Finally! A place to RANT about the South African Airline industry...

I am a REGULAR commuter on South Africa's budget airlines... At this stage of race 1Time is the most reliable, friendly, and least likely to be delayed (plus! When you arrive at Johannesburg, 1Time flights park right at the terminal so you don't have to get onto one of those deathtrap buses to get into the airport to find that your luggage is missing!)

The least friendly, most likely to be late (more than an hour or so... All of the airlines are delayed by AT LEAST one hour now days, so I only count it as a delay when the flight leaves more than an hour late), least comfortable airline has to be kulula.com... In the last three months I have not had a single kulula flight that has been on time! My record was a 6 hour delay leaving Cape Town a few Friday's ago....

The worst airport in the 6 nations of Southern Africa? (yes, this list includes places like Umtata and Manzini in Swaziland!).... The prize goes to - Cape Town domestic departures! Overcrowded, not enough seats, a narrow strip of hell with shops to steal your money....

So, if you have a horror story to share about a flight delay here in South Africa, or anywhere in the world, the please feel free to post a comment here.

You can also formalize your complaint by posting it here:

David Pogue is happy about a new website that lets you share your bad flight experiences, called MyBadFlight.com.

PS. The picture above was taken at Cape Town (a.k.a Hell) domestic departures - note all the flights that were delayed, indefinitely delayed, and canceled....

;-)

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