In preparation

Empty legs seat by seat

An empty leg is sold as a whole aircraft. If you are two people, you pay for an eight seat cabin. Seat by seat means several parties share the same repositioning flight, each paying for the seats they use. Nothing here is bookable yet. This page explains the idea and asks whether you would use it.

What the record says

 legs on the board now
 seats on the average aircraft listed
 departure cities on the board
 legs recorded since 30 July 2026

Read live from our record. We do not know how many of these flights would attract more than one party; that is what the form below measures.

How it would work

  1. The operator marks a leg as open to seat sales and sets a per seat price and a minimum number of seats for the flight to go ahead.
  2. Travellers reserve seats. Nobody pays until the minimum is reached; if it is not reached by the deadline, every reservation is released.
  3. When the minimum is met, the operator confirms the flight and each party contracts with the operator for its seats, under the operator's own terms and passenger checks.
  4. The flight leaves on the leg's date, from the leg's airport. No detours, no changes: it is the same repositioning flight, with people in it.

What we have not solved

The legal shape. Selling seats on a charter aircraft is regulated differently from selling the whole aircraft, and the rules differ between Europe and the United States; some operators can do it under their certificate and some cannot. We will not offer this on any flight where the operator has not confirmed it may. Passenger identity checks and what happens if one party cancels are the operator's rules, not ours. None of this is theoretical; it is why the page says "in preparation" rather than "book now".

Who this is for

Couples and solo travellers on routes with regular empty legs. Small groups who would fly private if the price per head came down. Operators with legs that go empty because the whole cabin price is above what one buyer will pay on a Tuesday.

Tell us you are interested

No commitment, no payment, no newsletter. We write to you once, when this exists, and once more if we need a tester. Privacy.

Stored in our own database, product "seats", nothing else. Not shared with operators or anyone.

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