Speak to a pilot
Direct contact rather than being passed between sales representatives. One conversation, with someone who has flown the sector.
UK, European & Worldwide Private Jet Charter
Private Jet Charter
Across Europe & Worldwide
Find the right aircraft.
Speak to a pilot.
Tell us where you're flying and when. We'll help source the right aircraft, check the practical details and provide a charter quotation — without putting you through a generic sales desk.
Book Direct With a Pilot · UK, European & Worldwide Private Jet Charter
- Aircraft
- Citation X
- Based
- United Kingdom
- Notice
- Short notice
- Range
- Europe & worldwide
The difference
Why book your private jet
through Ben Aviation?
Most private jet enquiries begin with a salesperson. Here, your enquiry starts with a pilot. From choosing the right aircraft to understanding airport restrictions, baggage requirements, positioning, slots and realistic flight times, you can discuss your journey directly with someone who understands the operational side of private aviation.
The right aircraft
Recommendations based on the actual mission — runway, payload, range and turnaround — rather than aircraft size or headline price.
Real aviation knowledge
Practical understanding of airports, routing, baggage, weather, aircraft capability and the operational considerations that decide whether a trip actually works.
Direct charter support
One knowledgeable point of contact from initial enquiry through to your flight — slots, FBOs, handling and the parts nobody mentions until they go wrong.
Popular routes
Popular private jet
routes across Europe
Great-circle distances and estimated airborne times for a fast business jet, with an indicative flying charge. Flying charge only — airport, handling and positioning are extra.
London → Ibiza1 hr 50 min£12,000View route →
Paris → Nice1 hr 05 min£7,000View route →
Geneva → Ibiza1 hr 20 min£8,500View route →
Milan → Nice0 hr 35 min£4,000View route →
Amsterdam → Ibiza2 hr 00 min£13,000View route →
Munich → Palma1 hr 40 min£10,500View route →
London → Geneva1 hr 10 min£7,500View route →
Rome → Paris1 hr 35 min£10,000View route →
The aircraft
Cessna
Citation X
One of the fastest business jets available for charter, UK based and available at short notice. Eight seats plus a belted lavatory seat, full galley, stand-up cabin and a maximum cruise speed of Mach 0.92.
SpecificationCE-750
- Max cruise
- Mach 0.92
- Passengers
- Up to 9
- Range
- Approx. 3,000 nm
- Ceiling
- 51,000 ft
- Base
- United Kingdom
- Operated by
- Named with your quotation
Short notice
Flying in the
next 96 hours?
Short-notice charter is where private aviation earns its keep. Tell us where you are, where you're going, when you need to leave and how many of you there are, and we'll check what's suitable and available.
Aircraft availability changes quickly, particularly on summer weekends, around major events and through the ski season.
How it works
Three steps
01 — Search
Tell us the trip
Tell us the route, dates and passenger numbers. We’ll review the mission and provide indicative options before preparing a formal quotation.
02 — Compare
The right aircraft
We identify what actually suits the mission and check availability — runway, range, payload and baggage, not just seat count.
03 — Fly
Confirm and go
Confirm the charter and we coordinate the flight with the operating carrier.
The difference
Search like a platform.
Book with a pilot.
Online charter tools are useful for comparing routes, aircraft and indicative costs. But when you're spending thousands of pounds on a flight, having someone who understands the operation matters.
Technology can find an aircraft. A pilot can tell you if it's the right one.
Passenger count is only part of aircraft selection. Baggage, golf clubs, skis, runway length, range, weather, airport restrictions, cabin requirement, positioning and pets all decide whether a plan works — and none of them appear in a seat-count filter.
Empty legs
Empty leg
private jets
When an aircraft needs to reposition without passengers, that sector may become available as an empty leg. Routes are dictated by aircraft movements, dates are less flexible and availability can disappear quickly — but the saving is significant.
Trust
Real aircraft. Real operators.
Real aviation knowledge.
Charter flights are operated by appropriately certificated air carriers. Ben Aviation provides the charter enquiry and sourcing service, and the operator is identified as part of the quotation and booking process.
Also from Ben Aviation
The rest of
the hangar
Charter is one part of it. The rest is the work that makes the charter advice worth having — and if you own an aircraft rather than charter one, it is probably the more useful half.
Contract pilot & crew cover
Cover for sickness, leave, recurrent training or a trip the roster cannot absorb. Citation X, light jets and turboprops.
Ferry & delivery flights
Post-maintenance relocation, pre-purchase and post-sale delivery, transatlantic positioning legs.
Aircraft management
Maintenance scheduling, shop liaison, crew sourcing and trip planning, handled by someone who also flies it.
LAA & BMAA inspector
Permit to Fly revalidation, build and stage inspections, modification sign-off, and Rotax iRMT work on the 912 ULS and 912 iS.
Aircraft for sale
Permit aircraft and microlights, bought and sold by the inspector who looks after them.
Hangar & asset security
CCTV, access control, intruder alarms and site security — specified by someone who knows what is being protected and how it gets taken.
Charter enquiry
Route, date,
how many
That's enough to start checking suitable aircraft and operator availability. Straightforward enquiries can often be quoted the same day. Prefer to talk it through? WhatsApp reaches a pilot faster than any form.