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Supposedly, Air Zimbabwe operates a flight between Harare and Buffalo Range. The PHs I know near there say no, they say they do, but they don't. Anybody know the truth? Anybody ever fly Air Zimbabwe? Anybody ever take a bath with a plugged in space heater? (I imagine the "safety factor" to be about on the same level) | ||
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 I was thinking the same thing when I saw the subject line of this thread.____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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GAH: The last time I flew Air Zim was in Aug of 01 from RSA into Bulawayo. Platform was a 737 and yes, I flew with half the cushion seat sucked up  but it was an uneventful flight. I think the fact there was a large-hootered blonde sitting next to me helped. Since then, they've been decertified by the FAA. I personally wouldn't even dream of getting into one of their airplanes anymore, unless of course I had a white handerchief wrapped around my forehead with a red "meatball" painted in the front with some japanese writing on it and I was looking for a warship to crash into! jorgeUSN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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I flew Afghan Air into Quetta Pakistan one time and I don't think that you could get me on an Air Zimbabwe flight. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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air zim has a flight schedule, but doesn't pay attention to it. If uncle bob or his coherts need a plane, they just take it and leave the passengers sitting on the tarmack. that plus how they can keep the plane in the air with no money, no parts, no fuel is quite a mystery. leaves you with 2 choices. either charter (about 1500-2000) or catch a ride with barry, the ride is much preferable.just remind him that baiting is just throwing some meat in a tree | |||
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Flew Victoria Falls to Harare in fall of 2004, on time and etc., but last Nov they were grounded for no fuel. Very unpredictable and We refused to even consider using them last year. Good thing or we would have been stranded. SAA was bad, but at least they flew to Harare from JB and back, somewhat on time and didn't manage to lose anything on that segment, but they couldn't get it on to Dulles. | |||
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Air Zimbabwe- "a tradition of scaring" Last nights flight from Dar to Harare went like this... The passengers boarded the plane, but there was a hole in the wing. Eventually, a flight that was being loaded in Joberg was re-directed (after unloading it's passengers) to fly north and pick up those stranded in dar. The flight from dar was scheduled to land at 5pm. got in at 01:20. Glad I was a dog and delegated meeting that flight to gopher as it's arrival was prommised every 30 mins from 6pm onwards! And that is one of our better stories. Would I fly air zim - not anymore. | |||
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I understand the holes in the top of the body of the Air Zim planes were from removing the external luggage racks to decrease air resistance to save fuel they didn't have .... I last flew with them in 2002, but this time SAA via Joberg. I have flown Air Kenya, Egypt Air, Biman Airlines (Air Bangladesh) but doubt I will fly Air Zim again in the near future. | |||
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My observations: Air traffic to/from HRE is growing. The flight SAA JBG-HRE in the past years was little booked, but last month it was fully booked. Air Zimbabwe opened a connection to Beijing (Peking). I think the Chinese are fuelling the Zim economy. Car traffic in HRE is also growing. Many new cars. But absolutely no gasoline at the stations. There must be establishing a parallel economy. | |||
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In Zimbabwe most petrol and diesel is purchased in smallish cans from private businesses and individuals. Unless it is a company that purchases their own needs in bulk. | |||
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WELCOME TO AIR ZIMBABWE! "Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. This is your captain (Tonny) welcoming both seated and standing passengers on board of Air Zimbabwe. We apologize for the four-day delay in taking off, it was due to bad weather and some overtime I had to put in at the bakery. This is flight 126 to Harare. Landing there is not guaranteed, but we will end up somewhere in Zimbabwe and, if luck is in our favor, we may even be landing on your village! Air Zimbabwe has an excellent safety-record. In fact, our safety standards are so high, that even terrorists are afraid to fly with us! It is with pleasure, I announce that, starting this year, over 30% of our passengers have reached their destination. If our engines are too noisy for you, on passenger request, we can arrange to turn them off To make your free fall to earth pleasant and memorable, we serve complimentary Stella tea and Rambawaraira biscuits! For our not-so-religious passengers, we are the only airline who can help you find out if there really is a God! We regret to inform you, that today's in-flight movie will not be shown as we forgot to record it from the television. However, for our movie buffs, we will be flying right next to British Airways, where their movie will be visible from the right side of the cabin window. There is no smoking allowed in this airplane. Any smoke you see in the cabin is only the early warning system on the engines telling us to slow down! In order to catch important landmarks, we try to fly as close as possible for the best view. If however, we go a little too close, do let us know. Our enthusiastic co-pilot sometimes flies right through the landmark! Kindly be seated, keep your seat in an upright position for take-off and fasten your set-belt. For those of you who can't find a seat-belt, kindly fasten your own belt to the arm of your seat. And, for those of you who can't find a seat, do not hesitate to get in touch with a stewardess who will explain how to fasten yourself to your suitcase." ENJOY AIR ZIMBABWE! | |||
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I can remember a flight about like that in the old Central African Empire back in the '70's in a DC-3! Good job! Eventually the D-3 didn't make a takeoff. | |||
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Flew Air Zim in '03 from HRE to Vic Falls... That was my first, and will be my last Air Zim flight. Aside from the obvious safety factors, I'll add that little consideration was given to the pleasure of the passengers' ride. I felt like I was in the backseat of a race car with a 15-year old driving.  | |||
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Last nights flight from Dar was more than two hours early. The flight was ment to go from Dar to Nirobi and then back to Harare- but they didn't have enough fuel (or credit to buy more) for the extra leg, so the plane came direct from dar to harare. I wonder what the passengers in Nirobi had to say about it | |||
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Air Zimbabwe have now changed their name, in future they will be known as Scare Zimbabwe Karl Stumpfe Ndumo Hunting Safaris www.huntingsafaris.net karl@huntingsafaris.net P.O. Box 1667, Katima Mulilo, Namibia Cell: +264 81 1285 416 Fax: +264 61 254 328 Sat. phone: +88 163 166 9264 | |||
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I have no experience with Air Zim, but am a semi-expert on Kaz Air, the official airlines of Kazakhstan. I flew it many times and survived. I even took my family on it once, and that nearly ended our marriage. The only point of note was that at the Atyrau, Kazakhstan Airport, there were three crashed/wrecked planes at the end of the main runway. You saw these everytime you flew into or out of the country. I am not sure what the symbolism was other than to motivate the pilots to not over or under shoot the runways. It was a bit unnerving as these Tupelov 154 and 134 aircraft were incredibly noisy, allowed smoking and had a make shift port-a-potty for a toilet. I have never been on a plane that had a skylight in the toilet and where you could see the "blue water" sloshing around in the john while using it. A pity more people cannot have this pleasure. Makes one appreciate SAA and others. | |||
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When I was in Madagascar, Air Madagascar was commonly referred to as Mad Air. A flight that I was on from Nosy Be to Mahajanga and then on to Tana had several passengers that brought baskets of chickens on board. | |||
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Hey I've got an idea. Why don't we all chip in and charter an Air Zim airplane for use in the transportation of Hillary Clinton in her 2008 persidential run. After all she has many of the same political agendas as does Bob. I think it's great idea! You never know when that wing will finaly decide to depart. We can only hope! | |||
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Surestrike- We must however insist that the pilot is Captain Mahara. Most Air Zim crew are darn good pilots (which is why we have never had a fatal accident). Mahara though...nows theres a special case. He was a National Parks pilot - taken on just to fly...(he was the Directors relative). One day, he took our brand new air survey plane to Chizarira for something obscure. He wasn’t licensed to fly it, but no problem. Landed at Chiz ok and then took off again with my Sargent Major as a passenger. He pulled the mixture instead of the pitch and the engine cut just after take off- response? He put his arms over his head and screamed “Accideeeeeeeeentâ€. Plane stalled, flicked and went in. Both He and Mlangu got out unscathed, somehow. (Needles to say insurance didn’t pay and we have never been able to replace the plane or the radar altimeter!) Parks were a little annoyed so he moved to scare Zim. | |||
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