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Private aviation, made easier to understand.

Published guides to private charter, shared flights and travelling with pets.

Private jet illustrating charter pricing and aircraft categories

Private aviation guide

What does a private jet cost?

A practical guide to charter prices, aircraft categories, additional costs and ways to fly more efficiently.

A black pug sits harnessed on the bench seat of a private jet, looking out of the cabin window

Perspective Story

My Human Was Nervous. I Fell Asleep.

A creative retelling: the same journey from Germany to Dubai, told from the perspective of the pug who made it.

A traveller with a golden retriever beside a private jet and the Dubai skyline

Trip preparation

Flying to Dubai with a dog: what actually has to be organised first

Microchip, rabies vaccination, import permit, official veterinary certificate: what a journey to the United Arab Emirates with a dog requires — and why the sequence, not the paperwork, decides your departure date.

A large Labrador rests beside his owner in the cabin of a private jet

Flying with dogs

Flying with a large dog in the cabin: why eight kilos is the number that decides everything

Eight kilograms including the carrier: that is where the cabin ends for most dogs. Where the limit comes from, what the alternatives are, and why one European airline broke with it in 2026.

Dog in a travel crate representing the choice between cabin and cargo on long-haul flights

Comparison

Cabin or cargo: what dogs on long-haul flights actually have to choose between

Cabin, hold or private flight: how the three routes actually look from a dog's side on a long-haul journey, what the evidence shows, what it doesn't — and what owners should decide on.

A pug rests on a cool floor in a bright interior

Flying with dogs

Pugs, bulldogs and aviation: why flat-faced dogs need a plan of their own

Pugs, French bulldogs and other flat-faced breeds meet restrictions in air travel that other dogs never encounter. What lies behind them, what the data shows, and what owners should discuss with their own vet.

Several travellers with dogs in a private jet cabin as an example of jet sharing

Private aviation explained

One aircraft, several travellers: how jet sharing actually works

Shared private flights are priced per seat, not per aircraft. How a route comes into being, how it differs from charter and from scheduled flying, and why dog owners turn out to be an unusually logical travel community.

A dog watches as travel documents are sorted beside a bag and lead

Cost and value

What it costs to fly privately with a dog — and what you are actually paying for

Pet fee, crate, veterinary appointments, import permit, handling charges, agent fees: what a journey with a dog really consists of — and how to compare it honestly with a private flight.

Dog in a nearly empty apartment with moving boxes before relocating abroad

Relocation

Moving abroad with a dog: why the flight becomes harder than the move

In an international move, the dog is the only part of the household with his own deadlines, his own paperwork and his own window. Why that inverts the planning — and how to put it back in order.

A dog rests in an open travel crate while the journey is being prepared

Reportage

The travel day: what actually happens between the terminal and take-off

Arrival, baggage, security, passport control, apron, boarding, cabin: how a private departure with a dog actually unfolds — step by step, without the gloss.