Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com

I love how Paris puts all African boarding gates in the worst part of the airport: no charging stations, AC, working escalator, food or bathrooms. very colonizer of them

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riwoche རི་བོ་ཆེ་ @riwoche.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:12 UTC

It's a three-way tie for last as to which airline treats its Africa-bound passengers the worst: Air France, Brussels Airlines, and KLM. Have flown all three, of course on their oldest aircraft, and my god how do they stay in business at such astronomical prices with such horrible service. 1/

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 11:38 UTC

Ah, I see where Dubai airport got the idea for the African *and* South Asian boarding gates.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 13:58 UTC

ugh yeah, it’s so overt think this is also the case in Amsterdam

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 11:33 UTC

I hate flying through Europe because it's always an experience of Racism from the people to the airport to the planes

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Corey the Street @cstrable.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:39 UTC

Some say the worst city in the world

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Lux Alptraum לקס אלפטראום @luxalptraum.com [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 13:45 UTC

!!!!!!!!

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Goat Dad @joshuaamend.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:19 UTC

Do they still make sure they never have enough staff at the check in, security, or passport control when all the West Africa flights arrive and depart?

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:28 UTC

I remember that going to Tunisia years ago—it was something like “CDG Sud” and the name felt so pointed once I got there

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