South African Airways (ZS-SXF) returns to Perth Airport on April 29, 2024.

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South African Airways (ZS-SXF) Airbus A340-313 arrives on the first flight from Johannesburg since April 29, 2020, [exactly 4 years ago] 🤯.
This aircraft first flew on February 5, 2005 and was delivered to SAA on March 18, 2005.
On June 6, 2005 it was leased to Indian airline, Jet Airways (VT-JWC).
On July 10, 2007 it returned to SAA.
Between June 19, 2020 and February 16, 2022 it was stored at O. R. Tambo International Airport (FAOR) in Johannesburg.
It was returned to service on February 16, 2022 and it is the only A340 left in the SAA fleet.
#sivideoaviation #southafricanairlines #a340

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  • @barriedouglas7272
    @barriedouglas72722 ай бұрын

    Just great to see the A340s back in Perth, brilliant.

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes.

  • @mickeysmiths

    @mickeysmiths

    2 ай бұрын

    It is. Will have to get to the airport especially to see one come in, or North Beach to see one go overhead ✈

  • @mickeysmiths

    @mickeysmiths

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@sivideoaviation What time of day is it due in (obviously daylight sometime)?

  • @mickeysmiths

    @mickeysmiths

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@sivideoaviation I've just subscribed 👍 Please consider repaying the favour.. lol. Are you at the airport often?

  • @mickeysmiths

    @mickeysmiths

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@sivideoaviation Just read the description. This is the sole A340 in the SAA fleet.. very interesting. A very good model, & with no hull losses 👍

  • @flyo2544
    @flyo25442 ай бұрын

    How wonderful to welcome SAA back to Perth! I wasn't sure the airline would ever come back.

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah me too.

  • @isaacblumenfeld9779
    @isaacblumenfeld97792 ай бұрын

    Amazing video! So glad to see SAA back at Perth! Been waiting a while for the relaunch of this route!! Great capture.

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes.

  • @jacquesleroux5069

    @jacquesleroux5069

    2 ай бұрын

    Enjoy it while it lasts

  • @mikes8928
    @mikes89282 ай бұрын

    Very impressive coordination for you to get that car beeping excitedly at @3:43

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    2 ай бұрын

    😆

  • @PLANEMANIA747
    @PLANEMANIA7472 ай бұрын

    Nice capturing of A340 🤩

  • @richardshiggins704
    @richardshiggins7042 ай бұрын

    Beautiful touch down .

  • @YPPHAviation
    @YPPHAviation2 ай бұрын

    Nice work, great to see scheduled A340 flights into Perth.

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes.

  • @786-Shan
    @786-Shan2 ай бұрын

    Welcome back to Australia

  • @epicmotionpics
    @epicmotionpics2 ай бұрын

    Simon glad you caught it, sorry for the confusion with dates. Awesome shot !

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    2 ай бұрын

    This arrival had so many alleged times and dates and even phantom listings on FR and FA. 😵

  • @epicmotionpics

    @epicmotionpics

    2 ай бұрын

    @@sivideoaviation I know, I thought that the Perth Airport Article would be the most reliable, turns out no.

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    2 ай бұрын

    😆

  • @mickeysmiths
    @mickeysmiths2 ай бұрын

    Nice 👍 Very nice and good

  • @Owowies_Aviation
    @Owowies_Aviation2 ай бұрын

    I saw this over my school and didn’t realise they were back so I was so confused 😂

  • @LostXotic6217
    @LostXotic62172 ай бұрын

    I saw the same plane on Flightradar24

  • @simmy8701
    @simmy8701Ай бұрын

    This looks like the free state somewhere

  • @bhekisizwemthethwa341
    @bhekisizwemthethwa341Ай бұрын

    Piloted by two Black Pilots...Captain was Vusi Khumalo...he is the one that landed this beast!

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks for the information.

  • @nikolauswolff5791
    @nikolauswolff57912 ай бұрын

    There is no A 330-300 from SAA flying this route. No matter if there is ETOPS or not.

  • @springbok86
    @springbok862 ай бұрын

    How long did the Qantas a330 fly this route for? A year or so?

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    2 ай бұрын

    A few months. Alan Joyce manufactured a dispute over biosecurity with Perth Airport and pulled the route. 👶

  • @Flightradar24DotCom
    @Flightradar24DotCom2 ай бұрын

    Hi! Would you be interested in sharing some of these clips for use in our video about the inaugural? Can offer FR24 goodies and credit/tags in return.

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    2 ай бұрын

    OK, my email is in my details tab.

  • @boston2974
    @boston29742 ай бұрын

    How can an airline like SAA survive with just 3 longhaul aircraft 2xA330 and 1xA340?

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    2 ай бұрын

    www.flightglobal.com/airlines/saa-rebuilds-intercontinental-network-with-perth-resumption/158012.article aviationweek.com/air-transport/airlines-lessors/saa-rebounds-adding-eight-aircraft-nine-new-destinations

  • @Dylan21
    @Dylan212 ай бұрын

    it's good to see an A340 in Australia. Even if it's an ugly -300 version.

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    2 ай бұрын

    Those hard working hair dryers are growing on me. 😆 Pity they got rid of the 600s, they probably really suck the juice tho.

  • @JacksAviation1
    @JacksAviation12 ай бұрын

    Imagine if an airline with 747s come

  • @richardshiggins704

    @richardshiggins704

    2 ай бұрын

    Korean perhaps .

  • @JacksAviation1

    @JacksAviation1

    2 ай бұрын

    @@richardshiggins704 yeah, or Lufthansa but idk. A silk way west 747 randomly came to perth once

  • @KwAviation
    @KwAviation2 ай бұрын

    perth atc are just staright up amazing people welcome back to perth 🤩

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    2 ай бұрын

    They are 😉

  • @MrAvgeek320
    @MrAvgeek3202 ай бұрын

    I was going to skip school yesterday but I didn’t Because I come from Pinjarra and when I get back to Mandurah station I’d have to wait an hour for the bus

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    2 ай бұрын

    It's coming in 3 days a week so you'll get it sometime soon.

  • @MrAvgeek320

    @MrAvgeek320

    2 ай бұрын

    @@sivideoaviation yeah hopefully if I go to the airport on one of those three days on the school holidays I’ll be able to see it

  • @Owen_Aviation24
    @Owen_Aviation242 ай бұрын

    I saw that near 1 40 pm or something

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    2 ай бұрын

    1240*

  • @5911aviation
    @5911aviation2 ай бұрын

    will it keep coming because I need to get it.

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes, 3 days a week.

  • @jurgenkuhne9549
    @jurgenkuhne95492 ай бұрын

    Go Springbok❤

  • @AidanAviation
    @AidanAviation2 ай бұрын

    I was tracking it when it was landing, i couldnt go to the airport because i was at school

  • @kevindc4961
    @kevindc49612 ай бұрын

    It should be flying into Melbourne instead of Perth. Melb will be the biggest city in Aust. Bigger market on the East Coast of Aust. will guarantee the success of SAA

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah well it ain't. South African Airways has been flying to Perth for 67 years. We have superior weather 🤪

  • @dcau1

    @dcau1

    2 ай бұрын

    Perth makes more sense given how many South Africans live there. You can always connect in Perth to the east coast.

  • @kevindc4961

    @kevindc4961

    2 ай бұрын

    @@dcau1 I've flown that sector Mel/Per/Cpt at least a 100 times, it's a nightmare. I now choose Qatar via Doha. SAA needs 90% full flights, Perth population to small and SAA will collapse again. East coast people will use SQ or Qatar etc So enjoy the ride Perth people before SAA collapses again and you will be forced to fly via Singapore.

  • @sivideoaviation

    @sivideoaviation

    2 ай бұрын

    We're doomed 💀🤦‍♂️🥴

  • @rod_at_adelaide5766
    @rod_at_adelaide57662 ай бұрын

    Nice to watch but I wouldn't fly with them, I value safety too much.

  • @Helgardt6189

    @Helgardt6189

    2 ай бұрын

    Whats’s wrong with SAA’s safety ? They have a very good tracking record.

  • @rod_at_adelaide5766

    @rod_at_adelaide5766

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Helgardt6189 They had some very dodgy things happening during the Apartheid era when there were sanctions on South Africa. Including carrying weapons and munitions on passenger flights. I worked as a pilot for SAA at this time. There were a lot of unexplained “missing“ documents regarding the cargo carried (manifests and bills of lading), as well as missing recordings between the flight and the airline’s long distance communications platform, ZUR. Duty personnel both in Johannesburg and Taipei were either promoted to posts well beyond their skills levels or, on leaving SAA, awarded lucrative government contracts. Something very fishy went on that evening, not a doubt. I lost good friends on that flight, I knew and had flown with all the flight deck crew, and many of the cabin crew. They went broke and have now reappeared even though the SA Government is still the same regime and still economically challenged. I wouldn't like to fly a national airline of a country that is challenged as they are. Flying planes that are really getting towards their use by date because they can't afford newer ones. It's just my opinion and I do have the right to have an opinion as you do. Why would you want to fly with them when there are so many other premium airlines available. Feel free to book a flight with them for yourself and your family, but the Indian Ocean is a very wide open space with not too many alternative runways out there Reply

  • @lastmanstanding9389

    @lastmanstanding9389

    2 ай бұрын

    What a dumb thing to say considering all the scary incidents Qantas has had.

  • @remueltaran671

    @remueltaran671

    2 ай бұрын

    Dumb 😂, After that 1987 SAA 747 onboard fire, SAA never involved in fatal crash since then,

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