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The Storm Ahead, The Journey of the SA Aviation Industry is a 4 part locally produced documentary series where we will cover the shaky journey of Mango Airlines, SAA, Comair Limited, SA Express and The State Owned Subsidiaries of South African Airways. This Proudly South African Produced Documentary is a first of its kind produced in partnership with African Pilot Magazine.  This episode is a trailer for the series airing on AnchorFM, Spotify and Google Podcasts.


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IMPORTANT: LIFT did not pay us to make this video. They only allowed us to film onboard. They had no say in the content or outcome of the video. The Aviators SA & St Helena paid for the ticket.

Since the filming of this video, LIFT has had to temporarily suspend their in-flight food and beverage service due to the Government Gazette issued on 21 March 2021 under COVID-19 Alert Level 1 regulations as part of the Disaster Management Act. To find out more info see https://www.gov.za/sites/default/file...

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GIVEAWAY Information: Link to enter with more info on the web page: https://theaviatorssash.wordpress.com...​ Follow our Instagram Page to see the winner - @the_aviators_sa Send an email with any enquiries or issues to kabir.theaviators@gmail.com or theaviatorssouthafrica@gmail.com


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This video is in association with African Pilot Magazine 

Aviation History - American Airlines 

African Pilot - www.africanpilot.co.za 

We're making a documentary on the Boeing 737 MAX - send us a voice note through anchor with your option on the question below to feature in the episode! Do you think the Boeing 737 MAX should return, would you fly on it? If yes or no, why? Happy Flying!


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Happy Holidays from The Aviators SA & St Helena Team! We hope you enjoyed this episode where we spoke had a video on the Aviators rewind of 2020. Stay Safe and Happy Flying! Go and check out ‘The Aviators South Africa and St Helena on YouTube so you can find the show... unfortunately we were unable to post it here because the video is mainly slides and images from the duration of the year.


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Happy Holidays from The Aviators SA & St Helena Team! We hope you enjoyed this episode where we spoke about WIFI on various airline and the development of passenger entertainment systems. Stay Safe and Happy Flying!


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Happy Holidays from The Aviators SA & St Helena Team! We hope you enjoyed this episode where we spoke about ETOPS and gave an explanation for it. Stay Safe and Happy Flying!


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Happy Holidays from The Aviators SA & St Helena Team! We hope you enjoyed this episode where we spoke about why the four engines aircraft is dying... Stay Safe and Happy Flying!


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Happy Holidays from The Aviators SA & St Helena Team! We hope you enjoyed this episode where we spoke about the impact of COVID-19 and wether aviation is returning to normal... Stay Safe and Happy Flying!


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Happy Holidays from The Aviators SA & St Helena Team! We hope you enjoyed this episode where we spoke about Lift! Stay Safe and Happy Flying!


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Happy Holidays from The Aviators SA & St Helena Team! We hope you enjoyed this episode where we spoke about Electric aircraft... Stay Safe and Happy Flying!


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Happy Holidays from The Aviators SA & St Helena Team! We hope you enjoyed this episode where we spoke about Airbus or Boeing in 2021! Stay Safe and Happy Flying!


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Happy Holidays from The Aviators SA & St Helena Team! We hope you enjoyed this episode where we spoke about the impact of the 737 max grounding. Stay Safe and Happy Flying!


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Happy Holidays from The Aviators SA & St Helena Team! We hope you enjoyed this episode where we spoke about wether flying first class is worth the price or wether you should just fly business... Stay Safe and Happy Flying!


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Happy Holidays from The Aviators SA & St Helena Team! We hope you enjoyed this episode where we spoke about the future of supersonic air travel! Stay Safe and Happy Flying!


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Happy Holidays from The Aviators SA & St Helena Team! We hope you enjoyed this episode where we spoke about Aviation safety and the risk of air versus ground travel. Stay Safe and Happy Flying!


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Happy Holidays from The Aviators SA & St Helena Team! We hope you enjoyed this episode where we spoke about The benefit of winglets? And the difference between winglets and sharklets? Stay Safe and Happy Flying!


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Happy Holidays from The Aviators SA & St Helena Team! We hope you enjoyed this episode where we spoke about carbon aircraft! Stay Safe and Happy Flying!


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Remember to Sanitise, Social Distance and Wear your Face Masks.

Prevent a Second Wave in South Africa and prevent an outbreak in St Helena by visiting https://sacoronavirus.co.za and ​https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh for more info on COVID-19 in St Helena and South Africa.

Protecting you, Protecting Us, Protecting St Helena. - An Initiative from SHAL (St Helena Airport Ltd) and The Aviators St Helena.

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This video is in association with African Pilot Magazine The Aviators St Helena is Produced in Partnership with St Helena Airport Ltd

Aviation Sunday - S2, Ep.19 African Pilot - www.africanpilot.co.za St Helena Airport Ltd - www.sthelenaairport.com

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|| Visuals Courtesy of British Airways, BA Media Centre and British Airways 100 Archives. Lakmé Variations Performed by The British Airways Orchestra 2019 ||

This video is in association with African Pilot Magazine Aviation History - British Airways

African Pilot - www.africanpilot.co.za State Owned Airlines Video - https://youtu.be/DyN-c8p5CJg

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Time Stamps: 00:00 Intro 01:06 African Pilot Mag 01:17 Become a Member 02:16 British Airways History 17:11 Credits and Outro


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This video is in association with African Pilot Magazine The Aviators St Helena is Produced in Partnership with St Helena Airport Ltd

Aviation History - Comair African Pilot - www.africanpilot.co.za St Helena Airport Ltd - www.sthelenaairport.com

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S2, Ep.18 - Today on the show we will be talking about the Boeing 777X and how the build and aircraft is coming along, The last flight of the British Airways 747s and United Airlines COVID Cargo. Send us your questions at ​theaviatorssouthafrica@gmail.com​ or in the comments section below for future Q&As. Enjoy the podcast!


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Produced in Partnership with St Helena Airport Ltd

Aviators St Helena Ep.4

Special Thanks to: St Helena Airport Ltd (SHAL) - www.sthelenaairport.com and www.sainthelena.gov.sh

St Helen Tourism - www.sthelenatourism.com

James Kellett- SHAL

African Pilot - www.africanpilot.co.za


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Produced in Partnership with St Helena Airport Ltd

Aviators St Helena Ep.3

Special Thanks to: St Helena Airport Ltd (SHAL) - www.sthelenaairport.com and www.sainthelena.gov.sh African Pilot - www.africanpilot.co.za

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This video is in association with African Pilot Magazine The Aviators St Helena is Produced in Partnership with St Helena Airport Ltd

Aviation History - Japan Airlines - JAL African Pilot - www.africanpilot.co.za St Helena Airport Ltd - www.sthelenaairport.com

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Aviation History - Virgin Atlantic


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Announcement: The Aviators South Africa has opened a new division. The Aviators St Helena will be a new division of the current Aviators SA podcast/YouTube Channel. With SHAL (St Helena Airport Ltd) we will be publishing videos with the latest St Helena Aviation News, talking about sustainability and more. Stay Tuned!

This will not replace the normal Aviators SA, Aviation Sunday, Aviation History episodes which are produced with African Pilot Magazine. This will simply be a supplement for the St Helena Community and people from other nationalities who would like to visit St Helena.

Produced in Partnership with St Helena Airport Ltd

Aviators St Helena Ep.1/Aviators SA S2, Ep.15

Special Thanks to: St Helena Airport Ltd (SHAL) - www.sthelenaairport.com and www.sainthelena.gov.sh What The Saints Did Next - www.whatthesaintsdidnext.com SAMS - South Atlantic Media Service - YouTube African Pilot - www.africanpilot.co.za

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The Aviators South Africa has opened a new division. The Aviators St Helena will be a new division of the current Aviators SA podcast/YouTube Channel. With SHAL (St Helena Airport Ltd) we will be publishing videos with the latest St Helena Aviation News, talking about sustainability and more. Stay Tuned!

This will not replace the normal Aviators SA, Aviation Sunday, Aviation History episodes which are produced with African Pilot Magazine. This will simply be a supplement for the St Helena Community and people from other nationalities who would like to visit St Helena.

This video is in association with African Pilot Magazine Produced in Partnership with St Helena Airport

Aviators St Helena Ep.1/Aviators SA S2, Ep.15

Special Thanks to: St Helena Airport Ltd (SHAL) - www.sthelenaairport.com and www.sainthelena.gov.sh What The Saints Did Next - www.whatthesaintsdidnext.com SAMS - South Atlantic Media Service - YouTube African Pilot - www.africanpilot.co.za


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Aviation History - KLM


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This video is in association with African Pilot Magazine Aviation Sunday - S2, Ep.14

African Pilot - www.africanpilot.co.za

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Time Stamps: 00:00 Intro 00:50 African Pilot 01:07 Become a Member 02:03 Airbus Beluga XL 08:50 SAS Incident 17:24 Outro


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Breaking News Just in, Air India Express flight IX-1344 has overshot the runway in Calicut’s Kozhikode Airport in Kerala, India late last night.


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Today on the show we will be talking about the future of narrow body airliners, US passenger numbers plateauing and Heathrow T5 is becoming a OneWorld Hub. Send us your questions at theaviatorssouthafrica@gmail.com or in the comments section below for future Q&As. Enjoy the podcast!


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This video is in association with African Pilot Magazine Aviation Sundays - S2, Ep.12

African Pilot - www.africanpilot.co.za

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Hi Everyone! This video was meant to be live. However, YouTube Studio was not on our side and it didn't feed in the correct audio. As a result, we cancelled the LiveStream. We are very sorry.

Here is the final video. We recorded it as if it was live on YouTube and stuck to the initial format. Enjoy!


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Aviators SA Ep.10


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Today on the show, we will be talking about the Boeing 737 MAX recertification process on the horizon, Some updates on the 777X and this Week’s winner of the Weekly Aviation Shoutout. Enjoy the podcast!

Thanks to Tom Dewar for the Music!  Nominate your Weekly Aviation Shoutout at  Become a member at Sling - www.slingaircraft.com African Pilot Magazine - www.africanpilot.co.za


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Today on the show we will be talking about Delta and face masks, Virgin Atlantic 36th birthday an update on the PIA PK8303 crash and state-owned airlines or privatised airlines, which are better? Enjoy the podcast! Enjoy the podcast! Nominate your Weekly Aviation Shoutout at https://theaviatorssouthaf.wixsite.com/theaviators/weekly-aviation-shoutout Become a member at https://theaviatorssouthaf.wixsite.com/theaviators/become-a-member  Thank You to Tom Dewar for the Amazing Music!


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Today on the show we will be talking about British Airways’ Brand New On Board Catering, The VoltAero Cassio electric-hybrid aircraft and the Cessna Sky Courier taking to the skies on their maiden flights and we will be sharing this week’s Weekly Aviation Shoutout Winner. Enjoy the podcast!

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In this episode, we are going to be talking about what is happening in the world right now and how Aviation is an unfair playing field. Enjoy the Podcast! Thanks to Tom Dewar for the Awesome Music!! Nominate your Weekly Aviation Shoutout https://theaviatorssouthaf.wixsite.com/theaviators/weekly-aviation-shoutout Become a member at https://theaviatorssouthaf.wixsite.com/theaviators/become-a-member


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In this episode we are going to be talking about airline ticket prices post COVID-19, British Airways A380 situation, South African airports open again and the final farewell to Delta’s MD-88s and MD-90s . Enjoy the podcast!


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In this episode, we are going to be talking about Emirates A380’s and Social Distancing, British Airways getting ready to start up again, a cargo secret that no one will ever know the answer to, airport news from the UK and a discussion about the KLM 747. Enjoy the podcast!

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In this episode we are going to be talking about the Pakistan International Airlines PK8303 crash in Karachi, How the Boeing Triple Seven came to be and with that we will throw in a mystery about Boeing which no one truly knows the answer to. Enjoy the podcast!


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In this episode we are going to be talking about the man who ate a Cessna 150, Air France retiring all of their A380's and how the Airbus A220 is changing the aviation industry during this challenging time. Enjoy the podcast!


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In this episode we are going to be talking about De Havilland launching additional Dash 8 Q400 freighter conversions, American Airlines flying 140+ widebody cargo flights, JetBlue’s New York Flyover for health workers and Lufthansa's new alternative jet fuel.


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Today we are going to tell the tale of the Queen of the skies, The Boeing 747 and The Super Jumbo, The Airbus A380. Throughout this episode we are going to be getting pilots' perspectives on the different planes before the two premature retirements mainly due to COVID-19. The messages will be played throughout the episode. Enjoy the Podcast!


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Last week on our Aviation Sunday episode we spoke about how Comair said that they will only be back in the air by November latest. As of 2 days ago Comair placed themselves in voluntary business rescue


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Today we will be talking about SA Express going into provisional liquidation, British Airways cutting 12,000 jobs, Airbus cancelling the E Fan X Project and when Comair will be back in the air. Enjoy the Podcast!


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Today on the show we will be talking about how the Aviation industry is assisting with the fight against COVID-19 in South Africa and around the World. Send in you voice notes https://anchor.fm/TheAviatorsSA/message


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Today on the podcast we will be talking about how Comair navigates strong headwinds; Ryanair’s take on in-flight social distancing, IATA passenger carbon emissions decrease more than 50 Percent and could the South African Government allow foreign Airlines to operate domestic flights in the country.


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On This Episode of the Aviators SA discussion South African Airways goes into LIQUIDATION and LAYS OFF ALL STAFF!


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Air Asia and Malaysian merger/ BA’s Bad week/South Africa and the COVID-19 Outbreak and A350 woes.


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SAA breking News!


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This week on the podcast.... SAA cabin crew found with drugs in Hong Kong, problems with the financial results of SAA and SA Express. We will also discuss project sunrise by Qantas could come to an end after pilot strike threats and my view along with our guest Thomas on the view of what happens after SAA mega merger if they go bust.


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Welcome to The Aviators SA. This week we will talk about Thomas Cook going bust, Comair Fleet,SAA pilot Strike and Update on SACAA. Happy Flying!!


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This is the first episode. It will cover the 737 Max 8 SACAA, SAA Mass Merger, Comair loss from SAA and The BALPA Strike.


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