Josh Cahill (born Aljoscha Wendholt,[2][3] 17 June 1986)[4] is a German aviation vlogger, airline critic and blogger who presents airline reviews primarily through his YouTube channel.[5]
There are conflicting accounts of Cahill's early life. According to a Die Welt interview in 2008, Aljoscha Wendholt was born in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.[3] He moved to Saxony when he was six years old,[3] and grew up in the village of Mildenau in Saxony.[6] He started travelling in 2005 with his first trip to Lithuania.[6]
In two of his own videos published in 2024, Cahill said that his mother is Czech, that they moved to Germany as refugees when he was "very young",[7] and that he remains a Czech citizen.[8]
A January 2025 interview with Cahill published by Airliners.de reported that he was born in Melbourne, Australia as Aljoscha Cahill-Wendholt, but moved to Germany at the age of 7 and legally changed his name to Josh Cahill in 2016.[9] The claims were later republished in a paid press release issued by a public relations agency.[10]
Career
Josh Cahill poses alongside Kam Air's first all-female crew in Herat.
In July 2015, Cahill posted his first flight review on his YouTube channel and has since received over 121 million views. His most-watched review has over 22 million views.[14][6]
On 24 February 2021, Cahill organized Afghanistan's first ever all-female flight from Kabul to Herat. The flight was operated by Kam Air and first featured on his channel.[17][18][19][20][21]
Cahill has received several awards for his work, including the "Best Airline Channel" in 2018,[22] the "Aviation Achievement Award" in 2021,[23][24][25] and the "Airline Critic of the Year" in 2024.[26]
Incidents
In 2018, on a Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to London, Cahill shared his criticisms on Instagram during the flight, using the in-flight Wi-Fi. According to Cahill, the crew confronted him for the Instagram post and refused to provide him any more service unless he stopped filming.[27]
On 7 January 2020, Cahill gave a negative review to Singapore Airlines. Someone claiming to be a Singapore Airlines crew member sent him a death threat. Cahill contacted local law enforcement, who said they would investigate.[28]
In 2020, Cahill flew on board a TunisairAirbus A330, and shared his criticisms of its lounge and onboard faculties.[29] In 2021, he reviewed Tunisair again, giving another negative review. Upon arrival at Tunis International Airport, he was approached by five police officers over his previous video. They asked him to hand over his camera, which he refused.[30][31]
In December 2023, Cahill claimed that Qatar Airways had tried to bribe him with free flights in exchange for taking down a negative review, and then banned him from the airline after he refused.[32]
In 2024, an Aero Dili staff member made Cahill's passport public, saying that he did so to prove that problems at check-in had occurred because the name in Cahill's passport did not match the name on his boarding pass.[33]
↑ "Man leaves bad review of airline during flight and it only made things worse". indy100. 22 November 2018. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020. Cahill flies around 150 times each year obviously knows a thing or two about what makes a good flight and although the staff acted unprofessionally he'll perhaps think twice the next time he is compelled to post a bad review during a flight.
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