Olbia to London by private jet takes about 2 h 13 min over 1 434 km, Olbia Costa Smeralda to London Luton, normally on a midsize jet. Coming off the island, two things are worth settling before the aircraft: which London field puts you nearest where you are actually going, and - in high summer - whether the aircraft has to be flown in to collect you. Indicative price from €9 400 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.
The leg home from the Costa Smeralda. Give us the address you want to reach in England rather than the airport name, and tell us the departure hour you have in mind: at Olbia in July and August the ramp, not the runway, is what sets the shape of the day.
REQUEST A QUOTEGoing north-west off Sardinia, the aeroplane is almost never the hard part. 1 434 km is a comfortable midsize sector, and the London end has more business-aviation capacity than any other city on this site. Two other things decide your departure hour. One is where a suitable aircraft is standing that morning - Olbia is a seasonal ramp rather than a base, so in the busiest weeks the aircraft that takes you home may have to be positioned in to do it. The other is the westerly component of the track: upper winds over Europe blow predominantly from the west, so a leg heading this way is more often flying into them than with them. The time below is a direction-neutral model estimate and does not account for that.
One fixed field at the Sardinian end and a real choice at the English one. Olbia is the only airport for the north-east coast, so nothing is to be decided there beyond the hour. The London rows are the ones to read: the difference between them is measured in the drive at the far side, not in the flight.
| Airport | Codes | Role | Suits you if |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olbia Costa Smeralda | OLB / LIEO | 1 434 km | Where the leg starts, and the only field for Porto Cervo, Porto Rotondo, Baja Sardinia and the whole north-east coast. The thing to know about departing from here in high summer is that the binding constraint is ramp parking rather than runway or slot: aircraft drop their passengers and leave rather than wait, so an August departure is frequently flown by an aircraft positioned in that morning. That is arrangeable and normal, but it wants a day or two of notice rather than an hour. |
| London Luton | LTN / EGGW | arrival | Where the sector ends, and the airport every distance and time on this page is calculated to. It logged 26,661 business-aviation movements in 2023, fifth in Europe (EBAA 2023), and carries the deepest choice of long-range aircraft on any given day in the United Kingdom - which matters mostly if the aircraft is carrying on somewhere after it has dropped you. On arrival it suits north London and the M1. |
| Farnborough | FAB / EGLF | arrival alternative | The other place this leg can end, and worth naming before you book rather than after. It handles no scheduled traffic at all, so the arrival is quiet and the walk short, and it is the better landing for Surrey, Hampshire and west London. Tell us the address you are heading for that evening and we will quote into whichever of the two gets you there sooner. |
Airport coordinates and codes: OurAirports open dataset. Movement counts: EBAA 2023. Distances calculated great-circle.
1 434 km is squarely midsize territory, and the class takes six to nine passengers with luggage over this distance without argument. Coming home the luggage is usually the larger figure than it was going out, so give us the bag count as well as the head count. Which of the three types below actually turns up is a question of what is positioned within reach of Olbia on your date, and in the crowded weeks that is a real question rather than a formality.
A midsize that covers 1 434 km with room to spare. On this leg the practical question is not the type but the positioning: whether one is already standing in Sardinia or on the Italian mainland on your date.
See the Cessna Citation Latitude ›Another midsize that flies the sector without a stop. If you want a firm answer on cabin and hold before you commit, say so when you enquire and we will name the actual aircraft rather than the class.
See the Embraer Legacy 500 ›The same job again, and a reminder that on this route the shortlist is decided by availability. Ask us to look across the whole western Mediterranean rather than at Olbia alone and the options usually widen.
See the Hawker 1000 ›All types above appear on our own fleet pages. Larger cabins can be arranged for bigger delegations.
From €9 400 one way. Indicative starting price for this route, whole aircraft, rounded. The date, the aircraft actually available and airport fees move it — tell us your dates and we confirm within 30 minutes.
EUR 9 400 is our own indicative starting point for this leg, derived from the published prices of comparable sectors in our route list rather than from a third-party price page. Read it as a floor. The single line most likely to move it northwards is positioning: in the weeks when Olbia is full, bringing an aircraft in to collect you is a real cost, and it is the reason two quotations for the same Sunday can differ so widely.
| Reference | Aircraft | Indicative price | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole aircraft, one way | Midsize | from EUR 9 400 | our own starting price for this sector, consistent with the comparable routes we already publish |
| Empty leg | varies | discounts of 50-75% are the range brokers publish | broker price pages, retrieved 23.08.2026 |
Read this as the year seen from Sardinia. The island empties and fills on its own calendar, and the corporate half of the corridor runs on the European business calendar underneath it - which is why the cheapest and the most awkward weeks to leave Olbia are not the ones you would guess.
| Period | What happens | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| April to June | The busiest stretch on European business routes, with corporate travel, trade fairs and the opening of the island season landing in the same weeks. | Two to three weeks ahead for a weekday morning departure. Tell us the hour you need to be in London, not the hour you want to leave, and we work backwards. |
| July and August | The island is full and the corporate half of the corridor is not. Aircraft are repositioning towards the Mediterranean coast and the islands, which means plenty of arrivals into Olbia and fewer aircraft waiting to take anyone out. | The best weeks of the year for an empty leg going north, since the flow that brought everyone in has to unwind. Give us a date window and we will watch the movements. |
| September to October | The autumn corporate season, and often harder to book than spring, while the island traffic is falling away. | Book early for anything in a fair week. If the departure window you want at Olbia has gone, ask us to compare the two London fields honestly before you accept a worse hour. |
| November to March | Quieter at both ends, with a slow restart in January. Short winter days matter more here than demand does. | Good odds at short notice. Confirm a late-afternoon departure early: it is the airport window rather than the aircraft that ends the day. |
Seasonality reflects the European business travel pattern rather than a published seasonal index for this pair.
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