Air Belgium in 2018

[jan_olieslagers]

or perhaps even "enfin"

[TLspotting]

Yup. It was "enfin", my word was correct according to this website.

[jan_olieslagers]

There's more to languages than machine translation ; but it was rightly stated that you seem to have time before you, to learn better. Do!

[Acid-drop]

To me this was perfecly correct : "You use finally to suggest that something happens after a long period of time, usually later than you wanted or expected it to happen."

[sean1982]

Is this a topic about air belgium or the correct use of the english language?

[Passenger]

Well. My question was rather « why do you say finally? », but they all jumped into the little joke of André
Easier than answering the real question, I guess.

I can't read minds, but I guess TLSpotting wanted to say "the first revenu flight was done quite long after delivery of the aircraft".

[sn26567]

Well. My question was rather « why do you say finally? », but they all jumped into the little joke of André
Easier than answering the real question, I guess.

I can't read minds, but I guess TLSpotting wanted to say "the first revenu flight was done quite long after delivery of the aircraft".

And with that we should agree to close this linguistic diversion

[Desert Rat]

Well. My question was rather « why do you say finally? », but they all jumped into the little joke of André
Easier than answering the real question, I guess.

I can't read minds, but I guess TLSpotting wanted to say "the first revenu flight was done quite long after delivery of the aircraft".

A reason for this might be that the leasing term is different for the last A/C...might be PBH instead of a monthly flat rate.

[Passenger]

Well. My question was rather « why do you say finally? », but they all jumped into the little joke of André
Easier than answering the real question, I guess.

I can't read minds, but I guess TLSpotting wanted to say "the first revenu flight was done quite long after delivery of the aircraft".

A reason for this might be that the leasing term is different for the last A/C...might be PBH instead of a monthly flat rate.

Yep, that's probably the case for aircraft who's future was to be parked at Tarbes or Chateauroux. VG Airlines also started like that for their A332's, back in 2002 (= with Nine Eleven in mind).

But then, once again: the posts from TLSpotting suggest that OO-ABD was supposed to enter in service sooner. And apart from aircraft lease, there are other fixed costs too.

[Desert Rat]

Yes, but ABB had enough A/C's to operate their business this summer, reason why a pay by the hour A/C will be left on the ground, and the other 3 will be prefered for the daily operation.
This might be an explanation....I don't say that's the way it is. To have a pbh A/C in the fleet would give them some flexibility and relief on the monthly fee to be paid to asset management.

[TLspotting]

Indeed, ABE has flown for AF and BA.

ABA and ABB have both flown for KF mainly.

[Desert Rat]

When I wrote ABB I meant Air Belgium...not OO-ABB...the aircraft...
PBH A/C would be the last one...OO-ABD.

[TLspotting]

When I wrote ABB I meant Air Belgium...not OO-ABB...the aircraft...
PBH A/C would be the last one...OO-ABD.

I know

[Acid-drop]

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/air- ... i-flights/

Acmi only now ?
What about the chineese investements, the subsidies, the promises ?

[TLspotting]

Simply unbelievable...

[b720]

Simply unbelievable...

I think that the whole project from CRL was foomed from the beginning. They were really unlucky with cathay
Beating them with launching HKG from BRU. I do not believe that the market is large enough for both airliners..

[lumumba]

Simply unbelievable...

I think that the whole project from CRL was foomed from the beginning. They were really unlucky with cathay
Beating them with launching HKG from BRU. I do not believe that the market is large enough for both airliners..

But they where not aiming the same clients!

[luchtzak]

The project with U-tour, the Chinese tour operator didn't seem to work...

[nordikcam]

I think it was written. Why not focus on what does not exist instead of competing with Hainan and Cathay. For example South America (Colombia / Peru / Brazil) and probably from Zaventem ...

[Passenger]

Flemish financial newspaper De Tijd: same story as L'Avenir:
https://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/luchtvaa ... 51868.html