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by tolipanebas
15 Jan 2015, 11:17
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: Stuck on FR 737 in Rome, emergency ?
Replies: 39
Views: 7525

Re: Stuck on FR 737 in Rome, emergency ?

The 3 stewards and the lone stewardess stood by their galleys and sold food and drinks to all passengers who wanted it. But Ryanair being Ryanair, nothing is free...! According to EU regulation in force here, drinks and snacks should have been provided for free as soon as it became clear the delay ...
by tolipanebas
12 Jan 2015, 11:29
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
Replies: 4659
Views: 2212837

Re: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal

Stij wrote:Manneken Pis? ;-)
Now, wouldn't that be cool to have when parked at gate A40? ;)
by tolipanebas
12 Jan 2015, 10:40
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
Replies: 4659
Views: 2212837

Re: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal

Belgium's biggest airline,
one of Europe's fastest growing ones,
has room for some livery diversity on its ever-larger Airbus fleet. :wave:
by tolipanebas
05 Jan 2015, 09:39
Forum: Military aviation
Topic: Belgian Defence retires a Falcon 20
Replies: 20
Views: 9283

Re: Belgian Defence retires a Falcon 20

If/when they take delivery of their A400Ms, they'll have to do it anyway.
No extra point for guessing what it will be. :)

BTW- what does the "C" stand for?
by tolipanebas
24 Dec 2014, 18:08
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: SN launches another pack, this time aimed at families: b.family
Replies: 31
Views: 7247

Re: SN launches another pack, this time aimed at families: b.family

The ryanair family pack basically summarizes as follows:
"0mdat ge vandaag zo braaf zijt geweest, krijgt ge deze keer maar een half pakske slaag."
(Urbanus)
:wave:
by tolipanebas
18 Dec 2014, 11:24
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: SN launches another pack, this time aimed at families: b.family
Replies: 31
Views: 7247

SN launches another pack, this time aimed at families: b.family

After the highly successful packs aimed at students studying abroad as well as people frequenty traveling to the same destination in Europe, SN has extended its offer to families travelling with at least one child under the age of 12. Thanks to the pack, you get: - 90% to 20% discount for your child...
by tolipanebas
17 Dec 2014, 11:31
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines future and financial perspective
Replies: 1895
Views: 560289

Re: Brussels airlines future and financial perspective

Iin summer season, depending the exact period, 2 to 3 A319/A320 fly a full charter program on a daily basis, hence the large additional pax volume...
by tolipanebas
17 Dec 2014, 11:19
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines future and financial perspective
Replies: 1895
Views: 560289

Re: Brussels airlines future and financial perspective

One reason why the charter figures are not divulged is that they might be difficult to compute. It is well known that SN operates many charter flights for TCAB (HQ): should the figures be reckoned in the HQ share or in the SN share of the airport activity? From a business/economical point of view y...
by tolipanebas
16 Dec 2014, 13:21
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines future and financial perspective
Replies: 1895
Views: 560289

Re: Brussels airlines future and financial perspective

André posted the offical figures for November today: https://www.aviation24.be/airlines_press_release_articles/brussels-airlines/passenger-growth-brussels-airlines-continues-november-17-4/ Summary: Close to half a million passengers flown on scheduled flights only: +17,4% Passenger growth on Europea...
by tolipanebas
13 Dec 2014, 21:58
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines future and financial perspective
Replies: 1895
Views: 560289

Re: Brussels airlines future and financial perspective

For those wondering, Brussels Airlines recorded yet another month of record growth in November, with a high double digit percentage passenger growth vs same month last year, showing a growth path similar to the previous months. Wait till you see the numbers...
;)
by tolipanebas
05 Nov 2014, 16:18
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Abnormalities in BRU-ANR-CRL-LGG-OST in 2014
Replies: 482
Views: 172243

Re: Abnormalities in BRU-ANR-CRL-LGG-OST in 2014

the pattern looks like the one used by planes for a maintenance release flight...
the flight number too, BTW.
by tolipanebas
28 Oct 2014, 13:34
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium in 2015
Replies: 59
Views: 22986

Re: Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium in 2015

Next year, SN will indeed operate more flights than ever before and transport even more passengers than this year: for that purpose it is planning to add yet another A319 as well as an A320 to its fleet as from spring, increasing the fleet size to 25 Airbus A32F. ;)
by tolipanebas
26 Oct 2014, 17:53
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Aviation and the Ebola epidemic in West-Africa
Replies: 950
Views: 193052

Re: Aviation and the Ebola epidemic in West-Africa

Ful protective suits are indeed onboard and briefings on how to use them are given, also by staff of MSF. I am sure Ryanair has the same, given they are just as likely to have a symptomatic passenger on a European flight from BRU as anybody else you know, with MSF having its Ebola expertise centre s...
by tolipanebas
26 Oct 2014, 17:31
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Aviation and the Ebola epidemic in West-Africa
Replies: 950
Views: 193052

Re: Aviation and the Ebola epidemic in West-Africa

After completing their duties in Africa, medical staff from MSF will often come back to the MSF training centre in BRU to debrief and share their experiences; from there they continue to their home country. In this particular case, the doctor did NOT return from CRY on SN indeed and he simply happen...
by tolipanebas
23 Oct 2014, 17:16
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: SN presents "The Loft", its new A Pier Lounge
Replies: 33
Views: 10167

Re: SN presents "The Loft", its new A Pier Lounge

More on this flagship feature of the premium travel experience Brussels Airlines offers at it's hub in BRU:
https://www.aviation24.be/forums/viewtopic ... 27#p307727
by tolipanebas
16 Oct 2014, 15:57
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: short flight report BRU-AGP-BRU with SN in C-class
Replies: 37
Views: 8269

Re: short flight report BRU-AGP-BRU with SN in C-class

Pre-selection is a nice thing, but for many business class (honestly, who came up with that biz&class rubbish name) passengers it is just not practical. Besides, the meal should be good for the ones who didn't think of preselecting it. When you do not preselect a meal, the system will do a sele...
by tolipanebas
16 Oct 2014, 15:24
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: short flight report BRU-AGP-BRU with SN in C-class
Replies: 37
Views: 8269

Re: short flight report BRU-AGP-BRU with SN in C-class

Indeed, the 4 different products are all successfully rolled out now, but not all the add-ons are in place yet. What you see as pre-selection of meals in biz&class is just the tip of the iceberg. Expect much more options and add-ons to be added to biz&class as well to also the other classes ...
by tolipanebas
10 Oct 2014, 14:18
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Aviation and the Ebola epidemic in West-Africa
Replies: 950
Views: 193052

Re: Aviation and the Ebola epidemic in West-Africa

The only thing I can say abouth this subject is that in the past when we use to live in Zaire in difficult times we where very happy that Sabena was Flying. And there where no other doing so... It's courageous to do so and I'm very proud to be Belgian. People on the spot will not forget that . Inde...
by tolipanebas
23 Sep 2014, 11:38
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines future and financial perspective
Replies: 1895
Views: 560289

Re: Brussels airlines future and financial perspective

While others cry for attention by constantly hosting non-telling press conferences at hotels, Brussels Airlines makes headlines with its operational performance improvements. http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/economie/1.2098356 summary: so far, half a million more passengers carried YTD other operat...
by tolipanebas
23 Sep 2014, 11:19
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Ryanair in 2014
Replies: 909
Views: 246607

Re: Ryanair in 2014

So in short: another non-telling press conference. It seems to have become a habbit with FR's press conferences for Belgium since the start of this year. But then, the market in BRU isn't exactly reacting as expected either, is it? ;) The most interesting element is to hear ryanair label its own ave...