I’m a Flight Attendant, today I had a flight with 13 passengers
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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Previously a flight attendant!
I once had a flight, 180 seats. We had ONE passenger. Catering loaded thirty meals including vegetarian options…
He was super confused, thought it was some silly practical prank.. We still had to do the safety demonstration…
All of them paid extra for the allocation of the seats 🤷♂️
On the last day of 1999 I flew to South Africa from Miami. There were 16 of us on board because people were afraid of Y2K. I brought a six pack on board and came to Cape Town with six beer and at least four small bottles of champagne and I was a bit tipsy. It was quite lovely.
**13 Passengers** – In theaters this summer.
*Prepare to arrive at your final destination!*
It was supposed to be just a routine flight. But one of the passengers is not what they seem…
The lowest pax number I ever had was 5 people on a A330 during Covid, 5 people.
I would totally ride the beverage cart down the aisle.
I once flew from LHR to JFK on a 747. I think there were a total of 30 passengers aboard. Everyone had a row to sprawl out on. Flight attendants had a ball. Even gave us the Biz class food.
‘We’re not going to Guam aren’t we?’
American would still tell me there’s not enough room in the overhead.
I had to fly during Covid in the military. Had a transatlantic United flight with 4 people on it.
That’s not good for the company but for passengers and flight attendants, it may be a great time.
I was once the only passenger and they put me in the last row for some reason. Later I also flew quite a bit during Covid and all flights had barely anyone on them. Lowest was 9 passengers and highest around 20. It was nice flying then as everything was so smooth and quick. I actually fell out of love with flying once normality returned as I could not stand it anymore.
I don’t even know how this is possible. Every flight I’m on the announcement is “we are overbooked, good luck bringing your bags on board.”
Where was it flying?
“Roy…where is everyone?”
I was one of two business class passengers on a flight from Japan to US during Covid, we only booked business because we wanted me as far from people as possible.) I had my dog with me, I woke up multiple times with all the attendants at my feet playing with her. ❤️
My most empty flight had the attendant do his spiel and started with…. Look to your left, now to your right- if there is a person next to you and you don’t live with them…. Move- there are plenty of empty rows
Honestly, with that kind of flight I’m surprised they weren’t just bumped up to first class and seated near each other for convenience.
If you decided to start Irish dancing in this plane, do you reckon the pilots would notice?
I flew on a Delta flight yesterday. It wasn’t this Spartan. But, it was empty. I booked a coach seat, but got a free upgrade to Comfort+, and got to check my heavy-marked load for free.
13 passengers, more than 13 lanes. They could’ve all chosen the window seats.
Had a flight like that many years ago. Three passengers. The flight crew bumped us up to the business seats so they wouldn’t have to walk all the way back for service.
The captain even briefly came into the cabin because he couldn’t believe it.
We got served all the good stuff, business meals, champagne, belgian chocolates. Great flight.
Flew during early Covid with 4 of us
I once had a flight from Qatar to Kuwait. Alcohol is illegal in Kuwait so we were looking forward to having our last beers on the flight there. We were maybe two of about 8 people on our flight. We spoke to the flight attendants who just left the case of beers next to us and told us to have a good time.
Best flight ever.
departing 2025, arriving 2030
i flew on a plane with just two other people on an AA flight with 3-3 layout
Looks like Lauda A320 operated by Ryanair
I had a flight out of corpus christie that was like this once. The entire airport was dead. We pretty much walked through the front door straight through security without stopping. There were maybe 15-20 people on the plane.
This was peak Covid travel. Flew multiple flights with 10-15 passengers. It was a joy.
One time in 2018 I flew from Hong Kong to Vienna and was one of around 8 passengers. Was a really bizarre experience considering I was a teenager and this was my second ever unaccompanied flight (the first being *to* Hong Kong a few days earlier lol).
After years of being in the middle of the middle 4 seats with my parents and sister, it was nice to sprawl out across a whole row!!
Back in my 20’s, I was on a flight from SFO to Sydney. My first international flight solo. There were around 10 passengers on my flight, I was so surprised it was so empty. Didn’t know that was allowed, kinda assumed they’d cancel flights if not enough people booked! Once the seat belt lights turned off, this one guy ordered a bunch of hard liquor, and once he finished his drinks, moved to the middle section, laid across all four? seats and went to sleep.
This is the dream.
Loads of leg room lol 😂
I hope you got to stuff your face with the extra meals.
How do I find out which flights are like this? I reaaaly would like to fly like this
I once was the only passenger on a flight. it was a small bombardier but still. They didn’t bring the drink cart out, but said to call if I wanted any drinks, food or duty free. The safety procedures thingy was an awkward moment…
I’m surprised they weren’t all bunched together, I’ve seen that before.
beats the fuck out of the cattle herding trip we had last week. american airlines… never again
What route and time? Why was it so empty?
I’ve been on a dash 8 with four passengers including myself. The flight attendants didn’t bother with the drinks cart, just walked down and asked what we wanted.
Did you do the whole routine with the trolleys or just walk up and ask what they want?
And yet if they said 40 dollar flights they’d have a full
Plane and more money than otherwise