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A seat or an empty leg
From £2,950 a seat, London to Nice
- Private terminals, without paying for the whole jet.
- Someone else sets the time and the aircraft.
- Best if your dates can bend.
Attainable luxury · Flying private
Private jet charter from London, and the cheaper ways in
Not a fleet of your own. A seat, a spare flight home, a jet for the weekend or a membership. Every option priced on the same flight, London to Nice, so you can see where the line is.
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The short answer
What private jet charter really costs
Prices checked 18 October 2026
Private jet charter from London to Nice starts at about €8,000 one way for a light jet, £12,500 for a midsize and €21,500 for a heavy jet, on PrivateFly's estimates. Below that, a seat on a shared jet starts at £2,950, and an empty leg (a jet flying back without passengers) can cost a quarter to a half of the normal price.
Why London to Nice: brokers publish prices for it, so every option on this page can be compared on the same flight.
Prices below are as published, with the source and its date next to each one, checked on 18 October 2026. Some are estimates and some are a few years old; the page says which. A jet costs the same however many seats you fill, so split between four friends a charter looks very different. Try the calculator further down.
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Charter it
The whole jet, your timetable
From about €8,000 one way to Nice
- You choose the airport, the day and the hour.
- The price is per jet, not per seat.
- Four friends share a light jet for €2,000 each.
The options
Six ways in, from £2,950
Photos are illustrative, not the services or aircraft named.
01 · flytta, Pilatus PC-24
A seat on a shared jet
London to Nice, twice a week, launched summer 2025
- Aircraft
- Pilatus PC-24
- Seats
- 8
- Route
- London to Nice
- From
- £2,950 a seat, each way
The cheapest way in. You buy a seat, not the jet, and still fly from private terminals. flytta runs London to Nice twice a week on an eight-seat Pilatus PC-24.
Skip it if you need your own timetable. It flies twice a week, on its schedule.
How to book it
Book a seat directly with flytta. It launched in summer 2025, so check the current timetable and fare before you plan around it.
The fare is from the launch announcement, July 2025.
Sources: The Business Travel Magazine: flytta launches London to Nice (July 2025)
02 · Any operator, flights home without passengers
An empty leg
Usually listed 24 to 72 hours before take-off
- Typical price
- 25% to 50% of a normal charter
- London to Nice
- €5,500 to €9,500 one way
- London to Geneva
- €4,500 to €7,500 one way
- Aircraft
- 6 to 8 seats
The bargain, if you can be flexible. After a one-way charter the jet has to fly home anyway, so the operator sells that flight cheaply. PrivateFly says London to Nice empty legs can be up to 75% off.
Skip it if your date, time or airport is fixed. All three are set by someone else's trip.
How to book it
Brokers list empty legs on their websites and apps. Set an alert for your route and be ready to book at a day or two's notice.
Sources: Elysium Jet: empty leg flights from London (May 2026) · PrivateFly: London to Nice private jet prices
03 · For example, a Cessna Citation CJ2
A light jet
On-demand charter, any day you choose
- Size
- Light jet
- London to Nice
- about €8,000 one way
- Hourly rate
- $2,000 to $6,000
- Typical aircraft
- Citation CJ2, CJ3, Phenom 300
The sensible first charter: your own jet, on your own timetable, for a short hop. Split four ways, €8,000 is €2,000 each.
Skip it if you are travelling far or packing heavily. Light jets have the smallest cabins and holds.
How to book it
Ask a broker for quotes on your dates; prices move with demand, positioning and the aircraft available.
The route price is PrivateFly's estimate (undated page). The hourly range is in US dollars, from Avinode data, August 2026.
Sources: PrivateFly: London to Nice private jet prices · SkyAccess: charter cost guide, Avinode data (August 2026)
04 · For example, a Cessna Citation XLS
A midsize jet
On-demand charter, any day you choose
- Size
- Midsize jet
- London to Nice
- about £12,500 one way
- Hourly rate
- $4,000 to $8,000
- Typical aircraft
- Citation XLS
The step up for a family or a group of friends: a bigger cabin than a light jet, for about £12,500 one way against €8,000.
Skip it if there are only two of you. A light jet does the same hop for less.
How to book it
Ask a broker for quotes on your dates, and ask what the return would cost if the jet waits for you.
The route price is PrivateFly's estimate (undated page). The hourly range is in US dollars, from Avinode data, August 2026.
Sources: PrivateFly: London to Nice private jet prices · SkyAccess: charter cost guide, Avinode data (August 2026)
05 · For example, an Embraer Legacy 600
A heavy jet
On-demand charter, any day you choose
- Size
- Heavy jet
- London to Nice
- about €21,500 one way
- Hourly rate
- $7,000 to $13,000
- Typical aircraft
- Legacy 600, Falcon 7X
Room for a big group and their luggage. On a short route like Nice it is the luxury choice rather than the necessary one.
Skip it if there are fewer than six of you. A midsize jet costs far less on this route.
How to book it
Ask a broker for quotes on your dates. For bigger groups, compare the price per head with a midsize jet.
The route price is PrivateFly's estimate (undated page). The hourly range is in US dollars, from Avinode data, August 2026.
Sources: PrivateFly: London to Nice private jet prices · SkyAccess: charter cost guide, Avinode data (August 2026)
06 · For example, NetJets Europe
A membership
Pay a yearly fee, then pay for the hours you fly
- Yearly fee
- €8,500 plus VAT
- Then
- a fixed hourly rate
- Aircraft
- Citation XLS, Falcon 2000EX
- Hourly rate
- not published
For people who already fly private several times a year: a guaranteed jet at a fixed hourly rate, without buying a share or a block of hours up front.
Skip it if you fly private once or twice a year. Charter or a seat costs less.
How to book it
Membership is sold direct. Ask NetJets Europe for the current fee and hourly rates.
The fee is from April 2021, when the membership launched; NetJets does not publish its hourly rates.
Sources: Private Jet Card Comparisons: NetJets Europe membership (April 2021)
The price ladder
From £2,950 to €21,500
- A shared seat£2,950per person
- An empty legfrom €5,500whole jet
- A light jetabout €8,000whole jet
- A midsize jetabout £12,500whole jet
- A heavy jetabout €21,500whole jet
London to Nice, one way, for the whole jet unless it says a seat. Bars are to scale, treating £1 as about €1.15.
Split the cost
What it costs each, London to Nice
A chartered jet costs the same however many seats you fill, as long as it seats your group, so the price per person falls fast. A seat on a shared jet stays the same. Slide to your group size.
Sources: PrivateFly: London to Nice private jet prices · Elysium Jet: empty leg flights from London (May 2026) · The Business Travel Magazine: flytta launches London to Nice (July 2025)
- A shared seatflytta, per person£2,950each
- An empty leglowest typical price€1,375each
- A light jetCitation CJ2€2,000each
- A midsize jetCitation XLS£3,125each
- A heavy jetLegacy 600€5,375each
Route by route
Empty leg or full charter, three routes
One-way prices for a six to eight seat jet from London, as published in May 2026. An empty leg is the same kind of jet, flying a route someone else has already paid to position it for.
| London to | Empty leg | Full charter |
|---|---|---|
| Nice | €5,500 to €9,500 | €15,000 to €22,000 |
| Geneva | €4,500 to €7,500 | €12,000 to €18,000 |
| Ibiza | €7,500 to €12,000 | €18,000 to €28,000 |
Source: Elysium Jet: empty leg flights from London (May 2026)
Side by side
The six, side by side
| Shared seat | Empty leg | Light jet | Midsize jet | Heavy jet | Membership | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London to Nice | £2,950 a seat | from €5,500 | about €8,000 | about £12,500 | about €21,500 | fee plus hours |
| You choose the time? | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Price is for | One seat | The whole jet | The whole jet | The whole jet | The whole jet | A year, then hours |
| Best for | Going solo | Flexible trips | Two to four | Families | Big groups | Regular flyers |
Questions
Private jet charter: what people ask
How much does private jet charter cost from London?
To Nice, PrivateFly estimates about €8,000 one way for a light jet such as a Citation CJ2, £12,500 for a midsize Citation XLS and €21,500 for a heavy Legacy 600. Hourly rates run from about $2,000 to $6,000 for light jets up to $7,000 to $13,000 for heavy jets, on Avinode data from August 2026.
What is an empty leg flight?
A flight a jet has to make without passengers, usually to get home or to its next booking after a one-way charter. Operators sell these legs cheaply, typically at 25% to 50% of a normal charter, and they tend to appear 24 to 72 hours before take-off. You get the whole jet, but the date, time and route are fixed.
Can you buy a single seat on a private jet from London?
Yes. flytta launched seats between London and Nice in summer 2025, twice a week on an eight-seat Pilatus PC-24, from £2,950 each way. You fly from private terminals without chartering the whole jet.
Do private jets pay Air Passenger Duty?
Yes, and more than airlines. For 2026 to 2027 the higher rate is £142 per passenger for flights up to 2,000 miles, £1,097 up to 5,500 miles and £1,141 beyond. It currently applies to aircraft of 20 tonnes or more with fewer than 19 seats, and from 1 April 2027 it extends to all private or business jets of 5.7 tonnes or more.
Which London airports do private jets use?
PrivateFly lists Luton, Farnborough, Biggin Hill, Oxford, Northolt and London City for London.
Sources: GOV.UK: Air Passenger Duty rates 2026 to 2027 · GOV.UK: higher rate extended to private jets (July 2026) · PrivateFly: London to Nice private jet prices
How we chose: the realistic ways a UK reader can fly private, each priced on the same route from brokers', operators' and the government's published figures, with the date each figure was published. No one paid to be included. Every price and specification links to where we checked it on 18 October 2026. How we choose.
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