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In order to reduce costs, Sobelair has decided to drop one of its three weekly rotations to Johannnesburg in May and June.

... and the situation is not very bright this morning. The General Assembly of Sobelair gave the company 6 weeks to improve its balance sheet, otherwise it will go bust. That would be another thunderstorm in the Belgian skies. :evil: The main way to reduce expenses would be to lower the costs of lea...

I just read an article on Sobelair's results for 2002. I posted it in the "latest news" section of this website, but given the delays for publication, I repeat it here: Sobelair must better control its costs. One year after its takeover by Aldo Vastapane, the charter company Sobelair has r...

Lyulka wrote:Are there any external differences between a 100 and a 200?

If I remember well (I did not check anywhere), a 747-100 has three windows for the lounge at the top floor, whereas a 747-200 has some 8 to 10 windows.

meerkat wrote:Guess I'll have to get up early now to see these birds!

Meerkat

Meerkat,

Is 9.10 in the morning so early for you?

Lyulka wrote:is the 757-200 capable of operating transatlantic routes??

Even the 737 can fly transatlantic routes: LH operates a 737 (C class only) between DUS and JFK

I'm a former SN stew who still wants to fly. I'm posting a reply today because I also attended the auction yesterday. And I'm sorry to disappoint you all but the money is not going to the Sabeniens but first to the major 'créanciers'!!! I talked a few second to the curator to 'thank' him for the fi...

Some sources say it might have been bought by a wellknown Brussels 'chocolatier'... Ivan, This is a confusion. The painting was bought by an antique dealer of Avenue Louise called Michel Wittamer (the same name as a famous chocolatier of the Sablon). But the name of his final client - the very rich...

<t>Figures released by the Association of European Airlines for the week ending April 27th show improvements in most route areas, but traffic on Far East/Australia operations remaining severely depressed.<br/> <br/> Overall, passenger traffic was down 0.3% on the same week in 2002. North Atlantic tr...

Well, then we'll have both versions of the D328 in EBBR since Gandalf is coming with the D328jet. As said in the previous message, Gandalf is not coming with its Do328 jets anymore. Chris draws my attention to what I believe is a unique case in aviation history: is there another plane, besides the ...

EBOS wrote:I heard Gandalf is NOT coming to EBBR anymore ...

This is correct: the only remaining mention of Gandalf at EBBR is for its codeshare flights to Milano Linate, operated by SN.

It's nice to have a direct link with Canada again. Even if it is only by charter. It does not replace the former Sabena scheduled flights with a CityBird MD-11.

I did notice the presence of the following people: ... Paul Jambers. Ivan, Who is Paul Jambers? For the rest, I hope that the wealthy buyer of L'Oiseau du Ciel will exhibit it somewhere. During the Sabena days, it remained either in the vaults of the company or in the board room (except for a brief...

Hi Ivan, Thanks for the report! Yes, Ivan, I am also grateful to you for your excellent report (better than VRT's, which I saw this morning) So sad that the prices were so astronomical :cry: No, Frederic, you should be happy that the prices went sky high: it is all benefit for the Sabeniens :lol:

<t>Richard Branson, the charismatic CEO of Virgin, said Monday that Concorde must and will be saved. He sees its salvation ina two-class sytem, a second class that would be cheaper than current rates and a first that would be more expensive.<br/> <br/> Branson estimated that Concorde could still fly...

The Do328 is a turbo-prop. Here it is in Minerva colours (Minerva also has Alitalia colours for some of its Do328):

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/304131/M/

<t>Boeing is subject to a civil and penal investigation in order to find out whether it has used documents from its competitor Lockheed Martin to obtain a militay contract for satellite launchers. <br/> <br/> A former Lockheed Martin engineer hired by Boeing took with him documents on rockets. <br/>...

"The epidemics of atypic pneumonia (SARS) could delay the privatisation of Air France", said governmental sources on Monday. "Today, SARS is a problem for Air France as well as for all other airlines and, if it goes on, it will make it necessary to postpone the privatisation of Air France".

Great news, EBOS. Again a new airline in BRU.

Here are the timetables (for the spotters and ... the travellers):

Arrival in BRU: T4 202 at 09:40 - T4 204 at 19:05
Departures from BRU: T4 203 at 10:50 - T4 205 at 20:05

Source: OAG

Today starts a new daily (except Sat-Sun) route from Genoa to Brussels and return, operated by Minerva Airlines for Alitalia with a Dornier 328.

Time: arrival 09:10 - departure: 10:00

Spotters, be ready: a new airline in BRU!