Empty Leg Prices

Blank legs: Some tips for shoppers

If a charterer has to re-position an airplane for his next chartersession, this route is often empty-flyed - without payment of the passenger -, thus the concept, empty leg (alias "deadhead"). As a rule, the outgoing leaflet has already payed for this new positioning, so that all revenues earned by the empty leg are cash for the operating company.

For example, airlines often operate these services at slightly lower prices. According to some estimations, up to 40% of all privately operated jets are empty routes. More than ever, third parties using the web have come into play, collecting empty bags from various providers and making them available for sale to the state.

Blank leg is usually available at shorter distances and is often best found when you can sometimes travel in a direction that few others find appealing. As an example, on the Super Bowl days, there may be many empty leg flies to the hosting cities that collect clients after the match.

Leaning empty can mean a "win/win" for the individual leaflet and the charters provider - reduced prices for you and unforeseen income for the provider. But as with everything else in personal air travel, the cost should not be your most important concern. Determine which operators, planes and crews you will fly with.

What are the pilot working on this particular plane for how many long? Are there any aviation electronics and other security devices on board the airplane? The majority of empty en-route offerings contain the airplane make and model, a specific date or set of departures, and point-to-point towns or airfields.

Don't you see that empty knees can go away? When an arriving full airfare is cancelled, the transfer is cancelled with an empty leg. A few auctioneers even sell empty leg. However, do not anticipate, or quite frankly, leap to a mad low prize. Make sure you comprehend whether the prize is "all in" and warranted?

Sometimes the firm that advertises an empty leg acts as an intermediary, bringing you and the charterer together for a charge. When something goes awry, you don't want to be able to have the intermediary and the trader tell you to look at the other.

By the way: If you pay the full price for a one-way charters trip, you are negotiating with the carrier to get a full or part discount if the carrier is selling the empty leg. Editorial note: For some cost samples, we have contacted Magellan Jets who have provided some samples of idle prices in comparison to regular commercial prices:

Magellan President Anthony Tivnan commented: "If your trip is due to commercial reasons, we strongly advise you not to book an empty route. "There is a current schedule of idle and prices for this item, please browse the page below to see them. Writer James D. Butler is a lawyer and chief executive officer of Shaircraft Solutions, a Maryland-based consultancy that has been providing advice to consumers and corporations on investing in personal aviation for over twenty years.

As a leading privately-held aeronautical regulator, Mr. Butler has in-depth understanding of the full range of today's privately-owned aeronautical choices, encompassing fractional ownership, fleet map programmes and charters, and also specialises in parliamentary evaluation litigation.