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by Sabena320
14 Feb 2024, 16:25
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: BRU Summer 2024: news, new routes, airlines
Replies: 326
Views: 150107

Re: BRU Summer 2024: news, new routes, airlines

About the UK, Brussels Airlines will have 4 flight a day to London Heathrow with A320/A320neo, It was 3 times daily during S23, 4 times daily with a combination A319/A320/A320neo during W23/24 so it's quite an increase here. Yes, but not an increase to be excited about. The sole purpose of this ext...
by Sabena320
08 Nov 2023, 10:19
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
Replies: 4560
Views: 2139205

Re: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal

That still doesn't really explain the 4 weeks timeframe IMHO. TUI never took that long between the 1st commercial flight and the delivery of its brand new planes. That includes new types under the very slow BCAA. We're speaking Airbus here, not Boeing. Remember United receiving its first A321neo in...
by Sabena320
20 Sep 2023, 12:23
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2023
Replies: 258
Views: 224401

Re: Air Belgium in 2023

Meanwhile they're looking for more Chinese money (Sichuan): https://flightlevel.be/64956/air-belgiu ... esteerder/
by Sabena320
15 Feb 2021, 13:56
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2021
Replies: 201
Views: 80121

Re: Air Belgium in 2021

BigJets wrote: 15 Feb 2021, 11:23 Why else would they go through the trouble to remove all the Qatar titles and logos if the aircraft would be fully repainted?
I'm quite sure QR will never let another airline fly with its livery, the aircraft is not owned by QR anymore.
by Sabena320
07 May 2020, 15:21
Forum: Website related
Topic: Social media post on Facebook not appreciated by all
Replies: 1
Views: 4219

Re: Social media post on Facebook not appreciated by all

Indeed, it was very unprofessional. Attacking the employer of many people who view this website was far from a smart idea...
by Sabena320
07 May 2020, 10:55
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2020
Replies: 1738
Views: 597190

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2020

Luke777 wrote: 07 May 2020, 07:31 All those very long stories...boring to read...bottom line: before corona SN was not able to make profit
4 out of the 5 past years were profitable, albeit relatively low except for the year 2015. And the profit loss of the 2016 attacks are higher then the loss recovered from the insurance.
by Sabena320
18 Oct 2019, 14:35
Forum: Civil aviation / General aviation
Topic: Cruise speed vs top of descent
Replies: 15
Views: 18575

Re: Cruise speed vs top of descent

So basically, if I want to sequence using speed control instead of vectoring, I need to first descend with a good rate and then reduce the speed. If aircraft have to reduce their speed below a speed that is 'normal' for descent it would indeed be better to let them descend a bit earlier so that the...
by Sabena320
18 Oct 2019, 10:31
Forum: Civil aviation / General aviation
Topic: Cruise speed vs top of descent
Replies: 15
Views: 18575

Re: Cruise speed vs top of descent

If we have to reduce and maintain this reduced speed during the complete descent the top of descent will come forward. We'll have to start the descent earlier as we cannot descend as steeply as when we still had 300kts. Of course, this is when you follow an optimum glide with engines in idle. You ca...
by Sabena320
26 Jul 2019, 15:56
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airport (BRU) infrastructure: future
Replies: 1915
Views: 900639

Re: Brussels Airport (BRU) infrastructure: future

Sadly enough it's not that abnormal, especially flights arrive here in peaks and even then, a flight that is 15 min early and one that is 15min late can cause a sudden pax flow. Waiting times at border control CAN be high in any part of the world and I have waited +1hr in several other 'civilized' c...
by Sabena320
04 Jul 2019, 17:02
Forum: Civil aviation / General aviation
Topic: Flight planning question!!
Replies: 6
Views: 15764

Re: Flight planning question!!

It would help if you could provide your real life situation you were into. For ex. some airports close as from a certain hour, so if a flight is delayed it's possible that they depart with uncertainty/certainty if the airport will be closed by the time they arrive. In that case they just land at the...
by Sabena320
04 Jul 2019, 10:55
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2019
Replies: 1167
Views: 513311

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2019

SN will not be considered a 'real' network airline as they won't expand the BRU hub a lot. SN will most probably only expand in Africa and if needed for Africa also in the US. That's it.They won't become a network airline like SWISS with destinations in most of the continents. That's why they call i...
by Sabena320
24 Jun 2019, 21:38
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2019
Replies: 1167
Views: 513311

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2019

sn26567 wrote: 24 Jun 2019, 21:32 As a reminder, ASL France is operating a daily flight between BRU and CDG for Brussels Airlines.
The contract with them has been terminated already for quite a long time, SN operates all its CDG flights with own Airbus aircraft.
by Sabena320
12 Feb 2019, 00:42
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: National strike in Belgium on 13 February 2019
Replies: 121
Views: 23947

Re: National strike in Belgium on 13 February 2019

Bit touchy? Im wel aware of how connecting traffic works. However a large part of SN’s operation is ex-Thomas cook flights, exactly the same kind of operations TUI does. There is no reason why an effort shouldnt be made to get those people on their holiday on time, therefore my statement: cancellin...
by Sabena320
18 Jan 2018, 20:39
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2018
Replies: 1342
Views: 317651

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2018

Anyone knows why SN is still hiring contract pilots through contractair? I thought some SN management pilots on here claimed it was only temporary to accommodate Avro to Airbus type ratings? Because they still have a shortage of pilots for upcoming summer season, positions they cannot fill from the...
by Sabena320
13 Jan 2018, 16:48
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: BRU Summer 2018: news, new routes, airlines
Replies: 215
Views: 76914

Re: BRU Summer 2018: news, new routes, airlines

The EK evening flight often has light loads, so I'm not sure that they will keep the 2 daily flights once they start with the A380, but we'll see...
by Sabena320
19 Nov 2017, 19:02
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: BRU: B787 versus A350
Replies: 17
Views: 4847

Re: BRU: B787 versus A350

AC is B788 as well ;)
by Sabena320
15 Oct 2017, 12:26
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: RwandAir to fly to Brussels from July 2017
Replies: 95
Views: 30109

Re: RwandAir to fly to Brussels from July 2017

rwandan-flyer wrote: 17 Sep 2017, 08:22 Hi

Anynone has infos about load factor between Brussels and Kigali ?
Very poor. At the moment KGL-BRU around 5-10%. KGL-LGW around 15%. LF from BRU to KGL is between 0 and 3%.

Flights are in fact almost empty with none or very few passengers boarding in BRU.
by Sabena320
24 Aug 2017, 15:38
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
Replies: 4560
Views: 2139205

Re: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal

I think the chances of SN deploying A321's to Africa, except for maybe a single route, are slim. These aircraft simply don't have enough payload capacity for luggage and cargo load together. If they add A321's to their fleet it would probably be for high loadfactor routes as to the Canary Islands, B...
by Sabena320
08 Aug 2017, 18:55
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: RwandAir to fly to Brussels from July 2017
Replies: 95
Views: 30109

Re: RwandAir to fly to Brussels from July 2017

Information has also been confirmed by APG Air Agencies, the representation for RwandAir in the Benelux.
by Sabena320
02 Nov 2016, 20:45
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: BRU Summer 2017: news, new routes, airlines
Replies: 257
Views: 97324

Re: BRU Summer 2017: news, new routes, airlines

In summer Icelandair has a turnaround of 70 min and with current winter schedule it's 65 min. If delayed they still take into account 60 min for the turnaround. Although Icelandair doesn't have more pax on its B757 than WOW Air in its A321, they often transport tons of fish as cargo which takes quit...