Empty leg flights to and from Turin

Turin was the first capital of united Italy, and it still looks the part: baroque squares, royal palaces, about 18 kilometres of arcaded streets, the Mole Antonelliana over the rooftops and the Egyptian Museum, whose collection is second only to Cairo's. It is also the home of Fiat, Lavazza and Juventus, and the gateway to two very different escapes. To the west and north rise the Alps, with Sestriere and the Via Lattea on one side and Courmayeur and Cervinia on the other, all within about two hours by car; to the south lie the Langhe hills, where Barolo, Barbaresco and the white truffle of Alba are made. Piedmont keeps Italian time, one hour ahead of London, and a light jet from the Thames reaches Turin in about an hour and three quarters.

For private flights the city is served by Turin Airport at Caselle, code TRN, about 16 kilometres north of the centre. Unlike many Italian airports popular with British travellers, Caselle has a long runway, a general aviation terminal of its own and an all weather landing system built for the fog of the Po valley.

Turin sectors available today

The first list below shows the sectors currently offered into or out of Turin. When Turin itself is quiet, it adds flights at Cuneo and Aosta, the smaller airports used for the Langhe and the Aosta valley. The second list prices the same aircraft as ordinary charters on the dates you choose.

Where the empty legs at Turin come from

Turin is not a place where jets wait for long. Owners and operators bring passengers in and take the aircraft away again, and every one of those journeys without passengers can be sold.

Sectors appear in every month, but the ski season and the autumn weeks of truffles, wine and tennis produce the most. With a runway long enough for any business jet, Turin also releases larger aircraft, from a Challenger to a Global, when they fly home empty after dropping a group.

Turin Caselle Airport in detail

The airport at Caselle Torinese opened to civil traffic in 1953 on the site of a wartime air base and is named after Sandro Pertini, the former President of Italy. It was renovated for the football World Cup of 1990 and again for the Winter Olympics of 2006, and it has won the ACI Europe award for airports of its size four times, most recently in 2024. The operator is SAGAT, controlled by the Italian infrastructure fund F2i. Leonardo builds and tests aircraft in two plants on the same site, so do not be surprised to see military aircraft on the far side of the runway.

For crews, Caselle is a straightforward airport with one complication: the weather. Runway 36, the preferred direction, has approach lights and an ILS for landings in dense fog, which can sit over the Po plain for days in late autumn and winter, while runway 18 has no ILS. The Alps begin about 15 kilometres to the west and north, so approaches and departures follow published routes around the high ground. The airport is a coordinated one, and every private flight must hold a PPR before it lands, but there is no published limit comparable to the 24 hour rule at Florence, and a jet can usually stay overnight or longer once the handler has booked the stand.

The general aviation terminal and its handlers

Private flights at Caselle use a terminal of their own, set apart from the airline building, with its own apron, lounges and border controls. SAGAT's list names four handlers for business aircraft, but two of them, Aviapartner and Argos VIP, now trade together as AviaVIP, so in practice the choice is between AviaVIP, Esair and SAGAT Handling, and it is normally the operator who makes it.

We can ask for a particular handler when you book, and the handler arranges anything the lounge does not have, from a meal for the flight to a car and driver.

Landing at Caselle, from the steps to the car

A private arrival at Turin is short and quiet, and the same steps simply run in reverse on the way home.

At Turin, the passengers rarely set the limits. The weather in winter, the choice of handler and the plans for the aircraft while you stay are what we settle at the time of booking.

Five points to settle before booking Turin

Five questions decide whether a Turin quote holds, and we answer each of them in writing before you sign.

From Caselle to the city, the Alps and the Langhe

Caselle sits on the northern edge of the city, between the ring road and the mountains, so it is well placed for both. Journey times below assume a chauffeured car setting off from the private terminal when traffic is light.

A train runs from the airport station, opposite arrivals, to Torino Porta Susa in about 30 minutes, and SAGAT puts a taxi to the city at about 40 euros, but after a private flight most passengers take a car booked by the handler. For the mountains in a hurry, a helicopter from Caselle reaches Sestriere, Courmayeur or Cervinia in about half an hour when the weather allows, and Courchevel is about 40 minutes away.

What else you pay: duty, Italian tax and the Turin hotel levy

Three public charges sit on top of the aircraft price: the British duty paid when you leave the UK, Italy's own levy on each passenger for both the outbound and return flights, and the municipal tax that Turin adds to hotel bills.

The Italian tax applies to private charters in aircraft of up to nineteen seats and is collected by the operator with the fare. Italian law takes the shortest distance between the airports, adds a fixed 95 kilometres, and sets the charge at 100 euros for each traveller when the total stays within 1,500 kilometres and at 200 euros when it goes beyond. Turin is about 920 kilometres from London, so the lower rate covers every route from England, Wales and the Channel Islands, and even Dublin, while Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast cross the line once the 95 kilometres are added, Aberdeen by a wider margin, and pay the higher rate. Positioning with an empty cabin attracts no tax at all; once you buy that sector, however, you are its passengers and the levy is due in the normal way.

For the British side, APD is charged on departure only, and Italy is in Band A. The current rate for each traveller is 32 GBP on a jet weighing from 5.7 up to 20 tonnes and 142 GBP on anything heavier; on 1 April 2027 those two rates merge into a single figure of 146.63 GBP for every private jet from 5.7 tonnes upwards. Lighter jets and flights from Jersey or Guernsey pay no APD, and flights from Scotland move to the Scottish government's own tax in April 2027.

Cuneo, Aosta and the other airports around Turin

Caselle is the right answer for most trips to Turin, but for the wine country, the Aosta valley or a lake it is worth knowing the alternatives.

UK and Turin routes, with the direction each one tends to fly empty

Each fare below buys the entire aircraft, whether you fill every seat or travel alone, and each flight time runs from take off to touchdown. Turin is about 920 kilometres from London, a comfortable range for every jet in our list, from a Citation M2 on the Biggin Hill and Jersey routes to a Challenger 350 or a Praetor 600 for a larger party with skis. Italy's per passenger tax comes on top. If your dates are fixed, the ordinary charter prices in the second list above give the point of comparison.

Between Britain and Turin, sectors cluster around Saturdays in the ski season, when chalets change guests, and around Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays for the rest of the year. Flights from Turin back to Britain are released most often, sometimes only a few hours ahead.

Online calculator

If you want to see what your route would cost as a standard charter, so you have something to measure an empty leg against, use the calculator below. Fill in the airports, the dates and the number of passengers, add any preference on aircraft type, and we will send a written calculation by email or messenger. Please check your contact details carefully so that we can reply quickly.

The figure the calculator returns is an estimate for planning. The firm quote comes back from our consultants with the cost broken out line by line, and the price agreed there is the price written into the contract.

If you would rather skip the arithmetic, send us the route and the dates instead and a consultant will come back with both numbers, the charter price and any empty leg that fits.

Entering Italy at Turin: passports, customs and what to leave at home

Britain is outside both the EU and Schengen, so a private flight into Turin crosses an external border, and the Italian police and customs clear it inside the general aviation terminal.

• Passport. A British passport is accepted in Italy only if it was issued within the previous ten years and still has three months or more to run after you leave the Schengen countries.
• Length of stay. Holidays and business trips need no visa, but the 90 day allowance in any rolling 180 covers the whole Schengen zone, so a detour to Chamonix, Zermatt or the Côte d'Azur uses up the same days.
• Entry/Exit System. Stamps disappeared from British passports in April 2026, when the EU's electronic border database took over; your photograph is stored on the first crossing, together with fingerprints for everyone aged twelve or more.
• ETIAS. Brussels has postponed its planned travel authorisation again, in July 2026 to some point in 2027, with no date set; the fee announced so far is 20 euros for a permit valid three years.
• Customs. Arriving from the UK, an adult passenger may carry duty free a litre of spirits or two of fortified or sparkling wine, 4 litres of still wine, 16 of beer, 200 cigarettes and other items to a value of 430 euros; sums of 10,000 euros or more in cash have to be declared.
• Food. Meat and dairy products may not be brought from Britain into the EU, which matters little in a region famous for its cheeses and cured meats.
• Back to Britain. On a private flight home each adult may bring in, free of duty, up to 18 litres of still wine, room for a case of Barolo or two, along with 42 litres of beer, 4 litres of spirits or 9 of fortified wine, 200 cigarettes and 270 GBP of other goods; from 1 October 2026 sparkling wine counts within the wine allowance and cider within the beer allowance.

Empty leg calendar for Turin, month by month

Turin has two high seasons, the ski months from December to April and the autumn of truffles, wine and tennis, with city breaks and business travel in between.

Empty leg supply is strongest in January and February and again in October and November, when ski weeks, truffle weekends and the ATP Finals send aircraft in and out. For travellers with fixed dates, April, July and August are the easiest months for aircraft and hotels alike.

Three situations in Turin, three plans

Taking a dog or a cat to Turin

Italy lets a dog or cat in from Britain once three documents are in order: proof of a readable microchip, a rabies vaccination that is at least three weeks old on the day of travel, and an animal health certificate from an official vet dated within the ten days before arrival. For British residents, an EU pet passport stopped counting in April 2026. Italian rules add no worming treatment for the way in. Give the Caselle handler notice so that the documents can be checked without delay.

The flight home takes more planning. Only operators approved by the British authorities may bring an animal into the UK, and a vet must worm a dog against tapeworm no less than 24 and no more than 120 hours before the jet lands. Turin vets see many travelling dogs from the ski resorts and the Langhe; book the appointment together with the flight, and mention the pet at the outset so that we search only among operators with pet approval.

Private flights to Turin: common questions

Call +44 7857 574938 , message the same number on WhatsApp , or write to flight@empty-leg.co.uk . Say when you want to fly, how many are travelling, what luggage and skis you have and where you are staying in Turin, the mountains or the Langhe. Our reply sets any suitable sectors next to a full charter price, and that one figure already includes the PPR, handling in the general aviation terminal, Italy's passenger tax and a car from the aircraft.