Silicon Valley flight departments fly the Pacific the way other regions fly domestically, and the Pacific is where disinsection requirements live. Australia and New Zealand require every arriving aircraft to be treated, and the treatment belongs at the last port before arrival. For a Bay Area departure, that usually means here, at your own hangar, before boarding.
Where we treat in the Bay Area
We perform pre-embarkation disinsection at every field the region flies from: San Francisco International, Oakland, San José Mineta, and the reliever and owner fields around them, including Hayward Executive, San Carlos, Livermore, Napa, Sonoma County and Monterey. The aircraft never repositions for us. Our crew comes to the hangar or FBO, treats the empty cabin before boarding to the WHO pre-embarkation method, and issues the certificate the arrival authority expects.
The routes that trigger it
From Northern California the requirement shows up first on the Pacific: Australia and New Zealand require disinsection of every arriving aircraft, and the Cook Islands and Solomon Islands follow the same logic. South America adds Chile. Across the Atlantic, Italy requires treatment on aircraft arriving from the United States and Greece made it mandatory in September 2025, so a Bay Area operator running Rome or Athens is just as much in scope as one running Sydney. The full picture lives on our destinations pages.
Routing matters more here than anywhere
Bay Area trips to the South Pacific often run non-stop, and then the treatment happens at your departure field and the plan is simple. Stage through Honolulu and the calculation changes, because pre-embarkation belongs at the last port before the destination country. Send us the full itinerary and we will place the treatment where the arrival officers expect it, and tell you plainly if that place is not California.
Australia and New Zealand carry operator paperwork
Both countries expect arrangements at the operator level beyond the treatment itself, and those take time to put in place. We help operators meet the requirements and we start early; the mechanics are part of the service rather than something we publish. The practical rule for a Bay Area flight department is simple: the moment a Sydney or Auckland trip appears on the calendar, tell us.
Booking a Bay Area treatment
Send the aircraft, the field, the destination and the dates. We confirm what the itinerary requires, schedule the treatment against your boarding time, treat the empty aircraft, and hand the crew the certificate along with the exact wording for the General Declaration. Departure stays on schedule and arrival stays routine.