Aircraft
Ultra-long-range jets
In short
What is an ultra-long-range jet and is it worth it?
An ultra-long-range jet carries twelve to sixteen passengers about 6,600 nautical miles at 500 knots, for $11,500 to $16,000 per flight hour. These are the Gulfstream G650ER and Bombardier Global 7500 class: 44 feet of cabin, separate rooms, a bed rather than a reclining seat, and the range to fly New York to Dubai or London to Hong Kong without stopping. Worth it when the sector genuinely needs the range, and expensive range you do not use when it does not.
- 12–16
- passengers
- 6,600 nm
- typical range
- 500 kt
- long-range cruise
- From $11,500
- per flight hour, indicative
Indicative starting price
From $30,000
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
Sectors nothing else can fly. Around 5,600 usable nautical miles means the world's hardest city pairs go non-stop with a full cabin — and a fuel stop on a fourteen-hour trip costs more than time, it costs the rest of the day. The cabin stops being an aircraft interior: a stateroom with a real bed, a separate aft cabin, a galley a crew member can work in properly, and cabin altitude low enough that you arrive materially less tired than the same journey in a heavy jet.
02Limits
Where it stops working
The price of range you may not need. On a three-hour European leg an ultra-long-range aircraft costs roughly double a super-midsize and delivers a cabin you will not use half of. These aircraft also need around 5,800 feet of runway and are rarer, so short-notice availability is genuinely limited rather than merely dearer. Repositioning is expensive at this size, which makes one-way pricing markedly worse than return pricing.
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.
Ultra-long-range jets
6.2 ft high · 8.2 ft wide
Stand upright
| Passengers | 12–16 |
|---|---|
| Typical range | 6,600 nm (7,700 nm maximum) |
| Long-range cruise | 500 knots |
| Cabin height | 6.2 ft |
| Cabin width | 8.2 ft |
| Cabin length | 44.5 ft |
| Baggage | 175 cu ft |
| Minimum runway | 5,800 ft |
| Indicative rate | From $11,500 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.
- Dubai → London
2,978 nm · 6 h 50 min
From $92,500
- London → Nice
580 nm · 1 h 45 min
From $30,000
- London → Geneva
423 nm · 1 h 25 min
From $30,500
- Paris → Nice
375 nm · 1 h 20 min
From $30,000
- London → Ibiza
784 nm · 2 h 10 min
From $32,000
- Dubai → Geneva
2,662 nm · 6 h 10 min
From $84,000
- Dubai → Riyadh
461 nm · 1 h 30 min
From $30,000
- London → Milan
543 nm · 1 h 40 min
From $30,000
- Dubai → Maldives
1,634 nm · 4 h
From $56,000
- Istanbul → Dubai
1,642 nm · 4 h
From $55,000
- New York → Nice
3,464 nm · 7 h 50 min
From $104,500
05Against the rest
How it compares
Against a heavy jet, you gain 2,600 nautical miles, a bed and a second cabin, and pay around half as much again per hour. The honest test is the sector: over seven hours the difference is worth paying for, under five it very rarely is.
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 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.
- Can I pay for a private jet with Bitcoin or USDT?
- Yes. We accept Bitcoin and USDT on TRC-20 and ERC-20 for the full charter price, with no crypto surcharge. You receive the wallet address only after the aircraft is confirmed, so you know the operator and the tail number before any money moves. The USD amount is fixed on the invoice and held for 30 minutes against the exchange rate.
- Who sees my itinerary?
- Your broker, and the operator flying you — that is all. We do not sell or share passenger data, we do not add you to marketing sequences, and we do not publish or resell itineraries. Operators receive only the passenger details aviation authorities require them to hold.