Soaring Above the Rest

• Tuesday, 24 August 2010
• By Zoe Bruce
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An Airline with a sense of humour! Kulula Airlines is a low-cost South-African airline that refuses to take itself too seriously. The company has set the industry a-spark with their range of uniquely designed aircrafts. Plus, taking their brand even further, staff seem to reinforce this alternative attitude and opt to adopt their own standards for regular business practice. It has been reported that in-flight commentary is both unexpected and entertaining. Some nice examples of this feature below:

• On a Kulula flight, (there is no assigned seating, you just sit where you want) passengers were apparently having a hard time choosing, when a flight attendant announced, "People, people we're not picking out furniture here, find a seat and get in it!"  
• On another flight with a very "senior" flight attendant crew, the pilot said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached cruising altitude and will be turning down the cabin lights. This is for your comfort and to enhance the appearance of your flight attendants." 
• After a particularly rough landing during thunderstorms in the Karoo, a flight attendant on a flight announced, "Please take care when opening the overhead compartments because, after a landing like that, sure as hell everything has shifted."