It was the summer of 1995...one of the hottest times in DEL...no one wanted to go to DEL but everyone was leaving.
Flew on a AC 747 combi, LHR-DEL with only 37 pax, of which 20 or so were in J.

I couldn't believe it!! AC must have lost alot of $$ on that trip!!
The rtn flight DEL-LHR was so full they had to ask for volunteers to stay because the flight was overbooked.

I was the only pax on a flight from Toronto Island Airport to YOW on a Dash 8.

Ther were 6 of us on a AC DC9 flight from YYZ-ATL once.

Aug 2001, Qantas late evening flight from freezing HBA to cold MEL. 734, I got upgraded to J, row 1. 4 other PAX! ~135 empty seats.

Some time in the early 1970s I flew from Minneapolis to Beloit/Janesville, Wisconsin on Mississippi Valley Airlines. The plane made intermediate stopes at LaCrosse and somewhere else - don't remember where. But I was the only passenger on the last leg into Beloit. And the plane continued on to it's final destination - Milwaukee - with no passengers at all.

Late 1980's -- ANC to King Salmon, AK on Mark Air (RIP) 737-combi flight.
three passengers and two FA's. We declined upgrades to the business class (cargo section)
Also remember a flight from MKE/ to Beloit -Janesville where my wife and I were the only passengers -- as I remember we where in the air about 5-7 minutes.

BMIbaby one Saturday evening in August last year. 6 passengers on a 737-700 MME-BFS. They've since played around with the schedule of this route a few times to try and make it work...it's never going to be a real money spinner I guess!

Thanksgiving Day, 1997, SFO-CLE, me and one other passenger IIRC on a CO 737.

Was one of two pax on a 50-seat CRJ from CAE to CVG in November 1999 on a Tuesday evening. I was headed out on my first leg of a business and leisure trip. 2 days of work in Indianapolis, attend a Saturday wedding in Maui, 4 days work in Texas, and then on to Florida for a cruise vacation with friends. That last leg to Florida was when the guy ran through security and forced the full evacuation of ATL. (I have a nice picture of the crowd outside that afternoon.)

Anyway, on that flight to CVG, the FA asked us whether we wanted the cabin lights on or off and got our drink orders before we even left the gate. I took a row in the center off the plane, and the other guy wanted 1B. Even the aisle armrests can fold up on that plane, so I brought them all up and stretched out ACROSS the aisle for some sleep.


I have had just one time when I was the ONLY person in FC. Aeromexico flight from PHX to GYM (Guymas, Mexico) on a MD-80. Got royal treatment from the 2 FAs with rum & Cokes and delicious smoked almonds. Felt pretty snobby, though, as I boarded first and then a nearly full Coach cabin got filled. Was on my way to my first Club Med vacation at Sonora Bay which is now unfortunately closed.

US flew a bunch of them last week from PHL-CLT. I think they were full of bags however.

Here's a couple on US... I'm sure there have to be others.

New Year's Eve 2001 / New Year's Day 2002
Went out to SFO to see the Hokie's play a bowl game. The 6:30A from BLF-PIT had 3 pax on the B1900. On the return, it was a 4PM flight on New Year's Day. Waiting in (now deserted) terminal F in PIT... at 3:45 some pilot, who was commuting home back to BKW says "Who's going to BKW/BLF?". I say me. He says "Let's Go.". Ended up being him and me on the B1900. He went back and crashed on the 3 across in the back. I enjoyed the beautiful flight on a cool clear day with the crew door open.

Sometime in summer '96. PIT-CRW. Went out on last flight on a Sunday night in FC on a 737. By the time we got to CRW, airport was fogged in. Circled and retried 3 or 4 times before we went back to PIT. Hung around the gate (by this time it's like 10PM), had already been rebooked on the first flight on Mon (like 9AM) and heard they had to move the plane anyway so they didn't have to cancel the 6:50A from CRW-PIT. So, I ended up getting booked on a non-scheduled flight at like 5:30A, as did about 5 other of us. I went to a closeby hotel for 6 hours, came back at 5 and got on. We all sat in FC, had 3 FA's to ourselves for the 25 min flight back. I was able to get off the plane, get to my car, make the 90 minute drive down the WV Turnpike home and still be back before 8 AM.

When CCAir was still flying out of BLF/BKW, I had several BKW-PIT B1900 flights with maybe 3 pax total. I don't recall many small loads when flying out of RDU or ROA... except for either Christmas or New Year's Eve in '87 when there were maybe 15 of us on a DC-9 to PIT.

I do remember one more... in '88, a late night flight from SYR-BUF on a F-28... maybe 5 of us on the flight at about 10PM. Those were the days... and that's right before the PI merger, too, as that flight was on PI.

Years ago I flew a Braniff flight (727) from Chicago to DFW, the plane went on to Acapulco. We had five flight attendants and two passengers in coach (a honeymoon couple) and me in first. They moved the honeymoon couple up to first.

I worked for USAir and we had one flight from Trenton to Pittsburg with nobody on it! We also had a commuter that went from Trenton to Atlantic City, often there was nobody on that leg. Several times I went on that leg and was the only passenger on the plane.

May 2007. American Eagle ATR72 from NEV to SJU. 3 pax on flight with 68 seats. Nice flight though.

Charter flight on I think a 737 JFK - ELH. It was to Club Med and I was with my family and siblings with their families. We totaled 19 people and there was one other family of 4. That was it, entire plane to ourselves. FA's were great especially since more than half the passengers were kids under the age of 16. They let the kids spread out and have their own rows and served them breakfast and soda's the entire time.

I was the only passenger aboard a Pioneer Airlines SWM between Cortez and Denver. Small plane, there - maybe 30 seats. As for larger planes, I once flew an Alaska 737-900 from Anchorage to Seattle that had two up front and four in the back. The first 747 I ever flew, on Continental between Chicago and Denver, had only 3 of us back in the Economy Section - which was different from Coach back in those days. Either way, about 130 seats and a lounge for the three of us.

4 pax on a ua 737 phx-sfo on 9/25/01. planned trip to visit friends in phx 9/20/01-9/24/01 and as soon as flights were re-started after 9-11, i went as i wasn't about to xcl.

Full 737 all to myself. USAir BWI to CLT, at the end of a crazy day of weather, about 2-3 years ago.