Paris to Lisbon is 1,460 km and about 2 h 15 in the air, normally on a midsize jet out of Le Bourget, and it is one of the simplest long sectors on this website: both ends are inside Schengen and neither requires anything unusual. Indicative price from €10 100 for the whole aircraft, one way. Send the dates and the passenger count and a written quotation follows inside 30 minutes; the operations desk answers at any hour on +357 95 119759.
Two and a quarter hours down the western edge of Europe, and an unusually uncomplicated one: no border, no permit, no aircraft that struggles with the distance. The two decisions that matter are which Portuguese field you land at and, if your meeting runs late, what time you can leave Paris. Whole aircraft, single seats and empty legs, arranged 24/7.
REQUEST A QUOTEA long sector by European standards and a simple one by any. Le Bourget is eight kilometres from the périphérique, wholly given over to business aviation, and with 55,751 movements in 2023 the busiest such airport in Europe – but night movements there are restricted, which on a two-and-a-quarter-hour flight means a late finish in Lisbon deserves a word when you book. At the far end, Lisbon is remarkably close to its own city centre and carries heavy scheduled traffic, so business aviation fits around slots rather than ignoring them.
Lisbon is one of the few European capitals where the main airport is genuinely close to the centre, which makes the default a good default. The alternative exists for a specific reason rather than as a fallback: if you are staying along the coast, the coast has its own field and it is not a compromise.
| Airport | Codes | Distance | Suits you if |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Le Bourget | LBG / LFPB | 1,460 km | Where the leg starts, and the field every figure on this page is measured from. Eight kilometres from the périphérique, wholly business aviation, 55,751 movements in 2023 (EBAA 2023). Night movements are restricted, which matters on a sector of this length if your day in Paris runs long. |
| Paris Orly | ORY / LFPO | departure alternative | Le Bourget has no window at the hour you need, or your morning starts south or west of Paris. A large scheduled airport with a business-aviation facility attached, so slots are shared with airline traffic. |
| Lisbon Humberto Delgado | LIS / LPPT | arrival | The default, and the field every figure here is measured to. Remarkably close to the centre of the city – one of the shortest airport drives of any capital in Europe. It carries heavy scheduled traffic and is capacity-constrained, so business aviation works within the slot system rather than around it. |
| Cascais Municipal | CAS / LPCS | arrival alternative | You are staying along the Estoril coast, in Cascais, or out towards Sintra. Portugal's dedicated general and business aviation field, at Tires west of Lisbon: it removes the drive into the city and replaces the slot problem with a much simpler one. Aircraft size is the question to ask us about before assuming it. |
Airport coordinates and codes: OurAirports open dataset, retrieved 23 August 2026. Distances calculated great-circle. Movement counts: EBAA 2023.
At 1,460 km the aircraft choice becomes a real one rather than a preference. A midsize cabin crosses non-stop with everybody and everything aboard; below that you start trading passengers or luggage for range, and we would rather say so than quote you something that technically fits.
The sensible default and what we quote unless told otherwise. Seven to nine passengers, full luggage, non-stop, and a cabin you can work or sleep in for two and a quarter hours rather than simply endure.
See the fleet ›For a larger party, for golf equipment, or when Lisbon is a staging point for something further – the Atlantic islands or a transatlantic leg. More cabin and more margin if the routing goes long around weather.
See the fleet ›Workable with a short passenger list, and honest about the trade: fewer people, less luggage, and on some days a fuel stop that costs you the hour you chartered to save. We will tell you plainly when it is and is not sensible.
See the fleet ›Indicative price from €10 100 for the whole aircraft, one way. That is a floor rather than a quotation: it describes the cheapest sensible way to do the sector on a good day, not the price of your particular trip.
What moves it from there: the cabin you choose, which on a sector this long is the largest single factor; where the aircraft was before it came to you and where it has to be afterwards; whether the crew can do the round trip inside a duty day or an overnight has to be priced in; and handling and parking at both ends. Slot availability at Lisbon occasionally enters the arithmetic too, in the form of an hour that costs more than the hour beside it.
The reliable savings are the usual two. A return booked as one trip, because the aircraft and crew stay with you rather than repositioning twice. And an empty leg if your dates can move – the Paris-Iberia corridor is busy enough that repositioning flights are common, particularly at each end of the summer season.
GET A FIRM PRICETwo calendars sit on this route. The business one runs March to June and September to November and behaves predictably: out early in the week, home late in it. The leisure one runs through the summer and is aimed at the coast rather than the capital, which is why it fills Cascais and the Algarve fields before it fills Lisbon.
Book early for the summer weekends, for the weeks either side of the major Lisbon conference dates, and for any trip where you need a specific arrival hour – the slot system at Lisbon is real, and the popular windows go first. Book early too if the return from Paris would be late in the evening, because of the night restriction at Le Bourget.
Outside those, short notice is comfortable on this corridor and same-day departures are realistic, because the aircraft pool at Le Bourget is the deepest in Europe.
Lisbon is a natural staging point rather than a cul-de-sac, and the second leg is simpler and cheaper arranged together with the first.
Short sectors south, and often the real destination. If the Algarve is where you are going, say so and we will quote it directly rather than add a two-hour drive to a flight you chartered to save time.
See published routes ›An hour or so east, and a common second leg when the week covers both Iberian capitals. Quoted as one trip rather than two separate charters.
Paris to Madrid ›Aircraft reposition between Paris and Iberia constantly, and a good share of those flights carry nobody. Flexible dates are what it takes to use one.
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.