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by MD-11forever
15 Mar 2024, 09:12
Forum: Plane spotting - Belgium
Topic: BRU 14/03/2024
Replies: 2
Views: 538

Re: BRU 14/03/2024

On 14/03, I saw on FR24 a United 777-200 taking off around 7h30, N204UA.
The aircraft seems to have arrived on 12/03 in the evening.
Was this a special flight, given the aircraft type and the abnormal hour?
by MD-11forever
01 Sep 2023, 21:38
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2023
Replies: 497
Views: 323340

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2023

According to https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Brussels-Airlines, the average age of the A330 fleet is:

OO-SFB 15,4
OO-SFC 15,7
OO-SFD 14,9
OO-SFE 14,4
OO-SFF 13,2
OO-SFG 14,6
OO-SFH 18,2
OO-SFJ 17,9
OO-SFX 13,7

Average 15,3
by MD-11forever
06 Feb 2023, 13:22
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: The Mitsubishi SpaceJet news thread
Replies: 70
Views: 58362

Re: The Mitsubishi SpaceJet news thread

Mitsubishi has eventually decided to terminate the Spacejet program:

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Transp ... r-business
by MD-11forever
16 Dec 2021, 08:36
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Airbus A320 and A320neo news
Replies: 229
Views: 199356

Re: Airbus A320 and A320neo news

Qantas selects the A320NEO and A220 as the replacement for their 737-800 and 717 fleet. It orders 20 A321XLR and 20 A220s, and has 94 options with flexibility on timing and plane type. Deliveries would start in July 2023. https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/qantas-provisionally-selects-a320neo-and...
by MD-11forever
16 Dec 2021, 08:35
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Airbus A220 (ex-Bombardier CSeries) news
Replies: 224
Views: 167185

Re: Airbus A220 (ex-Bombardier CSeries) news

Qantas selects the A320NEO and A220 as the replacement for their 737-800 and 717 fleet. It orders 20 A321XLR and 20 A220s, and has 94 options with flexibility on timing and plane type. Deliveries would start in July 2023. https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/qantas-provisionally-selects-a320neo-and...
by MD-11forever
29 Sep 2021, 10:07
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Trivia 2021 (miscellaneous news)
Replies: 60
Views: 29157

Re: Trivia 2021 (miscellaneous news)

sn26567 wrote: 28 Sep 2021, 15:51 Danish Air Transport retires its sole MD83. MSN 49936 — the last one in Europe. The end of an era!
In Western Europe, this is correct. But the Bulgarian airline European Air Charter still operates 8 MD-82s for the moment.
by MD-11forever
22 Sep 2021, 10:36
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2021
Replies: 389
Views: 128014

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2021

Those who still think that I'm nuts should check out the Lufthansa share price today... -30% What exactly is your point here? I assume you compare against the share price of 6 month ago, not a day-on-day movement as you are wrongly suggesting. All airline shares have dropped significantly since the...
by MD-11forever
29 Mar 2021, 13:41
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Boeing 737 (MAX) news
Replies: 819
Views: 601581

Re: Boeing 737 (MAX) news

Southwest orders 100 MAX 7 Jets, and takes options of 155 more of either the MAX 7 or 8. It also converts 70 MAX-8 orders into MAX-7. Southwest now has 349 MAX firm orders (200 MAX 7 and 149 MAX 8) https://www.swamedia.com/releases/release-82cbf944d0e782c7bbd20a72257499a3-southwest-airlines-adds-100...
by MD-11forever
26 Feb 2021, 17:14
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Boeing 777 and PW4000 engines
Replies: 15
Views: 2092

Re: Boeing 777 and PW4000 engines

A Rossiya Airlines 777 made an emergency landing in Moscow because of engine trouble, although it is powered by General Electric Co. turbines.
by MD-11forever
12 Jan 2021, 09:26
Forum: Military aviation
Topic: Belgian Air Force news
Replies: 144
Views: 307264

Re: Belgian Air Force news

According to the the director of operational testing of the US Department of Defense, the F-35 currently still flies with 871 software and hardware deficiencies, only two less than a year earlier:

https://www.bloombergquint.com/business ... ar-earlier
by MD-11forever
29 Oct 2020, 13:55
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Airbus A330/A330neo news
Replies: 104
Views: 84147

Re: Airbus A330/A330neo news

The first two A330-800 deliveries have taken place, to Kuwait Airways.

https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-r ... 0neos.html
by MD-11forever
27 Oct 2020, 09:27
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: OO-SGC: A new lease of life
Replies: 8
Views: 2760

Re: OO-SGC: A new lease of life

The article mentions that Sabena operated 10 747's... Quite a bit too enthousiastic, I think... Regards, Duke Well at least 5: 2 747-100 1 747-200 (on lease from AF) 2 747-300 Maybe some others for short periods during maintenance of there own fleet? Cheers, Stij 10 indeed, according to planespotte...
by MD-11forever
15 Jul 2020, 22:00
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2020
Replies: 1738
Views: 598355

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2020

Just had two great flights with Brussels Airlines (both perfectly on time): BRU - NAP on 30/06 (A320, OO-SNL), loadfactor around 80% NAP - BRU on 14/07 (A320, OO-SNK), loadfactor around 50-60% On both flights, there was a very friendly cabin crew, especially on the return flight as there was a cabin...
by MD-11forever
19 Jun 2020, 20:13
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2020
Replies: 1738
Views: 598355

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2020

Ditch SN and LH (who has never had any interest in it besides protecting its backyard) and support Air Belgium instead. Transfer the african rights to them and lease a small fleet of short haul aircraft that focuses on feeding, maybe that’s the better solution. I still fear the african market is fa...
by MD-11forever
29 Apr 2020, 09:58
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Impact of the coronavirus crisis on aviation
Replies: 1249
Views: 465608

Re: Impact of the coronavirus crisis on aviation

sean1982 wrote: 29 Apr 2020, 07:41 Since when does this forum allow pro Trump propaganda mods?
Very true. Some posts over here are completely ridiculous and have nothing to do with aviation.
On the contrary, it seems that I'm reading a forum of Fox news or something like that...
by MD-11forever
04 Mar 2020, 10:45
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Boeing 737 (MAX) news
Replies: 819
Views: 601581

Re: Boeing 737 (MAX) news

Michael O’Leary said yesterday that Ryanair is in talks with Boeing about ordering more Max 200s, a high-capacity variant of the baseline Max 8 model specified by Ryanair, together with the airline's first batch of bigger Max 10s. The possible order would be delivered between 2024 and 2028.
by MD-11forever
04 Mar 2020, 10:45
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Ryanair (Holdings) in 2020
Replies: 111
Views: 53679

Re: Ryanair (Holdings) in 2020

Michael O’Leary said yesterday that Ryanair is in talks with Boeing about ordering more Max 200s, a high-capacity variant of the baseline Max 8 model specified by Ryanair, together with the airline's first batch of bigger Max 10s. The possible order would be delivered between 2024 and 2028.
by MD-11forever
28 Oct 2019, 08:35
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
Replies: 4563
Views: 2152538

Re: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal

Homo Aeroportus wrote: 27 Oct 2019, 15:16
airbuske wrote: 30 Aug 2019, 21:34
A321Lufthansa wrote: 30 Aug 2019, 13:23
Which one is the next? SFC, SFF or SFX?
OO-SFB ;)

And said SFB is currently on her way back to EBBR.
This morning, OO-SFX left as SN9905 to Amman
by MD-11forever
26 Sep 2019, 13:11
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2019
Replies: 1167
Views: 519402

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2019

Brussels Airlines cancels more than 100 flights in October to holiday destinations, thereby also affecting 3500 of its own customers:

https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20190926_04629854
by MD-11forever
03 Aug 2019, 13:56
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airport (BRU) infrastructure: future
Replies: 1937
Views: 910069

Re: Brussels Airport (BRU) infrastructure: future

jan_olieslagers wrote: 03 Aug 2019, 09:44 If they mention "rebooted", that sounds like it is an issue with a computer/server. May I suspect it is a "W_nd_ws" server?
I read on De Standaard that a strap around a suitcase broke off and as a result blocked the bagage system.