AFRICA'S SMALLEST AIRLINE - QUIRKY MALAWI AIR 737 to Tanzania!

[@JoshCahill]

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[@Snugglebastad]

Hi Josh just to let you know the statue is not Nelson Mandela that is (OR) Oliver Reginald Tambo that is why they named it OR Tambo International Airport.

[@adekoyaoluwapelumi2345]

Please which app do you use for tracking your bags ?

[@sairamsaravanakumar3729]

U had to come to Lilongwe...

[@stef-1905]

@@adekoyaoluwapelumi2345 he’s using the AirTag

[@adekoyaoluwapelumi2345]

@@stef-1905 thanks so much

[@Konnichewaaa]

As a Malawian it's awesome of you to have done your research on the airline, the sight of the former Air Malawi livery put a tear to my eye 🥲 Appreciate you taking the time to fly with our airline however small. Ulendo wabwino 🇲🇼🇲🇼🇲🇼

[@GenevaYT]

bruh malawi sizinthuu man

[@Rotebuehl1]

An airline is just as big, or small as needed and sensible What would be the point in maintaining "a big company"? It would be a waste of resources

[@noormuhammedjooma5082]

Malawians are one of the most friendliest and accommodating people in Africa

[@sogximunia]

Yes we are! Thank you

[@hola7hola108]

That's true

[@CuriousConnoisseurs]

Drinking Black tea of that country for a century i always wondered how people are from there now i know it =)

[@tavita8699]

So impressed with Malawi Airlines Ethopian has surely influenced the success of this tiny airline. The food look tasty and plenty of it ofcourse the aircraft are dated but the service compensates for a well used cabin Such an interesting vlog Josh Thank you P.S.Josh as a heavy set disabled passenger your bathroom reviews are so important for me to judge if especially on longhaul flights that I can use the facilites so please continue the reviews 👍

[@kevincarlson4562]

I knew when he mentioned Ethiopian Airlines it'd be a positive review.EAL was one of the best airlines I've ever flown.And it's a prime example of that legendary African hospitality.

[@ellyoriko]

I am Kenyan working and living in Malawi. I frequently travel on this plane between Nairobi and Lilongwe. As someone who has experienced the life here and also someone who comes from around Lake Victoria, if Chambo is Tilapia, we also have a tilapia species in Lake Victoria that tastes much better. Chambo got some small small bones that might be dangerous if you’re not used to eating fish. Generally, Malawi is nice with very amazing and loving people. Cheers.

[@fxtsuunamii]

Hello bro I’d love to ask certain questions about Malawi. I plan on moving there soon. How can I contact you? IG? Email? WhatsApp ? Please drop a reply, thanks. 🤝

[@andrewmazunda2261]

That might be sanjika not chambo. Real chambo is not as dangerous as you have described

[@cyizarwanda5488]

I WILL MAKE MALAWI PROUD ONE DAY WITH A WORLD CLASS AIRLINE! MARK MY WORDS!

[@sandrathulambo508]

You go boy! (I'm assuming you're male) I'm here rooting for you. The future is bright!!

[@smarthought]

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DREAMING OF THAT SINCE KAMUZU WAS OUSTED!

[@GenevaYT]

tiyenii nazonii

[@Allegra11]

I was born in Malawi and it's a beautiful country with lovely people. It really is the warm heart of Africa ❤

[@GenkisTravels]

Interesting thought on the Airtags. I am now thinking of buying some after British Airways lost my luggage and had no clue where it was at.

[@marmalade0223]

having worked in the airline industry, there's so many things that could go wrong with finding your luggage. I'm getting one too. great idea. airlines really do try to track lost luggage, it was a part of my job with frontier in san diego. but what do you do when someone accidentally grabs the wrong bag - or does it on purpose?

[@reecevanpletsen975]

The unique airlines you fly is what brings us here, loving your African journey !

[@louisaugustexvi4515]

I’m half malawian 🇲🇼 love our small country and malawian airlines is so cool

[@aefepiense]

What a nice flight. I haven’t gone to Africa yet but I see it is a beautiful continent. And yes, the restroom review it’s important, so everyone can see how careful is the airline with that.

[@charlixo23]

Alright, I'm gonna admit it, I actually don't skip loo reviews, I find your videos so entertaining that I always watch the whole thing and never skip. Keep the loo reviews coming! 😂

[@DannyA3579]

It's interesting how the airlines (as far as crew, service, and airport staff) differ from place to place in Africa. Nice to see that the crew of Malawi are doing such a fine job.

[@mortenchristiansen3190]

Tak!

[@SunJetViking]

A loo review can also give an indication of an airlines overall cleanliness. If I saw a review of an airline with overall bad cleaned toilets I’d probably avoid that airline.

[@scotthagapac]

I think its a great indicator of Overall maintenance. If there is evidence they try to keep up to date, that's a great sign. Dated or signs of use in last day, not a problem. No deep clean for months, hmm.

[@scotthagapac]

Having good crew and service makes such a difference. I find I overlook small problems if there is a good crew that makes an effort! Just be friendly!

[@chiragmodha2042]

Thank you for an awesome video Josh, I’ve got family who are born/from Malawi and this is like another home. I’ve not been back since 98 and it’s great to see somewhere close to my heart being shown like this. You have a new subscriber in me. Thanks Josh

[@johnattersley2135]

Well done! It is nice to see, after your previous run of airlines in Africa, that Malawi Air can stand shoulder to shoulder with what many airlines in Europe and North America can offer - and I mean that of the best of them. Well done Malawi Air. Look forward to your next adventure.

[@tomm7511]

In the future I would love to see you do an airline tour of the pacific, there is a bunch of amazing and exotic airlines like Calin air, Air Vanuatu, Fiji airways, Nauru airlines and Solomon airlines (just to name a few) it would be very cool and all of them are pretty rare airlines (some more then others) and there’s a very limited amount of videos on each.

[@oceejekwam6829]

Malawi Airlines, well done after Josh's loo reviews in Nigeria it was a huge embarrassment (as I have roots there). At least some people in Africa are conducting themselves in a professional manner.

[@barbgeraghty2524]

Pleasant airline with a great service ethic. Used to fly in and out of Chileka with BOAC long ago. It was nostalgic seeing the terminal building there.

[@mariushenkel1668]

Wonderful that you flew this little jewel. I flew them once from Dar via Blantyre to Lilongwe and absolutely loved them. I really hope they acquire 1 or 2 widebodies, there are some opportunities to offer a direct flight to London and to India, maybe with a stoppover in Mozambique or Tanzania

[@rmd4209]

What an amazing video Josh, the Malawian landscape is awesome!! hopefully this airline can expand in the future.

[@zenge.simakoloyi546]

Correction: thats not Nelson Mandela thats Oliver R Tambo. Its is the man who the airport is named after. He was the president of the ANC in exile through most of apartheid whilst Mandela was in prison.

[@lucychimpukuso]

Love this video. As a Malawian, I love our flag bearer and always loved the on flight meals. Can't wait for our nations aviation future. 👏👏

[@GeoffSlack]

Loved the video and brings back great memories of my teenage years in Malawi, spent many hours on that viewing balcony at Chileka and flew on the old BAC 1-11 a few times. Malawian's excel with service, it's not called the 'Warm Heart of Africa' for nothing. As I understand the 747SP had a great backstory where it was leased from SA Airways for one journey for the then President, Dr H Kamuzu Banda's visit to the UK in 1985. It was repainted in Air Malawi colours (loved the logo back on the old Air Malawi) and flew to London via Schiphol and then back to Johannesburg, never ever touching Malawian soil, where the lease ended!

[@jasongarufi8187]

Another great review Josh, I take this is the first time you flew the entire fleet of an airline in one day!

[@JoshCahill]

I think it is haha - quite an accomplishment 😛

[@jasongarufi8187]

@@JoshCahill lol

[@abdulsattardossani6316]

Very nice

[@SusanS777]

Interesting video. Great to see them serving food not like our stingy European airlines. Love the loo reviews as they say so much about how an airline looks after its passengers

[@janellek21]

Malawi is one of the 5 poorest countries on earth. It's impressive that the country is able to operate a flagship carrier with such good and reliable service, even if it only has 2 aircraft.

[@1100BFK]

Well to be honest they have all the resources it’s just that life is upside down and it’s not our fault.

[@sebinamuwanga]

The Malawi airline aircraft bear the Echo Tango registration. They are on the Ethiopian civil register, and they are flown by an Ethiopian licensed crew. Ethiopian is doing a good job by extending a lifeline to a small African airline.

[@praisemakhubele3784]

That statue at the start of the video is not nelson Mandela but is O.R Tambo whom that airport is named after him. He was one of the founder of the big political party in Africa called ANC

[@simongray8019]

So good to see. I remember back in the late 70's Air Malawi were the last commercial operator of the Vickers VC10, used to see it at Gatwick very early in my career as it was being readied for it's trip back to Blantyre

[@blantyre60]

Quite interesting as one who was born in Blantyre many moons ago but who no longer lives in the country. Had many a flight in & out of Chileka Airport both during my youth & in my adult days too. Makes me nostalgic seeing this but noticed the very small terminal building at the airport now has a glass front upstairs in the viewing area which it never had before.

[@FLIrishmann]

I love your loo reviews, Josh! Nobody wants to use an airliner bathroom, but its good to know which carriers are safe to, if need be

[@mjt8199]

The pilot of the Dash-8 landed beautifully.

[@marmalade0223]

I think the bag tags that track your luggage is a fantastic idea! having worked for an airline and in an airport that wasn't diligent about making sure people grabbed the right bags, this would be a perfect solution. once I had a passenger that was flying in for a funeral, and they were doing a photo video of her mother who had died. all of her old photographs of her mother were in her luggage. she was hysterical, and rightly so. fortunately, the person that had grabbed her bag accidently, brought it back. with the tracker this would've been eliminated, and you wouldn't have to rely on the honesty of that person. in her case she got lucky. I'm getting one. did you post a link?

[@Anonymous-jp8pd]

I remember flying with Air Malawi in the 1980s. It was a prop plane and quite turbulent - there were a couple of stomach-in-your mouth moments. Good to see they're still going

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[@VerhoevenSimon]

That looked like a very nice flght, and I was surprised by the meals given the short flight time.

[@DrFanunu]

Wow! My country on the channel finally! Love you Josh!!! Please explore the country too

[@DIYsober]

That was cool how you interviewed a fellow passenger. He was really informed and well spoken. Please do that more often.

[@amarmanek9067]

Great review on Malawi Airlines Josh👍🏻 For a 2hrs flight and serving decent meal by them during this tough time was amazing👌🏻 Keep up the great work Malawi Airlines 💯 Hmm that guy who picked you looks familiar i have seen him somewhere in Dar🤣

[@cesar_onada]

It was very generous and kind of you to pick Josh up from the airport, Amar. I hope you do very well in life. All my best wishes.

[@flyingmonkeys9774]

You should have spent a few days in Malawi. Taking a swim in Lake Malawi with all the tropical fish and seeing some wildlife. Why fly to a country only to spend a few hours in an airport lounge. Go stay at a bush lodge and then do a review on that as well. Maybe that can become your new style of videos. Review aircraft AND accommodation :)

[@demian741]

I did the exact same 3 years ago! The second plane was delayed for 5 hours, I don't remember if they sent another one to replace it or if we just waited for the original one. Edit: I even tried the fish LMAO Edit 2: glad they upgraded the malawian airport, when I went the batrooms didn't even had running water.

[@NeilsCarsAviationTravel]

Loved the footage from JNB airport. As you know I love SA and I have really missed it the last 3 years.

[@wilecoyote5757]

Thanks!

[@zacktong8105]

I can just IMAGINE (never know what to expect on an African airline)! Apart from maintenance, crew training, and safety the food and seat covers aren't bad if frayed. You CAN'T BEAT THE HUMOR!

[@donalmccormaic8285]

In 1990 I flew Air Malawi from Harare to Blantyre in a BAC 1 11. They had pleated red fabric curtains on the windows that you could draw., pull across. So cute

[@turk223]

Excellent as always. LOVED the interview with you seatmate.

[@shelagh7850]

I love the loo reviews. All my favorite vloggers do them. Just ordered Air Tags for my next trip.

[@stephenhazeldene7719]

Thank you Josh, love your vlogs. To me the airtags are a great idea, especially for frequent flyers. Please, please, please keep the loo reviews 😃

[@Dodilafir]

Wow...Talapia is the same name used for that fish in Sri Lanka too...really surprised by that...thanks for the information from that Malawi gentleman...

[@guirig6194]

I flew a lot in the 80s and 90s. Before private screens and smartphones, you almost always spoke to your neighbour in any class. Maybe just a hello or very often you had fascinating conversations about why you're traveling, about the destination and anecdotes. Although flying is more comfortable now, I do miss chatting with people from such different backgrounds.

[@DaveGamesRoom]

Just love your flight review videos Josh, I booked for a 5 hours flight from Sydney to Perth Australia this October on a Jetstar A320 Flight for a 10 days trip very excited haven’t being travel almost 3 years because of the pandemic I used to travel very often. You should come to Australia again.

[@danielirorere9202]

Hey Josh, I just want to make a correction that The man greeting is Mr O.R Tambo and not Nelson Mandela … Thank you

[@jenskat1]

Nice video! Malawi Airlines is so small that I didn't even know it existed and I've been there! Flew SAA in and out of Lilongwe from Joburg. Oh, well. Next time. I love the luggage tag tracking! What a great advance. I've had my luggage go astray a few times over the years. Malawi was one of those time where I had to make do without a change of clothing for two days. Grrrr. Also, I think chambo is delicious.

[@wycliffeochieng2293]

Stop holding ur mic do something about that ..I love it videos ..but it's about time you look for another way to make ur audio ok without holding the mic

[@wycliffeochieng2293]

Love your videos

[@2point7182818284590]

Tiplaia fish also is known as a local food in the Philippines. I didn't know they just started farming it in the 1950's before seeing that interview with the local Malawian Avgeek sitting next to Josh on the plane.

[@kevinsmoother]

There's over 100 species of tilapia around the world. 2nd most popular fish in the US.

[@willem-henridenhartog1722]

A great review on a great airline. We flew with them last Thursday

[@mtsitsa]

Hahaha that is Oliver Reginald (OR) Tambo greeting arrivals in the airport terminal 😊

[@MattCook206]

Great video! Thanks for taking us along. Food and service looked great!

[@gen11january]

I actually do like the loo review. Not that I enjoy looking at pots, but your opinion of hygiene level comes useful. Although the level will varie from routes to routes, it does give an insight to how well the airline (and the crew) actually care about hygiene and maintaining of the aircraft.

[@godfreybanda1964]

Hi Josh l am glad you finally visited my country though it was a touch and go. Great to see you rating our airline. Thanks.

[@PaavoK]

Kiitos!

[@bazzag7068]

Josh the loo review is important to many who worry about convivence and like the full gambit review. Keep them coming those great airlines. Thanks

[@antoniomabuiangue4548]

Hi Josh! Glad to see you showing African Airlines to the world. Looking to a review of LAM my flagship company. Cheers from Mozambique

[@kumwendafrank]

New subscriber here ☝ first of all thanks for the good reviews of our flagship carrier after getting bad reviews recently I am glad Malawian airlines has upped it's game and can compete the European budget airlines.Josh Come back next time to swim in our lake and eat chambo

[@JoChadwick]

Great video of your Malawi airline trips, Josh, and lovely to meet your seat friend Mali, who was so passionate about aviation in Malawi.. thank you for sharing!

[@user-jwhf]

They used (as Air Malawi) to have a VC10 and and a BAC 1-11. Awesome VC10 (ex British Caledonian) but too expensive to operate and discontinued in 1979. Also a couple of HS748s and a Vickers Viscount which I recall seeing heading off from Blantyre to Harare on 3 engines for repairs. The VC10 did regular London Gatwick via Amsterdam and Nairobi to Blantyre. Also to the Seychelles and Jo’burg.

[@turk223]

As one of your Colombian Patreons, I would be glad to show you areound Medellín!

[@ExploreWithArkaa]

Tilapia is available in West Bengal, India also and it's around $2 per kg. It's a very tasty and sweet fish. Also very much versatile when it comes to cooking. You can cook it whole, cut and fillet.

[@A3Timo]

Ahh amazing to see this rather unique Airlines! Keep it up Josh! I really like your Videos!

[@denisamuna8029]

With the ex president of Tanzania, it is actually still a mystery- I lived in Tz in that time and they were actually saying he died of heart disease, as he was having a very bad heart disease. Although I also tend to believe it was covid. It was crazy right then, the cases of a "mysterious pneumonia/bad flu" were rising, oxygen was hard to find in hospital but people still would not believe in covid :) . Not far from where I was staying, they "transformed" an old hospital and they were taking there people with covid who also had other related health issues (especially pulmonary/diabetes/heart problems) and they were practically waiting for them to die, as they had no available treatment for them 😔.

[@alexandermutune6131]

The govt that the late president headed did not accept there was Covid at the time...so it was obvious that reason given as cause to his death was any other ailment other than Covid 19.

[@nissangtr4670]

You all know nothing about what's going on this country, its not your mistake by the way. That's all we can say

[@Tricia_K]

@@nissangtr4670 Then please, explain! (genuinely interested)

[@nissangtr4670]

@@Tricia_K sorry cant talk about it.

[@nissangtr4670]

@@Smfb123at A very genuinely short answer for his genuinely questions he asked and wanted to know about, he should not talk again on public the things he is not surely

[@davidrumbelow]

Use to be a tour guide before I retired. Here is a tip. If you book kalula airlines , you may be upgraded to British Airways if both planes are half full as both are run by the same company. On kalula airlines you have to pay for meals on BA your meals are included. You will be upgraded to BA from Kalula, never the other way around.

[@pierremaassen6704]

Hi Josh. I enjoy your flight reports very much. May I correct you on one part of the Malawi flight. At the start of the program, you point to a statue of Oliver R Tambo and say that Nelson Mandela is welcoming visitors. Not too important but I just thought I would mention it. Keep up the good work. You are a true professional. Best regards.

[@JoshCahill]

Thanks Pierre, I didn't know, I thought it was good old Nelson :)

[@Tricia_K]

@@JoshCahill Oops!😆

[@Mc11.11]

I find myself binge watching your videos - love them

[@atuwenisande499]

Good video again Josh. Love from Malawi

[@nayanvasavada2084]

Hi Josh namaste from Mumbai India,it's so good to see your videos related to airlines & Africa as Toto I being an airline sales professional I really appreciate the information the way you give and talk about the carrier...luv u bro brgds hoping to meet in near future tc

[@nurrizadjatmiko21]

6:25 - 6:31 those are 3 ex-South African Airways A340-600 in deep storage a.k.a may not coming back

[@wesleychingwalu4863]

How could I miss your visit to Malawi. I'm your follower and meeting you would be a thrill

[@bryanmarcellin2544]

Wow thats awesome absolutely gorgeous so much meal options on a two hour flight wow you don't get that service on no American carrier from New York to the eastern Caribbean great airline keep up the fantastic work malawi airlines

[@willowtree6657]

What a lovely man you had sitting with you - a true representative of his country - fantastic

[@sandrathulambo508]

Oh Blantyre my home!!! I haven't been home in 9 years and now I'm home sick. Can't wait to get back. Takulandilani ku Malawi Bambo Josh Cahill.

[@deangayle9433]

The ex-president of Tanzania The honourable John Magufuli did not pass away from COVID 19. He openly spoke about his death in a speech months before he passed away.

[@marinafrohlich7322]

It is nice to have the air tag because you can track your luggage.

[@MsRosiecat]

Actually I like the loo reviews for a couple of reasons. They can be very entertaining & funny. Then on a more serious note, they're actually quite useful for disabled travellers like myself. I'm not in a wheelchair thankfully but I still have mobility issues, so your loo reviews are actually very helpful at times. It gives me information I won't get from the airline. So I hope you don't stop them. Well you haven't so far as I tend to binge watched your videos. You know there's not many reviews done by or for disabled flyers 🤔...x

[@thaimaxcan]

We can compare your loo reviews with Noel Philips loo review. And it give us an idea of the cabin maintenance. Thanks

[@sippy_potato4373]

I've been there nice ride I love malawi

[@Percistratus]

Nice video. By the way, that statue at OR Tambo is Oliver Tambo, not Nelson Mandela

[@aaaaplay]

I just googled that 747SP and it was a South African Airways plane that was wet leased and repainted for 3 flights only. It was actually never in the country of Malawi. It was all for the prestige of having a 747 when visiting London.

[@airspotters3487]

Rember the Air Malawi VC10 flew into Gatwick in the 1970's

[@abdulsattardossani6316]

Loved your video 😍 best

[@Alex_BF]

Lovely review. And please, please keep going with loo reviews, we love it !

[@khumbokaunda]

Update; Malawi gov has procured 2 planes from China. Details are yet to emerge whether the planes will goto Malawian airlines. And 5 New airlines will launch in August. 😬 Overall Great review 🙌🏽 Proud they didn't pull an air peace on you 😂

[@raven1121]

i love your loo reviews because nothing spoils my vacation faster than a dirty loo , doesn't matter if the doors are gold and the bed is made of virgin goose fir, the loo is dirty i'm 1 starring fast asf

[@nancycowell-miller4321]

Some Loo Reviews are pretty amazing (on, like, Etihad), and some are pretty scary. I may be weird, but I enjoy them! Oh, and any airport that gets serviced by a John Deere tractor deserves a 👍in my book!

[@enochyadabut2850]

That fish called talapia is the best fish in my country Papua New Guinea too, not only in Malawi. Anyways it was an amazing flight. GO AIR Malawi 💪✈️

[@markwillies4330]

if your r in Dar-es-alam and your baggage is in Lagos u r in trouble. what were the 2 rivers shown during the bog review at 11-11.45 a lot easier flying to Malawi than in a 8 ton truck which takes 5 nights from Cape Town if all the border crossings go smoothly.

[@kathrynsargent5769]

Airtags are a great idea. I don’t know how you sat there and complimented the menu, while leaving most of your food uneaten. I liked that you interviewed your seat mate. Loo reviews matter to me; I’ve seen some dreadful loos that I wouldn’t want to have to visit!

[@jerryjohnston5592]

Hi Josh, the statue at JNB is not Nelson Mandela but of Oliver Tambo who the airport is named after.

[@macpherymasangano9068]

Thanks Josh...really interesting review.

[@libbyminchin3163]

I love the ‘loo reviews’. I like to know which airlines keep hygiene at the top of their priorities. Xx