Empty legs are the private-jet world's best-kept discount — the same aircraft, the same service, at a fraction of the price. Here's how they work and how to land one.
Every private flight has to reposition. A jet that drops a client in Nice may need to fly back empty to its home base, or on to its next booking somewhere else entirely. That empty repositioning flight is called an empty leg — and because the aircraft is flying anyway, operators sell those seats for far less than a full charter.
Why they're cheaper
On a normal charter you pay for the whole aircraft and its repositioning. On an empty leg the repositioning is already happening for another reason, so the operator's goal is simply to recover some of the cost rather than fly with an empty cabin. Savings of 30–75% against the equivalent on-demand charter are common.
The catch
Empty legs are opportunistic. They appear at short notice, follow fixed routes and dates, and can be cancelled or changed if the original booking that created them moves. They suit flexible travellers far more than anyone tied to an exact time.
How to catch the right one
The trick is to be matched, not to browse. Tell us your preferred route and rough dates, and we watch the market for a repositioning flight that lines up — including legs departing from an airport near you rather than the exact one you searched. That's exactly what our empty-leg search is built to do: enter a departure and destination, and it surfaces the closest fits first.
If nothing matches today, that's normal — new empty legs appear daily. Leave us your route and we'll come back the moment one lines up.