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HARD DRIVE STOLEN OUT OF CHECK IN LUGGAGE
I am disgusted by the fact that my property was stolen right out of my locked luggage. I flew on the 02/05/16 from Johannesburg to Cape town on mango flight JE123 at 5:55 this morning. After landing and checking my luggage i found that my lock had been removed and my hard drive taken from the bag. To say that this is the worst experience i have had , is an understatement. I feel that as a passenger my right to a safe flight and to not have any items stolen from checked in luggage has been violated. For goodness sake my bag was locked and the lock was removed by one of your personal , is this what we as passengers can expect from your airports staff!!!! i am disgusted and request that this situation be rectified immediately or i will be taking this further.
re: complaint about immigration officials
Travelling through Oliver Tambo in December was a bitter experience. What is going on? on the 3rd December 18.00hrs.
We were a family of 5 travelling with friends who were connecting onto the BA to London . Our flight was delayed and we had 40 minutes to get through transit( why we need our passports stamped I will never understand) and collect our boarding passes from the ticket offices before proceeding to the security check. I ran to the front of the queue and received permission for the gentleman in front of the queue explaining my situation. He was most kind and let us go through - On arriving at the desk I was scorned and laughed at by a lady immigration official who told me to get to the back of the queue. Once again I showed her the ticket and explained our situation. She shouted and told us all to proceed to the back. I was determined to get some assistance and requested that she please assist us. A neighboring official abruptly got out of his cubicle aggressively stormed toward us and Screamed and shouted at us as if wee had committed a crime. He said - "GET TO THE BACK OF THE QUEUE - DONT THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU DO THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY YOU CAN DO THAT HERE!" I was completely stunned - An Australian lady in the queue and an elderly Nigerian gentleman called and asked us please to go in front of them as they too were embarrassed at the way this officer was treating us. If this is the welcome into South Africa as a transit point - i shudder to think what its like when you are entering - Surely it is common sense to have a fast track or lane for business class travellers or under an hour connection queue without having to beg and be humiliated. Disgusted.
Think about the passagers.
We have now been sitting on a plane at OR Tambo for 50min because of bad weather - which is definately not the airports fault. However, when we are told that we are nr 13 in line to take off (after 50min), my question is "Why did you not give the flight a delayed status and leave us in the airport building where we would at least be comfortable and could get something to eat". Your conveniance when it comes to staying on schedule should not be put above your customers wellbeing. Sitting on a plane for an extra hour - means the Cape Town flight is now 3 hours long!!!!!!
Employment
Looking for aircraft maintenance post.I have 9 years experience as an aircraft technician, please call me on 0722610978 or email nlambane@yahoo.com. name is Larry
flight information
When the status of a flight is "landed / delayed", what does it mean?
Airport Announcements
I am the airport from 5pm (my flight is at 7) .... Just need to mention how totally embarrassing it is to be a South African as the announcements being made are in very bad accents - unclear, and one can barely hear what is being said. In addition the announcer either shouts over the PA system or two announcements are made simultaneously. I can barely understand what is being said & doubt whether any foreigners will be able to understand.
Employement
My name is Chantelle Engelbrecht, I am 21 years old, and my dream has always been to work in the aviation field! I have a great interest in ANY employment offered at Wonderboom Airport, and then work myself up from there. You are welcome to contact me : 082 495 2592 or aengelbrecht@rocketmail.com Thank you ;-)
delayed flights
I see the Arrival time and DELAYED is shown but NO aprox time of Delays????
Training and development
Hi
Im Zanele Carol Mabena a 26 year female looking for a job in the training and development department, please feel free to contact me on 0785310399 if there's any vacancy available, looking forward to hearing from you .
Book in
How long before the time does one have to be at the airport for an international flight?
FABB Correction
Nice quiet airfield. Takeoff to SSE advised and landing to NNW advised where possible due to residential area to North of airfield with no suitable emergency landing areas. Avgas available.
FABB
Nice quiet airfield. Takeoff to SSW advised and landing to NNW advised where possible due to residential area to North of airfield with no suitable emergency landing areas. Avgas available.
Waiting at OR Tambo Airport
I am travelling from Cape Town to JHB and have to wait quite a long time for my flight to Malawi, is there a facility at the airport where I can wait for a few hours?
tracking down someone
hi, is it possible to track down someone I was sitting next to?
Website is useless
What is the point of simply listing all the flights coming in without providing any search facilities. I am trying to find out if there is a flight coming in from the DRC today and I have to scroll through endless lists. Surely it would be very simple to add a few search criteria such as departure airport, local or international, airline etc.
People behavior towards airport peronal
Who it may concern
I was at OR Tambo airport for a flight to Maputo and what catching my eye is how the airport personal has to deal with everyday nonsense of passengers, passengers get angry with airport personal because the idiots don’t lessen when their names are called because they delaying the aircraft or they don’t read there information on their boarding pass nor there tickets.
From that I board my ticket all the necessary information is on there were to go, how mush bags are allowed and even their weight is specified.
We was in line for a flight to Maputo the other day and as usual the airport was very busy, I’ve standing there and watch people’s behavior and lessening to remarks what people have to say towards airport personal is hard to believe. Just before our boarding time our company called and inform us not to board because of something out of there control.
Our luggage was already checked in and now to get it back was what’s amassing me how well the airport personal behaved and responded when inform them that we are not boarding were to go and claim our luggage back… very quick and friendly. While collecting our luggage a very angry passenger also comes to collect her bags and stated that she were treated unfair… this is totally nonsense. I was there and hear the airport personal calling her numerous times because she was delaying the flight… good luck to you women and with some wake up pills you probably catch your flight next time. My feel really goes out to the airport personal for what they have to deal with every day.
Sincerely Yours
Thank You
Hi. This site was really helpful. Thank you so much for providing this info.
Panorama Airfield
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help
My son whom is in Grade 11 has a school assisgnment which needs to be completed during the upcoming school holidays. The assisgnment is to find work in his envisioned career path and enter the career environment in a "hands on" situation for one week, so that he can gain insight into the realities and demands of the world in work. His dream is to be a pilot when he finishes school.
The employer would not need to renumerate him, but will be required to provide the school with a written report regarding his behaviour and progress.
Could you please assist him with a position which will be invaluable to me child in preparing him for his future.
Please contact me on 0799335995 or on email naomi.campbell@fnb.co.za.
Thanking you sincerely,
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Could you please assist him
Ladies Toilets
There was a cleaner at the ladies toilet who was simply waiting for weary passengers and was insisting we pay her some cash for cleaning the toilets.
I did not see any notice to that effect. I have traveled several times in and out of OR Tambo Airport but never experienced this demand.
What next ? do we have to pay for a toilet roll before entering the toilet ?
FLIGHT OPERATIONS/CABIN CREW MEMBER
Good day
My name is Charmaine.
I am looking for a job in Flight Operations, Hostess or any aviation related job. Please contact me and I will send my CV.
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flight times
May I make a suggestion. Please use 24 hour time reference. If only for one reason: there are 24 hours in a day and not 2 x 12 hours. I am looking at your arrival times for today for instance. You refer to flights landing at 12.55 pm and the next flight after that is 1.00pm which goes to prove that you are even confused yourselves! after 12h00 should be 13h00, 14h00 etc because there is no way that anyone can be confused by this. Do you even know what pm and am stands for? it is latin and I am sure that not one of you can speak this language. Most Italians can not even speak it. Lastly, there is a very good reason why armies world wide use 24 hours a day time reference.
Delay in MN 460
Any reason for the delay in flight MN 460? Coz kulula is not saying anything? Wtfs
Flight Status
Your website is abseluetly useless. but then should i be amazed i guess not???
Ask your PR team to give custemors the link to flightstats dot com at least that works.
Thanks
Petit Airfield
Runways 03 and 21, grass, 1000 m long
132 MHz and circuits to east of runway
Runway Surface
Very nicely tarred runway with turning circles at both thresholds.
Circuits
All circuits to be done to the NORTH of the field.
RWY11 - LEFT hand circuits.
RWY29 - RIGHT hand circuits.
Runway Usage
The runway is only 30ft/10m wide. When the grass is long around the runway, huge boulders are hidden. This runway is for the use of Sunset Shores residents.
***ONLY USE THIS RUNWAY IF YOU HAS CONFIDENT WITH SHORT, NARROW FIELD OPERATIONS***
Runway Surface
The last 820ft/250m of runway 06 is concrete. Therefore, the first 820ft/250m of runway 24 is concrete.
There is also a turning circle at the threshold of 24
Flight status
Please tell me why Kulula flights are not listed on the flight status page.
Flight information on this site
On Thursday morning, before the huge storm struck in mid afternoon, I looked at International Arrivals to see what the scheduled time for the afternoon SAA flight from Lilongwe was noted as. It said 3.30pm and LANDED. All day it said LANDED, which was very inaccurate. It was diverted to Durban at 3.30 as the pilot could not land the aircraft! The passengers eventually landed back in Johannesburg at 8pm.....I was too busy driving back to the Sandton Gautrain pick up point to be able to check to see if the site had been updated. If it had said DIVERTED at 4pm I would have saved myself a nightmare trip to Sandton and back.
Announcements
The announcements at the airport drive me crazy. The terrible use of their voices, the pitch of the voice, the pronouncements and the tone is absolutely terrible. I just can't understand why you don't coach your announcers properly. This is a world-class airport, except for the terrible annoucements. It seems as if they really don't care what they sounds like and if they have no proud of who they are or who they represent. Kindly note that I have made a sound rcording of this unslaught on our ears and will definitely bring it to the attention of whoever wants to hear it.
Delay at lanseria
This website info is so wrong. Useless as we have a huge delay and inform site is "as scheduled"
What a joke!
work
Hey my name is Steve have 25 years in Navaids and landing systems please let me know if u have any open jobs at your airport can do training aswell my number is 0741506818
Information
Good day this is Mpho, i just need to know that do you allow site visits. I would like to bring my kids to view the airport because it is nearer to were we stay. what are the requirements? is there any specific date to come and visit?
I hope you will find this in order. hope to hear from you.
Kind regards
Registration of airfield
FASY is no longer the correct ICAO designator for the airfield as it is no longer a registered airfield.
the Airfield is now correctly known as Baragwanath Airfield, and is located on the farm Syferfontein.
Th Johannesburg Light Plane Club is based at this airfield and provides substantial facilities for both club members and visiting aviators.
There is an Aerobatic box FAD184 to the south and west of the airfield vertical limits From Ground to FL 90, and all circuits should be flown on the northern side of the field, Right Hand for runway 31 and Left Hand for Runway 13.
the airfield is situated inside the Johannesburg flight Training area FAD182. the Frequency for the Johannesburg GF Area is 122.35.
Looking for a job at Wonderboom Airport
Hi, my name is Charmaine. I am looking for a job in Flight Operations, Hostess or any aviation related job. Please contact me and I will send my CV.
Charmaine Smith 079 690 7165/084 627 8425
Qualified Aircraft Mechanic
Qualified Aircraft Mechanic (Red Seal) with more than 15years experience. For CV & Papers, please contact 072 946 5238.
Flight Status
The flight status are outdated. Delays for more than an hour does not show.
Why have a website to check flight status if it is not updated with any changes.
thanks
Excellent web site, saved me many hours waiting at the airport!
re: FAOR is now the designator for the largest airport in So
Reply to @ptomblin: Not an answer to your question but some 'trivia' - On Lufthansa's Airbus 380 between Or Tambo and Frankfurt they consistently show the departure airport (Johannesburg) as Olifants River Bridge on their in flight maps !!!
King Air 200
Hi guys,
Can anyone tell me the length of the runway, and if a King Air 200 could land and depart from here. FABA.
Thanks
Simon
re: FAOR is now the designator for the largest airport in So
Reply to @Pivot: I believe in that case that David (the owner of this site) has been assigning arbitrary ids to airports that don't have an official designator.
re: FAOR is now the designator for the largest airport in So
Reply to @ptomblin:
I wrote the senior manager for aerodromes and facilities in South Africa and he says "Olifants is not a licensed aerodrome therefore I cannot confirm their locator". So there is no ICAO ident for this airport. Now what?
Apprentice
Im Daniel Phatshwane 24 years of age,I studied aircraft maintenance.I have lot of interest in this field engineering.Contact 079 554 2102,it would be an honour to work in this field or get an apprentice.
re: FAOR is now the designator for the largest airport in So
Reply to @ptomblin: From what I've been told Olifants never had an ICAO ident. FAOR was used for a now decommissioned airport. So I don't know what we can now use for Olifants.
re: FAOR is now the designator for the largest airport in So
Reply to @Pivot: Do you have a new ICAO id for this airport?
Job
Goodday
My name is Cecilia de Bruyn, I'm 54 years, I'm currently unemployed, looking urgent for a job at Wonderboom Airport. Have a lot of experience, admin and customers, hardworking,quick learner, please any office job, I like to do,or receptionist???? contact no 0829556908
10 people and still nothing!?
🔗 Wed, 04 May 2016
— Anonymous Flyer at O.R. Tambo International Airport, South Africa
Our boarding has been delayed by over 20 minites. Sa1017 to bloemfontein at gate e8.
NO ONE knows whats going on,no one can tell us when we will be boarding - theres a foreign guy here that said he does not respect the way the staff spoke to him and that took 10 people to sort out.
Useless
Ridiculous
Embarrassing
Pathetic
Waste and joke of a service
I can literally swear right now at the incompetence of these people!!!