A record for low passenger count?
Apr 5, 2018, 12:41 pm
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A record for low passenger count?
Currently sitting on BA915 from Frankfurt to London. Boarding completed early. All priority boarding called once. Families boarded first.
my count of passenger is 2 in business and 26 or so in Economy section of this A319.
I think there are might be more and I might walk around the cabin to do an exact count.
But would 28 passengers would be record of low passenger count in any normal circumstances?
my count of passenger is 2 in business and 26 or so in Economy section of this A319.
I think there are might be more and I might walk around the cabin to do an exact count.
But would 28 passengers would be record of low passenger count in any normal circumstances?
Apr 5, 2018, 12:44 pm
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Apr 5, 2018, 12:55 pm
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Ive had a few empty flights - especially the late evening NCL departures where connections are almost impossible - lowest I think was 8 of us. Had many flights in CE to European stations where it’s just been 2 of us !
Apr 5, 2018, 12:58 pm
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I'm relatively sure there's a thread somewhere (possibly here in the BA forum) concerning 'record lows' (related to the number of passengers on-board 
) as experienced by FTers. In any case, I remember a LGW-MAN on a Saturday (or Friday?) evening with less than 6 passengers, including myself. That said, at the time when FR operated a couple of daily services between Warsaw & Gdańsk, it wasn't that unusual to be on a rather empty Embraer or Dash (LOT), mostly at weekends.
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) as experienced by FTers. In any case, I remember a LGW-MAN on a Saturday (or Friday?) evening with less than 6 passengers, including myself. That said, at the time when FR operated a couple of daily services between Warsaw & Gdańsk, it wasn't that unusual to be on a rather empty Embraer or Dash (LOT), mostly at weekends.G
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Apr 5, 2018, 12:58 pm
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Lowest I've been on was Jersey and the 4 of us were dotted at each exit for safety reasons lol
Great service on that flight even got first choice of food haha
Great service on that flight even got first choice of food haha
Apr 5, 2018, 1:11 pm
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I've done Embraer 145s with 4 other people (July 4th in the US), around 25 people on a United 777 LHR-IAD (flight was delayed from the previous day) and a BA JER-LGW that had maybe 15 people on it. On that same JER-LGW I was the only CE passenger, and I've been the only premium cabin passengers on quite a lot of flights (or my wife and I have).
Apr 5, 2018, 1:21 pm
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Currently sitting on BA915 from Frankfurt to London. Boarding completed early. All priority boarding called once. Families boarded first.
my count of passenger is 2 in business and 26 or so in Economy section of this A319.
I think there are might be more and I might walk around the cabin to do an exact count.
But would 28 passengers would be record of low passenger count in any normal circumstances?
my count of passenger is 2 in business and 26 or so in Economy section of this A319.
I think there are might be more and I might walk around the cabin to do an exact count.
But would 28 passengers would be record of low passenger count in any normal circumstances?
Apr 5, 2018, 1:29 pm
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Apr 5, 2018, 1:44 pm
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I was on the last BA7323 MAN-NCE Cityflyer flight at the end of September last year. Less than 10 passengers on board. I had Club Europe to myself.
Also had quite a few lightly loaded LHR-MAN flights. Usually the last one of the evening.
Also had quite a few lightly loaded LHR-MAN flights. Usually the last one of the evening.