Josh Cahill

Josh Cahill (born Aljoscha Wendholt, 17 June 1986) is a German aviation vlogger, airline critic and blogger who presents airline reviews primarily through his YouTube channel.

Early life 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.

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", and that he remains a Czech citizen.

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. Later that year, The Australian mentioned "Melbourne-born Josh Cahill".

Career Josh Cahill poses alongside Kam Air's first all-female crew in Herat. In 2009, after abandoning an attempt to walk from Germany to Shanghai, China, he hitchhiked from Germany to Iran. He visited Afghanistan as a tourist in 2015, as well as North Korea in 2017.

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.

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.

Cahill has received several awards for his work, including the "Best Airline Channel" in 2018, the "Aviation Achievement Award" in 2021, and the "Airline Critic of the Year" in 2024.

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.

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.

In 2020, Cahill flew on board a Tunisair Airbus A330, and shared his criticisms of its lounge and onboard faculties. 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.

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.

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.