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Apparently, Belgocontrol will hire 15 temporary Atcos from Scandinavia:

http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20160420_02248098

Delta Air Lines is reportedly in the final stages of completing an order for no less than 125 CSeries jets from Bombardier. Apparently it concerns a firm order for 75 CS300 and 50 options, as they are intended to replace the MD-88 fleet. Bombardier Said Close to Signing Delta in Largest C Series Or...

On the other hand, freight decreased by more than 21%

"due to the reduced availability of cargo space on the African network as a result of the higher volume of passengers and weight restrictions on the flights"

Bring in some more higher MTOW A330s I would say!

SN277 is on his way back to Brussels, aircraft is OO-SFZ

Does Bombardier want to show it to Brussels Airlines maybe?

I might be wrong, but I think I saw a DC-10 taking off on the 6th of February when I was on the parking of the Heizel during the afternoon.

After the order for 40 737-700 planes earlier this year, United is looking to order an additional 25 737-700s: United Said to Pick Boeing Again in Snub to Bombardier, Embraer (Bloomberg) -- United Airlines is poised to order another $2 billion of Boeing Co.’s narrow-body jets, snubbing newer models ...

Bombardier is prepared to cut prices on the CSeries as a way to win up to 100 new orders from multiple companies, including options. Possible customers reportedly include JetBlue and Air Canada. And 75 of the 100 new orders have been disclosed, Air Canada it was indeed. Air Canada to purchase up to...

sean1982 wrote:As Lufthansa needs to decide about full ownership in april (3 Days later) I dont think the delay is in India but in FRA. LH allready has flights to BOM you see.

Or maybe there is another reason: SN simply does not have an aircraft available yet to fly the route?

convair wrote: BTW, I think Eurowings code is EW, not (yet) SH.

I think Treeper means short haul (SH) and long haul (LH), not the airline code

Apparently an American F-16 that was being repared at Sabca and made a testflight.

De beenruimte bij United in Economy Plus waar Stij het over had is inderdaad ruim, ik had er alleszins plaats genoeg (ben 1m88 groot).

Al denk ik wel dat het gehele product bij Brussels Airlines beter is.

Passenger wrote:Luckily this happened to un des meilleurs, and not to a carrier that puts too much pressure on its pilots.

And your point would be... ?

You cannot resist to spoil every topic into a Ryanair-bashing topic, can you?

As far as I know SFM and SFN are among the oldest A330's operating commercially? I didnt say it had to happen all at once, but adding newer airplanes to an older fleet is not going to improve dispatch reliability if used for expansion only KLM operates 25-year old 747s that are still going strong, ...

Apparently, the aircraft had a tailstrike in 2001. Downed Russian Jet Suffered Prior Damage Linked to Other Crashes Metrojet A321 was damaged in 2001 when its tail hit runway (Bloomberg) -- More than a decade before it burst into pieces mid-air, the Russian jetliner that crashed in Egypt on Saturday...

Jetairfly announces nine new destinations:
Out of Ostend: Rome, Nice, Burgas, Varna (Djerba is dropped)
Out of Antwerp: Ibiza, Split, Rome
Out of Brussels: Larnaca
Out of Charleroi: Rabat

Also, 4 737s will join the fleet.

http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20151028_01942717

Boeing's Longest 787 Jet Gets Boost in $8 Billion EVA Deal When confirmed, a sale would boost backlog for 787-10 version Longest version of plane seen as crucial for program profit (Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co.’s stretched version of the 787 Dreamliner, whose sales have slowed since its 2013 unveiling,...

Aeroflot Seeks to Exit Deal for 22 Boeing Dreamliner 787s (Bloomberg) -- Aeroflot PJSC, Russia’s biggest carrier, is trying to get out of an agreement to buy Dreamliners from Boeing Co. as it seeks planes and routes from a debt-saddled airline and the market struggles in recession. “We’re trying to...

Ryanair’s O’Leary Aims to Cut Ticket Prices to 25 euro, Welt Says (Bloomberg) -- Ryanair will seek to cut prices for flight tickets to 25 euro on average from 45 euro with the help of falling oil price, CEO Michael O’Leary tells Welt am Sonntag newspaper in an interview. - Longer-term reduction towa...

Cityjet have today announced that they have been awarded a major wet lease contract by SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) to operate a network of regional routes from Helsinki, Oslo and Stockholm. And CityJet acquires SAS subsidiary Blue1: SAS enters into agreements with Cityjet for wet lease and sale of ...