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by lumumba
14 Oct 2014, 09:11
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Aviation and the Ebola epidemic in West-Africa
Replies: 950
Views: 193099

Re: Aviation and the Ebola epidemic in West-Africa

No, it's not the professionals who are spreading the infection ... but joe public who has nothing to seek there at the moment. Nobody is talking about a complete quarantine, just about COMMERCIAL air travel But that's impossible poeple will move anyway ... And then without control it's worse the OM...
by lumumba
14 Oct 2014, 08:58
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Aviation and the Ebola epidemic in West-Africa
Replies: 950
Views: 193099

Re: Aviation and the Ebola epidemic in West-Africa

Moderators will remove posts (as they have already done previously in this thread) if airline bashing and irrational fears fuelling do not stop. See what's happening in the US already: the news there reports that 5 passengers with flu-like symptoms have disembarked in Boston from an Emirates flight...
by lumumba
10 Oct 2014, 13:23
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Aviation and the Ebola epidemic in West-Africa
Replies: 950
Views: 193099

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 .
by lumumba
30 Sep 2014, 23:26
Forum: Civil aviation / General aviation
Topic: Car parking in Brussels airport (Zaventem)
Replies: 54
Views: 17078

Re: Car parking in Brussels airport (Zaventem)

Last week I arrived from FIH in the morning and told myself that I will take the train instead of the cab. Normally I never take the train because I don't wanna pay the tax for the tunnel I don't use. But ok this time I really wanna try and what happened,there was a problem in the south nort tunnel ...
by lumumba
22 Sep 2014, 00:48
Forum: Civil aviation / General aviation
Topic: Subsidies to Belgian airlines
Replies: 38
Views: 11934

Re: Subsidies to Belgian airlines

Either way, the EU will have to block the subsidies as it distorts competition directly. But in the meanwhile they can get it to balance part of their negative cash flow, which will give them a few additional months until the EU forces them to reimburse it. If they don't get this, how long can they...
by lumumba
09 Sep 2014, 23:09
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: BRU Summer 2015: latest news, routes, airlines
Replies: 279
Views: 87243

Re: BRU Summer 2015: latest news, routes, airlines

ETIHAD Regional Adds Brussels Service from late-March 2015 ETIHAD Regional in Summer 2015 season is adding Brussels operation, with 3 weekly flights to Dresden and 4 weekly to Leipzig. ATR72 aircraft operates both routes from 29MAR15. Dresden – Brussels F7296 DRS1140 – 1330BRU AT7 246 F7297 BRU1415...
by lumumba
07 Sep 2014, 11:50
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: EK (Emirates) comes to BRU
Replies: 145
Views: 38150

Re: Will EK (Emirates) come to BRU?

What I don't understand is why SN does not move all the employees to Ireland!!!! To escape the taxes here,like Ryanair. Off topic- it would not make any difference! A new European law came into force in 2012, airlines and their employees pay social security in the country in which the employees are...
by lumumba
07 Sep 2014, 01:32
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: BRU winter 2014 - 2015: latest news, routes, airlines
Replies: 116
Views: 60113

Re: BRU winter 2014 - 2015: latest news, routes, airlines

nordikcam wrote:
lumumba wrote:[And they have a plane free that of Washington DC.
Only for winter season...they will continue IAD next summer ! So 3 new african destinations for this winter ?
Yes you are right THX.
by lumumba
07 Sep 2014, 00:50
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: BRU winter 2014 - 2015: latest news, routes, airlines
Replies: 116
Views: 60113

Re: BRU winter 2014 - 2015: latest news, routes, airlines

crew1990 wrote:Well, if SN flies to Libreville, it would be probably in connection with kinshasa, Bamako and Accra will probably be in a triangular flight as well. However it s possible that a new 330 will join the fleet next summer.
And they have a plane free that of Washington DC.
by lumumba
07 Sep 2014, 00:40
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: EK (Emirates) comes to BRU
Replies: 145
Views: 38150

Re: Will EK (Emirates) come to BRU?

airazurxtror wrote:
lumumba wrote: What I don't understand is why SN does not move all the employees to Ireland!!!!
To escape the taxes here,like Ryanair.
No need for that : they get governmental subsidies to compensate.
But if they move all the employees to Ireland they will be even more efficient.
by lumumba
06 Sep 2014, 20:47
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: EK (Emirates) comes to BRU
Replies: 145
Views: 38150

Re: Will EK (Emirates) come to BRU?

sn26567 wrote:What Aucoc fails to mention is that the Emirates employees do not pay any taxes at all in Dubai. Quite a competitive advantage, if you ask me!
What I don't understand is why SN does not move all the employees to Ireland!!!!
To escape the taxes here,like Ryanair.
by lumumba
05 Aug 2014, 19:00
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport
Replies: 182
Views: 45515

Re: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport

When I bough my house they where no planes!?!?! 25 years ago noisy DC-10s and 747-100s, often at low altitude due to max TOW, were overflying your house at midnight almost every day! I'm not so old ;-) but since I live here there where no planes. And I said no TAKE OFF between 23:00 and 07:00. Sure...
by lumumba
05 Aug 2014, 17:48
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport
Replies: 182
Views: 45515

Re: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport

I think we have to make choses and yes an airport is important but a smaller one. With no night flights, we can bring those flights to other airports Ex: maybe Oostende or Liege,Cologne... Also a good idea will be to close the airport for take off from 23:00 to 07:00. A good idea? That's a disaster...
by lumumba
05 Aug 2014, 16:25
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport
Replies: 182
Views: 45515

Re: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport

I think we have to make choses and yes an airport is important but a smaller one.
With no night flights, we can bring those flights to other airports Ex: maybe Oostende or Liege,Cologne...
Also a good idea will be to close the airport for take off from 23:00 to 07:00.
by lumumba
03 Aug 2014, 16:30
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport
Replies: 182
Views: 45515

Re: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport

God forbid, if one day BRU is regionalized, or if Belgium splits, you can expect no airplane from BRU is gonna fly over either wallonia or Brussels anymore. Then you'll be sure all the noise will be for the north. Is that what you want, both Flemish and Walloons? If an independent Brussels indeed w...
by lumumba
02 Aug 2014, 17:26
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport
Replies: 182
Views: 45515

Re: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport

So 4 posts ago you were complaining about the noise above your house and now you agree? I will tell you why you agree: because you think that independent ICAO representatives would route those airplanes over less dense populated (flemish) area anyway. But imagine that they take the more ecological ...
by lumumba
02 Aug 2014, 16:43
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport
Replies: 182
Views: 45515

Re: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport

Above, White Light showed how to deal with the problem in a objective way: 1. The is no "Wathelet Plan". At best you can speak of the "So-called Wathelet Plan", because Wathelet applied the decisions made by the Leterme governments in 2008 and 2010 when Etienne Schouppe was in c...
by lumumba
02 Aug 2014, 15:26
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport
Replies: 182
Views: 45515

Re: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport

Could we PLEASE try to stick to the topic. topic is about the dispersion plan, not about the languages spoken at the Belgian airports. I had archived this topic because too many people were turning it into a feud between communities. I don't want to do it again. I had reopened the topic because the...
by lumumba
02 Aug 2014, 14:15
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport
Replies: 182
Views: 45515

Re: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport

Well, BRU is on flemish territory, I dont see the difference. The real problem is that the bilingual thing usually only comes from one group of people, the same group who has to endure all flights over their heads now by rule of the judge. I still have to meet the first walloon who orders his drink...
by lumumba
01 Aug 2014, 23:42
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport
Replies: 182
Views: 45515

Re: Wathelet dispersion plan for Brussels Airport

3 don't forget that 80% of the people working a Brussels airport are from Flanders . 4 Like for Liege Bierset Flandefs does not want fly over from that airport!!!! Aha, you know all those employees personally? If you are right, I wonder why I spoke french most of my time at the airport? If Brussels...