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Every line says whether the price is final or still being contracted.
We publish a price or we publish nothing. A "from" figure attached to a product we cannot actually staff is the most common lie in this industry, and it is the reason the pilot lines below say what they say.
Payment is by card or bank transfer against an invoice from the contracting entity, with the local operating partner and licence number named on it. Deposits are refundable for weather cancellations and for a cancellation by us, on any product, without argument.
First flight
| Product | Price | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karakol tandem flight | $170 per passenger | final price | Live public rate, verified 2026-09-28 |
| High-altitude tandem, 3,040 m | $299 per passenger | final price | Live public rate, verified 2026-09-28 |
| Bishkek tandem flight with 4x4 transfer | $170 per passenger | final price | Live public rate, verified 2026-09-28 |
| Long thermal tandem, 30–60 min | Price on request | rate being contracted | New product. Price set once the pilot's hourly rate for extended thermal tandem is agreed. |
For pilots
| Product | Price | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| XC safari, 7 days | Price on request | rate being contracted | Computed at 45% margin from estimated 2027 ground costs. Not published until driver, guide and guesthouse rates are signed. |
| XC safari, 11 days, three regions | Price on request | rate being contracted | Computed at 45% margin from estimated 2027 ground costs. |
| Vol-biv expedition, 9 days | Price on request | rate being contracted | Computed at 45% margin from estimated 2027 ground costs, 3 pilots per guide. |
| Retrieval and ground support, per day | Price on request | rate being contracted | Computed at 45% margin from an estimated 4x4 + driver day rate. Needs the driver's 2027 rate before publication. |
| Gear transfer and season storage | Price on request | rate being contracted | Storage and transfer rates to be set with the Karakol base. |
| SIV over Issyk-Kul — in development | Price on request | rate being contracted | No contracted SIV instructor or rescue boat on Issyk-Kul yet. Nothing published until there is. |
| Group charter for schools and clubs | Price on request | rate being contracted | Quoted per group. The per-pilot rate falls with group size, so there is no honest single number to publish here. |
Tandem prices are live and final. Pilot-trip prices are shown only after the 2027 supplier rates are signed — until then those lines quote on request.
Tell us your dates
Send the dates you are in the country and we will come back with the slots that have the best chance of usable air. A person reads it and answers within one working day.
Or just get the season report
One email at the end of each season with the flyable days we actually logged, and one more if the SIV course opens. Nothing else, ever.