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A man of the Republic of Korea (ROK) was flying high on a journey home from
The man named Lee was returning to the ROK to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional festival of reunion, with his family. Mr. Lee was told by a stewardess on flight CZ3065 from Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, to Seoul that he was on a "special flight" when he found himself sitting alone in an empty cabin of the A320, which can carry 150 to 180 passengers. The plane took off at "Our crew provided the best service for Mr. Lee though he asked the stewardesses to rest many times," said Tang Songnian, an official with the airline's publicity department. Usually, the flight is operated between "Considering Friday is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival and many ROK residents fly back home every year this time, our company arranged this additional flight on Thursday," said Tang, who insisted the incident was not an indication of an imminent slack season. However, it was not the first time China Southern Airlines had carried just one passenger on a flight. In February 1995, one of its aircraft carried a sole woman passenger from The number of ROK tourists to the city grew from No direct flights operate between (Xinhua News Agency October 7, 2006) |
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