( CNN ) Imagine boarding your next flight and having the entire cabin to yourself . In this age of overstuffed planes , where we squeeze our bodies into cramped seats and jockey for overhead bin space , it sounds like a dream -- one that would never happen . But it did -- sort of -- on Monday for a man who boarded a long-delayed Delta Airlines flight from Cleveland to New York to find that all his fellow passengers had been rebooked on other flights . The man , Chris O'Leary of New York City , did what most of us would probably do . He chose an aisle seat near the front of the plane and stretched out . He chuckled at the absurdity of his situation . And he got a flight attendant to snap pictures of him , with rows of empty seats in the background . Then he began tweeting . `` They rebooked everyone but me on another flight to LGA , so I am literally the only person on this plane , '' he posted . `` No , I 'm not joking , '' he tweeted a few minutes later . `` I 'm the only one on this plane . '' The rare situation was caused by bad weather , which caused several flight delays in the Northeast . O'Leary 's Flight 6259 , which normally seats 76 people , was delayed for six hours , and somehow he missed out on being rebooked . Often , an airline will cancel a near-empty flight . But Delta Airlines told KABC , a CNN affliliate , that it needed to get O'Leary 's plane to New York 's La Guardia Airport for flights later in the day . The most annoying types of airline passengers . As it turned out , O'Leary was not the only passenger on the flight . The plane was about to push back when , at the last minute , another man hopped on . The two did n't keep each other company , however . O'Leary told ABC News the other guy reclined his seat and slept most of the way . Even so O'Leary , a media strategist and editor of a beer-lovers ' website , wo n't forget his semi-private jet ride anytime soon . `` It was definitely the most memorable flight I 've been on in recent memory if only for the sheer lack of passengers to become bothersome , '' he told ABC News . `` There were no screaming babies , no one listening to loud lyrics or reclining their seats or taking off their shoes . '' How bad was 2014 for air travel ?
Chris O'Leary was only passenger on a Cleveland-New York flight until the last minute . `` No , I 'm not joking , '' he tweeted . `` I 'm the only one on this plane '' The plane was delayed by weather , and most passengers had rebooked other flights .