Aircraft
Avinode: Better Communication Equals Fewer Empty Legs
The efficiency of high-density routes could be increased by the industry working together to fill empty legs.
Online charter marketplace Avinode recently enhanced its empty-leg feature to make it easier for users to combine trips to popular locations.
Online charter marketplace Avinode recently enhanced its empty-leg feature to make it easier for users to combine trips to popular locations.

Out of the approximately 420,000 business jet flights in Europe last year, perhaps as many as 2,500 could have been eliminated, according to research by online charter market place and data provider Avinode (Booth 5134). While one of private aviation’s major value propositions is its broad routing network, which resulted in around 139,000 empty legs in Europe alone in 2013, the Göteborg, Sweden-based company believes that more efficient communication in the industry could reduce that number, especially between frequently linked city pairs.

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