Private Jet Simpson Bay to Costa Navarino

Few charter routings span quite so dramatic a change of scenery as the crossing from Simpson Bay to Costa Navarino, a transatlantic sector of some 4,519 nautical miles that carries travellers from the reef-fringed lagoon of Sint Maarten to the olive-clad shores of the Peloponnese. Given the distance involved, this journey calls for an ultra-long-range aircraft such as the Gulfstream G650ER or Bombardier Global 7500, both able to cover the crossing in a single non-stop sector without needing a technical stop in the Azores or along the North African coast. Cruising at altitudes approaching 51,000 feet lets these aircraft ride above much of the weather that typically complicates Atlantic crossings, delivering a noticeably smoother ride while shaving real time off the routing, and their cabins are arranged for long-haul comfort with a full galley and private stateroom, making the eight-hour-plus sector eminently workable for owners keen to arrive ready for golf rather than needing a day to recover. Departure is from Princess Juliana International Airport, whose famously low final approach over Maho Beach makes it one of the most photographed strips in the Caribbean, before the aircraft settles onto a great-circle track north-east across the Atlantic and into southern Europe. On arrival, Kalamata International Airport sits within easy reach of Costa Navarino’s championship golf courses, the crescent sands of Voidokilia Beach and the Byzantine old town of Pylos, with the wider Messinian coastline offering some of the least developed shoreline in Greece. The route suits owners and charter clients moving between a Caribbean winter base and a Greek summer season, for whom the appeal lies less in raw speed than in flying directly between two entirely different worlds without commercial connections or layovers.