Ops desk open 06:00–00:00 · wheels up from 90 minutes
Charter from Farnborough, Biggin Hill and Luton on aircraft we hold on our own AOC, flown by crews on our own payroll.
No broker in the middle, no mark-up you cannot see. Every quote arrives itemised down to the last handling fee — median twenty minutes, seven days a week.
Nine aircraft, three classes, one operator — Phenom 300E, Citation Latitude and Challenger 650, all maintained in our own Part-145 hangar at Farnborough.
How a charter runs
You speak to the same three people every time. Kirsty, Rowan or Dev — all of them sit ten metres from the flight-planning desk in Hangar 12.
Ops desk06:00–00:00, seven days
A date and a passenger count is enough. No account, no deposit, no callback loop.
Takes 40 secondsAircraft, timings and a full breakdown — hourly rate, landing, handling, crew, duty and VAT, all separated.
Median 18 minutesContract and payment link by email. Slots, handling and ground transfers booked the same hour.
Same hourPark sixty metres from the aircraft. Security is a desk, not a queue. Bags go straight to the hold.
15 min before departureWe are the operator, not the middleman. Ockham Air holds CAA Air Operator Certificate GB‑2144 and maintains its own fleet under EASA Part‑145 approval. When you charter with us the aircraft, the crew and the engineer who signed it off are all ours — which is why we can quote a firm price in twenty minutes instead of ringing round.
Read the safety fileRoute & quote planner
Same distances, same hourly rates, same fees. Pick a pairing and the chart, the cabin and the invoice all recompute — nothing is rounded up to make the number look tidy.
Rates valid to30 June 2027
Trip parameters
GBP · ex‑works
FABGVA
Equirectangular · true great-circle track
4 of 7 seats taken · cabin 1.47 m × 1.55 m
Itemised quote
Ref OCK‑26‑0000
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Charter price
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Firm price. Subject to slot and handling confirmation.
The fleet
Every airframe on this page is on the Ockham AOC and lives in Hangar 12 at Farnborough. Average fleet age is 4.1 years; the oldest tail is a 2019 Challenger.
Units
G‑OCKL · G‑OCKP · G‑OCKR
Light jet · three airframes
£3,250per flight hour
London to Geneva, Nice or Palma with the whole family and the ski bags. Single-club cabin, 1.47 m of height and the deepest baggage hold in the light class.
Price a light jetG‑OCKM · G‑OCKN · G‑OCKS · G‑OCKT
Midsize · four airframes
£5,100per flight hour
A flat floor and 1.83 m of standing height. The workhorse of the fleet — 62% of our 2025–26 sectors flew on a Latitude.
Price a midsizeG‑OCKH · G‑OCKV
Heavy · two airframes
£9,400per flight hour
New York non-stop from Farnborough with eight on board, a cabin attendant and a bed made up aft. The widest cabin in its class at 2.41 m.
Price a heavy jetWhere we depart
Times below are the real drive from Hyde Park Corner at 09:00 on a Tuesday, not the optimistic ones. Every field listed has a dedicated general aviation terminal.
Slot lead time90 minutes, typical
| Airfield | Code | Runway | Hours | To central London | Terminal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farnborough | EGLF / FAB | 5,902 ft | 06:30–22:00 | 42 min · M3 | Ockham GAT, Hangar 12 |
| London Biggin Hill | EGKB / BQH | 5,912 ft | 06:30–23:00 | 34 min · A21 | Bespoke Handling |
| London Luton | EGGW / LTN | 7,093 ft | H24 | 48 min · M1 | Harrods Aviation |
| RAF Northolt | EGWU / NHT | 5,525 ft | 07:00–20:00, PPR | 29 min · A40 | Gama Aviation |
| London Oxford | EGTK / OXF | 5,092 ft | 06:30–21:30 | 78 min · M40 | Oxfordjet |
| Cambridge | EGSC / CBG | 6,447 ft | 07:00–21:00 | 92 min · M11 | Marshall Executive |
| Bournemouth | EGHH / BOH | 7,451 ft | 06:00–23:00 | 118 min · M3 | Signature |
| Edinburgh | EGPH / EDI | 8,386 ft | H24 | — | Signature |
Empty legs
When a jet has to reposition we sell the empty sector at cost plus handling. Same aircraft, same crew, same catering — you simply do not get to choose the date.
Board refreshedTwice daily, 07:00 & 16:00
Fri 28 Aug 202609:40 dep
FarnboroughInvernessPhenom 300E · G‑OCKL · 7 seats
£3,200£8,400
Thu 24 Sep 202618:15 dep
NiceBiggin HillPhenom 300E · G‑OCKP · 7 seats
£4,900£12,600
Fri 16 Oct 202607:20 dep
FarnboroughGenevaCitation Latitude · G‑OCKM · 9 seats
£5,200£14,800
Thu 5 Nov 202611:05 dep
FarnboroughMilan LinatePhenom 300E · G‑OCKR · 7 seats
£5,600£13,900
Sun 15 Nov 202614:50 dep
LisbonBiggin HillCitation Latitude · G‑OCKN · 9 seats
£7,200£18,400
Wed 20 Jan 202702:30 dep
Dubai Al MaktoumLutonChallenger 650 · G‑OCKH · 12 seats
£24,200£71,000
Tue 9 Feb 202708:00 dep
EdinburghParis Le BourgetPhenom 300E · G‑OCKL · 7 seats
£4,100£11,200
Mon 1 Mar 202710:15 dep
FarnboroughNew York TeterboroChallenger 650 · G‑OCKV · 12 seats
£21,500£64,000
Sat 29 May 202709:00 dep
LutonIbizaCitation Latitude · G‑OCKS · 9 seats
£6,900£16,800
Sat 5 Jun 202707:45 dep
LutonOlbiaCitation Latitude · G‑OCKT · 9 seats
£6,400£17,900
Block hours
Commit to a block and the hourly rate drops, the positioning charge disappears inside the UK and you get a guaranteed aircraft on 24 hours’ notice. Unused hours roll for 24 months and are refundable at 90%.
Block size
Light jet
£3,050per hour
Commitment £76,250 · you save £5,000 against rack rate
Midsize
£4,790per hour
Commitment £119,750 · you save £7,750 against rack rate
Heavy
£8,830per hour
Commitment £220,750 · you save £14,250 against rack rate
Safety & people
Three independent auditors go through our operation every year. We publish the findings to any client who asks, including the open ones.
Last full auditARGUS, 9 June 2026
FB
Head of Flight Operations
11,420 hours, previously fleet captain on the Global 6000. Sets every duty roster personally and still flies 200 hours a year.
RN
Chief Pilot, Challenger fleet
9,860 hours across Challenger and Citation types. Runs our North Atlantic and Gulf route training programme.
HM
Director of Safety & Compliance
Reports to the board, not to sales. Holds the veto on every flight release and has used it eleven times since 2023.
GA
Head of Maintenance
Part‑145 accountable manager, twenty-two years at Marshall Aerospace before joining in 2019. Fourteen engineers under him.
Clients
Repeat booking rate84% over 24 months
“We compared four operators on the same Geneva rotation. Ockham were the only ones whose quote matched the invoice to the penny — twice.”
Sarah OkonjoChief Financial Officer, Kingsbridge Renewables
“A deal signing moved forward by nineteen hours. Rowan had a Latitude at Biggin Hill and four of us in Milan before the other side had booked a hotel.”
Marcus ThaneManaging Partner, Verrall & Pike
“Twelve people, eleven flight cases and a cellist who will not be parted from her instrument. Nobody blinked, and the cello got its own seat.”
Anneke de VriesTour Manager, Halden Ensemble
Questions
Ninety minutes from a confirmed booking is normal at Farnborough and Biggin Hill during opening hours, assuming crew are on standby duty and the slot is available. Luton is H24 so a genuine middle-of-the-night departure is possible with about three hours’ notice. The constraint is almost never the aircraft — it is the flight plan filing and the handling agent at the far end.
Only on UK domestic flights, where the whole charter is standard-rated at 20%. International charter departing the UK is zero-rated, which is why the VAT line in the planner drops to nil the moment you pick a destination outside the country. Air Passenger Duty is separate, is charged per passenger on UK departures only, and is shown on its own line.
We hold two spare airframes across the fleet and a standing agreement with three operators at Farnborough. If your aircraft is unserviceable we put you on another one at our cost, at the same class or better. If we cannot recover the flight within four hours you are refunded in full, and we say so in the contract rather than in a service promise.
Dogs travel in the cabin, unboxed, at no charge — we only need the weight and a pet passport for EU arrivals. Skis and bikes fit the Latitude and Challenger holds without dismantling; the Phenom takes skis but not a full-size road bike. Anything fragile that wants a seat can have one, charged as a passenger. Tell the ops desk the awkward items first, not last.
Free cancellation up to 72 hours before departure. Inside 72 hours we retain 25%; inside 24 hours, 50%; and after crew report, the full charter price. Empty legs are non-refundable from the moment they are confirmed because the aircraft is already committed. Weather cancellations by the commander are always refunded in full.
We buy sustainable aviation fuel at Farnborough and blend it to 30% across the fleet, which is the highest blend the uplift allows today. The remainder is offset through Gold Standard removals, not avoidance credits, and we publish the retirement certificates every quarter. Block-hour clients get the SAF blend included; on ad hoc charter it is an itemised £0.42 per nautical mile.
Call the ops desk and speak to Kirsty, Rowan or Dev. If it is out of hours, leave a message on the same number — it rings a phone that a duty officer is holding.