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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 1:24 pm
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johan rebel
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Originally Posted by wideman
Anyone with experience with or informatio about this lounge?
Yep, plenty.

I use Federal Air regularly on their "scheduled charters" to and from game lodges in the Lowveld. Federal Air operates from the northeastern side of JNB, where all the charter companies are based. It is diagonally across the runways from the International Terminal, but to get there you need to leave the airport and drive the long way around, takes about 20-30 minutes depending on traffic. The one negative thing I have to say about Federal Air is that their meet and greet service is not very efficient. Arriving off an international flight I have had to look all over for them, and sometimes wait for an hour or more until they finally showed up. It is a good idea to have their phone number handy and give them a call at the earliest opportunity upon arrival at JNB, to make sure they will pick you up at the appointed place and time.

The lounge-cum-ticket office-cum-departure hall-cum arrival hall is itself is nothing special, but nice enough. There is a bar (with a barman) with a reasonable selection of snacks, indoor and outdoor seating areas, toilets and I believe a shower as well, although I have never checked that.

I shall be pleased to answer any other questions you may have about Federal Air, such as how much fun it is to fly in their Cessna Caravans through thunder and hail storms.

Johan
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