Kulula is a low-cost South African airline, with it’s head office in Johannesburg, that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s a real shame that Kulula doesn’t fly internationally, they deserve some support if only for their humour, very typically South African (never met a South African I didn’t like). There’s another page of Kulula Tannoy Announcements.

Flying 101 – Captions

Kulula are probably most well known for their amazing plane paint job that featured information on what various parts of the plane were called.

• aircon ducts = not that kulula needs it… they’re already cool.
• avionics = fancy navigation stuff.
• a.p.u. = extra power when you need it most.
• back door = no bribery/corruption here.
• black box = which is actually orange.
• boot space
• cockpit window = sun roof; co-captain and big cheese.
• first class windows = throne zone (more leg room baby!)
• engine #1 and #2 = 26 000 pounds of thrust.
• front door = our door is always open … unless we’re at 41 000 feet.
• fuel tanks = the go-go juice.
• galley (front of plane) = cuppa anyone?.
• galley = food, food, food, food….
• landing gear = comes standard with supa-fly mags.
• loo = or mile-high club initiation chamber.
• nose cone = radar, antenna, and a really big dish inside.
• rudder = the steering thingy.
• seats = better than taxi seats.
• stabiliser = the other steering thingy.
• some windows = kulula fans = the coolest peeps in the world.
• tail = featuring an awesome logo.
• windows = best view in the world.
• wing #1 and #2
• plane’s registration = ZS-ZWP – OK-PIK. = secret agent code