The Uber of the air

A first of its kind in South Africa, Neo Aviation is a charter flight service that offers Canada Goose Coats On Sale canada goose outlet affordable flights to more than 150 airports in South Africa.

Founded by canada goose uk black friday Thokozani Miya in 2011, the charter company can fly up to four passengers anywhere, canada goose outlet store uk canada goose uk anytime, with no canada goose store laborious check ins or queues.

Miya said demand for this type of service is growing: started in February this canada goose outlet nyc year doing two hours of flight a month. We are now doing more than 40 hours without marketing just word of mouth.

Neo Air makes use of Cirrus aircraft that canada canada goose outlet goose outlet reviews have ultra canada goose black friday sale modern navigation systems. Picture: Grethe Kemp

“Our base is in Lanseria, canada goose outlet shop but we are getting a lot Canada Goose sale of requests in different provinces. We might have to Canada Goose Online look at opening bases in other provinces soon.

City Press tried out a flight to Zebula two weeks ago and we were impressed by the ease and convenience of it all.

Flyers wait in a VIP room at Lanseria airport and canada goose outlet parka the Cirrus is brought on to the runway.

You take your bags with you (no hassle to check in luggage or the inconvenience of lost bags) and hop into the plane, which canada goose canada goose canada goose coats outlet new york city features aircon and leather seats.

You put on a headset to block out some of the drone goose outlet canada of the aircraft it official canada goose outlet also looks really cool.

The Cirrus is much slicker than a Cesna and the flight is not as scary. There is less turbulence and the navigation systems are far more advanced.

We landed on the Zebula airstrip after checking there were no animals on the runway and then went for a light lunch at its restaurant.

We boarded the plane again and we were back at the airport within half an hour.

Miya said clients could customise canada goose outlet uk sale trips any way they wanted. If a client had several meetings to attend, the pilot would wait and take him or her to the next destination.

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Thokozani Miya, founder of Neo Aviation

Miya said his typical clients were businesspeople who wanted to be in different cities on the same day, attending meetings and making it back home on the same day.

Soweto born Thokozani Miya founded Neo Aviation and runs it with his business partner, Piet van Blerk. Picture: iStock

Clients include corporate businesspeople, who wanted to save costs. The plane carries three passengers for the price of one.

have done a lot of short distances to Newcastle, Polokwane, Thohoyandou and Durban, as well as longer distance flights to Botswana, Namibia and even Zimbabwe, he said.

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