EmpJets
Book with Ease, Fly with Purpose
We are on a mission to transform the private aviation industry by providing an intuitive platform that directly connects travelers to both global and local operators for seamless and sustainable booking of empty leg flights.
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Welcome to EmpJets
This is our temporary home while we work behind the scenes to develop our cutting-edge booking platform and establish meaningful B2B partnerships in the private aviation industry.
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Here, you can learn everything about who we are, our mission to revolutionize empty leg flights, and the exciting opportunities we’re pursuing. We’re also sharing what we’re still looking for—whether you’re a potential partner, customer, or supporter, there’s a way to get involved.
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For the latest list of available empty legs (updated weekly), please click here: https://shorturl.at/zolcH
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For inquiries or questions, feel free to reach out to us at contact@empjets.com. We’re here to connect, collaborate, and answer any questions you may have!
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The Market
The private aviation industry faces costly inefficiencies from empty positioning flights that waste resources, harm the environment and therefore face justified criticism. EmpJets' goal is to transform these challenges into opportunities, optimizing flights and steering the industry into a more sustainable future.
30-50% Empty Flights
In 2023, around 2 Million private jet flights operated empty, flying without passengers to reposition for their next trip. This widespread inefficiency results in significant financial waste and unnecessary environmental impact, highlighting a critical need for smarter solutions in the industry.
7,5 Billion Market Size
2 million empty flights a year create a $7.5 billion market opportunity when considering that empty legs can be offered at an average of up to 75% lower costs with standard charters averaging approximately $15,000 globally. Leveraging this underutilized segment can drive substantial business growth while enhancing operational efficiency across the industry.
Increasing Demand
The surge in demand for luxurious forms of travel, particularly since the pandemic, has reshaped the aviation market. More travelers are choosing private jets and the high-end cabins of airlines to ensure safety, exclusivity, and convenience. This shift presents a significant growth opportunity. EmpJets targets that increasing preference for premium travel experiences with cost-effective solutions, opening the door to capture a broader audience and significantly expand our market reach.
The number of google searches for "Empty Leg Flights" alone has increased 120% in the last year.
Weak Competition
The current implementation of empty leg platforms is highly fragmented and inefficient. Most platforms require complex booking processes, often demanding memberships or manual inquiries, with no option for direct booking. These platforms typically focus on a single operator or a limited geographic area, making them cumbersome and inaccessible for broader audiences. This lack of user-friendly, global solutions highlights a significant gap in the market, which our platform will be designed to address by offering a seamless, direct booking experience across major global and smaller local operators.
Our Vision
"To transform empty leg flights into a sustainable, cost-effective solution by creating an intuitive platform that enables travelers to seamlessly book from global and local operators.
We make luxury air travel more accessible, efficient, and environmentally responsible."
Delivering value to everyone involved.
Our Approach
EmpJets' business model is both innovative and impactful, providing sustainable advantages to all stakeholders involved.​​
Operators
monetize their positioning flights and, in a first phase, only incur costs when bookings are successfully made. A transparent, performance-based membership model for operators is planned for a later date, once the free model has been successfully established.
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Travelers
enjoy a wide range of options, including AI-tailored trip packages based on available empty leg flights, a seamless booking experience, and access to private flights at competitive rates with up to 90% lower rates, compared to bookings made through an agency.
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The Environment
benefits from every flight booked on our platform being transparently CO2-neutralized through selected projects all around the globe.
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EmpJets
generates revenue through commissions on successful bookings. To ensure consistent cash flow, we plan to introduce membership and subscription models tailored for both operators and travelers, offering added value and exclusive benefits.
Our Roadmap
After we've conducted primary idea validation and market research, our next steps will be the following:
Q4 2024 - Q2 2025:
Prototype Concept Development
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Defining core features
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Creating mockups and wireframes
Network and Partnership Development​
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Building a relevant network within the private aviation industry
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Finding operators and travelers, potentially by incentivizing it, that are interested in acting as testers over the whole development process.
Advisory Board Development
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Finding experienced professionals in relevant industries like aviation, tech, startups, and venture capital, to provide guidance, credibility, and mentorship.​
Hiring​
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Focusing on positions needed to develop a functional version of the website, including full stack engineering, UI/UX design, business analysis, quality assurance, DevOps, and project management
Prototype Development
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Will feature intuitive and responsive design, search and browse features, pricing transparency, itinerary details, direct booking process, operator information for travelers.
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Will feature operator login, dashboard, bookings, client contact information, uploading empty legs feature.
Beta Testing
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Rolling out the prototype to small but diverse user groups​ from both operators and travelers
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Fictional testing, end-to-end user engagement monitoring
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Gathering feedback
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Refine and iterate
Seed Funding Stage​
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In a first phase, funding will mostly be used for developing the fully functional platform, API-integrations and marketing to operators.
Who we are
We, Leo, Martin, Rendy, and André, and Eunice are a dynamic team united by a shared vision to revolutionize the private aviation industry through EmpJets. As we pursue our MBA in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at ZHAW School of Management and Law, we bring together a powerful combination of expertise across aviation, finance, technology, and strategy. Paired with an ecosystem consisting of incubators, accelerators, and startup-coaches from institutions like ETH Zurich, University of St. Gallen, and MIT, we are leveraging cutting-edge insights and resources to accelerate our growth and ensure EmpJets becomes a leader in the global private aviation market.
Our diverse backgrounds—spanning business aviation, corporate finance, IT and marketing —complement each other, allowing us to address the complexities of the global aviation market from all angles. This synergy equips us to create a seamless, user-friendly platform that not only simplifies empty leg booking but also drives innovation and long-term success in private aviation. Together, we have the strategic, technical, and financial know-how to make EmpJets the only real alternative to classic private jet brokers.
Our Partners
Innovation and Venture Lab
Who and what we are looking for
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Team Members
To realize our ambitious project, we need ambitious people. We are currently looking to fill various positions in full stack development, UX design, B2B sales and much more. If you are interested in helping us shape the future of private aviation, tell us at people@empjets.com
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Advisory
Alongside the talented people directly working with us, we’re building an advisory board and are looking for experts in private aviation, booking and platform technology, and the startup world in general. If you’re interested, reach out to us at advisory@empjets.com.
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Operators
In the current defining and testing phase, we’re looking for interested operators who want to take part in shaping the ideal empty leg-solution for them. Your input and feedback is highly important and will be thanked with attractive after-launch benefits. Text us at
partnerships@empjets.com.