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DE TIJD and other Flemish newspapers say that AVIAPARTNER applied for a rearrangement of its debt. The first step to a bankruptcy ?

More details in The Buffalo News. Very sad indeed.

Just heard on Radio1 : Continental Airlines flight from Newark to Buffalo crashed on a house causing a big fire. Around 50 people might have died in the accident. More details to follow.

Just seen on ATW Daily News : The European Commission opened its formal investigation into the privatization and restructuring of Austrian Airlines Group, including its sale to Lufthansa, saying that it "expresses doubts that the price to be paid by Lufthansa reflects the market price for what ...

Atlantis wrote:No more information was given, sorry.

I guess the deal was concluded during bilateral negotiations held at Tokyo on 29+30Jan2009. I expect details should be available in coming days.

tolipanebas wrote:Sabena served it for years on a daily basis as a real network carrier and made huge losses (with the plane constantly overbooked).

Then it means their ticket price was simply too low.

I think there is something bias in this game and I don't like it. I share your thoughts BrightCedars ! In my opinion the official reasons as mentioned in the EU press release just hide something more fundamental : some EU members (especially France and U.K) want to stop the Germans getting too powe...

Vinnie-Winnie wrote:If that ever happens i promise to run around CRL totally naked!

I hope for you it doesn't happen during a harsh winter like this one...

This should be enough food for a discussion ;) HighInTheSky, you might soon be crowned 'The Luchtzak discussion launcher of 2009' ! :P And finally, now that SN will join Star A. they are speaking of a dedicated terminal. Will that be the A terminal? I wonder who will use that terminal besides SN an...

HighInTheSky wrote:Let the guessing begin!

Why don't you try by yourself first ?

Also JAL planned a demo flight for January 30, 2009 out of Haneda Airport, Tokyo. A blend of 50% biofuel and 50% traditional Jet-A jet (kerosene) fuel will be tested in one of the four Pratt & Whitney JT9D engines of a JAL Boeing 747-300 aircraft. The biofuel component to be used will be a mixtu...

SN has just announced it expects to start code-sharing with LH and several key STAR alliance airlines as from next summer season (so even before they join STAR). As I couldn't find that announcement in the press room of the Brussels Airlines website, could you please post the appropriate link ? I g...

would more people fly with SABENA than with Brussels Airlines? Indeed a necessary consideration Euroflyer ! But I wonder, did the name 'Brussels Airlines' attract more passengers than 'SN Brussels Airlines' ? Surely not. The name difference is too slight. However the name 'Brussels Airlines' is lin...

And you know what the big difference is about 'your' great Sabena and 'mine' incompetent Brussels Airlines ? Brussels Airlines is making profits, Sabena never did. In a PR by a big *A member of a few days ago I read following sentence : "Brussels Airlines is owned by SN Airholding and is backe...

I agree with the majority of postings in this topic : 'SABENA' should come back, and as soon as possible . Now that SN is preparing for the *A membership it might be the last good chance to get rid of the ‘Virgin low cost profile’ on all levels, including the actual ‘pizza boy livery’ of its aircraf...

and HKG (a destination SN will probably offer themselves since it was one of the few money making routes for Sabena). To my knowledge Sabena never had regular flights to HKG, except a temporary cargo codeshare with Air Hong Kong already many years ago. Moreover LH didn't commit themselves (yet) to ...

But i think there must be more drastic changes, no? Probably you mean "more visible" changes ? However don't underestimate the IT aspect ! Remember the story of the small sized Aer Lingus in Oneworld : one of the main reasons for EI leaving OW was that when JL joined the alliance, EI was ...

What do they need to do practically? I know it will be a long list, but just some highlights? Well, just one example : they need to adapt/update their computer systems to get access to and communicate with the software of the other *A members. However to save time and money I guess they will simply...

One small step for *A, a giant leap for Brussels Airlines !

Anyone with more information or with similar steps to report from other airlines? Cathay Pacific Airways announced measures to fight the global business turndown by scaling back capacity growth and grounding two freighters. It also offers unpaid leave to pilots and flight attendants and requests a ...