A LITHUANIAN man enjoyed airborne bliss as he boarded a hulking Boeing 737 to find he was the only passenger.

Skirmantas Strimaitis, who was flying from Vilnius in Lithuania to Bergamo in Italy for a skiing holiday March 16, had the whole 188-seater plane to himself.

No screaming infants or selfish seat recliners to contend with on his two-hour flight, but just the two pilots and five cabin crew to take care of his every need.

The Novaturas travel agency said it had chartered the plane to fly a group home from Italy, and to avoid flying empty, one-way tickets were sold.

But only one lucky passenger had bought one.

Strimaitis said Tuesday the flight, which lasted more than two hours, was “a once-in-the-lifetime experience.”

He shared selfies from his flight where he was seen beaming from ear to ear as he settled in to enjoy the spacious, peaceful ride.

In July last year, 28-year-old Saad Jilani was able to experience similar luxury when he was the only passenger aboard a flight from Corfu, Greece, to Birmingham, England.

He praised the Jet2Airways staff as “amazing” and said they were “very excited” to give him the rare experience as he returned from a friend’s wedding in Greece.

Jilani said it was the best flight of his life and it ended with the pilot announcing, “The eagle has landed.”

Latsamy McAdoo from the United States found herself similarly lucky in January last year when hopping to an island in Thailand.

She was shocked to see a member of the cabin crew closing the doors when she had only just boarded the A319 jet.

Like Jilani and Strimatis, she could sit back and relax with space all around her to settle into her flight from Bangkok to the island of Koh Samui.

(SD-Agencies)