Private Jet Staniel Cay to Alexandria

Staniel Cay, best known to travellers for the swimming pigs of nearby Big Major Cay and for the Thunderball Grotto made famous by the James Bond films shot there, connects to Alexandria via a private sector of roughly 5,431 nautical miles from its small island airstrip. A distance of this length is beyond the reach of anything but an ultra-long-range jet, and the Gulfstream G650ER or Global 7500 are the types typically assigned, cruising at altitudes near 45,000 feet across a flight of about ten and a quarter hours. Given Staniel Cay’s limited runway and lack of scheduled international service, most passengers making this journey will already be arriving by charter, and the long-range sector to Egypt continues in the same spirit of bespoke, purpose-built travel. The routing carries the aircraft north-east across the Atlantic before curving over southern Europe and descending into Borg El Arab International Airport on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. Alexandria’s harbour has drawn traders and scholars since Alexander the Great founded the city, and today the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Qaitbay Citadel, the latter built where the ancient Pharos lighthouse once stood, remain its most visited landmarks. The Corniche, stretching for miles along the sea, offers a very different kind of waterfront experience from the shallow, reef-fringed anchorages around Staniel Cay. Given the scale of the crossing, cabin comfort and endurance outweigh speed as the deciding factor in aircraft choice, and both recommended types provide flat-bed seating and enclosed lavatories for the long haul. This pairing suits boat owners and seasonal Exuma Cays residents whose travels occasionally stretch as far as the eastern Mediterranean.