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In fact let's not talk about Sabena anymore, its not relevant when discussing SNBA. :) I beg to differ , remember " those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it " we need to look at the mistakes of the past and those included operating routes for prestige not profit . SN i...

thanks for the info , Depending on the exact nature and extent of the damage I wonder what the likelihood is of the insurance company or SN deciding that it is not economical to repair - the frame is nearly 12 years old I could imagine that the cost of repair could exceed the value of the aircraft (...

the problem with airport infrastructure is that the airlines and pax always want the airport operator to invest in improving it ... but the airlines dont want ( and cant afford ) to pay higher charges and the pax dont want to pay higher fares .... so where is the operator meant to get the money to i...

Houston can easely be served by CO if the economy is at a high level (exactly like Detroit, but we can forget that because Northwest) I am not saying a daily 772 or a 764, but a daily 752 or 762 is perfectly possible for Houston. are you sure that a 752 is capable of flying BRU-IAH ? I would have t...

I suppose that Brussels Airlines will put immediately his flightnr next to that of Air Canada. So, no Brussels Airlines flight to YUL with own metal. Very good news for SN , they can codeshare on this service without the risk involved in operating it themselves . If what I have read previously is c...

Does someone know if SQ closed or moved their downtown office, I don't think I see the SQ bird sign anymore. I just did a search on SQ website for their offices - when I select Brussels from the dropdown box it gives me the address of the SQ office at Schiphol ! So unless it is a glitch on their we...

I would be interested in peoples opinions about SN getting A330-200s either to compliment or to entirely replace the -300s ( 3 of the current -300s are around 15-16 years old so should be needing replacement within a few years anyway ) . Currently a lot of the African flights are multi-sector , usin...

Going from 4 times weekly to daily on ABJ (just an exemple) may not seem so exiting to many as opening own flights to NYC, but I can assure you UA, CO and LH will far more like the first idea and will help SN fill the plane far more, resulting in much higher yields! Thank you Tolipanebas , if there...

Like I've said before to people who were dreaming about restarting old prestigious routes to JFK and the likes, this is not the way SN should go and LH knows this... SN's focus should always stay on Africa and even with Star Alliance, it's SN's major focus market. The point of an airline alliance i...

Thanks for the info , but I am a little confused . You said that they have completed their first flight which was to HKG , then you have said that they have announced HKG as their second route , so which is correct , is it their first route , or their second route ? or have I completely misunderstoo...

Conti764 wrote:
Interesting to see that from the top-10, 4 carriers are Star Alliance (of which 3 are in the top 5) and 4 are Oneworld. Skyteam is only represented Malaysian Airlines.

Malaysia Airlines are not a member of Skyteam

It's still a bit weird... I'll be able to book a flight on Jet Airways, but won't get miles? Or maybe they just gave a list of all current partners, regardless if the partnership will be continued once M&M is in effect... I suspect the partnership will probably continue under M&M , after al...

Do we have any more news as on how SN is progressing into the joining of * A? I was wondering the same thing - everything I have read says that it should be before the end of this year but nothing more specific . I was wondering whether joining will co-incide with the closure of Privilege at the en...

slightly off topic - does anyone have any educated guesses as to when SN will actually be a *A member ? It is supposed to happen before end 2009 as far as I can see , I wonder if it will coincide with the closure of Privilege at the end of October .

Is there not a single LX A332 available anymore? If I recall correctly they have all been placed , in any case , a single aircraft would be not much of a fleet . For SN to have obtained a relatively low time , fleet of identical aircraft ( if I am not mistaken their current fleet of A330s are not i...

in my opinion it is a bit of a shame that the takeover didnt happen earlier , if the LX A330-200s had still been available tsome of them could have been refurbished for SN . 5 or 6 to replace the SN A330-300s would have allowed decoupling of some of the tag services and higher frequencies to the mos...

What no one has mention is how intact the Tail Fin that was found is. So intact, it was floating. That means it had to flutter down, not be attached to a fuselage section when it hit. I have never seen an ocean crash with a fin intact like that. . I suggest that you take a look at the photos of the...

I have to say that I am still very skeptical about JNB Firstly , as JNB is a 'hot and high' airport could the A330-300 actually do JNB-BRU ? Secondly , JNB in recent years has been a yield graveyard which is why numerous European carriers have pulled out - there is lots of competition on Europe-Sout...

Seville a new destination ?? I flew SN to Seville in February 2007 - did they drop it for a while and are now reinstating it ?

considering that as launch customer for the 787-9 NZ were originally supposed to receive their first aircraft at the end of 2010 this is pretty embarrassing for Boeing