Check out this 4K Trip Report & Honest Unsponsored Review on board a South African Airways Airbus A319 in Economy Class form Johannesburg to Cape Town.
Hi there! My name is Kevin and today we are going to take a look at the full South African Airways domestic economy class experience. Join me as we check out the airport in Johannesburg, the South African Airways Business Class Lounge, walk through the busy concourse, check out the details of the seat, take a deep dive into the on board experience, taste the surprisingly good food on offer and of course we will wrap it all up with The Flip Flop Score.
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Fare: $88.05 USD
Route: JNB-CPT
Class: Economy Class
Inclusions: 1+1 Carry On, 1 Checked Bags, On Board Meal
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—Video Chapters—
0:00 Flight Preview
00:10 Intro
00:30 Welcome to Johannesburg
00:44 Domestic Check In
01:11 South African Airways Lounge Tour
01:25 South African Airways: A Brief History
02:29 Route Map & Airline Relaunch
02:57 Our Gate, Boarding Begins
03:13 Our Flight Stats
03:35 Boarding
03:53 Stepping On Board
04:10 Economy First Impressions
04:21 Seat Details & Tour
05:16 Push Back & Taxi to Runway
05:35 TAAG Angola Bucket List
05:55 Our Take Off Route
06:10 Spool Up & Take Off
06:29 Meal Service Begins
06:55 Skytrax Joke
07:13 Descending into Cape Town
07:40 Our Final Approach & Landing
08:11 Taxi to the Gate
08:25 Deplaning
08:36 The Flip Flop Score
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20 Comments
It is so sad to see that you mentioned JNB's largest airline is Airlink now (good for Airlink though). Before moving out of South Africa I used to do plane spotting there every other weekend.
Imagine what a CEO of the calibre of Sir Tim Clark could do with this airline! A380 flights up to London and Amsterdam?
Good review.
Love ur vids
Nice review but some of your text graphics were very busy and hard to watch unless you paused the video 😊😊
As someone who lived in South Africa in the mid nineties and flew them transatlantic many times it’s great to see them begin to make a comeback. Unfortunately the government spending money without any meaningful change is kinda par for the course in ZA.
If you knew about the safety record of the “new” SAA you wouldn’t get on board. At least x 2 recent massive accidents which could have taken many 100s of lives have tried to be swept under the carpet. One aircraft even took off KNOWING the tanks were full of water contaminated fuel. They had at least 1 flame out and only just scratched in tie Cape Town. Appalling !!
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Did someone say Skytrix? Doesn't Qatar Airways own that? 🤣
SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWASYS Is Not That Bad.Great Work
The Saa longe was open during bankruptcy as well cuz of the card holders
Only if SA wasn't hell bent on denying entry to well heeled Africans, this airline would have perhaps fared better.
Great seat selection, I love seeing the flaps coming out when landing.
Love CPT pls visit “Truth Coffee Roasting” best coffee in ZA. Scam Tracks continue misleading the public🤪🤪🤪
Short but sweet! 🎉
Thanks
Thank you so much for sharing. I couldn't stop laughing when I heard the 18 months story…..combining this one with the LH 5 stars rating due to promising a new business class product……. ha ha….ha ha ha…..ha ha ha ha….
Thank you for this review. That is the SAA I remember, often better than just "world class". The airport lounges in ZA are miles better than any lounge I have experienced in Heathrow, JFK or Frankfurt. The loos at the Slow Lounge are immaculate. So pleased to see the airline is moving in the right direction
Love the review. I watched out of order and did the 2022 trip review awards first lol. The SAA business class is so odd! That 3×2 config seems to make the aisle really narrow? I don't know if I'll ever get a chance to visit South Africa so thanks for taking us along!
The downfall of SAA is much more complex than that, and largely originated in the endless meddling of incompetent politicians, who simply do not understand how to run an airline – and it should actually have been shut down completely, before it abused the poor South African tax payer as much as it did with endless bailouts. Even now the transaction with the Takatso consortium is not complete, and if one looks at the structure of that group, it still means the government owns most of the airline – so those bailouts are not going to stop. For many South African's, myself included, who do not fly on SAA on principle because of this, the view is that it is best to simply shut it down. The people working there (if they are not on strike) will find work as the market gaps will be filled by private enterprises. Maybe Comair/British Airways, will make a return – competent, knowledgeable people there ran a good, profitable, operation until covid hit, but unlike SAA, did not get financial assistance and ended up being shut down.
JAL has 2×3 biz in some 737-800s from what I’ve seen.