Empty Leg Index · July 2026
EmptyJet Empty Leg Index: July 2026 offers priced 43.0% below full-charter estimates
The EmptyJet Empty Leg Index recorded 1,882 priced empty-leg offers scheduled to depart in July 2026, at a median listed fare of $8,096. Offers with a full-charter comparison averaged 43.0% below that estimate.
- Offers listed
- 1,882
- Median price
- $8,096
- Avg. vs full charter
- 43%
Key takeaways
- According to EmptyJet's Empty Leg Index, July 2026 departures comprised 1,882 priced empty-leg offers.
- EmptyJet data put the median listed empty-leg fare for July 2026 departures at $8,096.
- In July 2026, EmptyJet empty-leg offers with a charter comparison averaged 43.0% below full-charter estimates, based on 1,601 offers covering 85.1% of priced inventory.
- The EmptyJet Empty Leg Index shows 26.5% of compared July 2026 offers were priced at least 55% below full-charter estimates, while 17.1% sat under 25%.
- North America supplied 71.4% of July 2026 EmptyJet empty-leg offers, with a median listed fare of $7,900 and an average discount of 44.3%.
- EmptyJet recorded its heaviest July 2026 departure day on 27 July, with 574 offers scheduled to leave.
Offers by departure day
EmptyJet Empty Leg Index, July 2026: offers by scheduled departure day across 5 days with listed offers, peaking at 574 offers on 27 July 2026.
Savings vs full charter
EmptyJet Empty Leg Index, July 2026: distribution of discount vs full-charter estimate across 1,601 compared offers — under 25%, 17.1%; 25–40%, 27.3%; 40–55%, 29.1%; 55%+, 26.5%.
Where offers cluster
North America (1,344 offers, 71.4%) and Europe (498 offers, 26.5%) together accounted for 97.9% of July 2026 empty-leg offers in the EmptyJet Empty Leg Index. Europe's median listed fare of $8,709 was above North America's $7,900, while its average discount was shallower at 38.2%. Asia held 1.8% of offers at a 46.9% average discount, with Africa at 0.2% and Oceania at 0.1%.
Europe
Asia
Africa
Oceania
Busy corridors
Among corridors meeting the five-offer threshold in July 2026, EmptyJet logged 9 Houston–Dallas offers at a typical listed price of $6,546 and a 52.5% average discount, and 7 Fort Lauderdale–Nassau offers at $9,002 and 31.0%. The deepest average discount among citeable July corridors was Austin–Houston at 65.8%, with 6 offers at a typical $2,761.
Houston → Dallas
Fort Lauderdale → Nassau
Austin → Houston
Van Nuys → Las Vegas
Vancouver → Calgary
Toronto → Teterboro
Heraklion → Paros
Lincoln → Omaha
Larnaca → Tel Aviv
Las Vegas → Burbank
FAQ
What does the 43.0% figure for July 2026 represent?
It is the average gap between listed empty-leg fares and EmptyJet's estimate of a comparable one-way private charter, calculated across the 1,601 July 2026 offers that carried such a comparison — 85.1% of priced offers for the month.
How does July 2026's median listed fare of $8,096 compare across regions?
In the EmptyJet Empty Leg Index for July 2026, North America's median was $7,900 and Europe's $8,709. Asia's median was $7,000, Africa's $8,759 and Oceania's $27,529, though the latter two rest on 4 and 2 offers respectively.
Why do the corridor figures cover only five routes?
EmptyJet treats a corridor as citeable only when it carries at least five offers in the departure month. Five corridors cleared that threshold in July 2026, led by Houston–Dallas with 9 offers.
Does the 1,882 offer count for July 2026 change?
The figure reflects listed inventory for the July 2026 departure month as captured in the index, and totals can change.
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