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Although Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express are now affiliated companies, their communication styles are very different Indeed, so they are. Ever thought that this could be the due to the fact VEX is/was stock listed (and thus legally obliged to communicate much more openly all matters of interes...

TLN is a very cheap airport to fly to (in fact it's an old French Naval Air Base recently opened up to international flights) and the amount of Belgian tourists at the French Riviera has always been enormous, so as Jet Only (and SN as the operating carrier) found out last year, TLN is an ideal low f...

Jet only is particularly pissed off, not so much because of that Murcia (aka Alicante-South) thing, but because VEX (now controlled by SN) opened up a 3 weekly route to TLN (aka Saint Tropez). Last year, Jet only had SN fly this route and had included a clause in the contract forbidding SN to operat...

Contrary to last year, during the weekends SN has flown an extensive winter charter program for both British tour operators to Andorra (SN served TLS from NCL, EMA, STN) as well as for French tour operators to the Baleares (IBZ and PMI from TLS, PMI alone from NTS).

Does anybody know what happens to the slots at LIN? Are they sold to generate some cash (just like SN did with their LHR slots) or are they shifted to SN and will we soon see SN serving LIN (which is conveniently situated in the city centre) for the high yield pax? And what about the AMS_LIN flights...

Of de bonden bij SN nu een punt hebben of niet: het belangrijkste is dat de werknemers een bonus krijgen. SN kan de volgende keer misschien maar beter helemaal geen bonus geven en die 1 miljoen EUR aanwenden voor iets anders. Benieuwd wat de bonden dan zullen zeggen. Tja, als het gemeenschappelijk ...

Het management houdt al een tijdje vol dat de wettelijk verplichte indexatie van de lonen van alle wernemers in Belgie, zoals voorzien in de Belgische wetgeving, gezien moet worden als een echte loonsverhoging, omdat in het buitenland -waar geen automatische indexatie is- die aanpassing van het loon...

Het personeel van SN Brussels Airlines is ontevreden over de bonus die het bedrijf uitkeert. De vakbonden hebben daarover een brief geschreven aan de directie. De 2.000 werknemers van de luchtvaartmaatschappij krijgen een premie, omdat er vorig jaar dubbel zoveel winst is gemaakt als verwacht. Maar ...

The fact that those flights are outsourced is perfectly acceptable We shall remind you to this statement, the day SN announces that much expected expansion to Africa.... on a wet-leased airbus A310 or B747.... will it still be perfectly acceptable to you then? Heck, while doing so, they might even ...

Sure, for the airline it is a smart move, but the fact remains SN is outsourcing flights to others, something less positive for the crews at SN. This time it is only a trainlink which is replaced by an outsourced airlink, but what's next? Scrap a few SN nightstops and let those (morning) flights fro...

vr 25/03/05 - SN Brussels Airlines vliegt vanaf 1 mei opnieuw elke dag naar Parijs. Dat schrijft De Tijd. De samenwerking met Thalys wordt stopgezet. Anderhalf jaar geleden sloot SN een akkoord met Thalys, waardoor de passagiers met de trein van Brussel naar Parijs konden in plaats van met het vlieg...

At present, the fleet of SN has an average age of 7 years so they can go on with the same fleet for the next 10 years without any real problem (gradually phase out the BAe146 maybe, but that's it). What is the average age of the fleet of KL? AF? BA? I don't think SN are in need of a fleet change any...

So it seems VEX has dropped 2 of the planned 4 destinations then, possible because of head on competition with SN.... Bergamo would not generate much additional traffic to the milan area, it would drain them away from the SN flights to MXP and the VEX flights to LIN. Forli is too close to BLQ, thus ...

How is it that in this country it's so difficult to raise money on a private airlines development project ? Because let's face it: right now putting your money in aviation is not really a very good investment is it? Since you've raised the example of SWISS yourself: how much have its shareholders l...

SN remember-

SN will soon open a bank account on which all those who say it has to get more planes quickly can donate some millions to pre-finance their expansion.

Come on, this scenario was well known by many and already predicted 2 weeks ago! It was very naieve of Mr. Kuypers to believe it could have been kept in the dark for so lang. Maybe a late managerial lesson for him: he should bring the news about his high profile airline if and when it happens, not w...

Don't want to spoil this daydreaming session, but has anybody ever said the idea with the 747 would be to have it OPERATED by SN???? Remember the early days of SN's long haul operation.... ever heard of wet lease??? Anyway, the favoured option right now is to get SN a 4th second hand GE powered A330...

I think the choice for a 747-300Combi might indeed sound like daydreaming at first, but it has been seriously looked into and the cost of this plane is so incredibly interesting it would economically make some sense!!!! However, as it would mean introducing a completely new type of plane into the fl...

During the first nine months of 2004, SN has made a net profit of over 7 million euro and in the forth quarter, traditionally the strongest quarter in the industry, they have had very good revenues too. However, apart from its daily flight operations, SN also needs to consolidate all its assets in i...

Another thing I dislike is when the pilots don't give information about the flight. And curious: what information? What is it you want to hear us say? "We are flying at 32,000ft, at a speed of mach point 70, or roughly 750km/h, the outside temperature right now is minus 55 degrees and the weat...