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 March 16, had the whole plane - which can usually sit up to 188 people - to himself. 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. Strimaitis told The Associated Press on Tuesday the flight, which lasted more than two hours, was "a once in the lifetime experience". READ MORE:* Woman gets China Southern Airlines flight all to herself* Nigel Short the only passenger on Air Zimbabwe flight

Source: Stuff April 02, 2019 18:00 UTC