Guides

Empty leg guides, written from our own data

Every guide here is built on the flights we record from charter operators, thousands a month, with the count behind every number. No estimates, no industry averages, and the date each figure was read.

How much does an empty leg private jet cost?

The operator's price divided by the seats they listed, across 219 flights. Median seat 622 euros, cheapest 433.

What is an empty leg flight?

The meaning of empty leg in plain words, how the flight comes to exist, what it costs and the three catches, with our own numbers behind each.

Deadhead flights, and how to find one

Deadhead and empty leg are the same flight under two names. Here is what the word means, why the flight exists, and where to find one.

One way private jet flights, and why the cheap ones never come back

Empty legs are cheap because they are one way. We counted how often a return exists, and it is not often. What to do about it.

How to find empty leg flights, and how to book one

Where the flights are published, how to search them in one place, what a good empty leg website should show you, and what booking actually involves.

Empty leg charter flights: how chartering an empty leg works

What is different between an empty leg charter and a full charter, who you are dealing with, what you are quoted for, and what the flights cost on our board.

The empty leg glossary

Empty leg, deadhead, open leg, positioning flight, on enquiry, per seat. Twelve words, one page, no marketing.