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by L-1011
08 Jul 2010, 15:18
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: Ryanair on board luggage policy vs air safety procedures?
Replies: 13
Views: 2575

Re: Ryanair on board luggage policy vs air safety procedures

I have to agree with andorra-airport. The short turn around time coupled with the extra demands on boarding/gate personnel can only increase the chance of such mishaps.
by L-1011
10 Jun 2009, 15:14
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air France AF447 crash into the Atlantic: Airbus A330 aircraft parts found
Replies: 168
Views: 48342

Re: Air France flight AFR447 Airbus A332 missing

Sorry for the folks who don't speak French, but there's a website out there that published a strong case against some of the pitot probes installed on AF airplanes: eurocockpit.com I side with you on this one. eurocockpit.com has produced a wealth of information, sometimes drown in sarcasm and I-to...
by L-1011
28 Aug 2008, 18:02
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Lufthansa acquiring Brussels Airlines
Replies: 173
Views: 52830

Re: Lufthansa targetting Brussels Airlines

With all this talk of LH lurking around participations in OS, new-AZ and SN, with BA taking over IB, the AF/KL alliance which had to compete with BA and LH for consolidation in Europe is loosing ground (air :D ) very fast! Maybe that's why you start to hear AF/KL running back to Italy trying to guar...
by L-1011
12 Aug 2008, 17:53
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Aviapartner strike @ Brussels Airport (and Flightcare too)
Replies: 115
Views: 22730

Re: Aviapartner strike

Today, in our wellness coutries, people simply want to earn very much money and work as less as possible. I must remind you that the (un)loaders are NOT asking for a raise, but simply for a more humane way of working. That's it. Unfortunately they'll never be able to solve that problem... Because t...
by L-1011
11 Aug 2008, 17:06
Forum: Website related
Topic: Major www.luchtzak.be problems, database & backup corrupted
Replies: 13
Views: 7073

Re: Major www.luchtzak.be problems, database & backup corrupted

Thanks for all your efforts Bart. I know its frustrating don't be discouraged :) I have been able to expierience corrupted backups firsthand, and I know it's hell. Double backups from now on (and triple verified ;-) ) Think of all the endless discussions on the fleet renewal of Brussels Airlines. Th...
by L-1011
11 Aug 2008, 14:28
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Aviapartner strike @ Brussels Airport (and Flightcare too)
Replies: 115
Views: 22730

Re: Aviapartner strike

Was at the airport , passengers of United had to step behind a biac car to the terminal from one of the 3xx stands, what a sight ! :shock: .Pilots from Finnair were unloading the luggages from their E90. Wow, They were lucky it was not raining. How did they bring the new to them? "Hey guys aft...
by L-1011
24 Oct 2007, 14:48
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: A stretch version of the A380? It's in the plans
Replies: 4
Views: 1343

When Airbus designed the A380, the A380-900 was to be the main model and the A380-800 the smaller derivative. But as prospective customers were increasingly doubting their capability to fill such a big aircraft Airbus went on to build the A380-800 first (well the customers wanted to order the smalle...
by L-1011
05 Oct 2007, 14:46
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Airbus loses part of engine casing over Germany
Replies: 5
Views: 1370

Maybe the journalist made a mistake while writing his article? Hasn't LTU some A320's? The loadfactor would then be more reasonable for the season :?:
by L-1011
28 Sep 2007, 12:02
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Sukhoi Superjet roll-out
Replies: 43
Views: 6678

Could the Superjet replace the Avro's one day? As much as I'd love to see that I fear it won't happen. Mainly this is because the European consumer will fear the word Sukhoi and avoid those planes. So unless a big carrier, say AF/KL , LH, BA buys a significant amount of them, the acceptance will sti...
by L-1011
28 Sep 2007, 11:59
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Experiment: Zero Security of Russian Airports
Replies: 6
Views: 1352

Re: Experiment: Zero Security of Russian Airports

After the shocking incident with the 15y.o. Russian teen, correspondents of the Russian newspaper Tvoy Den (Your Day) organized an experiment at the airport in the city of Perm and without any obstacles repeated the boy’s path to a plane getting ready to take off http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/...
by L-1011
21 Aug 2007, 21:15
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Ryanair threatens to pull out of Charleroi
Replies: 105
Views: 12387

Here you have a link in french to the article in Le Soir http://www.lesoir.be/actualite/economie/ryanair-stoppe-les-reservatio-2007-08-21-545389.shtml Personally I think they are playing with fire, and I hope they don't get burned. but in the end, passengers are fickle , so even if they leave quickl...
by L-1011
08 Aug 2007, 15:18
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: b.air flight to Kinshasa delayed till tomorrow
Replies: 33
Views: 6684

Without that SFW as back up (when it worked) the summer might have been an image disaster for bru-air. Yes but I heard thet SFW was not completely refurbished inside, so maybe it's not that positive for the image :?: On a lighter note: Airbus should build a reinforced A333EDA for e xtermely d emand...
by L-1011
27 Jul 2007, 16:11
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Beriev-200 firefighter in high demand.
Replies: 25
Views: 5341

I really like this plane. If you'd like to know more have a look here : irkutseaplane.com There you'll learn that this plane is partly EADS :!: :arrow: August 2005 signature at Maks Airshow of service contract between IRKUT SEAPLANE and AIRBUS to manage the Be-200 Worldwide certification: European a...
by L-1011
26 Jun 2007, 16:06
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Big announcement for Dallas Airport tomorrow !!!
Replies: 9
Views: 2326

Well I certainly hope it's DFW-BRU :-)
But if the americans tell you that it's a new major INTL destination, well I doubt BRU is one, and I'd put my money on LHR

ciao,
TriStar :roll:
by L-1011
23 Feb 2007, 20:56
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airport reopened after bomb scare
Replies: 17
Views: 2636

Since I'm taking a flight on sunday, I was asking myself the following thing: :arrow: Because the flightops have not been stopped (to my knowledge), do any flights take off without passengers if they are unable to arrive at the airport due to the roadblock (not mentioning the evacuated departure hal...
by L-1011
17 Feb 2007, 18:06
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Boeing 747 LCF Test Program
Replies: 27
Views: 3476

The 747 LCF is indeed based on the 744. This has many advantages. The biggest of all would be the "younger" airframes, so the LCF can be used for the whole 787 program timespan (or as long as possible), and of course the newer flightdeck, longer fuselage, etc.... If they'd taken a 741/2/3 ...
by L-1011
08 Jan 2007, 10:57
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: BRU-JFK/LGA-GSP/ATL-BRU on DL in J/Y w/pics+vids (2/3)
Replies: 4
Views: 1846

sn26567 wrote:Good report, nice pics. I like the Trump aircraft: I didn't know Donald Trump had its own airline.
Actually, I think this is his personal VIP jet.
Trump 727 pictures

His jet pales in comparison to Roman Abramovich's personal 767 :!: :wink:
by L-1011
07 Jan 2007, 17:41
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Design your own luggage labels, free!
Replies: 8
Views: 1854

Design your own luggage labels, free!

On the frontpage of the KLM site (all local sites and the worldwide site), there is a link where you can get two free KLM luggage tags , and design them yourself, for Free! You can choose to upload your own photo or to pick one of the existing pre-designed tags with a choice of KLM planes. Enjoy! No...
by L-1011
25 Dec 2006, 14:37
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Charleroi Brussels South closed by fog
Replies: 37
Views: 4402

When the strike at CRL was still planned for 21/12/06 they (FR) stated on their website that all diversions would be done via LFQQ (Lille) not LGG :!: At that time I did not understand why they preferred to ask everybody to take the train or bus to Lille instead of Liège... (because of course with F...