Private Jet Nairobi to Cavallo

From Nairobi to Cavallo is a journey of about 2,972 nautical miles, comfortably within range for a super mid-size jet such as the Bombardier Challenger 350 or Gulfstream G280 flying non-stop, with a cruise altitude near 43,000 feet keeping the aircraft above much of the weather encountered over East Africa and the central Mediterranean along the way. The route begins at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenya’s principal hub for both commercial and private aviation and a well-established base for charter operations serving the wider East African region, before tracking broadly north-west towards southern Europe. Cavallo lies at the far end of the journey, a private island within the Lavezzi archipelago off Corsica’s southern coast, close enough to Sardinia that the Maddalena Islands are visible across the narrow, fast-flowing waters of the Bonifacio Strait. With no airstrip on the island itself, arrival is completed by helicopter, usually routed via Figari-Sud Corse for the short transfer out to Cavallo’s private helistrip. The island has long been a preferred summer retreat for a European clientele drawn to its granite coves, exceptionally clear water and, above all, its relative anonymity compared with the busier ports and marinas elsewhere on the Corsican and Sardinian coastlines. For those departing Nairobi, a city that has become East Africa’s leading business and technology hub in its own right, the near-six-hour flight offers a comfortable and efficient link to a markedly different kind of destination, and the super mid-size cabin’s combination of range, speed and space suits the sector well, making the transition from African metropolis to Mediterranean hideaway a genuinely restful one from start to finish.