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Empty Leg Index · January 2027

EmptyJet Index: January 2027 empty-leg offers priced 47.5% below full-charter estimates

The EmptyJet Empty Leg Index recorded 57 priced empty-leg offers for departure in January 2027, at a median listed fare of $10,400. Average savings against comparable full-charter estimates widened to 47.5%, up 2.7 percentage points from December 2026.

Offers listed
57
Median price
$10,400
Avg. vs full charter
48%

Key takeaways

  1. According to EmptyJet's Empty Leg Index, January 2027 carried 57 priced empty-leg offers, 77 fewer than the 134 recorded for December 2026.
  2. EmptyJet data put the median listed empty-leg fare for January 2027 departures at $10,400, up $1,355 from $9,045 in December 2026.
  3. EmptyJet's Empty Leg Index shows January 2027 offers averaged 47.5% below comparable full-charter estimates, a 2.7-percentage-point increase on December 2026's 44.8%.
  4. Full-charter comparisons were available for 53 of January 2027's priced offers on EmptyJet, or 93.0% coverage of the month's index.
  5. In the January 2027 EmptyJet index, 26.4% of compared offers were listed at 55% or more below full-charter estimates, while 1.9% fell under a 25% discount.
  6. EmptyJet recorded January 2027 departures spread across 18 separate days, with 2 January 2027 the single busiest date at 10 offers.

Offers by departure day

Offers by departure day2027-01-01: 12027-01-02: 102027-01-03: 72027-01-04: 42027-01-06: 12027-01-07: 42027-01-08: 52027-01-09: 22027-01-10: 62027-01-13: 32027-01-15: 12027-01-16: 42027-01-17: 12027-01-20: 42027-01-22: 12027-01-23: 12027-01-24: 12027-01-25: 11234678910131516172022232425

EmptyJet Empty Leg Index, January 2027: priced offers fell on 18 distinct departure days, peaking at 10 offers on 2 January 2027.

Savings vs full charter

Share of offers by savings band (%)Under 25%: 1.925–40%: 35.840–55%: 35.855%+: 26.4Under 225–40%40–55%55%+

EmptyJet Empty Leg Index, January 2027: of 53 offers with a full-charter comparison, 35.8% sat in the 25–40% savings band, 35.8% in the 40–55% band, 26.4% at 55% or more and 1.9% under 25%.

Where offers cluster

North America supplied 66.7% of January 2027 offers in the EmptyJet Empty Leg Index (38 offers, median $7,900), ahead of Europe at 17.5% (10 offers, median $18,809). Africa held 12.3% with 7 offers at a median of $33,976 and Asia 1.8% with a single offer at $34,830, leaving the top two regions at a combined 84.2% share.

Busy corridors

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

Teterboro → Naples

3 offers · typical $6,066 · 39% below full charter

Naples → Teterboro

3 offers · typical $6,366 · 38% below full charter

Calgary → Barrie

3 offers · typical $19,932 · 55% below full charter

Geneva → Noonu Atoll

3 offers · typical $87,917 · 52% below full charter

Kelowna → Calgary

3 offers · typical $5,042 · 69% below full charter

Barrie → Calgary

2 offers · typical $22,999 · 48% below full charter

Calgary → Kelowna

2 offers · typical $5,840 · 64% below full charter

Plaine Magnien → Cape Town

2 offers · typical $54,938 · 32% below full charter

Dusseldorf → Agno

2 offers · typical $7,044 · 55% below full charter

Breslau → Miami

2 offers · typical $20,196 · 28% below full charter

FAQ

How many priced offers does the January 2027 EmptyJet index cover?

The EmptyJet Empty Leg Index logged 57 priced offers scheduled to depart in January 2027, down 77 from 134 for December 2026.

What does the 47.5% average discount figure for January 2027 represent?

It is the average gap between listed empty-leg fares on EmptyJet and EmptyJet's estimate of a comparable one-way private charter, measured across the 53 January 2027 offers that had such an estimate.

How did January 2027 median pricing move against the prior month?

The median listed fare was $10,400 for January 2027 departures, $1,355 above December 2026's $9,045.

Are route-level figures published for January 2027?

No corridor met the index threshold of at least 5 offers in January 2027, so no route-level claims are reported for the month.

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