Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal

[Duke]

OO-SNO has been retrofited with the Geven seat as well, and indeed the USB ports are not installed yet, this is why I didn't mention it.

You mean: USB ports installed on 1 aircraft, but not yet activated.

Still a long way to go for WiFi on board ...

No USB, no WiFi !! In the 21st century!

Hard to believe this indeed... installing wifi can't be that difficult or expensive? and passengers are surely willing to pay for this extra service...

[fcw]

Hard to believe this indeed... installing wifi can't be that difficult or expensive? and passengers are surely willing to pay for this extra service...

Everything on an aircraft is expensive! It’ll be at least 250.000€ to install, increase maintenance and cause an extra fuel burn of 1%. Impossible to make a profit on it, Ryan and EZY would have it if it was marginally profitable.
What surprises me is that the beancounters are too afraid to just admit it’s cost saving and are inventing fairy tales which, some, employees seem happy to believe…

The objectif is to have a unified A320's fleet withing the group with the same equipment layout and cabin, so it can be transfered from an airline to another one very quicky and be flown by any other crew from sister airlines.

[Flanker2]

Suffices to look at the LH A32F aircraft, they all seem to have the huge SATCOM antenna.
I bet that it's much more than 1% additional fuel burn.

[KriVa]

Have you done the calculations on that, or is it just a guess?
People who have done the calculations don’t seem to agree with your statements that it’s “much more” than 1%.
https://ec.europa.eu/research/participa ... E0dE5YZlk=

[Boeing767copilot]

Do we have more info on the NEO's, f.e. the delivery date of the first one @ BRU?

Will the eagle land tonight or tomorrow?

[sn26567]

Do we have more info on the NEO's, f.e. the delivery date of the first one @ BRU?

Will the eagle land tonight or tomorrow?

SN pilots made a test flight last Friday in Toulouse, and the conclusion was that there are still issues to be solved before final delivery.

[Boeing767copilot]

This time the eagle is ready to fly to his homebase.

[Stij]

This time the eagle is ready to fly to his homebase.

Hopefully it will not be the reverse of a saying of a steward some 20 years ago on an SN Avro RJ: "It looks like a chicken, but flies like an eagle".

[Homo Aeroportus]

This time the eagle is ready to fly to his homebase.

Hopefully it will not be the reverse of a saying of a steward some 20 years ago on an SN Avro RJ: "It looks like a chicken, but flies like an eagle".

Well now that you say that, the new livery looks like chickenpox to me.

H.A.

[luchtzak]

This time the eagle is ready to fly to his homebase.

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Still idling at Toulouse.

[KriVa]

It seems to be located on a remote platform, not at the Delivery Center. I guess if we spot it moving there, chances are that’ll be an indication the flight to BRU will occur soon-ish.

[Matt]

OO-SFB is indeed being paint

[DannyVDB]

OO-SFB is indeed being paint

How long does the painting of a big bird like the A330 usually take?

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[Miqvell]

OO-SFB is indeed being paint

How long does the painting of a big bird like the A330 usually take?

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Between two to three weeks

[nordikcam]

What motivated the choice to paint the plane in Manchester...the previous one had been painted in Chateauroux, I think...in 2 weeks...? Good to see disappear the Eurowing's livery ...the first one !

[sn26567]

It seems to be located on a remote platform, not at the Delivery Center. I guess if we spot it moving there, chances are that’ll be an indication the flight to BRU will occur soon-ish.

... or another test flight like last Friday before the final acceptance.

[HQ_BRU_Lover]

Almost 2 weeks further now, any updates? Seems to take forever (which is NOT meant negative, just curious to see the birds passing by my desk @ Brussels Airport).

[HQ_BRU_Lover]

Almost 2 weeks further now, any updates? Seems to take forever (which is NOT meant negative, just curious to see the birds passing by my desk @ Brussels Airport).

Checked FlightRadar24 and it made a test flight 16/10, seems now ready to do some testings as well.

[A321Lufthansa]

Does anyone know the return date of OO-SFB? Already 3.5 weeks have passed, and no news about it.

[DannyVDB]

If I am not wrong it is maintenance and not painting, so it will rather take 2 months or so, no?
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