British Airways Nelspruit - Johannesburg flight

(since 11 Feb 2012 BA suspended their Nelspruit - Johannesburg flights)

I wasn't originally going to write about this flight, but I thought it was so sweet of Kulula to send me an email reminder( even including the weather prediction at my destination), that I thought I'd put pen to paper and give them kudos (we'd booked through the Kulula website, but Kulula doesn't actually have a presence in Nelspruit, it's run by its sister brand - Comair British Airways). As you can see in the photo, you don't have to walk far at Kruger Airport, the BA Boeing parks literally on your doorstep!

Check-in queue was non-existent. There's an interesting check-in area at the Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport - all the airlines are bunched together in one area - BA, Airlink and Fedair - I hope they're mates and party a lot together.

The flight was piloted by Lyndsay (didnt' catch her surname) and there's not much to write about - a flight without incident is a good thing! Here's a video of her take-off from Kruger Airport:

And her landing at O.R. Tambo International Airport:

Once again, it felt fantastic to have so much leg space (in economy class) - my observation is that British Airways economy class offers the most seat space out of all airlines in South Africa.

Here's what Kulula had to say

First a classic bit of Kulula humour in the form of a funny picture.

Once we landed in Johannesburg, I snapped this shot of our BA plane parked at O.R. Tambo:

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