Westland AW109
Twin engine. The one for over-water legs and bad weather.
Passengers
6 + pilot
Engines
Twin turbine
Spain's third city, an hour from Palma and closer still from Ibiza. The mainland crossing that the ferry turns into an overnight and the airlines turn into a whole morning.
Valencia is close enough to see the appeal and awkward enough to put people off. The sea crossing is a long one — most of a day, or overnight on the boat — and flying it commercially means an airport at both ends for what is barely an hour in the air.
The helicopter is the version of the trip the map suggests it should be. About an hour from Palma, less from Ibiza, leaving when you choose, with the aircraft yours: the fare covers the helicopter and the pilot whether two of you fly or six.
The hour on this page is the Palma leg, the entry in our published fare table. Ibiza sits further south and west and is nearer to Valencia; Menorca is further out and adds time. Both are flown regularly and both are quoted individually, because an average would be wrong for two islands out of three.
Say which island you are on when you enquire and you get the number for your leg. It runs the other way too — Valencia out to any of the three — and a same-day return is quoted below the cost of two singles, because the aircraft and crew are already held for your slot.
West across open water. The island drops away within minutes and the next thing you see is the Gulf of Valencia opening up ahead, with the coast running north towards the Ebro delta and south towards Dénia.
From Palma it is the same hour in the air as Barcelona over a shorter distance, which is the part people find counter-intuitive. After Dénia, Valencia is the closest mainland city we fly to.
The arrival point is confirmed when we quote rather than after you book, so the drive at the far end is known before you commit. Ground transport is arranged with the booking and landing fees at both ends are already in the fare.
If you are connecting onward — the AVE to Madrid, a boat in the port, a scheduled flight — tell us the time when you enquire and we build the flight backwards from it rather than leaving you to absorb the gap.
A day of business on the mainland and dinner back on the island is the shape this flight makes possible, and no scheduled timetable supports it. The city is also a genuine destination rather than somewhere to change planes, which is not true of every point on the fare table.
The other case is a group with luggage. Six seats plus hold bags plus transfers at both ends stops being cheap quickly, and it never stops being slow.
Mainland routes want more notice than the island hops: they cross into peninsular airspace and involve handling at the far end. Twenty-four hours is usually workable, a couple of days is more comfortable, and in July and August it is close to necessary.
Which one depends on your group and your luggage. We confirm it when we quote, not after you book.
Twin engine. The one for over-water legs and bad weather.
Single engine. The workhorse — quiet, quick, panoramic.
Four seats. The value option for tours and short hops.
Single engine. Four seats and a proper hold — the classic island runabout.
Twin engine, rigid rotor. Agile, and the clamshell rear doors swallow awkward loads.
Mallorca, Ibiza and Menorca, and the same routes in reverse out of Valencia. The time and fare shown here are the Palma leg; Ibiza is nearer and Menorca further, and both are quoted individually.
About sixty minutes in the air from Palma. From Ibiza or Menorca the time differs and we confirm it with the quote. Add a short drive to the departure pad at the island end and the transfer into the city at the other.
From EUR 4,500 for the whole aircraft, one way from Palma, with landing fees at both ends included. It is the price of the aircraft rather than a per-seat fare, so the cost per person falls sharply with the size of the group.
By a wide margin. The sea crossing takes most of a day, or overnight on the boat, before you count getting to the port and out of it again. The helicopter is around an hour in the air and a short drive at each end.
Yes, and it is worth telling us the connection when you enquire rather than afterwards. We build the departure time backwards from your onward booking so the wait at the far end is deliberate rather than accidental.
Up to six passengers plus the pilot on the largest aircraft in the Palma fleet. Larger groups fly across several aircraft released on the same slot so everyone lands together.
The pilot decides on the day and safety comes first. If the flight cannot go you are not charged; we rebook or refund. This is a mainland crossing entirely over water, so it is more exposed to wind than the short island routes.
Everything is validated as you type. You see the aircraft and the fare before you send anything, and nothing is charged at this stage — this is a quote request.
| Route | Flight time | From (one way) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mallorca→Ibiza | 40 min | €2,400 | View route → |
| Mallorca→Menorca | 40 min | €2,700 | View route → |
| Mallorca→Barcelona | 60 min | €3,800 | View route → |
| Mallorca→Dénia | 50 min | €3,900 | View route → |
| Mallorca→Alicante | 75 min | €4,600 | View route → |