7 crew, 1 passenger: Lithuanian man flies alone on Boeing 737 to Italy

A Lithuanian man flying to Italy got a pleasant surprise when he boarded the plane: he was the only passenger on the Boeing 737-800.

Skirmantas Strimaitis, who was flying from capital Vilnius to the northern Italian city of Bergamo for a skiing holiday on March 16, had the whole plane – which can usually sit up to 188 people – to himself.

The only others on-board were two pilots and five crew members.

The Novaturas travel agency said it had chartered the plane to fly a group home from Italy, and to avoid flying empty, one-way tickets were sold. Only one person bought one.

Strimaitis said on Tuesday the flight, which lasted more than two hours, was “a once in the lifetime experience”.