By Gloria Chan, South China Morning Post | Feb. 02, 2016

A Chinese woman travelling from Wuhan to Guangzhou had a taste of being "filthy rich" before the Lunar New Year when she was the only passenger on her homebound flight on Monday, the Beijing Youth Daily reported on Tuesday.

The woman, surnamed Zhang, was the only passenger aboard the two-hour China Southern Airlines Flight 2833, which took off in the early hours of Monday - 10 hours behind schedule.

Zhang posted photos showing only herself and flight attendants on the plane on Weibo, with the captions: "I'm the only one on the plane! Yes! Just myself as the passenger! And the whole crew! I feel filthy rich!"

As Zhang's plane was delayed from 2:40 p.m. on Sunday until 12:40 a.m. on Monday, most passengers had already changed to earlier flights.

According to the report, it is not rare for travellers to find themselves the sole passenger on some China Southern Airlines flights during the Spring Festival.

Extra flights are arranged to take workers from Guangzhou back home for the new year, while the demand for return flights to the major southern city is low.

Chinese netizens have dubbed her the world's "luckiest passenger". Weibo: Miffyscat



Plenty of leg room and no need to put up with reclining front seats for Ms Zhang. Weibo: Miffyscat