Only passenger in the plane: the strange case of Lithuanian traveling alone – 02/04/2019

A Lithuanian had a big surprise when boarding his plane towards Italy: he was the only pbadenger aboard the Boeing 737-800.

Skirmantas Strimaitis, who traveled from the Lithuanian capital Vilna to the Italian city of Bergamo to ski, had all the aircraft for him. The The aircraft has a capacity of 188 pbadengers and the only other people on board are two pilots and five crew members.

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The travel agency Novaturas said that booked the plane to bring back a group of people from Italyand to prevent the plane from being empty, one-way tickets were sold. Only one person bought one of these tickets.

Strimaitis told The Associated Press that the trip of over two hours was "something that happens only once in a lifetime" and so he left it recorded with a selfie that was taken out with a big smile from one ear to the other. Without having to endure any other pbadengers that could be annoying, the Lithuanian enjoyed having the entire crew for him and, most importantly, to have plenty of space to accommodate as he pleases.

This is not the only case of pbadengers traveling alone by plane. Last winter, Saad Jilani, 28, could afford a similar luxury while he was the only pbadenger on board a flight from Corfu. Greece, in Birmingham, L & # 39; England.

He described Jet2Away's staff as "incredible" and said he was "very excited" to bring him that rare experience. when he boarded the return flight after enjoying a friend's wedding Greece.

Latsamy McAdoo, of United States, he experienced a similar fate in January 2018 when he visited an island in Thailand.

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He was surprised to see a member of the cabin crew shut the doors while he had just boarded the A319.

Like the cases of Jilani and Strimatis, she could sit and relax with the space around her to take her flight from Bangkok to Koh Samui Island.

(Source: AP)