Flying a 40 Year-Old BOEING 737-200 in the VENEZUELAN JUNGLE! | Avior Airlines | El Vigia to Caracas
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- Опубликовано: 2 май 2024
- Less than 50 Boeing 737-200s are left in service worldwide, and one of them can be found at Avior Airlines in Venezuela. Let us introduce you to this historic plane!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Avior Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200 Advanced
Registration: YV2823
Flight Time: 0h 50min
Seat: 15F
From: El Vigia Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo
To: Caracas Simon Bolivar
Date: February 2023
EQUIPMENT INFORMATION
Cameras used: iPhone 12 Max Pro, DJI Osmo Pocket, GoPro Hero 8
Additional equipment used: GoPro Suction Cup
PRICE BREAKDOWN
Total Price: USD 75.01
Total Routing: VIG-CCS
Booked through: Avior Airlines Website
Cost includes: Economy Class Ticket, including one checked bag and free seat reservation at online check-in
Booking made: February 2023
VIDEO BREAKDOWN
00:00 - Introduction
00:57 - Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo Airport
02:22 - Our ride: The Boeing 737-200
03:45 - Cabin and Seat
04:45 - Taxi and Take Off
07:35 - Inflight
08:20 - About Avior Airlines
09:06 - The Lavatory
10:01 - Approach and Landing
12:10 - Outro
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Love these videos! Feels more personal and allows you to emphasise and create unique videos! I approve :)
I prefer the subtitles
Love these short narrated version more. Very fitting for these small regional flights.
I absolutely prefer the narrated videos, even in this simpler style
How about a Felix "official" voice reveal? Lol
I only flown onboard the 737-200 once. Back in March 2013, 5 years before i was officially an aviation enthusiast, my family and i accidentally end up flying onboard the Boeing 737-200. That day we are heading home back to Jakarta from Semarang, Indonesia after 2 days of vacation. I was actually still a kid at the time and don't know much about aviation and that means i don't know about bucket reverser on the 737-200. The airline that flown us back to Jakarta is Sriwijaya Air, which is one of my favorite airline in Indonesia. I was seating in the aisle seat near the front of the plane and my god the sound of Pratt & Whitney engines are awesome when the aircraft starts it's takeoff roll. Never forget that experience. Fun fact : According to my analysis as of October 2023, 61 Boeing 737-200 are still in active service
Sad that the airline is dying now
@@ariadhikarayendra5111i can only hope that airline make a rapid recovery🙏
Padahal dulu sriwijaya lumayan bersain dibanding lion
The last time I flew in a Boeing 737-200 was with Mandala Airlines from Semarang to Jakarta in 2000…. The airline used to flew Vickers viscount on that route when I was a child during 80’s
I flew twice onboard a 737-200 in 1991: Munich-Faro and back with Air Sul, a Portuguese charter airline. Air Sul closed down a year later, their five 737-200 are probably scrapped by now.
Fun fact (depends on how you interpet it) about the MD-81 at 2:05 : It originally flew for Japan Air System (JAS) and was actually involved in an incident when left landing gear broke off during landing. It's so cool to see such older aircraft still flying around😎
As a venezuelan you brought back so many memories. Thank you for being brave and flying a Venezuelan airline 🇻🇪
Latam Airlines are flying Airbus A320 in Brazil in poorly conditions than this 737-200
Venezuelan airlines aren't unsafe as pretended, there have been very few accidents in recent history, mainly due to human error. Avior in specific hasn't had one never
@@XBarajasX About Latam Airlines, safety is not a concern for me. The problem with this airline is because they took the oldest planes in his fleet and put in service in Brazil. All the new ones goes to Chile. Her A320s and 767s are safe instead.
@@vieiraftaos poucos vão chegando os novos aviões da Latam, só torcer para que os chilenos não "roubem" eles igual fizeram com os primeiros A320neo
@@luiiiz127 Mas é o que eles estão fazendo. Devolveram os A350 e botaram os 767 velhos. Esses dias eu fiz STM-BSB-SDU e eram todos aviões antigos (A320/A319) que você via pelas marcações na cabine que eram Lan. Os Neo e 787 vão pro Chile, aí os CEO de lá que são substituídos eles mandam pro Brasil. Se eu fosse o cmdt Rolim eu puxava a perna de quem vendeu a Tam toda noite.
Brings back golden memories of my work trip to Venezuela flying Aeropostale DC-9 from Caracas to Barcelona (also in Venezuela) and drinking Polars. Good old Y2K.
We used to get free scotch from Mqta. to Porlamar on DC-9, and the seats were wide leather(Through the plane) like on bussines. Also a 737-200 to Valera. Never felt such hard braking. The runway a bit short.🤣🍸
I flew the 737-200 a few times in Venezuela. I flew one from Santo Domingo (VE) to Caracas and from San Antonio to Maracaibo, both on AVENSA. Also a United Airlines one from Caracas to Miami in the late 90's. However, the backbone of Venezuelan aviation was the 727 and DC-9.
Wow! What a surprise to see you guys in my country of birth! I've been so homesick lately and this bought both a tear and a smile to me. CCS airport hasn't changed in all these years; incredible! And I saw that the aircraft boneyard to the east of the terminals is still there....unreal! Such memories...thanks so much and keep up the good work :)
Nice plane, I can still remember my flights in those planes 30 years ago. Also exiting a 727 through the rear stairs was really a nice experience in the old days😉
I flew the 737-200 many times in the 80s. Delta used to fly that aircraft between MEX - LAX. Also Aloha Airlines flew 737-200s back in those days.
Great video of a great aircraft. I flew the B737 200 as a Captain in the 1980s and have many happy memories of a tough airframe which was great fun to fly.
Thanks a lot for this wonderful retro video. I flow for 35 years in Aerolíneas Argentinas and was a great souvenir of my first years like crew members on the fantastic 737/200. I never forget that time.
Thanks a lot. Great video!!! Congratulations ❤😢
Fantastic and nostalgic post, thankyou! That takes me back to my heyday in the airline industry here in Australia. Ansett Airlines of Australia operated many B737-200 and B727-200 models with the famous JT8D engines. The 727 was my favourite aircraft, such an exquisite design with the 3 x Tri-set JT8Ds mounted at the rear and the in-built air-stairs under the tail. Gorgeous! The DC9 also of course was a very attractive airliner. The B737s were nicknamed "Fat Alberts" here in Australia, as they were kind of short, wide and very cute. The 737-200 engine size to aircraft body size (visually) was very appealing to the eye. So sad they are all gone nowadays. I appreciate the step back in time to (in some ways) better days of aviation - at least here in Australia, when we had Ansett and TAA (later renamed Australian Airlines, then finally QANTAS for domestic). Ansett was indeed a very fine airline that I still morn the tragic loss of post 9/11. I too flew on a 737-200 with gravel kit - it was a Alaska Airlines "milk run" service from Vancouver up to Juneau in 1988. About 3 or 4 take-off/landings on various runway surfaces. What a GREAT airline and cabin crew, I remember it all these years later. The gravel kit fascinated me.... what an awesome little jetliner :)
Boarding a 737-200 via air stairs while a dog sleeps on the tarmac underneath the aircraft to get out of the rain. This is the quintessential South American aviation experience! 😂😂
I'm so glad you lived to share your experience! 👍
aircraft*
hope the dog is ok.
Attending school in the US is probably more dangerous.
@@fastica💀
The dog appears to belong to airport staff.
Nice to see this. I worked at a MRO in Everett , WA. Worked on many 737 - 200.
What a great video! I have been on this series many times in years past, infact I was even on the 737-100 a few times when it was in the fleet of People's Express airlines back in the 80's! The clam shell thrust reverse 's were also found on the DC -9 jets and I was on a few Northwest flights where they used them to push back from the gate....no tug needed! If I remember right I flew this aircraft with Southwest, Piedmont, United, Midway, Air Florida, Air California, Vanguard, People's Express, Casino Express, and America West! Great little plane!
Hello David, how are you? 👍👍It's a pleasure to greet you. I've been following Simply Aviation for several months, since I'm passionate about aviation, and I really like your videos (actually all the videos on the blog) but I never dared to make any comments. I never thought I would see a travel report from a Venezuelan airline, by the way, I am from Venezuela, much less from an airline like Avior. I worked for 25 years in the world of aviation and I never had the audacity to travel on a Venezuelan airline, except Viasa,✈✈ (not to be confused with Conviasa) which was something else and it was a different time in Venezuela. You are truly brave to fly a line like Avior and I congratulate you for that.💪💪 I would never do it hehehehe. In any case, Thank you for coming to Venezuela and showing a little of what is offered, I'm sorry for the conditions of the airports..🛫🛬....I hope you had a good stay and thank you again for the beautiful report. Take care of yourself.👋👋
Thanks so much for covering Venezolan aviation! It was definitely walking down memory lane, I used to live in Porlamar so I flew this 200 many times on routes to Maiquetia, and Barcelona (Anzoategui) , and yes, it was always fun climbing into that A340-300 on my way to MIA! They offered a 3-class-config on these flights! It was incredible. I always loved it.
Wow David! Love your channel for being legitimately the most comprehensive aviation channel there is in this platform- as well as the one with the best quality and detailed reviews. Now, the fact that you dared to go to my home country this year to film this it’s such a sweet surprise. Kudos to you for being amazing!👊🏻🙏🏻
In my childhood, I traveled a lot, and I was always looking forward to the reverse thrust when flying on Braathens 737-200adv. Then one day the cool thrust reversers were gone, and it turned out they had bought new 737-500 instead. Other than that the planes were similar inside the cabin.
This plane has always been an aviation workhorse. Such a great and versatile aircraft all around. Great video and very informational!
Another great video! I remember seeing these engines reverse thrust when landing back in the day. I used to fly on the UL & IC b737-200 to & from CMB & MAA. Good times 😊
Uh wait i literally just turned 42 this year
I was born in 1981
This had to be perfectly timed production to be turning 40
I like this channel because these videos were well researched and without any bias. I personally prefer subtitled videos too. But brutally honest is also great. I think we need videos from both types. Because it feels very calming to watch with subs.
Impressive video david!
Your experience with this old bird was wild and terrific!
Absolutely fantastic! The 200 series is my favourite B737. Now that's is a real aeroplane!
David, thank you for the video. Your Spanish is very good. Nothing sounds better than the Pratt and Whitney JT85 engine used in this aircraft. This plane appears to be in good shape, the restroom did show some age. I have fond memories of flying these planes in the 70' and 80's on Piedmont in the US.
Great catch! Avior used to have multiple flights per day to Curaçao and Aruba before they were suspended. Fortunately they just restarted operations there.
Great video! I’ve personally only flown on a 737-200 once. The good part about it was that I flew into Tegucigalpa on the Aviatsa 737-200, there’s no other comparable combination these days. (If you didn’t know Tegucigalpa is one of the most challenging airports to land in and 737-200s these days are incredibly rare.)
Beautiful aircraft and a flying museum! Glad you were able to ride this plane during daylight and in good weather ;)
I love your narrated videos when I do work from home. They are great to watch on my second monitor and your voice overs are great! But when I sit and chill and want some good details I appreciate the subtitled ones. Also it's great when you have parts of the airport and the taxi to the airports too in the videos. Keep going to places that are different than all the big hubs :)
Nunca imaginé verte en volando en Venezuela, con una aerolínea Venezolana, como venezolano me pone feliz ❤ quisiera que nuestros aviones y aerolíneas fueran más modernos
Lastimosamente, no se va a poder 😢
Misión imposible😂
Te fijaste como está de horrible la pista en El Vigía, imaginate aterrizar un Max ahí se despedaza 😂😂😂
@@davidmunoztirado7475 si, para tener aviones modernos hay que modernizar los aeropuertos también
agradecele eso a las basuras PSUVISTAS y sus lacayos serviles que gracias a enquistarse en el poder no quieren que el pais progrese y salga de ese atraso y subdesarrollo tercermundista en el que lo tienen, venezuela ostenta el sitio de honor como uno de los pocos paises en el mundo que aun operan esas piezas de museo voladoras, y no me vengas con el cuento del bloqueo de USA a venezuela, lo que hay es sanciones lease sanciones a funcionarios venezolanos, mas nada
This is great. I never had the opportunity to fly the -200's so it's good to see how its flying in one. :)
I always loved looking forward to flying to Hawaii to fly the -200 from Honolulu to Kona on Aloha. Tried to always get tickets next to the wings to see the reverse thrust!
the productivity guys!! thanks for your hard work
great shots of the classic 200 brings back a lot of memories on them the sight, the sound and heading off somewehere special on a very special machine and plane. Thanks a lot.
Last flight on a -200 for me was from Bangkok to Buri Rum in northeast Thailand. One way was ex-Metro Jet (US Air) still in that livery and disembarkation was through the forward right galley door. Phuket Air actually painted one or two -200s in their own livery and we returned to BKK on one of them. Window seats towards the rear both ways for the reverser view of course. I love the sound of the old Boeing hydraulics too…. The 737-300/400 sounded the same as did the 757, all of which are difficult to fly on now. Great video and very jealous of your trip!
We need crazy people like you to see these unique airlines and aircrafts. Thank you 😊
I've always loved those thrust reversers on this 737 model. It makes it seem like it's a transformer action figure or something. Pretty cool retro isn't always a bad thing folks.
You don't know how happy I am that my country is featured in one of these videos, hope you enjoyed your visit to venezuela! I left the country 6 years ago but venezuela is still in my heart
Estoy seguro de que hablas español solo quiero decirte que yo también livo hay es una lastima que te hayas ido
Last time I was on a -200 was on Metrojet which was a short lived low cost subsidiary of USAirways before they were merged with American. Prior to that, flew the -200 with Southwest often as well as USAir (before they were USAirways). Fun planes to fly on.
Loved those JT8Ds and that wing. Many trips on them in Canada with Transair, Nordair, Pacific Western and Canadian.
I’m Venezuelan and I tell you something is that apart of Boeing 737-200, also is the -400 series and another old plane that is in operation in the country is the MD 80 series these three planes are very common in Venezuela today for national flights. the only modern plane that we have is Embraer 190
What a Gem of an aircraft. The last time I flew on a 737-200 was early 2000s. Thank you simply aviation.
Me trae recuerdos de cuando volaba con la aerolínea como flight dispatcher. 😢
I remember very well working for Delta airlines and working as a ramp agent this exact aircraft..they used them for airline called Delta Express from Orlando to complete with low cost carrier's...solid plane... and very loud engines...
Glad you were able to hook up with Alex for those photos! He has some great vlogs, and makes some great catches! I watch a lot of his videos as I am a fellow Canadian! Love your videos as well! Keep up the good work!
Such reports are the reason why I love you channel!
The 737-200 my bread and butter God be with the Good old days of the 737s with Safety built in
Did not expect you to end up in Venezuela! Great video as always.
wowwwww... i was born in 1999, but my first experience flying that i can remember was on a 737-200 with aloha airlines when i was 2. The ashtrays in the armrests stirred up some very deep memories...
Thanks so much for this! I remember those reverse thrust louvers when I used to fly Continental as a kid!
Im speechless seeing you in my home country! i never thought seeing this channel doing a venezuela video! i still remember taking that same plane and airline to escape venezuela it felt bittersweet :( thanks a lot for doing this video! and keep up the good work! N1 aviation channel for me.
David, since you were traveling in Venezuela, I think it would've been a good idea to travel further south to Brazil and fly on carriers like GOL, Azul, and LATAM.
Maybe he is. There might be more videos later on
This Venezuelan airline have a cabin better then Latam A320 flying in Brazil.
I never thought that you would make a review in my country. I hope you enjoyed
Hey there! Been a longtime subscriber and love the videos. Mind if perhaps you can clarify the upload schedule? Early this year and late last year it would be lucky to see an upload from you once every month, but now its nearly once a day, so I don't know what's up with that (I love it tho!)
Simon, one the older member of the group returned, airplane ticket prces normalized and i would guess this channel is not their primary job... These are my guessed
737 200 is amazing! Nice report! Thank you!
This brings back memories! I have flown that airplane quite a bit in its previous life.
Great flight, and yeah retro vibes onboard.
A trip down memory lane - I worked for Britannia Airways in the UK in the 80s - we were the first airline globally to hit 1 Million flying hours on the 737 - we had an all 737 fleet before adding 767s (and I think we were the first in the UK to do so). We had lots of 200s and they look so small now - we had 130 seats in an all economy 3 - 3 layout. These days that's really small! The A220 has more than that. When smoking was allowed on planes, the air was changed much more rapidly - tbh the smoke just went - it didn't hang around at all. Those were the days - no air rage, drink and a smoke lol - I flew back from Oz in the smoking section (rear) of a KLM 747-400 - everyone smoked but it wasn't smoky. I'm a non smoker these days and am sure its better not to smoke at all - but it was fun back then when anything went...
Man this is reminding me of my childhood, flying back and forth Kota Kinabalu to Subang during the 80's.
I flew on these back at the eighties with Olympic airways.Nice report
Awesome! I love classic aircrafts ❤❤❤❤
Nice job man keep Up the good work
Awesome! Tks for the video.
Remember the radio Musik from the taxi and from my 6 weeks vacation in, 1989 love Venezuela
Love this smoke detector in the lavatory at 9:40 😉 - curious to know how this work and how loud is the alarm compared to the aircraft abd egnines 😅 Great vid guys, as always 👍 And if possible, pls do more old planes like this
I remember when British Airways under the franchise of GB Airways used to fly the 200s into Gibraltar in the mid-90s.
what a retro museum piece to fly
Nice video! Thankfully, I was able to fly the Boeing 737-200 twice: First time was flight from Montreal (YUL )to Toronto-Pearson (YYZ) with Canadian Airlines, in 1998. And, the following year, I did my second flight, with now defunct Brazilian carrier VASP, from Belo Horizonte- Confins (CNF), my hometown airport, to Salvador (SSA).
Great video David. I live in Venezuela and fly on those 737-200s and MD80s on a weekly basis. Despite everything, Venezuelan airlines and aircrew are very professional and have a pretty good safety record. Laser just acquired an A320 for flights to La Romana. Avior started off with a single Cessna 337 Skymaster about 30 years ago.
The Airlines Must Have Taken Good Care Off The Old Lady.Great Trip Report,And Great Info
Ansett Australia had them in the 1980s. I flew from Sydney to Melbourne in their 737-200 on a dark rainy thunderstorm night. We were thrown all over the sky. I saw the lights of Melbourne and was very happy. Although my legs had gone to jelly and I needed some time to get out of my seat. Not pleasant. Cheers.
Thanks for sharing! ❤
Flew a few times with 737-200 on the now defunct airline Braathens SAFE. It was awesome, jet engines under the wings and not in the rear? Wow! Most common around here were Douglas aircrafts, flew on DC-9 more often, then later MD81 and MD90.
Brings back old memories
The first airplane I cut my teeth on as a apprentice A&P mechanic at a heavy check MRO in Everett, WA. Love this airplane! N93SW
My last 737-200 was with Copa Airlines. They had an excellent line out there. I flew the San Juan to Guatemala run with stops in (believe me they did) SDQ Santo Domingo, PTY Panama, SJO San Jose, SAL San Salvador and finally GUA. On certain days they would switch with a stop in MGA Managua. After my visit to Guatemala I made the intermediate stops which the fare allowed for a $100 extra!! The sound of the reverse thrust on landing felt like "music". But the most exciting landing on a 737-200 with Copa and SAHSA was at the old TGU Toncontin Tegucigalpa Airport Honduras!! May be you guys would be interested in reviewing the 3 honduran local airlines flying to TGU. Fly safe.
Loved flying the 737-200. A classic Boeing jet.
Thanks for recording these amazing planes from my country
Fantastic trip report David!
Amazing 🤩
Looks like it's a bring your own TP kind of flight.
Actually, having flown many times on the -200 back in the 70s 80s and 90s, that interior to me looks *modern* for a -200, and I believe those side panels are actually the design introduced for the -300 in 1985, and are a re-fit. The cabins of the original -200s were quite different...
I flew in one of these once, coming home from a contract in the Inuit villages of Northern Quebec around 2010. I have to say I was a little 'surprised' when I saw the old cigar-shaped turbojet engines of eons gone by but I would later learn that these are mainly operated in places with runways that aren't necessarily top-shape. IE the much smaller diameter of the old style engine is less prone to ingest rocks, foreign objects etc... We flew in the back half and cargo up front.
Woah @3:44, that's a lot of patches on the fuselage...
Excellent. Greeting from Venezuela. I follow your videos.
I’ve always wanted to see you flying in Venezuela, my home country. Thanks for doing it. Amazing video!!!!!
In Indonesia B732s were spreading around late90 until 2012. Golden moment for me coz make everyone could one due the affordable tickets. Not like now, many new aircraft but the ticket raised high. I Miss the B732.
Spechless! never thought I would see a video of my country in this channel ahahah. Love y'all Simply Aviation!
I've flown in that airplane many times its very nice
Fascinating
I have flown on these seats back in 2015 from Detroit to Buffalo on DELTA, sadly don't remember the type of plane anymore. Were very comfortable ones!
I flew on these a few times heathrow to tegal, they were a step up from the 1-11!
I never expected to see an airline from my home country featured here. Bittersweet memories since I haven’t visited my country since 2018. Thanks for showcasing this airline. It used to be quite a premium one back in the early 2000’s together with Aserca.
I have only one question. How did you end up in Mérida?
Flew on one of the 737-200s from Las Vegas on Southwest in 1995. Took forever to get off the ground.
I’d love to fly on a 737-200 they’re one of my favorites
It may be old, but everything seemed to work okay. The toilet looked a lot easier to navigate than some of the ones today.
Excellent video thanks
Wow this seems remarkably organized and well taken cared of.
Hey! I loved your video! My Mum was a flight attendant for EasyJet from 2004 to 2009, and she remembers when they still operated the 737-200 and had their phone number on the side. It's so cool to hear stories from history about aviation.
By the way, could you review Conviasa's A-340? I'm curious to hear your thoughts on it.
Thankfully that awful number on the side was replaced with the nicer livery of today
Yes, it looked weird.@@Mikeyp1054