What was your flight with the least number of passengers?

CaptainEd · Post by **CaptainEd** » 04 Apr 2005, 03:18

I was a TWA 747 F/O one time, with 2 of my kids aboard. Eileen, 10, Tim, 9.

I had them with me on a trip to MAD/JFK, we missed at JFK, had to divert to IAD. Departing , we lost an engine, returned to nearest suitable, BAL, landed, PAX deplaned to TX to JFK, left my 2 kids behind, of course.

Released to Ferry to JFK, no PAX allowed on ferry flights. I informed the CAPT that my kids went too, or I stayed with them. We took them, in violation.

They had a ball! A whole B-747 cabin to themselves.

No reparcussions.

Got lucky. Life is good. Keep the faith.

ryanvsnow · Post by **ryanvsnow** » 26 Apr 2005, 08:36

Monday April 11 I flew US 299 CLT-STT, a B757 with 5 pax.

md95 · Post by **md95** » 28 Apr 2005, 22:36

1974 Kalibo-IloIlo Air Manila Dart Herald. Only my wife and I plus.........200? chickens making a lot of noise!

lowflyby · Post by **lowflyby** » 06 May 2005, 01:07

I was flying from ATL-MIA and I believe that I only had 2 passengers...I was in a 737-200 and they were on their honeymoon on a 0645 departure....they also wanted to make the 'mile high club' too!

ryanvsnow · Post by **ryanvsnow** » 06 May 2005, 06:37

lowflyby wrote:....they also wanted to make the 'mile high club' too!

I'd hate to be the one who had to clean that A/C.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 31 May 2005, 13:02

I think this is the best experience of all

Zimbabwe Slams Airline For One-Passenger Flight
Read at http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1117492475.html

hvv · Post by **hvv** » 14 Jul 2005, 20:58

1993: On a flight from San Diego to LAX, I had some trouble with the shuttle to the airport, followed by a long queue. When I arrived at the gate, there was no plane. Then, an elderly couple arrived, followed by a member of the ground staff of USAir. She said something like, "Oh, I thought we had everyone already. We'll lay on a separate plane for you." Amazing as that sounded to me, the three of us did end up on a separate Beechcraft plane and were flown to LAX...

Two other flights with very few passengers:
- A 1991 SQ flight from CDG to AMS. The vast majority of passengers, coming from SIN, had left at CDG, and the B747 had less than twenty people on the last hop.
- A 1993 Garuda flight from Denpasar to Jakarta. With two friends, we made up half of the passengers, and were told we could sit in business class