London to Sion is 842 km, about 1 h 29 min in the air, London Luton into the Valais, normally on a light or midsize jet. We publish no fixed starting price for this route, because in the ski season the week decides it: give us the dates and the passenger count and a written quotation follows within 30 minutes. The operations desk answers at every hour on +357 95 119759.
Into the Rhône valley in about 1 h 29 on a light or midsize jet. The short sector is the easy part of this route; what is worth agreeing first is the arrival window at the mountain end and how you get from the apron to the chalet. Arranged 24/7.
REQUEST A QUOTE842 km, which for a private jet is barely more than a long lunch, and the shortest of the three questions this route asks. The other two are seasonal and local: December to March the Valais fills up along with every other Alpine valley, and the airfield at the end of the flight is a mountain field rather than a metropolitan one. There is a second, quieter peak from June to September, when the same valley is walked rather than skied.
The point of flying to Sion rather than to a larger Swiss airport is the drive you do not do afterwards. That is worth having, and it comes with a condition: a mountain field is more particular about weather, aircraft type and the hours it can take you than a city one, so the arrival is agreed before anything else on this route.
| Airport | Codes | Distance | Suits you if |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Luton | LTN | 842 km | Your departure as quoted here, and the field all the distances and times on this page are calculated to. In the ski season it is also where the light and midsize aircraft that fly this sector are most likely to be standing on a Friday afternoon. Farnborough is the sensible alternative if your morning starts west of London - tell us where you will be and we quote from the field that suits it. |
| Sion | SIR | arrival | Where the sector ends, and the reason for flying it: a small airfield in the Rhône valley, closer to the Valais resorts than any larger airport. Because it is a mountain field, tell us the day and the hour you want to land and let us confirm what is genuinely available - conditions, aircraft type and the operating window all have a say here, and we would rather tell you in advance than on the morning. |
| Geneva | GVA | arrival alternative | Not the plan, but the honest fallback. If the window at Sion cannot be confirmed on your date, or the weather closes the valley, Geneva keeps the trip whole at the cost of a longer drive at the end. We will say plainly which of the two your day actually supports rather than quoting the one that sounds better. |
Airport codes: OurAirports open dataset, retrieved 23 August 2026. Distance calculated great-circle.
842 km is comfortably within the light jet band, so on distance alone the smallest cabin on this list would do. Two other things usually overrule it: what a party of skiers brings with them, and what the arrival airfield will accept on the day. Both are worth settling before the type is chosen.
The light jet that covers this sector easily, and through the winter one of the types most likely to be within reach of London already. On a short hop into the Alps it is often the sensible answer rather than the small one.
See the Phenom 300 ›A stand-up midsize cabin and the usual step up for a family or a group going out for a week. Ninety minutes is short, but ski luggage is not, and this is where the hold stops being an afterthought.
See the Citation XLS+ ›The choice when the equipment rather than the party is the constraint: a full galley, a separate lavatory and the hold volume for skis, boards and boots for a group of eight.
See the Hawker 800XP ›All three types are on our own fleet pages. Which of them can be offered into Sion on a given day depends on the conditions there as well as on availability - ask us and we will tell you straight.
We publish no fixed starting figure for London to Sion. On an Alpine route the same 842 km sector in the second week of February and the same sector in late April are two different purchases, and printing one number for both would be tidy rather than true.
The published reference points are hourly rates for the aircraft class. Brokers publish EUR 4,600 to 9,700 per hour for European light and midsize jets (LunaJets, Europe, undated), others quote from EUR 2,900 to 3,500 per hour (Eurosky, 19.02.2026) and others publish USD 3,750 to 4,600 per hour (Paramount Business Jets, August 2026). They are worth having in order to test a quotation and no use at all for constructing one - and on a short sector like this that gap is at its widest, because multiplying a rate by 1 h 29 leaves out the crew day, the landing and handling at both ends, and the cost of bringing the aircraft to London in the first place, all of which are much the same whether you fly for ninety minutes or three hours.
The second thing that moves the number here is what the aircraft does after it has put you down: released after the drop is one price, held in the valley for your stay is another. Ask us to quote it both ways rather than assuming. It is also worth asking what is already moving: in winter the European fleet drifts towards the Alps and back out again, and the leg running your way is where the saving lives if your dates bend at all. Send us the dates and we will quote against them.
Two seasons, and they are nothing like each other. December to March is the one everybody means when they ask about this route; June to September is the quieter half, when the same valley is walked and climbed instead.
| Period | What happens | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| December to March | The Alpine peak. The whole of Europe wants the same Friday afternoon out and the same Sunday afternoon back, and the arrival window at the mountain end is in shorter supply than the aircraft. | Book weeks rather than days ahead for Christmas, New Year and the February half-terms. Give us the hour you want to land, not only the date, so that the window can be confirmed before you commit to the chalet. |
| April and May | The valley empties as the season ends, and the fleet that spent the winter serving the Alps starts moving away again. | The quietest and easiest weeks to buy this sector, and a good window in which to ask about a repositioning flight rather than a full charter. |
| June to September | The second peak, and a gentler one: walking, cycling and the summer in the mountains rather than the winter. Busy weekends rather than a solid four months. | Two to three weeks ahead is usually enough. Long summer days help here - the daylight that constrains a winter arrival is not the problem it is in January. |
| October and November | The pause between the two seasons, and the emptiest stretch of the year on this corridor. | Short notice is realistic and the aircraft is rarely the obstacle. Confirm the arrival window early all the same: out of season, what is available at a mountain field is a question worth asking rather than assuming. |
Seasonality here describes the Alpine pattern on this corridor, not a published seasonal index for this pair.
The flight ends in the valley; the resort is above it. That last part is the piece of this journey most often left until too late, and it is the piece that decides whether you arrive in time for dinner.
From the apron the last leg is a car or a helicopter, depending on the resort, the hour and the snow. We arrange the helicopter alongside the jet rather than leaving you to find one on a Friday evening in February.
Helicopter charter ›If the window at Sion cannot be confirmed on your date, this is the alternative arrival and a longer drive. Worth reading before you choose, not after.
London to Geneva ›The European fleet moves towards the Alps for the winter and away again in the spring. If your dates bend at all, that is where the saving on this route sits.
Current empty legs ›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.
All published routes are listed on the route index. Also useful: the fleet, current empty legs, jet sharing.