Private Jet Rental
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Looking in to this for a major milestone birthday (not me!). Any ideas on ballpark figures for this and any recommneded companies. Don't know destination, but usual 2 hours range from UK.
Would it be better to do a busier router e.g. Nice as I'd like to stay somewhere for a couple of days then return, but don't want a PJ on call the whole time!
Thanks
Would it be better to do a busier router e.g. Nice as I'd like to stay somewhere for a couple of days then return, but don't want a PJ on call the whole time!
Thanks
About 6 months ago I looked into private charter of an 8 seater turboprop to get me from East Midlands to Northern France, hang around for one night and back the following day - I seem to recall it was over £10,000 so I'd expect your costs to be a multiple of that.
Might be worth checking out NetJets (Fractional Jet Ownership) - they sometimes do private charters and it can be quite flexible and convenient as they have aircraft all over the place.
Might be worth checking out NetJets (Fractional Jet Ownership) - they sometimes do private charters and it can be quite flexible and convenient as they have aircraft all over the place.
A friend of mine is an donor organ coordinator and he once had to charter a jet to escort a few 'parts' from Western Australia to New Zealand along with a surgery team.
They found an aircraft on budget...lets just say it was very basic! No lovely looking flight attendent and the drinks service was a cool box with a 6 pack of coke in it to help yourself from. The toilet was a chemical toilet in the corner with a curtain to pull around it, at first everyone decided they could wait but when your 6 hours in to a 9 or 10 hour flight that becomes impossible! I'm told the air was a bit ripe by the end of the flight.
Anyway its worth bearing in mind that you get what you pay for.
They found an aircraft on budget...lets just say it was very basic! No lovely looking flight attendent and the drinks service was a cool box with a 6 pack of coke in it to help yourself from. The toilet was a chemical toilet in the corner with a curtain to pull around it, at first everyone decided they could wait but when your 6 hours in to a 9 or 10 hour flight that becomes impossible! I'm told the air was a bit ripe by the end of the flight.
Anyway its worth bearing in mind that you get what you pay for.
Check out www.flymenow.co.uk - they've got an estimating tool on their website.
PetrolTed said:
Check out www.flymenow.co.uk - they've got an estimating tool on their website.
Doesn't seem to work though - EGLF to EGTE, tomorrow, and the whole page just seems to grind to a halt....I like the "Extra Pilot" Yes/No option though...fair enough, I've punted an Extra 300 around a bit, but what does that matter for a personal jet charter? - I want to be down the back, swilling gin and tonic if I'm paying £5K an hour, not giving tips to the hired help at front on how to fly a ruade in the fecker.
If a Mk9 Spitfire is on your list you could give Anthony Hodgson at Dragon Flight a call. Tony lives just up the road from me & flies a two-seat trainer out of his own Private strip near Caerwys, North Wales.
Maybe make a weekend out of it visiting local beauty spots?
http://www.displayaircraft.co.uk/
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Maybe make a weekend out of it visiting local beauty spots?
http://www.displayaircraft.co.uk/
fly@displayaircraft.co.uk
Workshy Fop said:
Thanks for the replies. £4k/hour still seems to the the going rate from that flymenow website which only half works.
Starting from Edinburgh though so might have to head somewhere nearer and find a local carrier as I don't fancy paying for the empty return leg.
Give Flymenow a call. I used them recently and managed to get an empty leg at a good price as the plane would have otherwise flown back empty. Depending when/where you want to go, you might be able to do the same. I dealt with a chap by the name of Barnes - very helpful he was.Starting from Edinburgh though so might have to head somewhere nearer and find a local carrier as I don't fancy paying for the empty return leg.
PetrolTed said:
Give Flymenow a call. I used them recently and managed to get an empty leg at a good price as the plane would have otherwise flown back empty. Depending when/where you want to go, you might be able to do the same. I dealt with a chap by the name of Barnes - very helpful he was.
Would you mind me asking what the hourly rate was roughly at the "good price" ?
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