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Paris to Nice by private jet
Le Bourget, the world’s original business airport, to the Riviera is the French establishment’s route, 360 nm flown in under an hour. It is short enough that turboprops and very light jets beat the train door-to-door while the invoice stays in four figures on a good day.
Cost by aircraft class EST
| Class | Typical aircraft | Block time | One-way, all-in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turboprop | Pilatus PC-12 NGX | 1h 47m | $4,032–$7,168 |
| Very light jet | Embraer Phenom 100EV | 1h 24m | $4,928–$7,616 |
| Light jet | Embraer Phenom 300E | 1h 17m | $6.7K–$11K |
| Midsize jet | Cessna Citation XLS Gen2 | 1h 19m | $9.6K–$14K |
| Super-midsize | Bombardier Challenger 3500 | 1h 16m | $12K–$18K |
| Large cabin | Bombardier Challenger 650 | 1h 16m | $17K–$26K |
| Ultra-long-range | Bombardier Global 6000 | 1h 14m | $25K–$40K |
Assumes 4 passengers, spot-market rates, and the two-hour daily billing minimum where the leg is shorter. Positioning, meaning where the aircraft starts its day, is the swing factor no table can capture; it is why identical trips quote 30% apart. Recompute this route with your own passenger count, or check a quote you already have.
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Class rate ranges are cross-checked each quarter against five published seller rate cards, printed side by side in the cost index.
When you fly matters
Cannes and Monaco weeks in May transform pricing; August is the sustained peak. The route’s density means empty legs appear daily in season, genuine bargains for flexible travelers.
The empty-leg angle
This corridor has genuine empty-leg supply: repositioning flights sold at 25 to 75% off. The catch is that the schedule belongs to someone else’s trip and can move or vanish. Worth playing if your dates bend. Read the empty-legs guide before treating one as a plan.
Aircraft that fit this mission
- Pilatus PC-12 NGX: The Swiss workhorse: single-engine economics, big cross-section, happy on gravel strips.
- Embraer Phenom 100EV: Airline-grade avionics in the smallest Embraer; brisk for the class.
- Embraer Phenom 300E: Best-selling light jet for over a decade, and the default answer under 2,000 nm.
Prices apply in reverse (NCE → LBG), though empty-leg supply and peak days often differ by direction. Ready for quotes? Build a proper RFP and make brokers respond to your brief.