Review of Proflight Zambia flight from Livingstone to Lusaka in Economy

My buddy Dave and I were visiting a friend who lived in Lusaka, Zambia and took a side trip to Livingstone to see Victoria Falls, swim in the Devil's Pool, and do some bungee jumping. This flight was our return back to Lusaka, the outbound was on a less exciting 737. Our flight was out of the small domestic terminal at LVI, but our driver from Jollyboys (I don't recommend staying there) dropped us off at the new international terminal so we took a peek inside.

The waiting area inside the domestic terminal, below. Like most small African airports, there aren't any gates, just a single waiting area for every flight operating out of the airport. When your flight is called, you go through security (middle of the picture) before proceeding outside. As you can see, there are no ropes or barriers to funnel everyone through security before going outside. Circumventing it would unfortunately be very easy.

An alternate view of the waiting area inside the domestic terminal at LVI.

Comair 737 seen while walking towards our aircraft.

The aircraft that took us back to Lusaka. On the outbound flight we were on a 737, but Proflight used two separate Jetstream 3200s for the return.

My buddy Dave outside the aircraft before we boarded.

No assigned seats on this flight.

Everyone settling in.

My seat (1B) just outside the cockpit. There were fittings for a drape to go across the cockpit entrance, but this aircraft didn't have the drape.

Time to start taxiing.

View out the cockpit window as we took off.

I wasn't expecting any sort of snack to be served, so this pineapple juice was a nice surprise. The flight was short and unremarkable, though nearly the entire duration was filled with turbulence and unfortunately a passenger in the back became sick.

Disembarking in Lusaka.

Ethiopian and Emirates aircraft seen as we make our way into the Lusaka terminal.

Flightline side of the Lusaka terminal.

One last look out onto the apron before heading inside to the terminal.

I won't be making a full trip report for the outbound leg as it was between the same airports and on a less interesting aircraft, a 737. But here's a picture of the outside of the aircraft. It was certainly very old as it still had the old turbojet powerplants. All of the signage inside was in Spanish which made me wonder about its former life. Apparently it's moved on to its next life as well because Proflight does not operate this 737, or any other 737 anymore.

As requested, here's a pic of the terrain between LUN and LVI. We were there during the dry season and you can tell that the landscape was very dry and dusty.

Being at Victoria Falls during dry season offers a very different perspective than the wet season, there is much less water flowing over the falls. During the wet season the whole left side of the falls in this picture would have water flowing over it.

Dave and I standing on the edge. That little pool of water on the right edge of the picture is the Devil's Pool.

The main advantage of going during dry season is being able to experience the Devil's Pool. You can only do it when the right amount of water is flowing. This Superman pose requires quite a lot of trust from your guide, haha.