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by evyncke
08 Feb 2020, 00:39
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: TUI fly Belgium in 2020
Replies: 140
Views: 73236

Re: TUI fly Belgium in 2020

I was on that flight SQD-PUJ-BRU and experienced a go-around this morning at BRU when the A330 was flaring over the runway 25L at only a few meters hight . That was a first for me and I enjoyed it. WOW. Go Around are always amazing by the power: full power and less fuel == empty airplane. BTW, how ...
by evyncke
06 Feb 2020, 21:40
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: TUI fly Belgium in 2020
Replies: 140
Views: 73236

Re: TUI fly Belgium in 2020

Any real news about this https://www.rtl.be/info/vous/temoignage ... 94164.aspx ?

TUI OO-LOE blocked in Montego Bay since Tuesday 4th Feb.
by evyncke
11 Nov 2019, 09:18
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Lufthansa in 2019
Replies: 155
Views: 123922

Re: Lufthansa in 2019

United Airlines (my own FF) is doing the same... status linked to USD spent and no more on flown miles.
by evyncke
17 Jul 2019, 14:28
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2019
Replies: 361
Views: 226434

Re: Air Belgium in 2019

And prices look cheaper that Air Caraibes that I am usually using to fly in the French West Indies (see my travel report in the relevant section)
by evyncke
25 Jun 2019, 10:42
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Eurowings in 2019
Replies: 168
Views: 132920

Re: Eurowings in 2019

Boeing767copilot wrote: 24 Jun 2019, 10:47 LUFTHANSA announces a re-orientation of Brussels Airlines: closer alignment with Network Airlines; integration into Eurowings will not be further pursued.

The best news ever. :D
This is also my reading as a frequent SN traveller and as a friend of pilots/stewards
by evyncke
14 Apr 2019, 22:39
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Social actions at air navigation service provider skeyes (Belgium) - possible air traffic disruptions
Replies: 672
Views: 147367

Re: Social actions at air traffic control service skeyes (Belgium) - possible air traffic disruptions

A) => airport, EBLG = Liège
B) are the date and time, 2019 April 15th, then time in UTC (add 2 hours for local time)
D) unsure but probably a subset of B)
E) explanation (see above) + no 'air traffic control' == no crossing, no landing, no take-off except on emergency
by evyncke
01 Apr 2019, 13:15
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: Air Caraïbes: Orly - Martinique
Replies: 2
Views: 13819

Re: Air Caraïbes: Orly - Martinique

sn26567 wrote: 01 Apr 2019, 10:09 Which aircraft did you fly? A350? If so, glad you didn't fly their cramped economy (10-across).
A330 and in Caraibe class, this was really OK. On the way back, we upgraded ourself to 'Madras' their lie-flat business class for even more comfort ;-)
by evyncke
01 Apr 2019, 13:12
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: SN really turned German :(
Replies: 3
Views: 1591

Re: SN really turned German :(

Just wondering: where the PA calls only in English and German? Crew with Obvious German accent? Indications sortie de secours / nooduitgang now replaced by Notausgang? I was about to reply Yes as we are 1st of April, but, as you know the PA were 3-lingual and as I wrote above the crew was superb as...
by evyncke
31 Mar 2019, 18:56
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: Air Caraïbes: Orly - Martinique
Replies: 2
Views: 13819

Air Caraïbes: Orly - Martinique

About 1 month ago, my wife and I flew from Orly (a nightmare to join from Liège...) on Air Caraïbe in Premium Economy (Caraibe class) to Martinique. Smooth check-in, 'One' fastlane (mostly useless at the point in time), comfortable seats (width and some recline) but when the passenger in front recli...
by evyncke
31 Mar 2019, 18:41
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: SN really turned German :(
Replies: 3
Views: 1591

SN really turned German :(

Of course, we all know that SN is now Eurowings and German... But what a 'shock' :o today, after a nice flight PRG-BRU, got the usual request to fill in an evaluation form for this flight, so, doing it... BUT, the evaluation scale is SO German: with the best score on the left and the worse on the ri...
by evyncke
31 Mar 2019, 18:37
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: 2019 Liège Airport (LGG/EBLG) latest news
Replies: 109
Views: 91300

Re: 2019 Liège Airport (LGG/EBLG) latest news

No more Chinese tourists, the number of passengers reduced from 300,000 to 170,000: the duty-free shop of Liege Airport, operated by the Polish duty-free specialist Baltona, closes its doors. TUI fly still operates from Liege Airport, but the number of passengers makes it unsustainable and unprofit...
by evyncke
14 Mar 2019, 11:06
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Social actions at air navigation service provider skeyes (Belgium) - possible air traffic disruptions
Replies: 672
Views: 147367

Re: Air traffic control service skeyes to strike in the evening and night of 12 March

Unfortunately, they didn't follow my nice advice. Instead, they are targetting LGG, the main freight airport of the country, at the hours when it is most active. Well done, guys. Thanks for our economy! Actually, if EBLG wants to get cargo during the night, then they should have their own ATC and n...
by evyncke
16 Nov 2018, 18:08
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: SN and its air fare classes (Y, K, L, ...)
Replies: 7
Views: 7611

Re: SN and its air fare classes (Y, K, L, ...)

Homo Aeroportus wrote: 15 Nov 2018, 13:06
Then be real quick to notice on the next page the booking class (say B,M, ).
This page is replaced by the next one within 2 seconds :?
Excellent, I will give it a try :-)

Also found a nice tool which can help https://matrix.itasoftware.com/
by evyncke
15 Nov 2018, 11:13
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: SN and its air fare classes (Y, K, L, ...)
Replies: 7
Views: 7611

Re: SN and its air fare classes (Y, K, L, ...)

More talking on the qualifying miles not so much over the 'award' miles but thank you anyway
by evyncke
15 Nov 2018, 09:59
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: SN and its air fare classes (Y, K, L, ...)
Replies: 7
Views: 7611

SN and its air fare classes (Y, K, L, ...)

Unsure whether it is the right place to ask... but flyertalk has not the answer :-( How can I know the air fare class of a Brussels Airlines reservation before buying / confirming the reservation? The different tariff / classes of SN are for European flights Check & Go, Light & Relax, Flex ...
by evyncke
31 Oct 2018, 00:50
Forum: Military aviation
Topic: Which future fighter jet for Belgian Defence?
Replies: 220
Views: 97518

Re: Which future fighter jet for Belgian Defence?

jan_olieslagers wrote: 25 Oct 2018, 18:14 Disappointing, but no surprise. Not the first non-surprising disappointment, either...
Indeed... :-(
by evyncke
27 Sep 2018, 17:42
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: A further deterioration of the Brussels Airport website
Replies: 36
Views: 7532

Re: A further deterioration of the Brussels Airport website

At least, the web site is using the correct IP version (IPv6) and using Akamai as the CDN. :-) OK, I am a geek... and found of IPv6 which is the latest Internet Protocol version and Belgium is secretly the leading the deployment of IPv6 with more than 55% of Belgian Internet subscribers using it wit...
by evyncke
10 Sep 2018, 03:47
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: Alicante-Brussels with Vueling, delayed by ATC
Replies: 4
Views: 5644

Re: Alicante-Brussels with Vueling, delayed by ATC

For sure, the approach did not try to catch up for the delay ;-)
by evyncke
10 Sep 2018, 03:46
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: Brussels-Alicante on AirExplore 737-800 operating for TUIfly
Replies: 4
Views: 5658

Re: Brussels-Alicante on AirExplore 787-800 operating for TUIfly

You may want to change the title for this thread: it is probably not a B787 ;-)

And what a shame in 2018 to have a display with lower case acute characters rather than the uppercase version such as É

-éric