London to Zurich by private jet takes about 1 h 26 min over 807 km, London Luton to Zurich, normally on a light / midsize jet. Indicative price from €8 400 for the whole aircraft, one way. We quote against your dates within 30 minutes and the operations desk answers around the clock on +357 95 119759.
London to Zurich in about 1 hour 26 minutes, into Luton or Farnborough rather than Heathrow. A full border crossing at the London end, which we handle for you. Whole-aircraft charter, single seats and empty legs, arranged 24/7.
REQUEST A QUOTEThis is one of the steadiest business corridors in Europe rather than a seasonal one, and the two ends are remarkably evenly matched: the EBAA recorded 25,866 business-aviation movements at Zurich in 2023 and 26,661 at London Luton. Even fleets at both ends mean aircraft are usually available in either direction, which is not true of most pairs we publish.
Zurich gives you one realistic departure field and London gives you a genuine choice of arrival. Which London airport you use is decided by where you are going that evening, not by the aeroplane - the flying time between the three is a matter of minutes.
| Airport | Codes | Distance | Suits you if |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Biggin Hill | BQH / EGKB | 807 km | Your destination is south or south-east London, the City or Kent. Also a business-aviation field rather than a scheduled one. |
| London Luton | LTN / EGGW | departure alternative | The default, and the busiest business-aviation airport in the United Kingdom. North of the city, with the widest choice of aircraft and handling agents on any given day - which matters most when you are booking at short notice. |
| Zurich | ZRH / LSZH | arrival | Everyone. Zurich is Switzerland's principal scheduled hub, so business aviation works alongside airline traffic rather than on a field of its own, and there is a night curfew. A late evening departure has to be planned rather than assumed - tell us your latest acceptable slot and we will confirm it. |
| Farnborough | FAB / EGLF | arrival alternative | You are heading for Surrey, Hampshire or west London. Farnborough is a dedicated business-aviation airport with no scheduled traffic at all, which usually means the quickest turn from aircraft door to car. |
Airport coordinates and codes: OurAirports open dataset, retrieved 23 August 2026. Luton to Zurich distance calculated great-circle. Movement counts: EBAA 2023 business-aviation figures.
807 km, or 436 nautical miles, is comfortably a light jet sector, and a midsize cabin is a comfort decision rather than a range one. What tends to decide it here is the mix on board: this route carries a lot of four-and-five-person working groups who want a table, and a lot of winter parties carrying ski luggage in the other direction.
The most commonly available light jet at both ends of this corridor. Economical over 807 km, quick to arrange out of Zurich, and enough hold for a small group with proper luggage.
See the Phenom 300 ›A stand-up cabin and a table. The usual step up when the flight is being used as a working hour between a Zurich morning and a London afternoon.
See the Citation XLS+ ›A full galley and a separate lavatory, with the baggage volume to match. Worth it for a larger party, or in winter when ski and boot bags are travelling with everyone.
See the Hawker 800XP ›All three types are on our own fleet pages. Heavier cabins - Legacy 600 or 650, Challenger 605 - are arranged on this route on request.
From €8 400 one way. Indicative starting price for this route, rounded down. The date, the aircraft actually available and airport fees move it — tell us your dates and we confirm within 30 minutes.
London to Zurich is one of the few pairs where a third party actually publishes route-level prices, so we can show you real reference points instead of hand-waving. Read them as a sanity check on any quotation you receive, ours included - they are somebody else's published estimate, not our offer.
| Reference | Aircraft | Indicative price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole aircraft, very light jet | Phenom 100, 4 seats | EUR 8,400 | brokers london-and-zurich (undated, retrieved 23.08.2026). Not a type on our fleet pages - a third-party reference point for the class |
| Whole aircraft, light jet | PC-24, 8 seats | EUR 13,700 | brokers london-and-zurich (undated, retrieved 23.08.2026). Not a type on our fleet pages - a third-party reference point for the class |
| Whole aircraft, midsize jet | Praetor 500, 7 seats | EUR 16,500 | brokers london-and-zurich (undated, retrieved 23.08.2026). Not a type on our fleet pages - a third-party reference point for the class |
| Hourly rate for the class, not this sector | light and midsize | EUR 4,600-9,700 per hour | brokers, Europe, undated. Brokers publish from EUR 2,900-3,500 per hour (19.02.2026); Brokers publish USD 3,750-4,600 per hour (August 2026) |
| Empty leg | varies | discounts of 50-75% are the range brokers publish | broker price pages, all retrieved 23.08.2026 |
London to Zurich runs all year on business traffic, so it never really goes quiet. What it has instead is one extraordinary week in January and a second, softer rise through the Alpine winter and the summer months.
| Period | What happens | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| January, Davos week | The World Economic Forum at Davos is the tightest week of the year for aircraft, crews, handling and parking anywhere near Zurich. Demand arrives from every direction at once and the London flow is a large part of it. | Book as far ahead as you possibly can - this is the one week where late enquiries genuinely cannot be filled. |
| December to March | The Alpine ski season. Zurich feeds the eastern resorts, and the London to Switzerland flow runs heavy on Fridays and Sundays with the return legs half empty in the middle of the week. | Two to three weeks ahead for a weekend. Midweek is easy, and midweek is where the repositioning bargains are. |
| June to September | The secondary rise. Corporate travel between the two financial centres continues, and summer leisure adds to it, although August thins out as both cities take their holidays elsewhere. | A fortnight ahead is usually enough. August is the easiest month to get exactly the aircraft you asked for. |
| April, May, October, November | Steady working months with no seasonal spike. This is when the route reverts to what it really is - a financial and corporate shuttle between London and Zurich. | A few days ahead is normally sufficient, and short-notice availability is good in both directions. |
Very few of our Zurich passengers stop at London. The same aircraft can usually carry on the next day, and having already cleared into the United Kingdom makes the second leg administratively simpler.
A natural continuation of the same trip: the aircraft that brings you here can carry straight on.
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Zurich to Ibiza ›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.