Central Florida student becomes only passenger on 9-hour transatlantic flight

Kai Forsyth may be the luckiest passenger on a recent British Airways flight from England to Central Florida.

The 19-year-old freshman college student was the lone passenger in the nearly nine-hour flight on January 9. He went back home to the United Kingdom during his winter break and never expected that he would have a full passenger cabin on his flight to the United States.

“I didn’t really know what was going on, but shortly after the flight attendant comforted me and they gave me food, snacks, drinks, unlimited drinks — everything,” Forsyth said.

He told News 6 that he was not sure why no other passengers were on board and that the crew did not provide any information.

“I couldn’t tell you to be completely honest. I’m guessing COVID and the precautions to fly and people are scared – especially back in the UK” he said. So he didn’t just answer that.”

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So, what did Kai do during the flight with no other passengers on board?

“I actually went to the kitchen for a while and I was asking them what all these things are in the storage units,” he recalled. “I had all the seats in the world to take my nap that I did.”

The student-athlete had access to any seat except first class.

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“I think it is against the rules to do so. Even if it was only me,” he said.

But this didn’t bother him. Kai said the flight attendants were exceptional.

“I would like to thank British Airways for providing me this flight,” he said. “That one flight attendant you know who you are, you found me. So I had the best food, all the sweets I wanted.”