Aircraft
Super-midsize jets
In short
What is a super-midsize jet?
A super-midsize jet carries eight to ten passengers about 3,300 nautical miles at 470 knots, for $6,000 to $8,500 per flight hour. It is the first class in which an average adult can stand upright — six feet of cabin height — and the cabin is 7.2 feet wide, so seats do not face each other across a narrow aisle. It reaches from Europe to the Gulf, and from the US east coast to almost anywhere in the Americas.
- 8–10
- passengers
- 3,300 nm
- typical range
- 470 kt
- long-range cruise
- From $6,000
- per flight hour, indicative
Indicative starting price
From $17,500
Private jet charter in this class, on London to Nice, the least expensive route we price for it. Not a package price: each trip is quoted on availability, positioning and date.
01Strengths
What it is good at
The comfort threshold. Standing up changes a long flight more than any other single specification, and this is where it starts. The cabin is quiet enough to work in and wide enough for a proper club-four configuration with room to pass. Range of around 2,800 usable nautical miles covers London to Dubai westbound with favourable winds, all of Europe to North Africa, and the Gulf to most of India and South East Asia.
02Limits
Where it stops working
Not quite intercontinental. Europe to the US east coast is beyond it once the cabin is full, and Dubai to London is marginal rather than routine — a heavy jet does that leg without thinking about it. Baggage at 106 cubic feet is generous but the compartment shape suits soft luggage far better than rigid cases. It also needs about 4,800 feet of runway, which rules out some of the small fields a light jet enjoys.
03Inside
The cabin
An average adult stands upright in this cabin, which changes a long flight more than any other single specification. The cross-section below is drawn to scale against a person of average height.
Super-midsize jets
6 ft high · 7.2 ft wide
Stand upright
| Passengers | 8–10 |
|---|---|
| Typical range | 3,300 nm (3,600 nm maximum) |
| Long-range cruise | 470 knots |
| Cabin height | 6 ft |
| Cabin width | 7.2 ft |
| Cabin length | 25.2 ft |
| Baggage | 106 cu ft |
| Minimum runway | 4,800 ft |
| Indicative rate | From $6,000 per flight hour |
| Minimum charge | 2 block hours |
04In service
Routes this class flies
Every route we price that this class can operate, with its own price on each. Where a class is absent from a route, it is because the leg is beyond its usable range or the runway at one end is too short — not because we would rather sell you something else.
- London → Nice
580 nm · 1 h 50 min
From $17,500
- London → Geneva
423 nm · 1 h 25 min
From $18,000
- Paris → Nice
375 nm · 1 h 20 min
From $17,500
- London → Ibiza
784 nm · 2 h 15 min
From $19,000
- Dubai → Geneva
2,662 nm · 6 h 30 min
From $47,500
- Dubai → Riyadh
461 nm · 1 h 30 min
From $17,500
- London → Milan
543 nm · 1 h 45 min
From $17,500
- Dubai → Maldives
1,634 nm · 4 h 10 min
From $32,000
- Istanbul → Dubai
1,642 nm · 4 h 10 min
From $31,000
05Against the rest
How it compares
Against a heavy jet, you save roughly a quarter per hour and give up around 700 nautical miles of range and two feet of cabin length. If the leg is under five hours, the super-midsize is very hard to beat on value.
06Before you pay
What you are told before any invoice
A class is a starting point, not an aircraft. What you actually receive is a named operator and a specific tail number, and here is what comes with them.
What we commit to
Nothing is charged before the aircraft is confirmed.
You receive the operating carrier’s legal name, its AOC number and the aircraft registration in writing before any invoice or wallet address is issued. If those three things are not in front of you, you have not been asked to pay yet.
One commission, inside the price you were quoted.
Our margin is already in the number you agreed to. There is no second invoice, no booking fee added at the end, and no separate charge for arranging the flight. If the total moves after you have accepted it, the reason is a change you asked for.
If the operator cancels, you choose the remedy — not us.
Aircraft go technical and operators occasionally fail. When that happens before departure you are offered a replacement aircraft on equivalent terms or a full refund, and the choice between them is yours. We do not get to decide that a substitute was good enough.
These form part of our terms of business. If any of them changes, the change is dated there rather than made quietly here.
07Get a price
Tell us the trip
You do not have to pick the class. Send the route, the date and the passenger count and we will tell you which aircraft actually suits it — including when something cheaper than this one would do.
Questions
- How much does it cost to charter a private jet?
- There is no fixed price. As indicative starting points, light jets from about $3,200 per flight hour, super-midsize jets from about $6,000 per flight hour, heavy jets from about $8,000 per flight hour and ultra-long-range aircraft from about $11,500 per flight hour, plus positioning and ground handling at both ends. Each route page shows an indicative starting price for that trip. Those figures are starting prices, not quotes: the price of your flight is calculated individually and depends on aircraft availability, where the aircraft is positioned, the date, the operating company and airport charges.
- How much luggage can I take?
- Baggage is limited by volume, not by piece count — around 50 cubic feet on a light jet and 115 on a heavy jet. Skis, golf bags and oversized cases are fine but must be declared when you request the quote, because they can change which aircraft works. Weight matters on long legs: a full cabin plus heavy baggage can shorten range enough to add a fuel stop.
- How far in advance do I need to book?
- Four to six hours is usually enough for a domestic or intra-European leg if an aircraft is already positioned nearby. Intercontinental flights need longer for crew duty time, overflight and landing permits. The genuine constraints are seasonal: Nice and Ibiza in July, Geneva in ski season, and Riyadh at any time because of permit lead times.
- How do you check that an operator is safe?
- Every flight is operated by a company holding a valid air operator certificate in its own jurisdiction. We check that certificate and the operator’s insurance cover before offering the aircraft, and any third-party safety audit it holds — ARGUS, Wyvern or IS-BAO. Not every good operator holds one, so we never imply one that has not been verified for that operator. You receive the operator name, and any audit status, before you pay so you can verify it yourself.