How long is the handoff from jet to yacht?

About twelve minutes at well-coordinated harbours (Ibiza, Olbia, Nice) when both are booked through the same office. The limousine waits ten metres from the aircraft door, the tender waits at the marina pontoon, the timing is built into the flight plan.

Do I need to keep the jet on standby during the whole charter?

Only if the itinerary requires it. For a single-destination week (Ibiza, Mykonos), the office's default is the single-use format — the jet flies guests in and returns empty. For multi-destination weeks where guests want a fast mid-week hop, the standby or rolling format works better.

Can the office coordinate jet and yacht for a single guest list?

Yes — that's the format the office runs. A single calendar, a single coordinator on both sides, a single point of contact for the guest. The broker model (separate jet broker + separate yacht broker) is the alternative most clients leave after the first trip.

What's the cost difference between single-use jet and rolling jet?

Rolling roughly doubles aviation cost because the aircraft has to deadhead between positioning legs. The office helps clients model this — sometimes a hotel overnight with the yacht moving on its own is cheaper than a positioning leg of the aircraft.

Does the office handle pets, baggage, and special requirements on the jet leg?

Yes. Dogs in cabin on the Phenom 300E and Challenger 350; medical equipment and dietary catering are standard; baggage limits are generous on the Falcon 7X and Global 7500. The office briefs the crew at booking.

Combining Private Jet and Yacht Charter — The Single Itinerary, Two Aircraft

The single most differentiating piece of operational coordination Aurelius runs is the joint jet-yacht booking. A standard charter office sells the yacht and the jet separately; the client's assistant handles the handoff, which is where the friction lives. The office runs both fleets from a single calendar, with a single coordinator on each route, and the handoff is the part of the trip the guest never sees — the limousine waits ten metres from the aircraft door, the tender waits at the marina tender pontoon, and the timing is built into the flight plan.

The three formats

Single-use jet

The jet flies guests to the embarkation point and returns home empty (or to its next paying flight). Used for week-long charters where the yacht stays in one general area (Ibiza-Formentera, Mykonos-Santorini). Cheapest of the three formats; the office books the jet on a standard one-way basis at each end of the week.

Standby jet at the yacht's home base

The jet positions to the home base (Ibiza, Nice, Olbia) at the start of the charter and stays on the apron for the duration. Used when guests want flexibility — to fly home mid-week for a meeting, or to bring additional guests in mid-charter. The aircraft is paid by daily standby plus flying hours; the office structures the contract to minimise standby cost.

Rolling jet repositioning with the yacht

The jet repositions with the yacht route — Nice on day one, Olbia on day three, Athens on day six. Used for week-long itineraries that cross significant distance (Mediterranean to Greek islands, French Riviera to Sardinia) where guests want a 30-minute jet hop rather than a 200-mile overnight sail. Roughly doubles aviation cost but lets the yacht route freely.

Where the format actually pays off

Friday evening business in Zurich, Saturday morning on the yacht in Ibiza — single-use jet, Phenom 300E, 1h 50min flight
Yacht in Saint-Tropez, mid-week meeting in London — standby jet at Nice (LFMN), G450 or Falcon 7X on the apron
Week from Italian Riviera through Sardinia to Sicily to the Aeolians — rolling jet repositioning at Olbia, Palermo, Catania
Riviera week with multiple guest swap-outs — standby jet at Nice for guest movements without ending the charter

The handoff — what the office controls

The handoff is the operational risk. Twelve minutes is the office's standard for jet-to-tender at well-coordinated harbours; thirty-five for a hotel-overnight insertion; ninety minutes for a poorly-coordinated handoff. The variables are:

FBO ground efficiency (Jet Aviation Zurich and Sky Valet Ibiza are fastest)
Customs intra/extra Schengen (intra-Schengen is zero minutes; extra-Schengen adds 15–25)
Drive time FBO to marina (12 min Ibiza, 25 min Nice, 35 min Olbia)
Tender slot at the marina (the office books the slot the morning of)
Yacht crew availability for the tender run

The single-coordinator advantage

When the jet office and yacht office are different companies, the handoff becomes a fax chain. The office runs both from a single calendar; the jet operations desk knows the yacht's position to the minute, the captain knows the jet's ETA, and the limousine driver receives the same status update both sides see. This is the structural reason the office prefers single-source coordination over the broker model.

What it costs — the realistic ranges

Single-use jet to one Mediterranean destination (Ibiza, Nice, Olbia) plus return:

Phenom 300E (1–6 pax): €22,000–€28,000 round-trip
Challenger 350 (6–9 pax): €36,000–€48,000 round-trip
Falcon 7X (9–14 pax): €56,000–€78,000 round-trip
Global 7500 (14–17 pax, transcontinental): €110,000–€160,000 round-trip

Standby cost adds roughly €2,500–€4,000 per day on a mid-size jet, plus flying hours when used. Rolling repositioning doubles the round-trip cost approximately, because the aircraft has to deadhead between positioning legs.

Aviation fleet at the office

Thirteen aircraft are operated under theAurelius Aviation programme, ranging from the Phenom 300E through the Falcon 7X andGulfstream G650ER to theGlobal 7500. The fleet flies from London, Milan, Munich, NYC, LA, Dubai, Bangkok and Zurich. The combined jet-yacht offer is unique to the office among single-coordinator operators.

How to start a brief

For combined jet and yacht briefs, the office prefers a single note via WhatsApp (+41 79 285 79 79) or thematch form covering both: where, when, how many guests, where you're starting from, and whether the jet should stand by or return. We quote both on a single itinerary within four hours.