs an Electronic Travel Authorisation for the UK must hold it before boarding. British and Irish citizens are exempt. The handler who arranged the arrival files the Greek paperwork for the departure. Cash worth about £8,500 or more must be declared on entry to the EU.

From the apron to Zakynthos Town

Zakynthos is a compact island, about 405 square kilometres, with the airport just south of the town. Almost everything clients ask about is within an hour by road, and the places that need a boat are the ones people remember.

Zakynthos Town, Keri and Tsilivi

The Venetians called the island Fiore di Levante, the flower of the East, and the town was one of the grand harbour towns of the Ionian until the earthquake of 12 August, in the middle of the twentieth century, destroyed most of the buildings on the island. It was rebuilt in the Ionian manner, with the arcades and squares kept low and regular, so that the harbour front still looks like the town the Venetians knew. It centres on Solomos Square, where the statue of Dionysios Solomos stands: Greece's national poet was born on the island, and the airport carries his name. The neoclassical Museum of Zakynthos on the square holds icons of the Cretan School and works from the Ionian tradition, and the Venetian castle on Bochali hill, with a view over the town and the sea, is where people go at sunset.

The church of Saint Dionysios stands at the port and is the centre of the island's religious life. It was begun in the early eighteenth century and completed in the 1760s, destroyed in an earthquake at the end of the nineteenth century, rebuilt and reopened after the Second World War, and its anti-seismic construction helped it to survive the great earthquake that followed. The saint's relic lies in a silver reliquary, and the bell tower, about 40 m high, is the landmark of the harbour. Two days a year the town belongs to him, 24 August and 17 December, when the icon is carried around Zakynthos Town in a litany.

Tsilivi is the family resort a few kilometres north of the town, with a long sandy beach, a row of restaurants and bars and an easy drive back to the harbour, which makes it a sensible first base for a first visit. Keri is the opposite: a village in the far south-west, on a hillside above cliffs more than 300 m high, with a lighthouse from the 1920s about a kilometre away on foot and a terrace for the sunset. The Keri caves lie at the southern tip and can be reached only by water, so a kayak or a boat tour is the way. The beaches are not within walking distance of the village, which is why a car is needed, and a client who wants peace stays at Keri after the day-trippers have left.

Navagio, the Blue Caves and the north-west cliffs

Navagio, the Shipwreck Beach, is a white cove enclosed by limestone cliffs on the north-west coast, with the rusting hull of the Panagiotis, which ran aground in the early 1980s, on the sand. There is no path to the beach, so it can be reached only by boat, and the usual departures are Porto Vromi, Agios Nikolaos and Zakynthos Town. Before you plan around it, check one fact. Landing on the beach has been banned since the cliff gave way, the ban has been extended more than once, and the boats that go there keep about 50 m off the shore. The cliff-top viewpoint above Anafonitria, with a platform and a few minutes' walk from the car park, is free, though access to it depends on the fencing along the cliff edge. We confirm the status of the beach for your dates before the quote, because it is a decision of the authorities and not of the boat operator.

The same boats go on to the Blue Caves, sea caves in the cliffs around Cape Skinari at the northern tip, which are reached only by small boats and are at their best in the morning light. A short excursion from Porto Vromi lasts one and a half to three hours, a longer one from Agios Nikolaos three to four, and a full day from Zakynthos Town six to eight, so the sensible plan for a party staying at Tsilivi or Alykes is the nearer port and the earlier boat. A private boat or a sea taxi can take the same route at your own pace, and a helicopter reaches the cliffs in about a quarter of an hour, but a landing in a protected area is never improvised.

Laganas Bay and the turtle zone: the rules

Laganas Bay is the reason the airport has a night curfew. It holds six nesting beaches with a combined length of about 5.5 km - Marathonisi, East Laganas, Kalamaki, Sekania, Dafni and Gerakas - and on average about 1,200 loggerhead nests a year, a large share of the Mediterranean total. The bay is part of the National Marine Park of Zakynthos, a site of the European Natura network, and its rules bind every visitor, private clients included. Females lay their eggs at night from May to August, and the first hatchlings appear in July and keep coming for weeks, so the rules matter most in exactly the months when the island is busiest.

For a private client the practical result is simple. A boat day in the bay is booked with an operator that knows the zones, an evening on the Laganas beaches ends at sunset, and a villa party that wants to see turtles goes with a licensed boat rather than on its own. The aircraft has its own part in the arrangement, because it is the airport curfew that keeps the beaches dark.

Kefalonia and Ithaca by sea

Kefalonia lies about 15 km to the north of Zakynthos, and the two islands are a natural pair. From late May to late September a car ferry runs from Agios Nikolaos, in the north of Zakynthos, to Pessada in the south of Kefalonia, in about 1 hour 45 minutes, with up to seven crossings a week. Pessada is about 12 km from Argostoli. Outside the summer the route is longer: the year-round way is a boat from Zakynthos Town to Kyllini on the mainland, about 1 hour 15 minutes, and then another from Kyllini to Poros on Kefalonia, about an hour, so that the whole journey is three to four hours.

Ithaca, the island of Odysseus, is another half-day beyond. Homer's Ithaca is generally identified with this island of about 96 square kilometres, whose capital Vathy sits on a deep natural harbour, with Kioni and Frikes on the north-east coast. There is a foot-passenger boat from Zakynthos, but the sources disagree on how often it runs and how long it takes, and the usual way is through Kefalonia, from Sami, on a ferry of 20 to 30 minutes. We therefore treat Ithaca as a day by yacht, by helicopter or from a base on Kefalonia, and not as an excursion from a Zakynthos hotel. A client whose real destination is Kefalonia or Ithaca should look at flying into Kefalonia airport directly: from Biggin Hill the same Phenom costs about £350 less to Kefalonia than to Zakynthos.

Flying to Zakynthos with a dog or a cat

Greece asks for a good deal of paperwork, and three hours is long enough for a dog to settle and sleep. The animal sits beside you in the cabin, never in a hold. The detail that goes wrong is the date on the health certificate, which is valid for only ten days for entry to the EU, and the second detail is the point at which the animal is allowed to arrive. On that second point Zakynthos needs a written answer.

What Greece 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 the animal travels;
• An Animal Health Certificate for each trip, issued by an Official Veterinarian, valid for ten days for entry to the EU and valid for the return as stated on the certificate. A British pet passport cannot be used to enter the EU;
• No more than five animals per traveller, presented at a designated point of entry. The island entry points on the Greek foreign ministry's list include Corfu, Kos, Rhodes, Chania, Heraklion and the port of Argostoli on Kefalonia, but Zakynthos is not named;
• 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 airport of entry 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 Zakynthos calendar: a turtle summer and a quiet winter

Zakynthos works from May to October. In the other months the island is green, wet and quiet, the ferry between the two islands does not run, and the airport publishes short daily operating windows. Choosing the week matters more than choosing the aircraft, because the turtle season, the slot season and the swimming season all fall in the same months.

Ways to bring the Zakynthos price down

• Move the dates out of July and August where you can. September is warm, the sea is at its best and the airport is far easier to book;
• Compare the airports. On the same Phenom from Biggin Hill, Kefalonia comes out about £350 lower than Zakynthos, while Athens is about £1,100 higher. Kefalonia is the only real saving, and you then take a ferry, so let the place you are sleeping decide;
• Choose a midweek day when you can. Weekends carry the changeover traffic of the holiday weeks, and a Tuesday or Wednesday arrival is likelier to meet an easier slot.

Types of flights

Zakynthos produces a different mix from the cities we cover, because people go there for the sea, the family and the scenery, not for meetings. Almost everything is leisure, and most of it is planned months ahead.

• Family villa weeks at Tsilivi, Alykes or on the south coast, flown out on a Friday or Saturday and back a week or a fortnight later, usually with children and a large amount of luggage;
• Boat days built around Navagio, the Blue Caves and the turtle bay, with a skipper booked in advance;
• Two-island weeks, landing at Zakynthos and leaving from Kefalonia, or the other way round, with the ferry between them in summer;
• Yacht and sailing trips, joining a boat in Zakynthos Town or in the Ionian chain to the north;
• Weddings and celebrations in a villa or on a terrace above the sea, where a group of guests must arrive in the same afternoon;
• Quiet breaks in the shoulder months for walking, the cliffs of Keri and the old town without the crowd.

A same-day return does not work. The sector alone is over three hours each way, the aircraft often cannot wait on the apron in the busy months, and the airport does not accept night movements, so a day trip is squeezed between the morning and the evening. A short stay is therefore planned as two separate one-way flights, and we quote it that way, so the figure you see is the one you pay.

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a repositioning flight with nobody aboard, offered at a fraction of the usual price. On the Zakynthos route the aircraft that cannot stay on the apron produce a steady supply of them, and it helps to know where they come from.

Because the corridor is far thinner in winter than in the peak, 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 Zakynthos match the day an operator releases it.

Helicopter charter

On Zakynthos a helicopter competes with a boat and a car for the same job, which is the last stretch between a runway and somewhere that has none. The distances are short and the roads are winding, so a helicopter wins when the sea is rough, the time is worth more than the fare, or the place has no road at all.

The machines on this ground are the Airbus H125 for island and coastal work, the wider H130 for villa and harbour transfers, the H135 and the Bell 429 where a twin is wanted, and the H155 for larger parties. We book them alongside the jet so that both crews work to one timetable.

Flight payment options

The main goal of our company is to provide the highest level of comfort to our customers. Therefore, we're always ready to meet you halfway. Our consultants will offer you a wide variety of flights to meet your needs and budget. Most customers prefer a non-cash method (a transfer to an EU bank account), which guarantees a high level of confidentiality and security of payment. All payment details are provided in advance, so you'll have enough time to make the necessary checks. For years of working in business aviation, our company has gained an impeccable reputation. We practice transparency and are always ready to present all necessary documents.

Private Jets UK works with both physical and legal entities. We guarantee the confidentiality and security of payments. You can pay for the flights from Zakynthos in any convenient way:

• cashless (by transfer to our account);
• by cash;
• by card;
• by cryptocurrency.

Our company works with European and British banks, which allows you to choose the most convenient payment method. In addition, we conclude formal agreements and provide our clients with all necessary documents and invoices, which guarantees the safe payment and delivery of services. If you have any financial questions, feel free to contact our private aviation consultants.

If you need to book an urgent flight, please keep in mind that the bank transfer can take a few days. In such situations, we may need to involve our partner companies so that you can pay for your flight in cash. If you have any questions, you can contact your personal consultant 24/7.

Flights from the UK to Zakynthos

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

Zakynthos charters from the booking notes: six typical trips

What the corridor looks like once a quote turns into a flight. Six typical jobs of the kind that come through our booking notes, described in outline, with the particulars changed.

Frequently asked questions about flying to Zakynthos