Moscow — London by private jet: about 2,480 km, estimated time in the air roughly 3 hours 26 minutes. Departure from Vnukovo (about 30 km southwest of the city centre, where Moscow’s main business-aviation terminal is), Ostafyevo (a small dedicated business-aviation field about 30 km south) or Sheremetyevo (about 30 km northwest), arrival at London Luton, about 50 km north of central London and one of the main business-aviation fields serving the city. Routing, permits and any intermediate stops are planned against a specific date and a specific aircraft; if your dates do not work, we will tell you plainly.
About this route
London is almost always a business trip: meetings, advisers, lawyers, universities, and less often events and shopping. The format is usually compressed — fly in, spend the day in town and go back without staying the night. Luton suits that job well: it is one of the main business-aviation bases in the London area, and the time from landing to being on the road into town is measured in minutes rather than hours.
And now what we say to everyone who asks about this route. We declare no regularity: there is no schedule on this route and no dates promised in advance. Overflight and landing permits, aircraft and crew availability, ground handling, whether an intermediate stop is needed — all of it is a question of the particular date and the particular aircraft, and it is settled against an enquiry. Until the whole chain is assembled, we have no right to tell you the flight will happen. And if it does not assemble, that is exactly what you will hear, straight away and without softening.
The figures below are a model: great-circle distance at normal cruise speed. The actual routing follows airways approved for your date, so the planned time can come out longer. The time difference from Moscow is two to three hours depending on the season; on a one-day trip that works in your favour, while on the evening return leg it is worth allowing some margin.
- Distance: about 2,480 km great-circle
- Time in the air: about 3 hours 26 minutes, estimated
- Departure: Vnukovo (~30 km southwest of the centre), Ostafyevo (~30 km south), Sheremetyevo (~30 km northwest)
- Arrival: London (Luton)
- Aircraft class: midsize and super-midsize; at full load with baggage, super-midsize and heavy
Which aircraft suit this route
On a one-day business trip a quiet cabin and a working table usually matter more than the size of the hold. We generally show:
- Embraer Legacy 450 — a midsize jet with a stand-up cabin — you can work on the way
- Cessna Citation Latitude — a wide cabin, comfortable for four to six
- Cessna Citation X — when time en route matters most and you want to arrive earlier
- Dassault Falcon 900 — a heavy jet with a roomy cabin for a large party
Other types are in the aircraft catalogue.
What drives the price
The main variable is where the aircraft is on your date and what it costs to position it. Everything else is counted from there. Second in weight is what the aircraft does while you work: waits for you on the apron, or leaves and comes back again. On a one-day trip waiting is usually cheaper; on a three-day trip it is almost always the other way round.
After that come ground handling, slots and air navigation. Those lines depend on the actual routing and hour, and so they appear in the quote only once the plan has been assembled for your date.
We do not show a price on the site — not as a figure and not as a «from» range. On an international leg such a figure is almost always untrue by the time you have finished reading it. Send your dates and we will send a quote in which you can see what it is made of.
And about lead time: preparing an international flight takes more of it than a domestic one. An enquiry submitted early gives both a wider choice of aircraft and a calmer approvals timetable.
The return leg
The way back is on the London — Moscow page. It is a separate flight: a different departure airport, a different convenient hour and its own preparation. If both dates are known, send them together — that is the shorter path to a final answer.
How to book
Send the route, the date, the number of passengers and the volume of baggage. Give the passengers’ citizenship straight away — the set of documents depends on it and is confirmed when we quote.
We answer around the clock, weekends included. The reply will be either an offer with aircraft, or a plain statement that the route does not come together on those dates.
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Other destinations
- Moscow — Paris
- Moscow — Milan
- Moscow — Abu Dhabi
- Moscow — Yekaterinburg (the industrial capital of the Urals)
The full list is in the Routes section.
Get a quote for this route
Leave the route, the date and the number of passengers. A quote with named aircraft will arrive within the hour, around the clock, and nobody will ring you to sell anything.