My best is when you’re checking in and they ask you if you have anything valuable in your checked-in bags… Err, yes, actually. The whole thing. It’s my stuff I paid for.
The weirdest airline passengers are now being shamed on a new Facebook and Instagram page dedicated to the weird and horrendous flyers out there.
If ever there was a must-have travel accessory, the Knee Defender is it. The Knee Defender safeguards precious legroom by preventing the seat in front of you from reclining any further. Sold?
Let’s just state the obvious, and explain that if you are spending 95% of your time either in the sky or at a hotel in a foreign country during a lay over, chances are you’re living a pretty lonely lifestyle.
The new dreamliner boasts luxuries that are availbale for economy class passengers too. The gallery displays all the features of the Dreamliner.
See what we did there with the headline? Low cost flying is set to make a come back when Skywise begins operations between OR Tambo International Airport and Cape Town International Airport in the latter part of this year. Skywise is aiming to cut domestic flight costs by 20%, says Finance Director and former Founding […]
Lanseria International Airport has just been sold to a new consortium of investors, it was reported last night.
A week before SAA is expected to report a financial loss of R1,25 billion, and report that “its liabilities exceed its assets by 359%” its CEO Siza Mzimela has decided enough is enough, and thrown in the towel.
Cheryl Carolus and six other SAA board members resigned yesterday, plunging the state-vested airline into yet more turmoil.
Somehow SAA has managed to fail to produce its annual report on time – six months after its year-end. Its claiming it needs to address its “immediate financial challenges” before auditors can complete the financial statements.
Earlier this year, it was reported that 1time Airline was in serious financial trouble, and some even wondered if they’d be around next year. 1time now requires a business rescue as they are “financially distressed”, and owe millions.
Michael O’Leary of Ryanair – the world’s most profitable airline – says that Ryanair does three things well, no more, no less: “We arrive and leave on time, we give good fares [read: competitive], we do not lose your bags”. It’s a winning formula!
Qatar voted best airline in the world. Seal has moved on. Vodacom launches free roaming calls. Fleetwood Mac reunion. Shoprite shows massive growth. Sheen leaves twitter.
1Time Airlines‘ flight T6 648 left Cape Town last week Wednesday (6 June) at 17h45 en route to Durban’s King Shaka airport. Like many flights you hear about (usually unconfirmed second-hand stories, never addressed by the airline), there was an ‘issue’ on board which no-one ever talks about again and the airline certainly doesn’t clarify. […]
With the likes of Mango Airlines launching in-flight wi-fi (they launched yesterday – well done guys!), South Africans will finally be able to tune-in to radio while flying through the sky! And by radio I am obviously referring to online radio – because you can’t get FM in the sky (you won’t on the ground […]
Domestically, SAA is at the top of the airline pecking order, an advantage which Nationwide Airlines is claiming they have abused. For that reason they’re suing them, to the tune of R155 million. That’s a lot of flights.
Living the holiday is very important to us, here at 2oceansvibe. And whether you’re searching for great prices for overseas flights, or wanting to compare local low-cost domestic flights in one place, 2ovflights.com is all you need – and it even works on mobile! Our pricing matrix and usability couldn’t be simpler and the system […]
Well. This just brings a whole other meaning to the phrase “mile high club”. Referring to an article about two airlines merging, Bloomberg Businessweek’s newest issue front cover features a lewd moment between the two companies’ planes.