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Cameroon Airlines Passenger Reviews and Cameroon Airlines Customer Trip Reports
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Cameroon
Airlines - by
Timotheus Souard
27 February 2005
My experience with Cameroon Airlines ("CamAir") is better than what is described
in the other quotes. I took CamAir in 2003 from Paris CDG to Yaounde and was
very happy about the state of the plane, the service and food. During the flight
over the Sahara desert, the captain was walking around in the cabin, answering
questions of the passengers. While on the plane, the atmosphere was very
relaxed, I didn't make good experiences at the airport of Yaounde but do not
know whether that was due to the customs officers, airport staff or CamAir. The
flight back also went smoothly but I have only made this one trip with CamAir
and maybe I was lucky not to have any delays or other annoyances.
Cameroon
Airlines - by
Peter Louw
20 February 2005
Needing to get from Northern Cameroon to the capital, Yaounde as quickly as
possible I had no choice but to fly Cameroon Airlines. All office staff very
freindly and helpful to the extent they refused to sell tickets because they
were sure flight would be cancelled. In the end after travelling 250 km on
potholed roads got on a B757 at Garoua and was able to purchase ticket about 30
mins before boarding. Security very difficult about paperwork but no actual
security checks beyond paperwork. Aircraft was modern, but unclean i.e. quite
smelly. No seat allocations and lots of hand luggage allowed. A very free and
easy airline to travel as minimal restrictions. The flight went to Chad first
and then to Douala instead of Yaounde - a 280 km difference. There was none of
the stress of a European flight in terms of tarmac waiting times and very
comfortable landing. Airport facilities at both ends are intolerable, lots of
questioning by staff about papers but most striking element was lack of security
and safety announcements. It could be worrying if you thought terrorists would
ever strike an airline in this backwater.
Cameroon
Airlines - by
Herve Blumenthal
17 September 2004
On several occasions I had my flight delayed by over...one day or cancelled.
Ground staff is OK if you speak to juniors but as soon as you get to any sort of
supervisor (which is quite difficult in itself) you get the rudest bunch of
people I have seen in 33 years of flying around the world. And my fellow
passengers should know that delays or cancellation will mean free nothing: no
meal, no hotel, zero. And this will not change in any foreseeable future
considering Cameroon Airlines has today less than half the number of planes for
their number of scheduled flights. Last but certainly not least, the in-flight
security is non existent. On my last flight from Douala to Brazzaville on a
Yugoslavian plane and crew operating for Cameroon Airlines, the captain smoked
during the refuelling at Kinshasa and when I mentioned that to the crew they
laughed. In conclusion even on African standards do not fly this airline
at any cost.
Cameroon
Airlines - by
Sibiry Traore
14 August 2004
I recently flew Cameroon Airlines from Bamako (Mali) to Douala (Cameroon).
Tickets had been purchased by a third party at restricted economy fare. Outbound
(UY707) flight was cancelled and we were put on another UY flight the following
night to Dakar, Abidjan and Lagos (with prior telephone warning). Our outbound
leg was therefore BKO-DKR-ABJ-LOS-DLA (about 24hr duration + initial 24h delay =
48h late arrival). The return flight (UY706) was delayed 24 hrs as well.
Aircraft was an old B727-200 leased from Yugoslav Airlines (incl. the crew),
although reasonably maintained. Outbound flight was packed and there were many
reasons for safety concerns (excess cabin luggage). Seats were old, food was
almost acceptable. Surprisingly, the ride on both legs was very smooth: very
gentle handling of the aircraft. Overall would recommend to avoid flying
Cameroon Airlines due to 1) age of aircraft, 2) recurrent (very long) delays and
cancellations, and 3) rather poor service. Still trying to understand why UY
remained half-alive for so long.
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