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OO-SFY operating SN 465 flight is scheduled at 7:20 am
OO-SFN operating flight SN 1465 is scheduled at 5:35 a-m.
All birds are coming safe at home!
Nice job from all the technicians of Brusels Airlines in poor conditions

Flights SN237/8 to/from Dakar and Freetown are operated today with a Boeing 767-300 Passenger...

Concerning SN Flights to Africa, this sunday, flight to Banjul is operated with A 319. Other african flights are modified as triangular or quadrangular flights.

The second Belgian Company could be Jetairfly... It make sense since they ask slots between DRC and Belgium!

I meet during last week a minister of the Kasaï and she confirm me that the flights between Kisangani and Lubumbashi and/or Kinshasa will be operated by Korongo very soon.
This minister and his colleague of Katanga confirm also the success of Korongo!
Nice to hear that from congolese authorities!

In my point of view, the ideal fleet should be a mix of:
- 6 Q 400
- 6 Embraer 175
- 12 Embraer 190
- 12 A319
- 6 A320
- 2 A321 (Moscow, Tel-Aviv,...)
- 9 A333 in 2013 and 12 after 2014 (Africa, US (east and west), South America (Brasil of course) and Asia (China, Japan)

I read this evening in the briefs of the journal "le jour" from Douala that a Brussels Airlines flight was cancelled last thirsday evening due to a major problem in the airport with the central fuel supply due to an important leak. That can perhaps explain a part of the modifications in the planning?

This sunday, it seem's that there are some flights cancelled in the african program of SN. The flight SN501 to NY desappeared from the table of departures.
Again problems with OO-SFM or SFW?
Who can give informations concerning these modifications?

Unfortunately in French but what a pity to read such comment! This paper is from Me David Sprecher, french lawyer specialist in civil aviation and is published on TourMaG.com "République Démocratique du Congo - le cas de Korongo Airlines" Cette compagnie aérienne, dont les vols n’ont pas encore débu...

According to Airline routes, the following routes will be operated with Bombardier turboprop Q400: Operated by Tyrolean/Austrian arrows Brussels – Basle Brussels – Birmingham Brussels – Hamburg Brussels – Manchester Brussels – Prague Brussels – Turin Operated by flyBe Brussels – Birmingham Brussels ...

Correct! These birds are already confirmed and 16 A 32.. (12+4) will be active for summer season. Extra (3+2) are coming later depending of the phasing out of the 737 (end of 2012 or soon in 2013...) The sources are Plannespotter, Wikipedia, Airfleet.com and previous Brussels Airlines press releases...

Confirmed in the next few months: 2 A 319 (total 12) and 2 A 320 (total 4).
Depending of the phasing out of the 2 737-300 and 4 737-400, 3 A 319 and 2 extra A 320 must join the fleet.

According to recent informations, the following aircraft are on order for 2012 : Orders Airbus A319-100 5 Airbus A320-200 4 Airbus A330-200 Airbus A330-300 Avro RJ85 To be phased out by the end of 2012 Avro RJ100 Boeing 737-300 To be phased out by the end of 2012 Boeing 737-400 To be phased out by t...

Correct!
OO-SFY is already operational as back-up of A333 during their C-check.
At this moment OO-SFW is in Malta.
HB-IQC was also re-registered OO-SFZ since friday but not yet in service.

OO-SFW leave this morning for Malta. Probably the first A333 to be refurbished...