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Conti764 wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 17:46 Didn't know... Where they actually used as such?

I presume... I flew once Sabena JNB-BRU in a 747-200 in combi...

My trips in 747-300 (BRU-NRT, NRT-BRU and BRU-JNB) were always full-pax... and full...

Cheers,

Stij

Why did Sabena never buy the Combi's to operate into Africa? KL's Combi's offered more or less the same pax capacity as SN's A330's did/do but with more valuable cargo space. They were combi's... Google "Sabena 747 seatmap"... I believe Sabena even did the conversion of the 747-100's them...

Duke wrote: ↑26 Oct 2020, 10:25 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

Well, it landed kind of like a plane, so it's aviation, isn't it?

Enjoy!

Stijn

It's an ideal schedule! If Air Belgium needs more inspiration... CPT!

theeuropean wrote: ↑01 Jul 2020, 17:52 Any news on the negotiations? It is dragging on for quite a while...

When politics are involved... the less you hear, the better...

Cheers,

Stij

If the Belgian state wants a seat on the board of Brussels Airlines and 25% of the shares +1 (in order to have a blocking minority), it must be a capital injection rather than a loan. You value the company at 3€ (probably even negative for the moment), raise the capital with 1€ and you get 25% of t...

In the end it will be as always in the EU...

The bigger the country, the more power, the less they care about the EU, the bigger the bailout.

Cheers,

Stij

PttU wrote: ↑27 May 2020, 10:34 This is the view in the browser. Still: curious when BRU was this empty

For some reason Google cuts all the aircraft out...

Here's an example screenshot

Did you mean the satellite view or some streetview? In the app or on the website? It's indeed a weird sight at https://www.google.be/maps/@50.9032342,4.4911817,1550m/data=!3m1!1e3, but I can't find the parked aircraft? What I see is only 5 planes: a SN flight ready for takeoff, an aeroflot followin...

Might have been reported before, if so, I'm sorry... For those who want a sad sight... if you check Brussels Airport on Google Earth, and select the most recent view (the little clock on top of the page) you see probably the complete fleets of Brussels Airlines, Air Belgium and Tui... basically... t...

I liked Tempelhof (THF) even better, with SN (both Sabena and SN Brussels) the only airlines allowed to park under the roof! Good memories, flew once in C (on miles) and was the first to disembark under the roof... I guess the closest I'll ever have been to feeling like flying in a private jet... W...

Homo Aeroportus wrote: ↑18 Mar 2020, 09:14
Time to launch a contest : what shall we do with RWY25L ?

H.A.

Mega-bowling...

lumumba wrote: ↑17 Mar 2020, 14:22 I don't think so to build again what Alitalia is would be quite impossible today .
It has to be a national project that involves a lot of cash a state can only assume.

Regards
Patrice

Let's agree to disagree...

lumumba wrote: ↑17 Mar 2020, 13:04 I'm not agree an airline is a strategic industry sure for a country like Italy doesn't have to be profitable in my opinion.

If Alitalia went bust a few years ago as it should have, Air Italy would have been Italy's national carrier by now...

Cheers,

Stij

Corona is an excellent opportunity for the Italian government (and/or Alitalia's administrators) to do what has to be done. Close it down, blame it on the virus. My 2 cents: That should be done, but they'll do exactly the opposite. They'll use the virus as an excuse to pump in even more money... Ch...

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Corona is an excellent opportunity for the Italian government (and/or Alitalia's administrators) to do what has to be done. Close it down, blame it on the virus. My 2 cents: That should be done, but they'll do exactly the opposite. They'll use the virus as an excuse to pump in even more money... Ch...