The port at Nice under a clouded sky, on the London to Nice empty leg route
London to Nice

Empty legs from London to Nice

Live empty leg flights on this route, exactly as the operators list them. Prices are the operator's own, not a marked up quote, and you enquire with them directly.

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Both directions, newest first, up to 20 flights. These are the actual legs operators have published between London and the Cote d'Azur, with the price exactly as they listed it.

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London to Nice empty legs show up with days of notice, not weeks. Leave your email and we watch both directions for you, London to Nice and Nice to London, and send you nothing else.

Tower Bridge over the Thames, seen from above, at the London end of the London to Nice empty leg route
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The port at Nice, boats moored under the hill, at the Nice end of the London to Nice empty leg route
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The route on a map

Roughly 1h 45m in the air, about 1,000 km (Eurocontrol is the authority for European route data). Nice sits under two hours from most London business airports, which is why the aircraft repositions so often.

The airports on this route

London Luton LTN London Stansted STN Farnborough FAB London Biggin Hill BQH Nice Cote d'Azur NCE Cannes Mandelieu CEQ

What you are looking at

An empty leg exists because of a flight someone else already paid for. A jet flies a client from Nice to London, then has to get back, or it has to reach London to start the next charter. That return or flight is empty, the operator is paying for it either way, so it goes on their site at a fraction of the normal charter price. London to Nice is one of the routes where this happens often, because the traffic between the two is heavy and rarely balanced in both directions.

The practical trade is simple. You give up control of the date and often the exact time, and in exchange you fly private for a lot less. If your plans are firm to the hour, a normal charter booking is the honest answer. If you can move by a day, this page is worth checking regularly.

How to use the list

Every flight below is pulled from the operator's own page, with the aircraft, seat count and price as they publish it. Where an operator does not publish a price we say so instead of inventing a number. When you enquire, you talk to the operator, not to a broker adding a margin.

Before you book

Check three things with the operator: whether the departure time can still shift, what happens if the paid leg that created this empty leg is cancelled, and which airport you are actually flying into. London means Luton, Stansted, Farnborough or Biggin Hill depending on the aircraft, and Nice is usually Cote d'Azur, a short drive from Monaco and Cannes.

Common questions

How far ahead do these appear?

Usually days, sometimes two or three weeks. The operator only knows a leg is empty once the paid flight around it is confirmed, which is why the list changes daily and why an alert beats a bookmark.

Can I change the route slightly?

Sometimes. An operator to Nice may agree to depart from a different London airport, or to drop you at Cannes Mandelieu. It costs nothing to ask when you enquire.

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