Aviation24.be

OO-SFG has finally ended her extended stay in Abidjan.

Flying back as SN9902. Currently abeam Ouaga at FL400.
According to FR24, planned to run SN501 on Friday 05JAN.

H.A.

Dakar is again having problems with fuel. A Notam was issued early today to advise airlines that fuel uptake is not guaranteed. A1672/23 NOTAMN Q) GOOO/QFUAU/IV/NBO/A/000/999/1440N01704W005 A) GOBD B) 2312300056 C) 2312302359 EST E) DUE TO DISRUPTIONS IN THE SUPPLY OF JET A1 FUEL, ALL AIR OPERATORS ...

OO-SFG that was AOG at Abidjan since 10DEC is due to fly back tonight. Ferry flight. Difficult to have more detailed info locally at this time of the year after a heavy month that included a solid Safety Week. H.A. I guess it will be tomorrow... Indeed, "your" tonight is correct. Mine was...

OO-SFG that was AOG at Abidjan since 10DEC is due to fly back tonight. Ferry flight.
Difficult to have more detailed info locally at this time of the year after a heavy month that included a solid Safety Week.

H.A.

Tyre burst for sure but what was the root cause? A bit like in some countries, having an argument with a person in uniform carrying a gun may result in a "cardiac arrest". What is very likely to have occurred here is that a FOD, Foreign Object Debris, lying on the RWY, punctured the tyre, ...

According to ACI latest data set (August 2023) : 12-month ending 08/2023 : BRU vs 2022 : Passengers +28.8% . Cargo -5.1%. Mvts : +11.7% EUR vs 2022 : Passengers +27.8% . Cargo -8.6%. Mvts : +9.5% EUR vs 20 19 : Passengers -9.9% . Cargo -5.3%. Mvts : -12.3% EUR area = 562 ACI member airports. BRU : 2...

Just got info from Lomé that OO-SFF is due to return tonight.
Direct LFW-BRU as SN1276 without the stop over in ACC.

Problem said to have been a battery and replacement to be delivered this evening by SN277.

H.A.

OO-SFG is AOG at Abidjan since Thursday evening. A colleague of mine there just sent me this photo : OO-SFG at ABJ 20231210.jpg On arrival of SN231 from Cotonou, and before the return flight to BRU, a sick passenger had to be disembarked using an ambulift… Seeing the size of the gash in the fuselage...

Bel33 wrote: ↑12 Nov 2023, 19:22 SFE leaves Brussels this afternoon to Manchester. SFB back this evening at home after a very long stay in Scotland!
Already scheduled tomorrow to Kigali-Entebbe!

Seems Echo will be on SN467 tomorrow.
Bravo return seems delayed.

Flightstats.com and FR24.
H.A.

OO-SFE is still stuck in EBB since Tuesday evening. According to FR24 there was no flight planned for her on Wednesday 11OCT, but her unavailability led to : = cancelling SN359 to FIH yesterday, = cancelling SN277 to ACC/LFW today, = cancelling SN501 to JFK tomorrow. SN359 and 277 were cancelled sim...

This time the eagle is ready to fly to his homebase. Hopefully it will not be the reverse of a saying of a steward some 20 years ago on an SN Avro RJ: "It looks like a chicken, but flies like an eagle". Well now that you say that, the new livery looks like chickenpox to me. ;) H.A.

To be complete I must add that, yesterday after posting, I booked a BRU-DSS-BRU early October and the selection of seat was indeed still free of charge.

H.A.

Just booked a BRU-MUC-BRU same day. No bag, so I took an Economy Light (Q). 283EUR + Taxes, fees, ... = 444 EUR. So be it. Select your seat : 20EUR, even for Senator/Gold. That's new for me. Anyone? SN web site : "On Brussels Airlines operated flights, HON Circle members and Senators have the p...

Now this is good news ! At the end of 2016 SN had only 9 aircraft for their long haul ops. When LH took 100% of the company it was clearly mentioned that SN was the Group champion on the African market and this enabled the fleet to grow up to 9 aircraft in 2023. This growth in the last 6 years, with...

Now they can ACMI for SN.... Why not, there is plenty of need if SN continues stubbornly to fly to destination where people are incompetent and the infrastructure is in disrepair according to some. So the "flag carrier" will be immediately identified in this priority market for the LH Gro...

OO-SFF stuck in Kinshasa, scheduled to fly back this evening. Correction, according to Brussels Airport OO-SFF is now due to return only tomorrow 17SEP in the morning. 20230916 OOSFF extended layover in FIH.png "One more plane less" ... Related or not, today SN255 (OUA-ABJ) is delayed fro...

Well, at least an additional plane will limit the risk of this : SN245 20230912.png SN245 that was due to fly SN245 to FNA today. The opposite in fact! An additional aircraft scheduled 6/7 will only increase the risk of a cancellation. If you want to increase resilience you need a spare aircraft no...

lumumba wrote: ↑12 Sep 2023, 15:17 .....
This puzzles me, why does Brussels Airlines have to fly with the oldest planes and another product?

Well, at least an additional plane will limit the risk of this :

SN245 that was due to fly SN245 to FNA today.

H.A.

.... SN flew to Mumbai (then called Bombay) in the seventies with B727s and B707s on the southern route to Manilla, Tokyo and some other Far East destinations; maybe also with DC-10 s. Affirm. I once flew back from Bangkok, then out of Don Mueang as it was around 87-88 in another century. The fligh...

Today, SN205 to DSS and CKY is cancelled.
OO-SFX planned for SN255 was replaced by OO-SFD to operate OUA-ABJ.

H.A.