Athens to Corfu is 396 km, about 55 min in the air on a light jet. Corfu takes business jets routinely and will generally park one, which makes it an easier island arrival than the Cyclades - the constraint here is summer scheduled traffic rather than a hard ground-time rule. A written quotation follows inside 30 minutes; +357 95 119759 answers at any hour.
Under an hour from the mainland, flown all summer. The easiest of the popular Greek islands to arrive at privately. Tell us the dates and the party and we will say what the island will actually allow on them.
REQUEST A QUOTEA short mainland-to-island sector where the airport rather than the aeroplane decides how the trip is flown.
One easy end and one that sets the terms in high summer.
| Field | Code | Role on this route | What decides it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Eleftherios Venizelos | ATH / LGAV | Departure | Full business aviation handling around the clock, and the base most island trips start from |
| Corfu | CFU / LGKR | Arrival | Ionian field with a single runway running along the lagoon and a famously tight approach. It takes business jets routinely and, unlike the Cyclades fields, will generally park one - but summer scheduled traffic still sets the rhythm of the day |
| Preveza Aktion | PVK / LGPZ | Mainland alternative | Across the water for the Ionian coast, and useful when Corfu handling is full |
| Kefalonia | EFL / LGKF | Southern Ionian | For the islands further down the chain, subject to type and handling |
Slot and ground-time conditions at the island fields are published operating rules and change from season to season. We confirm them against your dates rather than against a general rule.
Under an hour with holiday luggage. The hold is the limit that surprises people, not the seats.
Up to seven seats and the aircraft most often placed on short Mediterranean sectors. The usual first answer.
Phenom 300 →Four to six with luggage, easier to place at short notice in the season, and cheaper to run on a short leg.
Citation CJ2 →The older light jet on the same sectors. Less cabin, lower cost, and worth asking about when the schedule is flexible.
Citation Bravo →We do not publish a starting price for this pairing. On a sector under an hour the flying is the smallest item and the repositioning is often the largest. Below are hourly rates other people publish for light jets in Europe.
| Reference | Applies to | Published figure | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole aircraft, this route | Athens to Corfu | not published | We hold no route price for this pairing and will not invent one. The written quotation against your dates is the only price |
| Hourly rate, light jets | Europe | 4,600 – 7,300 EUR per hour | Broker published range, undated, retrieved 2026 |
| Hourly rate, from | Europe | from 2,900 EUR per hour | Broker published range, 19.02.2026 |
| Hourly rate, quoted in dollars | Light jets | 3,750 – 4,200 USD per hour | Broker published range, August 2026 |
| Empty leg | varies with the day | brokers publish discounts of 50 – 75% | Broker price pages, retrieved 2026 |
The item that decides this quotation is the ground rule at the island end. In season the aircraft is not parked: it sets you down, leaves, and returns for you, and those two extra sectors are yours to pay for. Slot requests are filed against a short window and granted after scheduled traffic, so nobody can promise you an August arrival in June. Ask any quotation you are comparing whether the repositioning is inside the figure and what the plan is if the slot is refused. Ours answers both.
The figures above are third-party published rates, quoted so you can sanity-check a quotation. They are not our prices and they are not a quotation. The only price we stand behind is the written one against your dates.
Summer route with a real shoulder either side, and the shoulder is where the value is.
| Period | What happens | What to do about it |
|---|---|---|
| June to September | Peak both ends. Slots and parking are the constraints, not aircraft availability | Ask about the slot and whether the aircraft can wait, before choosing the type |
| August Saturdays | The hardest days of the year on this pairing | Fly midweek where the plan allows |
| May and October | Shoulder. Good availability, everything still open | The best value weeks on this route |
| November to April | Thin. Reduced handling and services at the island end | Confirm with us what is open before planning around it |
What usually follows, and the alternatives worth knowing before you need them.
Kefalonia, Zakynthos and Preveza are minutes apart. A second short sector usually costs less added than booked separately.
Corfu to the heel of Italy is a short hop, and the reason this field appears in a lot of two-country itineraries.
Milan to Nice →The other half of many Greek trips, with a very different set of airport rules.
Athens to Mykonos →Tell us your dates and how many of you there are. Your dedicated flight advisor will come back with aircraft options and a firm price.