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Air Memphis by J Davis
15 February 2008 Customer Rating : 
We'd never heard of this airline before, having booked the short excursion from Aswan to Abu Simbel
in Egypt via our UK travel agents Kuoni. Significantly, Kuoni had no information to give us about
the flight before we left London. We soon discovered why they were so reticent as we crossed the
tarmac (by then too late to call the trip off), and saw an ageing ex-NorthWest Airlines DC9 waiting
for us. It was like climbing on board a museum piece - the jet was nearly 30 years old! I checked
the 'boiler-plate' on the inside of the forward door, the date read 29th January 1979. Service on
board was perfunctory, the safety briefing one of the shortest on record (they didn't bother on the
way back). It was only a 30 minute flight but we only got a carton of juice on the return leg. In
the end the old bird did get us there and back in one piece (and on time), but it was not a
comfortable experience travelling on such an ancient piece of kit with an unknown airline. The
airline apparently has newer planes which fly international routes, but they keep this oldster
running for the short tourist excursions from Aswan to the temples at Abu Simbel. Buyer beware!
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