The flight deck clearly overreacted!

British Airways #BA2724 (operated by PrivatAir Boeing 737-700 reg. D-AWBB) to Ibiza declared an emergency and returned to London Gatwick.

Strike of Swissport Ground Services at Barcelona from Sunday, 20 Aug. at 00:00 to Monday, 21 Aug. at 23:59. Flights from BCN could be severely delayed.

EasyJet is not interested in pursuing long-haul LCC operations and will focus on growth in the European market, as it expects there will be fewer companies on the market in three to five years.

Eta1540 JAF304 B763 I-AIGG Etd1742 JAF305 B763 I-AIGG Apparently 49 pax couldn’t fly back to Brussels, as the aircraft was smaller. What is the capacity of the original aircraft and of this one? Strange: both the Air Italy 763 (288-304 seats) and the TUI 788 (exactly 300 seats) have around 300 seat...

But KLM pilots are also angry because of the high workload and also threaten to strike. KLM expresses disbelief and disappointment regarding VNV’s attitude KLM yesterday presented the Dutch Airline Pilots Association VNV with an improved proposal for a new collective labour agreement (CLA) that bet...

A Xiamen Airlines flight from Xiamen to Manila has crash landed at Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport, skidding off the runway while landing in stormy conditions. https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/world/watch-moment-737-skids-off-runway-filmed-passenger-they-land-in-thunderstorm-manila This is...

Due to necessary security measures, Condor flight DE69 (Boeing 757-300 reg. D-ABOA) from Hurghada, Egypt to Dusseldorf diverted to Chania on the island of Crete, Greece. The plane landed safely and the passengers and crew are accommodated in hotels in Chania. The onward flight is scheduled for tomor...

Laudamotion plans to cut back on the number of wet leased aircraft from Ryanair in winter 2018/19, as there is plenty of room for independent growth, according to CEO Andreas Gruber. Laudamotion plans to integrate 50 more aircraft into its current fleet and add 40 routes to Germany in the coming yea...

Belair (the affiliate of Air Berlin in Switzerland) declared bankruptcy after a potential investor cancelled talks with the carrier.

No survivors in the Ju-Air plane crash, this is sad ... https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/ju-air/ju-air-ju52-crashed-at-piz-segnas-nobody-survived-the-crash/ It was reported elsewhere on this site that Ju-Air wanted to restart flying with its remaining Ju-52 aircraft after 16 August. https://www.a...

airBaltic will compete with LOT (operated by Nordica) on the Brussels-Tallinn route from June 2019

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/airb ... o-tallinn/

The painted livery looks much brighter and shinier than the stickered one. Way to go!

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15 Aug 2018, 14:31

Brand new OO-ABD going to be delivered this evening at Ostend. More info soon

Ostend? What's the idea?

(and the plane is brand new only for Air Belgium. It is actually 10 years old, but I'm sure you know that )

Ryanair syndrome at Eurowings?

Eurowings cabin crew workers entered their ninth (!) round of negotiations with the airline on a dispute over a collective bargaining agreement. If no agreement is reached, strikes are possible.

Welcome to Aviation24.be, su0229, and thanks for your input on this thread.

Indeed, I think Bart made an error in its article, HKG is a codeshare hub. "Niky Terzakis proposera de nouvelles destinations via le hub de Hong Kong", that's what Le Soir wrote. Bart did not make an error; he said that Air Belgium would like to fly to Tokyo and Cebu, but did not specify whether it...

Question Luk De Wilde: "Blijft de naam Brussels Airlines behouden?" Answer Carsten Spohr: "...Daarover beslist de CEO van Brussels Airlines. (De Duitse Christina Foerster, red.) Voor de lange afstandsvluchten lijkt een naamsverandering minder nodig. Iedereen kent Brussels Airlines in Afrika maar ni...

Bravo to Air Belgium and let's hope to see connections to TYO from October as mentioned in the article. As I understand it, the route to Tokyo (and to Cebu, Philippines) will be through a connecting flight in Hong Kong. Will that connecting flight be operated by Hong Kong Airlines? It seems that Ai...