Lift starts flying today

[RandomGeek]

Using the oldest A320s still flying. Their first A320 is registered as ZS-GAO, a 31.4-year-old aircraft. Global Aviation South Africa operates 7 x of the oldest A320s in the world. ZS-GAO, GAL, GAR, GAS, GAZ, GAW, GAP.

Enjoy your flight!

Hmmm, old A320 vs new 737 Max...i would choose the A320 thank you!

 

[ilikepi]

Hmmm, old A320 vs new 737 Max...i would choose the A320 thank you!

Also a fair point.....and then we have....

Space X Test

Looks like we all just need to stay at home if we don't want to die...yay 2020

 

[cr@zydude]

ngl, I honestly thought it was Lyft that were now offering those mini helicopter drone taxi flights.


That means literally nothing. You realise planes are maintained and go through constant recertification and retrofitting throughout their lifetime.


As long as proper maintenance has been done, there's literally no issue with how old the plane is.

Old properly maintained planes are safe, but burn more fuel per seat per km. This can really hurt domestic low cost carriers.

 

[boboudts]

Judging by the Vidá coffee and wine tasting I can only think their target market is hipsters or socialite business people. The former probably don't have any money to fly, so the latter is most likely, and business people tend to chop and change their flights quite a lot as meetings get shifted around or run over time etc.

Why business people would want to fly to George though I have no idea.

Don't be so rude...Do you even know where George is, sunshine?...phht

 

[markings]

These uniforms do not look very professional.

 

[Vorastra]

Old properly maintained planes are safe, but burn more fuel per seat per km. This can really hurt domestic low cost carriers.

Do we know what powerplants they're using? I'd assume they would be using newer, more efficient IAE 2500 variants, or maybe newer CFM56's instead of the original.

 

[yebocan]

was like wtf...flying lifts? ....leaves disappointed

 

[cr@zydude]

Do we know what powerplants they're using? I'd assume they would be using newer, more efficient IAE 2500 variants, or maybe newer CFM56's instead of the original.

That's over my head. I just know that in general newer planes (due to newer engines) burn less fuel. Due to the thin margins, low cost carriers often have some of the newest fleets to cut fuel costs.

 

[JustJack]

Using the oldest A320s still flying. Their first A320 is registered as ZS-GAO, a 31.4-year-old aircraft. Global Aviation South Africa operates 7 x of the oldest A320s in the world. ZS-GAO, GAL, GAR, GAS, GAZ, GAW, GAP.

Enjoy your flight!

Mango, Kulula, Comair etc. often leases Global's planes if something is up with their's. I have often - 3 or 4 times -boarded a Mango flight on one of those non-marked white 320's. Nothing at all wrong with them

 

[Arthur]

As an aside, JNB-GRJ is a very busy route and flights are often full and oversubscribed. Rand per mile ticket prices are also higher than JNB-CPT. Makes business sense, from an airline's viewpoint.

 

[dualmeister]

Johannesburg to George

Let's start by flying to a hotspot

 

[TangoSA]

Using the oldest A320s still flying. Their first A320 is registered as ZS-GAO, a 31.4-year-old aircraft. Global Aviation South Africa operates 7 x of the oldest A320s in the world. ZS-GAO, GAL, GAR, GAS, GAZ, GAW, GAP.

Enjoy your flight!

ZS-GAP is no longer active, being parted out at JNB.

 

[TangoSA]

Do we know what powerplants they're using? I'd assume they would be using newer, more efficient IAE 2500 variants, or maybe newer CFM56's instead of the original.

IAE V2500 on these A320's.

 

[genetic]

That is mostly my concern tbh, the proper maintenance part....

Rubbish.

They cannot cut on maintenance. The airline industry is HEAVILY regulated.

Maintenance is not an option. It's a requirement to be able to operate.

 

[Vorastra]

IAE V2500 on these A320's.

Maybe you can go into further detail.
Do you know which variant?
The IAE site shows 3 variants. V2500-A1, V2527-A5, and V2527E-A5 for A320 application.
Surely the Lift/Global Aviation fleet are not still using ye olde original 1988-cert A1's?

 

[TangoSA]

Maybe you can go into further detail.
Do you know which variant?
The IAE site shows 3 variants. V2500-A1, V2527-A5, and V2527E-A5 for A320 application.
Surely the Lift/Global Aviation fleet are not still using ye olde original 1988-cert A1's?

These A320's are 1989 vintage, so I'm not sure if they've had the engines upgraded to a newer spec? I would think they've been upgraded to the A5 variant at a minimum with a software update to the FMS in the A320 itself. But with oil (Brent Crude) at $50 odd a barrel, it's still economical to operate these irrespective.

 

[ilikepi]

Rubbish.

They cannot cut on maintenance. The airline industry is HEAVILY regulated.

Maintenance is not an option. It's a requirement to be able to operate.

You know what else is heavily regulated? Power utilities.....Weapons Manufacturers.....Arms Deals.....Municipal Spending......