Cost-shared general aviation
Fly along on a flight that is already going
Pilots across Europe have a seat free on the flights they make. Find one going your way, and share what the flight costs.
- You pay a share, straight to the pilot
- The pilot decides
- Free to sign up
Day one
Rightseat opens with an empty board
Every flight here is put on by a pilot who was going anyway. On the first day that is nobody, and the board fills in the order people arrive.
Founding intake
100 places left
Every pilot pays the account fee once. The first 100 are never asked for it again, for as long as the platform exists; from the next pilot on it is charged each year. A place covers the account fee itself and nothing else the platform sells.
Ask before anyone flies it
A route request goes to every pilot who plans a flight that way. Place one now and it is waiting for the first pilot who does.
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Three ways a seat gets filled
Whether you are flying or looking for a lift, one of these three is yours. They all end at the same place: a pilot and a passenger who agree.
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A planned flight
You know where you are going and when. Publish the flight, say how many seats are free, and let people ask for one.
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An open flight
You want to fly, but not to anywhere in particular. Say when you have time and how far you are willing to go, and let the requests find you.
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A route request
Nobody has planned your route yet. Ask for it, and every pilot who flies that way hears about it as soon as they plan one.
Flying in the next few weeks
Every flight here has room on it. You see the field, the day and roughly what a seat costs; the rest you see once the pilot knows who you are.
Nothing planned yet — so ask for it
Place a route request and every pilot who plans this way hears about it. Or set a watch, and we tell you the moment somebody publishes the flight.
The flight was going anyway. Only the seat beside the pilot was still empty.
What a seat costs
Everyone on board pays the same share
A flight costs what it costs: the hourly rate of the aeroplane over the time it is in the air. That amount is divided over everybody on board, the pilot included, and the share that comes out of it is the whole of what a seat costs.
- The pilot pays a share too, and always at least half.
- A flight asking more than that is refused, not flagged.
- The share is worked out per flight, from the hourly rate of the aircraft itself.
This flight costs
€375.00
The most a passenger may be asked on this flight is €187.50, half of what it costs. Rightseat will not publish a flight above that.
The pilot is in command
Rightseat operates no flights and judges no weather. Whether a flight goes ahead is the decision of the pilot in command, and they may take it back at any moment — on the morning itself, at the aircraft, or after the engine has started.
Safety and verification →You settle it with the pilot
A passenger shares in the direct costs of a flight that was going to be made anyway — fuel, landing fees, the hourly rate of the aircraft — divided over everyone on board, the pilot included. Rightseat works out what that comes to and says so when an amount is too high; how the two of you settle it is yours to arrange.
Flying along, step by step →Asked for
Where people want to go
A route nobody flies yet is not a dead end. Ask for it, and every pilot who plans a flight that way hears about it. That is how a flight gets planned here.
Every route request →Nobody has asked yet — be the first
Place a route request and every pilot who plans this way hears about it. Or set a watch, and we tell you the moment somebody publishes the flight.
Does this cost anything?
A passenger settles their share of the direct costs with the pilot directly, and what that share may be is worked out on this page. Joining Rightseat is charged separately, and you see that amount before you pay anything.
Do I need a licence to fly along?
No. As a passenger you need nothing but an account. The pilot holds the licence, declares that they are current, and decides who comes along.
Is this a charter flight?
No. Cost sharing means the pilot was flying anyway and pays their own share too, and a passenger is never asked more than half of what the flight costs.
What happens if the weather is bad?
Then the flight does not go. The pilot in command decides that, on the morning itself or at the aircraft, and they may take that decision back at any moment. Rightseat operates no flights and judges no weather.
What if the flight turns out different from the plan?
Then the share is worked out again over what was actually flown. A shorter or cheaper flight lowers it by itself; a longer or dearer one raises it only if the people paying agree to it. Where the aircraft goes is the decision of the pilot in command on the day, and a detour is carried by everybody on board or by nobody.
Nobody is flying my route. Now what?
Then you ask for it. A route request goes to every pilot who plans a flight that way, and you hear about it as soon as somebody does. A search on this site never ends in nothing found.
Be on the board when the first flight goes up
Signing up takes a minute and puts you on the board — whether you are flying or looking for a lift.