Lone passenger on S’pore flight; pilot calls him by name in announcements

Singapore ― “I’m alone on my flight to Singapore. The pilot makes all announcements starting with ‘Mr Alexander,'” said a passenger who took to social media to share the typically uncommon occurrence.

While travelling by air during the Covid-19 pandemic can mean fewer passengers and having the whole row to yourself, one, in particular, had the entire flight to himself.

“It’s 100 per cent true and 120 per cent surreal,” wrote Twitter user Alex Svanevik on the platform on Wednesday (Sept 29).

After about seven hours, Mr Svanevik tweeted again, noting he had arrived.

He attached a video of the plane landing in Singapore. Panning through the plane, he showed that there were no other passengers.

An in-flight announcement could be heard saying, “Good morning, Mr Alexander. Welcome to Singapore. The local time here is 6:27 in the morning.”

I’ve arrived (sound on) pic.twitter.com/A4SMYgDTrH

— Alex Svanevik ✨ (@ASvanevik) September 29, 2021

In a following note, Mr Svanevik clarified that the plane would have flown anyway. “So I’m not single-handedly f***ing up the planet here,” he added.

According to The Points Guy, airlines follow a scheduled route and may fly without or with minimal passengers on one leg before arriving at the next one with more passengers.

Despite the lack of passengers on a flight, planes still fly because they also carry cargo.

Other reasons backing up the lone passenger’s note that he wasn’t destroying the planet, included pilots and cabin crew being needed at a different location for later flights or a certain plane needing to touch base for overnight maintenance work.

“‘I’m the king of the world’ experience. Nice! I bet this will motivate you for weeks to reach your goals,” commented Twitter user Jokeruz, welcoming Mr Svanevik to the country. /TISG

I'm alone on my flight to Singapore.

The pilot makes all announcements starting with "Mr. Alexander".

— Alex Svanevik ✨ (@ASvanevik) September 28, 2021

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