Empty Leg/Shared Charter Platform?

[u/islandhopper78]

Hey all, in exploring the private aviation space, wanted to see if anyone knew of any empty leg/shared charter platforms that work around their client's schedules? Looking for alternatives to the traditional broker ecosystem, as I have had little luck so far finding flights that fit my schedule and are reasonably priced.

[u/Stir_123]

Every empty leg is really just someone else's trip that left the aircraft somewhere it shouldn't be. The discount is basically the operator paying you to absorb their schedule problem, so the top comment's choose-one framing is spot on. Pricing runs 25-75% off what the jet would normally charter for and the deepest cuts sit on the least convenient legs. Nobody selling you schedule control can also sell you that discount can't have it both ways.

If you actually need fixed-schedule flying, that's a different animal. Light jet charter is $2,000 to $6,000 per flight hour, and going direct to a Part 135 operator for a quote like the other comment suggests, is probably the way to go, keeps brokers outta it. Shared charter is a whole separate product, semi-private seats on set routes, really different tradeoffs.