International Private Jet Charters

What Is an International Private Jet Charter?

An international private jet charter is a private aircraft booked to fly across a national border, with the charter team handling everything including permits, customs, and aircraft sourcing on the client's behalf. While a domestic charter can often be arranged on short notice with a phone call and a signed quote, international trips often need a bit more lead time to ensure a smooth entry process when you arrive.

But that doesn't mean an international charter is more complicated for the traveler. It just means you want a veteran charter team working on your behalf, one that's already lined up the permits and coordination before you ever get to the airport. If you want the deeper detail on passports, visas, currency reporting, and country-specific requirements, we cover all of that in our guide to navigating international travel on a private jet.

Why Choose Just Landed Jets for International Travel?

International charter is where our team's experience really shows. We've spent years building relationships with operators, permit offices, and ground handlers around the world, so when you book with us, you get the benefit of a network that's already in place instead of one we're building on the fly. Here's what that looks like for you.

Where Just Landed Jets Flies Internationally

Just Landed Jets can arrange an international private jet charter to almost anywhere in the world, and our network of operators and aircraft is built to make that happen. That said, looking at where our clients actually book gives a real sense of the trips we handle most.

Roughly 35% of our international flights are landing in Canada or Mexico, making those our biggest international markets. The Caribbean and Bahamas are tied for second with European trips, each making up about 28% of our international charter flights. France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland are the most common European countries our clients are landing in. The remaining roughly 9% covers everywhere else we fly, with South America and the Middle East being most popular there.

As you might expect, aircraft choice tends to follow the region. A trip to Canada or the Caribbean is often well within range of a midsize or supermid jet, while a transatlantic run to Europe usually calls for something built for that kind of distance, which is where ultra long range aircraft like the Gulfstream G650 or Bombardier Global 7500 come into play.

Using Charter for Regional International Trips

Chartering an international private jet isn't just useful for one long flight. They can be the ideal travel solution once a traveler has landed abroad, by helping you travel between destinations once you get there. Commercial connections between smaller international airports can mean long layovers or routing through a major hub nobody wanted to visit in the first place. A private charter allows you to fly directly between multiple international cities, and these trips are often more affordable than you would think, especially when you consider the time savings.

This shows up most clearly in the regions we fly most. A client island hopping through the Caribbean can skip the ferry or long layover in a hub airport and instead be to the next island stop in a matter of minutes. In Europe, a client can move between two or three cities on the same day by flying point to point instead of routing everything back through one central city for a connection or train station.

What to Expect When You Book an International Charter

• Timeline: International trips generally need more lead time than a same-day domestic booking, since permits and customs coordination take longer to arrange. Booking early gives the team the best shot at the right aircraft and the right paperwork.
• Aircraft Selection: Longer international legs, especially transatlantic ones, typically call for a larger, longer-range aircraft than a comparable domestic trip. Ultra long range aircraft (the Gulfstream G650, Bombardier Global 7500, and Dassault Falcon 8X are common examples) are built for these distances, where a light or midsize jet suits a shorter regional hop just fine.

• What We Handle vs. What You Need: Just Landed Jets coordinates permits and ground handling on every international trip. Travelers still need a valid passport, commonly required to have at least six months of validity remaining past the travel date, along with any visa required for the destination. See our guide to navigating international travel on a private jet for destination-specific requirements.

How Much Do International Private Jet Charters Cost?

Charter pricing for an international trip is shaped your destination, which in turn dictates the aircraft range and category. A longer leg calls for a larger, longer-range aircraft that will end up costing more to operate than something built for shorter distances. Additionally, an international charter carries a few cost factors that rarely come up on a domestic trip.

• Aircraft Range and Category: Longer international legs require larger, longer-range aircraft, which costs more to operate than a domestic-range jet.
• Permits and Ground Handling: Permit requirements and ground handling fees vary by country, and some destinations carry more overhead than others.
• Trip Complexity: A multi-country itinerary, or a repositioning leg where the aircraft isn't already near the departure point adds cost beyond a simple point to point trip.