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- 21 May 2024, 11:22
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
- Replies: 4775
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Re: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
Short-haul fleet: Airbus A321neo I think now it's clear, Brussels Airlines doesn't want to use A321XLR. But the A321neo because they have a bigger cargo capacity to fly to Africa! You don’t seem to understand Patrice: an A321neo needs auxiliary fuel tanks in the aft cargo to have the range for Afri...
- 20 May 2024, 13:44
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
- Replies: 4775
- Views: 2314939
Re: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
Oneworld and IAG would have been the far better option for SN. I don’t know how many times it needs to be repeated, but IAG wasn’t interested in buying SN, ONLY Luftie was. It was Luftie or bankrupt, FULL STOP! IAG was close to open an Open Skies (the, more business orientated predecessor of Level)...
- 19 May 2024, 19:09
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Air Belgium in 2024
- Replies: 45
- Views: 19574
Re: Air Belgium in 2024
The original news comes from the ALPGSL itself : https://www.facebook.com/ALPGSLOfficial/posts/pfbid0go5WXWrM4mTfu5y1BAapYDC3e1MS5uebYVAfbXrdGLF5quQqAkCBhwjXsyS2jgsxl An article based on a Facebook post as the only source, just saying… The source is not Facebook. The source is the Airline Pilots Gu...
- 19 May 2024, 18:38
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Air Belgium in 2024
- Replies: 45
- Views: 19574
Re: Air Belgium in 2024
An article based on a Facebook post as the only source, just saying…TLspotting wrote: ↑19 May 2024, 17:51 The original news comes from the ALPGSL itself : https://www.facebook.com/ALPGSLOfficial ... XsyS2jgsxl
- 19 May 2024, 14:52
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Air Belgium in 2024
- Replies: 45
- Views: 19574
- 19 May 2024, 13:39
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Air Belgium in 2024
- Replies: 45
- Views: 19574
Re: Air Belgium in 2024
So, 5 passengers came on board with an economy boarding pass but pretended they were, according to an agreement with their company, entitled to sit in business class. Captain offers four of them an upgrade as there are only four empty seats in the front. The five make a fuss about it, demand that an...
- 15 May 2024, 00:11
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
- Replies: 4775
- Views: 2314939
Re: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
That is not correct, between 2012 and 2015 the cumulated loss was above 100 million euro and the debt went up from 354 to 423!
- 14 May 2024, 17:10
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
- Replies: 4775
- Views: 2314939
Re: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
SN's shareholders were so naive in the end in their selling strategy that a smart LH managed to buy it for peanuts. It allowed them to sideline competition at BRU at a minimal cost which in turn would be offset by flying Belgian passengers to LH's main hubs. For that purpose it has kept SN on a lif...
- 14 May 2024, 12:35
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
- Replies: 4775
- Views: 2314939
Re: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
SN's shareholders were so naive in the end in their selling strategy that a smart LH managed to buy it for peanuts. It allowed them to sideline competition at BRU at a minimal cost which in turn would be offset by flying Belgian passengers to LH's main hubs. For that purpose it has kept SN on a lif...
- 12 May 2024, 15:01
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
- Replies: 4775
- Views: 2314939
Re: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
OK, mentioning Easyjet because it starts flying to West Africa was a mistake because, so far, they will only fly to Cape Verde. As to your comparison Beerschot/Haaland I think you missed my point. I am not suggesting a 777X for SN, "just" the A321LR to increase destinations and frequencie...
- 12 May 2024, 13:25
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
- Replies: 4775
- Views: 2314939
Re: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
If you see the expansion plans of EasyJet it is again obvious to me that SN needs A321 long range to increase destinations and frequencies (trafic rights permitting) to Western abd Central Africa. Seriously? What on earth do the plans of easyJet have in common with SN operations to Africa? You’ll p...
- 12 Apr 2024, 14:23
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
- Replies: 4775
- Views: 2314939
- 06 Apr 2024, 21:52
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
- Replies: 4775
- Views: 2314939
Re: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
I'm not a specialist but in 2000 I took often the flight of Sabena between Nantes and Brussels for my job and the pax was good I don't now about the yield obviously. There you have it: Sabena had aircraft of all sizes, a huge network, very good loads, but went bankrupt! (Don’t get me started about ...
- 05 Apr 2024, 19:00
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
- Replies: 4775
- Views: 2314939
- 30 Mar 2024, 13:06
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Brussels Airport (BRU) infrastructure: future
- Replies: 1990
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- 26 Mar 2024, 10:46
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2024
- Replies: 369
- Views: 101509
Re: Brussels Airlines in 2024
A pilot who moves to a new airline drops at the bottom of the seniority list for the aircraft type and position they hold. SN's most experienced A320 captain will become the most junior A320 captain if they move to another airline. At airlines where pilots and copilots get to choose the routes they...
- 23 Mar 2024, 17:19
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2024
- Replies: 369
- Views: 101509
Re: Brussels Airlines in 2024
If I remember well, a part of the profit of last year was going to be paid to all employees as an extra bonus and that was not a small amount. It's not only a dividend to the shareholders You are mixing up two different things here, profit share is peanuts compared to management bonuses. Believe me...
- 23 Mar 2024, 14:47
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2024
- Replies: 369
- Views: 101509
Re: Brussels Airlines in 2024
The agreement was on the table. The pilots and unions agreed with the wage increase proposed by SN. But at the end, to compensate it, they had to deliver in 14 recuperation days from the 144 days. Honestly, who would accept to work 14 extra days/year to self-finance a salary increase? Can you even ...
- 22 Mar 2024, 21:05
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2024
- Replies: 369
- Views: 101509
Re: Brussels Airlines in 2024
I've read the strike will cut the (fragile!) profits in half... Well done pilots and all parties involved, well done! Ah, always amazing how people swallow this managerial propaganda whilst the same managers are laughing their way to the bank to collect big bonuses! A 10% pay rise for every SN empl...
- 21 Mar 2024, 22:13
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: BRU Winter 2025 - 2026: news, new routes, airlines
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14839