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It looks clean, modern, professional. Nice design. When this baby's in line with other A/C at a pier somewhere, the big "e" on the tail will clearly jump out !

I kinda like this Luchtzak forum. Please let's keep it clean ?

Avro wrote:That would be great, but I will only believe it when I see an official press release.

Where's your faith in BRU ?

... some more patience.

All dogs do die, eventually. Just like hundreds of passengers per year have a stroke or a seizure on board an aircraft (not so bad if you figure out how many people per year spend how much time on board aircraft), so do dogs. This poor bobby might have dropped dead while it was at home napping in th...

Direct flights will always be more convenient, hub-to-hub will always be cheaper.

Could it be that your "rather reliable source" is mixing up Emirates with Etihad ?

I just got an e-mail from Airbus with the following content : (quote) .../... We would like to inform you that there is a strong possibility that the A380 will fly next week. We cannot give you an exact date and time as maiden flights are subject to many conditions that we cannot control such as wea...

We'll see how it goes over the next few years. Any ideas if SN will try and take advantage of this supposed increse in long haul travel out of their own airport? Emirates SN saw most foreign carriers as a threat (and acted likewise), at least SNBA is willing to see them as an opportunity. And contr...

I guess the world isn't waiting for my opinion ans sense of taste, but siince this post is about colours and design... I don't much like the colour scheme of Air India. Even more, I think it's a pity that an important world player like Air India, representing a booming nation and a wonderful cultura...

Rated as the 4th largest carrier in Usa after being passed by Delta now. Source for that?? If it's true, wow!! I didn't realize that their situation was getting that bad. 8O Once more : - a high loadfactor is not an indication of profit - a large fleet is not an indication of profit - anything rela...

AFApresident wrote:I can daily fill a B747-400 to many cities in Spain if I offer 20 euro fares, this doesn´t mean I am making a profit on these routes.

I can't disagree about the fact that loadfactor doesn't mean profit, but I'd love to see you fill those 744's, buddy ! Now THAT would be nice.

Well, there's just been a press release by Thomas Cook that confirms they have a contract till 2008 that makes Martinair the operator for their long-haul flights out of Brussels. Operation with B767 A/C starts on 1 May.

Startup seems to be currently postponed because of delayed delivery schedule of new aircraft.
Their press release confirms that the Brussels-Toronto project is still alive.

Larger A/C are used for flights to FCO at this moment, to accomodate for extra market demand.

Just a reminder : snow in Paris and Amsterdam often leads to diverted flights arriving in BRU. On days like these, you can find unexpected guests on the apron !

fly wrote:that's also the main reason why SNBA doesn't expand their longhaul network at this stage , they just can't find a suitable A330 for the right price.

All depends on your definition of "right price" !

VLM did well last year. They wouldn't start to challenge the big players if they wouldn't feel confident about the outcome. This will work.

My aunt has lived in Zaire for about 40 years. She told me that Air Zaire was (even by locals!) refered to as "air peut-être"


Half the world airline community refers to Lufthansa as "the luftwaffe".

Ryanair > Royal Air Maroc

:idea: Let's not jump to conclusions : though the Etihad BRU project looks good, nothing has been formally decided at this date, yet. If it would be decided, you can be sure there'd be a press conference or press release to state that officially, immediately. The same applies generally to all rumour...