Nice

Empty leg flights from Nice

Nice is the front door to the Côte d'Azur and one of the densest charter markets in Europe. Demand concentrates into a short summer window and the aircraft that bring people down have to go back up, which is what fills this board with empty leg flights — one-way sectors offered at a reduced price because the operator would otherwise fly them empty.

Recent legs have run to Olbia, Larnaca and Malaga, with Nice to Wevelgem and Nice to London as the steady northern corridors. The live counts below are read from the current board.

Which airport for the Riviera

• Nice Côte d'Azur (NCE) — the main field, with the widest choice of dates and aircraft, and a helicopter link to Monaco from the same site.
• Cannes-Mandelieu (CEQ) — closer to Cannes itself but with a short runway that rules out heavier jets.
• Toulon-Hyères (TLN) — further west, and the better arrival for Saint-Tropez and the Var.

In August the drive along the coast is the slow part, so the airport in the listing matters more than the flight time.

What an empty leg from Nice costs

Where an operator publishes a price it is shown exactly as listed, as a whole-aircraft figure rather than a per-seat fare. Where none is published the card says so rather than estimating. Our guide to the most affordable way to charter a private jet compares the options, and the private jet cost per hour breakdown gives the standard-charter benchmark.

Riviera sectors are short, so the types skew light and midsize — the Citation XLS and Citation CJ4 recur most. Browse by aircraft type if cabin size matters more than the exact date.

Where these flights go

Working out the busiest corridors…

What flies here

Working out which aircraft show up…

Airports

Where the aircraft actually go

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