A holidaymaker found himself unexpectedly onboard
a "private jet" when no one else showed up for the
flight.
Alex Simon, 28, a travel blogger from Ischgl, Austria,
was stunned to discover he was the only one
onboard the Philippine Airlines flight from Manila to
Boracay.

Simon took a video of the bizarre experience, in
which he visits the pilots in the cockpit, and jokes
around with his personal flight attendants.
Alex Simon was the only passenger on a Philippine
Airlines flight from Manila to Boracay.

He told the Daily Mail when he arrived at the airport,
his name was called over the loudspeaker and he
was asked to make his way to the information
counter.
Staff explained the flight would be leaving in 30
minutes instead of the scheduled two hours because
he was the only passenger.
"I was little bit surprised and I couldn't believe it," he
told the Daily Mail .
"I thought I was dreaming. Later while boarding I just
realised that it's gonna be a special flight because
this time I didn't even need to line up."
When he boarded the plane, he asked the flight
attendant if he could take a window seat.
"She just answered, 'You can sit anywhere, because
you're the only one passenger'."
Simon said he was told flights between the
Philippines capital and the tourist island of Boracay
were normally packed.
"It was an unforgettable feeling to take a flight to
the one of the most beautiful islands of the world,
but to be alone and feel like a superstar it made it
more special."
Simon posted the video to his YouTube channel last
February, but this week it was picked up by Digg.

But he is by no means the first passenger to
experience the private jet treatment.
Last year British man Nigel Short boarded an Air
Zimbabwe flight from Johannesburg to Victoria Falls
to find he was the only passenger.
Despite the unlimited seating options on offer, Short
chose to sit in his assigned economy seat rather
than move to first or business class.

http://www.traveller.com.au/man-gets-entire-plane-to-himself-alex-simon-the-only-passenger-on-philippines-flight-gmg1a1

Oyo lowa

He's lucky it wasn't in Naija. If na here,they would cancel that flight without apologies rather than fly one person

The had to fly the plane to another airport anyway for the next contract.
The plane will be following a schedule and the next leg which is waiting for it may be fully booked.
Or it was carrying some freight that paid for the flight.