Empty Leg Index · December 2026

EmptyJet Empty Leg Index: December 2026 offers average 37.7% below full-charter estimates

The EmptyJet Empty Leg Index for December 2026 records 190 priced empty-leg offers at a median listed fare of $10,464. Average savings against comparable full-charter estimates stand at 37.7%, up 4.4 percentage points from November 2026.

Offers listed
190
Median price
$10,464
Avg. vs full charter
38%

Key takeaways

  1. According to EmptyJet's Empty Leg Index, December 2026 empty-leg offers averaged 37.7% below comparable full-charter estimates.
  2. EmptyJet data show 190 priced empty-leg offers scheduled to depart in December 2026, 81 fewer than the 271 logged for November 2026.
  3. The median listed empty-leg fare in the EmptyJet Empty Leg Index for December 2026 was $10,464, up $1,196 from November 2026.
  4. EmptyJet's December 2026 index shows 19.7% of offers priced at least 55% below full-charter estimates, while 24.5% sat under a 25% discount.
  5. North America accounts for 62.6% of December 2026 empty-leg offers in the EmptyJet Empty Leg Index, with Europe at 34.7%.
  6. Discount comparisons were available for 147 of December 2026's priced offers, or 77.4% coverage, per EmptyJet data.

Offers by departure day

Offers by departure dayOffers by departure day2026-12-01: 72026-12-02: 102026-12-03: 52026-12-04: 72026-12-05: 32026-12-06: 62026-12-07: 32026-12-08: 42026-12-09: 42026-12-10: 22026-12-11: 52026-12-12: 42026-12-13: 122026-12-14: 22026-12-15: 12026-12-16: 62026-12-17: 92026-12-18: 92026-12-19: 72026-12-20: 32026-12-21: 22026-12-22: 72026-12-23: 42026-12-24: 32026-12-25: 52026-12-26: 102026-12-27: 152026-12-28: 92026-12-29: 92026-12-30: 52026-12-31: 12135791113151719212325272931

December 2026 empty-leg offers in the EmptyJet Empty Leg Index span all 31 departure days, peaking at 15 offers on 27 December 2026.

Savings vs full charter

Share of offers by savings band (%)Share of offers by savings band (%)Under 25%: 24.525–40%: 34.040–55%: 21.855%+: 19.7Under 225–40%40–55%55%+

Savings bands for December 2026: 24.5% of offers under 25% below full-charter estimates, 34.0% at 25–40%, 21.8% at 40–55% and 19.7% at 55% or more.

Where offers cluster

EmptyJet's December 2026 index is concentrated in two regions, with North America at 62.6% of offers (119) and Europe at 34.7% (66), together 97.3% of the month. North American offers carried a 40.8% average discount at a $9,268 median fare, against 25.3% and $12,589 in Europe. Oceania, Asia and Africa each represent 1.1% or less of December 2026 offers.

North America

119 offers · 63% · median $9,268 · 41% below full charter

Europe

66 offers · 35% · median $12,589 · 25% below full charter

Oceania

2 offers · 1% · median $4,334 · 82% below full charter

Asia

2 offers · 1% · median $68,634 · 43% below full charter

Africa

1 offers · 0% · median $35,797 · comparison n/a

Busy corridors

City pairs with the densest empty-leg offer counts this departure month.

Paris (Le Bourget, Seine-Saint-Denis) → Luton, Bedfordshire

4 offers · typical $11,319 · 30% below full charter

Luton, Bedfordshire → Paris (Le Bourget, Seine-Saint-Denis)

4 offers · typical $9,294 · 21% below full charter

Van Nuys → Las Vegas

3 offers · typical $8,112 · 37% below full charter

The Valley → Teterboro

2 offers · typical $26,036 · 38% below full charter

Aalborg → Bremen

2 offers · typical $8,481 · comparison n/a

Key Largo → Omaha

2 offers · typical $10,851 · 53% below full charter

Toronto → Philadelphia

2 offers · typical $13,509 · 36% below full charter

Akron → Port Clinton

2 offers · typical $10,496 · 29% below full charter

Van Nuys → Scottsdale

2 offers · typical $12,750 · 55% below full charter

Munich → Miami

2 offers · typical $166,273 · comparison n/a

FAQ

What does the 37.7% average discount in EmptyJet's December 2026 index 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 147 December 2026 offers that carried such an estimate.

How did December 2026 compare with November 2026 in the EmptyJet Empty Leg Index?

Priced offers fell by 81 to 190, the median listed fare rose $1,196 to $10,464, and the average discount widened 4.4 percentage points to 37.7% from 33.3%.

Why is the median fare quoted rather than an average price?

EmptyJet reports the median listed empty-leg fare in USD, $10,464 for December 2026, because regional price levels differ sharply — from a $9,268 median in North America to $68,634 in Asia on two offers.

Do all December 2026 offers have a discount figure attached?

No. Comparison coverage for December 2026 is 77.4%, covering 147 of the 190 priced offers; the Africa entry, with one offer, has no average discount recorded.

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