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Save This Festive Season With Empty Leg Flights

4 December 2017   Hangar Space

The festive season is here, and we’re all gearing up to spend the holidays with family and friends. If you’re planning on travelling to your vacation destination, charter flights are the way to go – especially since it’s a great time for affordable empty leg flights. Here’s what you need to know, from Monmouth Executive Airport.

What are empty leg flights? 

Like commercial airline companies, charter flight companies try and schedule their services to ensure that there are paying guests on board for every flight. But because of their smaller aircraft and their policy of hiring each aircraft to a client in its entirety, planes have to occasionally make trips without any guests on board in order to fly back to their base or pick up a new guest. These trips are known as empty leg journeys and, to cover the cost of crew and fuel, charter companies offer these flights at a significantly discounted rate to anyone who is available at that time and location.

Discounts sound great – but what’s the catch? 

There is one catch to this great deal, and that is that you have to be flexible with your time and dates for your flight in order to qualify for an empty leg. This is because the jet must fly according to the schedule set for it by top-paying clients, which is why empty legs are so affordable as compensation.

There are a few advantages other than the ticket price for this type of flying. Not only do you and your guests get to experience the luxury of having your own private jet or aircraft, you also get to fly safely in weather that can ground commercial aircraft, skip the crowds and security lines of airports, and even bring your pet with! Last but not least, private aircraft are allowed to land at more airports than commercial liners, so they can often land you much closer to your destination.

Fly into Monmouth Executive Airport in NJ this Christmas 

Monmouth Executive Airport in New Jersey is a private airport catering to charter companies, private flyers, and their guests through world-class FBO services. With hangar space in NJ, the longest private runway in the USA, and expert aircraft maintenance services – all just a quick hour’s drive by car (or 20 minutes by helicopter) to the center of Manhattan, we’re a real alternative to congested New York City, Philadelphia and Jersey Shore gateway airports.

For more information about Monmouth Jet Center or airplane hangars and custom hangar space in NJ, please contact us today or visit our website at https://monmouthjetcenter.com/

Your guide to empty leg charter flights – what you need to know!

5 June 2015   Around the Airport Charter Flights

If you’re looking to book a charter flight for business or pleasure, you’ve probably come across the term “empty leg flight” a few times – but what are these flights and how can you use them to your benefit? Monmouth Executive Airport in New Jersey explains:

What is an “empty leg” charter flight? 

Essentially, this happens when a private airplane has to fly empty in order to reposition for its next flight – either because it needs to meet a client at a different airport or because it was chartered for a one-way flight and needs to return.

How is this type of charter flight beneficial to me?

Flying privately on chartered aircraft is a highly bespoke aviation service and companies are unlikely to find clients who are looking to fly at the particular time and day the aircraft needs to leave to meet its next commitment. As the aircraft has to make the trip regardless, the companies offer this otherwise empty leg of the journey on a first-come, first-served basis at a significant discount – often up to 75% of the regular rates, depending on the trip and operator.

Who can use empty leg flights?

These flights are ideal for clients who have highly flexible travel timetables and are looking to enjoy a private jet experience without the typical private jet price tag. While you compromise on your travel time, you will still have the benefits private jet travel including: customized meals, executive parking, rapid boarding and customs, luxury pet travel, privacy and access to uncongested, smaller airports.

One such airport is Monmouth Executive Airport, a small yet state-of-the-art facility just 20 minutes from New York City. Offering 24-hour airport services and amenities, including concierge services and catering as well as limousine and taxi airport transfers, we offer operators and their valued clients world-class service at every turn.

For more information about utilizing charter jets at Monmouth Executive Airport in New Jersey, please contact us or visit our website at monmouthjetcenter.com today.