The emptiest flight you've ever been on
Jan 28, 2012, 12:38 pm
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Jan 28, 2012, 1:52 pm
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Back in 2000 I was flying non-rev FLL-PIT and I was the only passenger. The 12pm flight was delayed until 10:30pm and all revenue passengers were re-booked earlier in the day. The flight attendants and I sat in 1st class and about an hour into the flight the Captain came back and asked me if I would like to check out the cockpit. He even let me sit in the captains's chair and test out the joystick on the A321. Pretty cool for a 13y/o kid.......i guess pretty cool for anyone lol.
Jan 28, 2012, 9:59 pm
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Jan 29, 2012, 12:20 am
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Jan 29, 2012, 10:32 pm
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That would make sense then.. The flight was pretty empty.. I thought there was not time constraint to get us back home, and thus the flying low and slow the entire way..
Jan 30, 2012, 12:27 am
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Yeah, I flew on US Airways LAS-PHX and the flight is pretty empties. It was 20 passengers who flew out from LAS during early evening flight. I decide that I switch a different seat. I can sit in 6F that I can lookout the windows. That's why my FA told me it was not too busy during holidays season but, later within the week if the airport is not too busy or slow. It depends if airports is busy again.
Jan 31, 2012, 3:34 pm
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Flying from Copenhagen to Birmingham, UK. My company paid extra to put me and a colleague in business class. We sat next to each other in our assigned seats (there was about 12 business class seats). The staff then closed the door and said that that plane was fully boarded and we could have our pick of the seats.
3 business class seats each to stretch out on SAS .. not a bad way to travel.. of course the next flight we were back in coach
3 business class seats each to stretch out on SAS .. not a bad way to travel.. of course the next flight we were back in coach
Feb 1, 2012, 3:11 pm
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I also had a plane to myself once. I was in aisle on the 3 seat side of a 2-3 configuration, IIRC. I think it was on UA from ORD to IAD. If I had to guess it was a positioning flight.
This was in the early 90s. I was in my teens and I remember the FA just ignored me the whole trip.
This was in the early 90s. I was in my teens and I remember the FA just ignored me the whole trip.
Feb 1, 2012, 3:22 pm
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AA 747 flight about 25 years ago, Nadi to Sydney, Australia. About eight of us in Coach...full Christmas dinner with choice of Ham, Turkey or Roast Beef and all the trimmings! After dinner, the FA parks the entire Beverage Cart next to me and says, "Merry Christmas, Mr. Fox!"
Now how could I not remain loyal to AA for all these years after that?
Now how could I not remain loyal to AA for all these years after that?
Aug 26, 2012, 8:06 pm
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Emptiest flight?
I don't fly too often (compared to some of the people on this site). I have flown about 50 segments in the last 4 years and I experienced quite an empty flight on my most recent journey.
I was flying ROA-ATL on a CRJ200. It holds 50 people and including me, there was only 11 passengers on board.
We could have each had a row, and still have space left.
My questions:
1) Do airlines not lose money on flights this empty?
2) What's the lowest number of passengers you've flown with? I understand that plane size varies a lot. My flight was 22% full, can you go lower?
I was flying ROA-ATL on a CRJ200. It holds 50 people and including me, there was only 11 passengers on board.
We could have each had a row, and still have space left.
My questions:
1) Do airlines not lose money on flights this empty?
2) What's the lowest number of passengers you've flown with? I understand that plane size varies a lot. My flight was 22% full, can you go lower?