Woman gets 'rockstar' treatment as sole plane passenger

Millions of people are heading home for Chinese New Year, the country's biggest migration period, causing travel chaos

A Chinese woman surnamed Zhang posing for photos on an empty flight from Wuhan to Guangzhou, after the China Southern flight was delayed for 10 hours. Photo: AFP/Getty Images

James Rothwell
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With its legions of bossy flight attendants, screaming babies and unruly passengers, flying is often a torturous experience.

But in China one lucky woman enjoyed a "rockstar" moment after being the only passenger to turn up for a China Southern Airlines flight from Wutan to Guangzhou.