Inside Lift's new aircraft

[Jamie McKane]

Inside Lift's new aircraft

South Africa’s new domestic airline Lift has opened online bookings for flights for two routes - Johannesburg to Cape Town, and Johannesburg to George – which are set to start on 10 December.

Lift is a collaboration between Global Aviation, Kulula founder Gidon Novick, and ex-Uber executive Jonathan Ayache.

 

[qinglung]

Novic has provided MyBroadband with a sneak peek of what the inside of the new Lift planes will look like.

So... pretty much like any other aircraft

 

[Foxhound5366]

So... pretty much like any other aircraft

Airplane looks like airplane. You were expecting caviar-dispensing armrests?

 

[Scooby_Doo]

The wine tasting and coffee are a nice touch.

 

[Hamster]

Never been on an Airbus before...

 

[powermzii]

Only 3 planes is tight if there is a mechanical....

 

[Dirk J]

Inside Lift's new aircraft

South Africa’s new domestic airline Lift has opened online bookings for flights for two routes - Johannesburg to Cape Town, and Johannesburg to George – which are set to start on 10 December.

Lift is a collaboration between Global Aviation, Kulula founder Gidon Novick, and ex-Uber executive Jonathan Ayache.

Booked my flights to Cape Town January 2021. All excited!! Best wishes to Lift Airlines for many years of Lift off✈️

 

[HavocXphere]

Lift put a lot of focus on flexibility, which will allow travellers to easily change their flight dates without any penalties.

Love it personally. As a business strategy though - mega triple jikes. The thing that makes the razor thin margins in airline work is charging a premium during peak times - usually via live computer modelling. That's not happening if people can switch dates without penalties. Major airlines charge cost of fare difference plus a penalty for a reason.

Lift is a partnership between Global Aviation, Kulula founder Gidon Novick and former Uber executive Jonathan Ayache.

Uber huh? The Uber of surge pricing during peak times fame? Almost like charging a premium during peak times?

Anyway...I think they might be OK anyway despite of their strategy not because of it...thanks to SAA vaccum

 

[Captain Beer]

Ground breaking. That logo too.

 

[Mystic Twilight]

The flexible scheduling rules are probably limited up to a certain number of hours before departure, otherwise it's not that hard for a few rich trolls to sink the airline if they mass book and reschedule/cancel hours before departure. That wine tasting sounds nice but is probably gimmicky, used to entice passenger bookings and I doubt it will last long.

 

[rodga]

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Love it personally. As a business strategy though - mega triple jikes. The thing that makes the razor thin margins in airline work is charging a premium during peak times - usually via live computer modelling. That's not happening if people can switch dates without penalties. Major airlines charge cost of fare difference plus a penalty for a reason.


Uber huh? The Uber of surge pricing during peak times fame? Almost like charging a premium during peak times?

Anyway...I think they might be OK anyway despite of their strategy not because of it...thanks to SAA vaccum

Im sure you will still have to pay a fare difference if there is one, but no "change" fee - like other airlines charge

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Never been on an Airbus before...

same here,
but aren't Global Aviation almost like a leasing company that leases planes to Kulula and SAA sometimes?

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

I wonder if they will try copy an airline like scoot in Singapore
thats low cost travel done right.

Scoot - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[HumanShield]

Only 3 planes is tight if there is a mechanical....

Looks like they've got a total fleet of 7 A320's. They're all quite old aircraft, roughly about 31 years old.

 

[genetic]

Uber huh? The Uber of surge pricing during peak times fame? Almost like charging a premium during peak times?

Ever tried to book a flight during peak times? Prices are ridiculous - all airlines charge a premium during peak periods. Supply vs demand.

 

[powermzii]

Looks like they've got a total fleet of 7 A320's. They're all quite old aircraft, roughly about 31 years old.

Is it 7? Ok then i was misinformed - 7 is better and takes into account mechanicals and maintenance rotation, esp on the older frames

 

[HumanShield]

Is it 7? Ok then i was misinformed - 7 is better and takes into account mechanicals and maintenance rotation, esp on the older frames

3 Active and 4 in storage. It will definitely help with the rotation of aircraft when mechanical/technical issues do hit.

 

[F1 Fan]

Interesting, was expecting newer planes.

 

[HavocXphere]

Ever tried to book a flight during peak times? Prices are ridiculous - all airlines charge a premium during peak periods. Supply vs demand.

That's exactly my point. If they don't penalize date changes then you can just book it in off peak & move the flight into peak

Meaning either they get hammered financially or they'll need to backtrack on their claim...the claim they are pushing as their main value proposition

 

[HavocXphere]

Im sure you will still have to pay a fare difference if there is one, but no "change" fee - like other airlines charge

That makes it a fair less interesting proposition tbh but makes a lot more sense