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This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by smog2500: 7:04am On Apr 04, 2019 |
(CNN) — When Skirmantas Strimaitis booked a one-way ticket to northern Italy he never imagined he'd be the only passenger on board. But the Lithuanian national, who was flying from Vilnius to Bergamo for a skiing trip on March 16, was in for a shock when he discovered he had the entire Boeing 737-800 to himself. His only companions on board the plane, which has a seating capacity of 189, were two pilots and five crew members. Strimaitis suspected something was amiss when he went to check in at Lithuania's Vilnius International Airport and was told the crew were waiting for him. After asking why, as he was by no means late, Strimaitis was informed that he was the sole passenger on board. Tour operator Novaturas confirmed to CNN Travel they chartered a flight from Bergamo to Vilnius for a group of clients that day. In order to avoid the aircraft coming back empty, one-way tickets were put on sale for the return trip. However, Strimaitis was the only person to buy one. Leading to what he describes as a "unique and unreal" experience. "The crew seemed quite confused at first," he tells CNN Travel. "Maybe it was a new experience for them as well. "I was provided with a personal pre-flight safety demonstration. Then I just enjoyed the flight by taking selfies and writing. To have silence on a plane was very unusual. I was smiling all day." He shared a selfie of himself on board the deserted plane during the trip, which lasted around two hours. Strimaitis says the pilot referred to him as "Mr Passenger" while speaking over the tannoy after the plane landed at Orio al Serio International Airport in Bergamo. "The crew said how nice it was to have me on the board," he explains. "I'm sure it was an easy job for them." Of course, this isn't the first case of a passenger inadvertently getting the private plane experience. Karon Grieve was the only passenger on board a Jet2 airlines flight from Glasgow to Crete in 2017. The Scottish author tweeted an image of her experience, saying she "felt like a VIP." Meanwhile last year, Beth VerSteeg flew from New York to Washington, D.C. on board a more or less empty aircraft after the unnamed airline apparently mistakenly booked her on a flight intended for staff only.
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Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by Kay512: 7:10am On Apr 04, 2019 |
This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. He can never experience this again. 3 Likes |
Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by Xclusivegrin007(m): 7:11am On Apr 04, 2019 |
What do u expect |
Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by Dottore: 7:12am On Apr 04, 2019 |
Gabgame are you guys never tired of scamming. Why can't you help your village people and your siblings with your sure game and cure their poverty. |
Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by Or11: 7:14am On Apr 04, 2019 |
I trust my African brothers, it’s an opportunity to chat up one of the air hostess. No dulling. 5 Likes |
Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by sinaj(f): 7:19am On Apr 04, 2019 |
Life has no duplicate so no one is ready to risk it |
Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by majamajic(m): 7:41am On Apr 04, 2019 |
sir the only reason, is about the Ethiopian incident. period |
Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by kachi19: 7:51am On Apr 04, 2019 |
So nobody wants to see God anymore... 1 Like
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Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by Nbote(m): 7:55am On Apr 04, 2019 |
kachi19: majamajic: Una dey read at all? Some ppl chartered d full plane and dey jus didn't want to go back empty so dats y dey were willing to carry jus one person.. Na today plane don dey crash abi na d same plane model crash for Ethiopia? 1 Like |
Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by majamajic(m): 8:01am On Apr 04, 2019 |
Nbote: the plane went on charter , normally if not the crash, people will book the plane normally, but cos of the crash, people didn't book it. so only him was on the plane. read well my brother, normally people do book chartered planes on return. the Ethiopian crash was the issue why people avoided the plane. see the model |
Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by BusinessHub1: 8:24am On Apr 04, 2019 |
majamajic:No no only clash, flash too. Keep arguing o |
Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by Nbote(m): 9:31am On Apr 04, 2019 |
majamajic: Oga stop showing ur ignorance... D plane model is completely different from d Ethiopian Airline dat crashed... Do U think its every route dat has passenger traffic? It is obvious dat was y it was chartered in d first place.. U were even told a similar incident happened in 2017 u stil dey talk like pikin |
Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by majamajic(m): 9:41am On Apr 04, 2019 |
Nbote: u win , make I go fin where I will eat figure this morning, Na that one dey do me |
Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by majamajic(m): 8:52am On Apr 05, 2019 |
Nbote: sir here u are, u keep arguing , continue
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Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by majamajic(m): 8:55am On Apr 05, 2019 |
Nbote: Continue sir
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Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by majamajic(m): 8:57am On Apr 05, 2019 |
BusinessHub1: See u upon all your knowledge, I told u the reason.
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Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by BusinessHub1: 9:06am On Apr 05, 2019 |
majamajic:Lol, how old are you? Please can someone come and educate this man |
Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by majamajic(m): 9:27am On Apr 05, 2019 |
BusinessHub1: sometimes u educated people , the only way we challenge u people is by experience, I started flying since about 23 yrs ago and am still Very close to 40. whenever there's a crash , plane bookings will Short, fully booked flights will reduce to half, so on this , this very flight supposed have more passengers if Ethiopian air incident didn't occur, forget about if it was chartered or not , |
Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by BusinessHub1: 12:49pm On Apr 05, 2019 |
majamajic:It’s ok Sir. Truth is I don’t doubt any of these. You got me wrong the start. I was actually responding to your “clash” instead of “crash”. If TRULY you started flying 23years ago like alleged then I need to give you respect as I feel you deserve. Happy new month Boss. |
Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by majamajic(m): 1:30pm On Apr 05, 2019 |
BusinessHub1: yea , me no go school so sometimes I make mistakes in spellings, but I got about 500 hours of in-flight hours, with about 8 different airlines, Happy new to u too, stay blessed , happy jimoh, salamalekum !! |
Re: This Man Was The Only Passenger On A Boeing 737 To Italy by travelwaka: 1:50pm On Apr 05, 2019 |
OMG!!! This is an experience of a life time, Nice one. This can never happen in Nigeria. we are always running away and foreigners keep trooping in., Charter a flight from Nigeria to anywhere in the world. 90% Nigerians and few foreigners, however same plane from anywhere in the world to Nigeria, the reverse is the case lol |
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