Private jet charter in Zurich

Under two hours separate the London fields from Zurich, and the part of the trip that needs planning is not the flying but the airport's own timetable: it is slot-coordinated, it shuts to ordinary traffic at half past eleven at night, and the Graubünden mountains begin an hour or two beyond the runway. Private Jets UK builds the charter around that clock. 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. Kloten is a very good airport and a strict one, so the real decisions here are the slot, the handler, and whether the programme ends in the bank district, on the lake or in the Alps.

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 Zurich depends on many factors, such as the model of the business jet, the number of passengers, departure and destination airports, type of flight, duration of parking, additional services, etc. Therefore, we calculate the price of each order individually taking into account your wishes. You can use an online calculator to get an instant charter quote. Please indicate your real contact details to get the final calculation.

You can calculate the cost of your flight in several ways:

• using an online calculator on the website (however, it shows only the approximate price);
• via Messenger (WhatsApp or Telegram);
• by landline or cell phone;
• via e-mail (jets@private-jets.co.uk).

Please note that the above-mentioned price is indicative only. It is calculated on this basis: a departure from Biggin Hill, a Cessna Citation CJ3+ and two passengers aboard. If you want to get a personal quote, just fill out the online booking form below. Our aviation consultant will make the calculation within 20 minutes, and then contact you to specify the details of the flight.

How long does it take to fly to Zurich?

About an hour and twenty-five minutes from Biggin Hill or London City in a light jet, close to two hours from Glasgow, and one hour of clock difference to add on arrival, because Switzerland keeps Central European time. At 422 to 725 nautical miles from the British fields we use, Zurich is a short sector: a light-jet trip from the south of England, a midsize one from the north. The table gives the sector from each British field we use.

Prices for the private jet flights to Zurich

Typical trips from Britain, cheapest first, all of them into the General Aviation Centre at Zurich Airport. The Davos weeks in January, the Street Parade weekend and the film festival fortnight can price above these figures, and the calendar block further down explains when.

We can arrange the flights from any cities in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) and European countries. Due to a large database of available business jets, we can help you find an optimal jet and crew. If you have any questions about the departure or the flight itself, you can ask them using the form below:

Private jet flights from Zurich

Zurich is a good place to start a loop through the Alps and Southern Germany, and an easy one to leave for Milan, the Riviera or Paris. Samedan, for St Moritz and the Engadine, is a short turboprop sector, Basel, Bern and Geneva are forty minutes or less in a light jet, and the Gulf is a long-range charter. 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 Zurich:

This is a small part of what is available. Zurich sits in the middle of the Swiss and southern German fleet, and Geneva, Basel, Milan and Munich are each within an hour of the airport in a light jet, so outside the Davos weeks in January an aircraft is usually close at hand. That is often where the better price comes from.

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Zurich 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 Zurich

One airport carries almost every Zurich trip, and six more matter when the slot is out of reach, the meeting is in the mountains or the World Economic Forum in Davos fills the main apron. Which one is right depends on where the meeting is and what time it ends.

Four points settle most Zurich arrivals:

Permits, border and Swiss customs

A private flight and a charter are treated differently. Operators report that a private flight does not need a landing permit for Switzerland, while a charter on an aircraft registered outside the EU does. For individual charter flights the Federal Office of Civil Aviation allows up to three flights in three months on one permit, applied for at least 72 hours before the first flight, and a chain of four or more flights needs an operating permit applied for at least 30 days ahead. The published rules are written for non-EU and non-EFTA operators and do not single out British ones, so we check the aircraft paperwork with the operator and the Swiss authority before we confirm. For passengers the border is the Schengen one: Britain is outside the area and Switzerland is inside it. The border officers may ask for proof of accommodation, travel insurance, an onward ticket and enough funds for the stay, and goods that are prohibited, taxed or dutiable must be declared. For the flight back, the General Aviation Report for Britain is filed not earlier than 48 hours and not later than 2 hours before departure, and most visitors who are not British or Irish citizens need an electronic travel authorisation for the UK.

From the apron to the lake

Zurich is compact. The old town, the banks and the quays of the Limmat lie within a few minutes of one another, and the lake opens at the southern end. The distances that matter are the ones that run outward from the airport, to Zug, to Lucerne and, further, to Davos and the Engadine. The Street Parade fills the lake shore in August, and the New Year fireworks go up over the lake basin, which is why hotels on the water fill first.

Flying to Zurich with a dog or a cat

Switzerland is not in the EU, and the Swiss pet rules are not the EU rules, which is what catches owners who assume they are the same. The flight is the easy part: the animal sits beside you in the cabin and never in a hold, and on a sector of ninety minutes most simply sleep. The paperwork is where a trip is won or lost.

What Switzerland asks for when a pet arrives from Britain:

• An ISO microchip, fitted before the rabies vaccination. Whatever the date of the vaccine, a chip that comes second does not count;
• A valid rabies vaccination: the first dose can be given from 12 weeks of age and becomes valid 21 days later;
• If the animal already meets the Swiss requirements, a valid Swiss or EU pet passport is enough. Otherwise Switzerland wants an official veterinary certificate issued by the authority in the country of departure, and we confirm in writing which document it will accept for a British animal;
• The animal is presented at the red customs exit on arrival. Zurich is one of the three airports, with Basel and Geneva, through which an accompanied animal may enter;
• Dogs with docked ears or tails may not be imported;
• For the return, a dog needs a tapeworm treatment from a vet between 24 and 120 hours before landing in Britain, recorded with product, date and time. Cats are exempt. A pet travel document and a declaration go with the animal.

Requirements for cats, ferrets, birds and anything less usual are collected on our flying with pets guide. We confirm the entry point and the paperwork for the animal in writing before the flight, and a quarantine of up to four months awaits an animal that arrives in Britain without meeting the rules.

The Zurich calendar: a Forum, a parade and a film festival

Zurich keeps a calmer rhythm than a resort and a sharper one than most business cities. January belongs to Davos, spring to the guilds and the marathon, summer to the lake and the parade, and the autumn to cinema and art. Knowing which week you want matters more than choosing an aircraft.

Ways to bring the Zurich price down

• Shift the dates by a few days if the diary allows. The week after the Forum and the gap between the film festival and the October art fair are quieter than the peaks;
• Find out where the aircraft sleeps. One already based in Zurich, Geneva or Munich needs little positioning, while one coming from Britain adds a leg, and on a sector this short that leg is a large share of the bill;
• Check whether another airport works as well. On the same light jet from Biggin Hill, the sector to Basel is priced about £450 lower than the one to Zurich, to Geneva about £200 lower and to Altenrhein about £400 higher. Each has its own conditions, so let the location of the meeting decide.

Types of flights

Two things shape the traffic: Zurich is a banking and fund-management centre, and it is also the main gate to the Swiss Alps. The same aircraft can serve a boardroom on Monday and a ski chalet on Friday.

• Banking and fund meetings, where the diary fixes the dates, the party is small and the aim is to be home the same evening;
• The Davos Forum in January, flown to Zurich or Samedan, with a helicopter or a long drive for the last stretch;
• Winter stays in St Moritz and the Engadine, with ski bags and a lot of luggage, usually finishing with a turboprop or a helicopter;
• Business in Zug and Lucerne, both within an hour of the airport by road, which makes Zurich the practical airport for them;
• Lake and city weekends: Street Parade, the film festival, the Christmas markets and the guild festival in spring;
• Longer European loops that start in Zurich and carry on to Milan, Munich, Nice or Paris.

Zurich works well for the same-day return. Land a little before half past nine local time, finish by early evening and be home with an hour or two to spare before the airport stops taking ordinary traffic at 23:30 local time, which is 22:30 in Britain. The aircraft and crew wait on the ground, and that waiting is billed, yet the total stays below two separate one-way charters. Both versions go into the quote.

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a repositioning flight with nobody aboard, offered at a fraction of the usual price. At Zurich they follow the pattern of the Swiss calendar, and it helps to know what produces them.

Anyone who can offer a window of a few days has a much better chance of a match than someone who needs one particular evening. The price of that flexibility is plain: the operator decides the date and the hour, and a leg disappears if the booking that created it moves. Whatever is free is listed on our empty legs page, and we flag a Zurich match the day an operator releases it.

Helicopter charter

A helicopter in Zurich earns its place on the outer stretches of a trip rather than in town. The city is small enough to cross by car or by tram, and the places where rotary flight changes the journey are the lake shore, the Alpine valleys and the long run to Davos and the Engadine. Near the airport the helicopter is subject to rules of its own, because Zurich Airport is slot-coordinated for rotary traffic too.

For the mountains the usual choice is the Airbus H125, the wider H130 suits a lakeside or chalet transfer, the H135 and the Bell 429 are the twins, and the H155 carries a larger party. The helicopter is booked with the jet so that the two crews work from 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 Zurich 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 Zurich

Biggin Hill, London City, Farnborough and Luton 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

Zurich 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 Zurich