Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flew its plane from Islamabad to Manchester with only one passenger on board. According to reports, the plane which had a capacity of 371 passengers carried only one passenger to the destination.

While Geo News has reported that the flight took off from Islamabad, journalist Murtaza Ali Shah said that the plane flew from Manchester to Islamabad.

In the video posted by Shah, a PIA’s staffer, while pointing towards other empty 370 passenger seat, remarks that the passenger on board is the “lucky” one. The only passenger on the flight was a native of Gujrat.

From manchester to Islamabad, only one lucky passenger #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/xBlWg1JJUZ

— Murtaza Ali Shah (@MurtazaViews) January 3, 2021

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Meanwhile prominent aviation journalist Tahir Imran Mian said PIA’s flight was not the only one that flew empty.

Most of the flights these days are dead. On 22nd December only 2 passengers travelled on Virgin Atlantic flight from Manchester VS362.
I wonder why they don’t cancel it. https://t.co/yjnWfdyKzc

— Tahir Imran Mian ✈ (@TahirImran) January 3, 2021