I see potential for some cooperation and codeshare flights between SN and AZ, and of course with others in the LH group, at least on the European scene. I also guess this means AZ will take SK's place in Star Alliance and perhaps join the transatlantic deal with AC and UA. The LH group belt now goes...
Had the luck to land an A320neo (OO-SBC) on our flight from BRU to CPH last Friday evening. The most striking aspect to me is the much lower noise level in the cabin, even at take off power. SN or LH group selected a cabin without ambient lighting, which I find nice but obviously it's esthetical. Th...
Great news if you ask me! What is the ETOPS situation concerning KF? I guess with the hours clocked with the A340's they can now start training using the A330's with cargo, after which they could replace the A340's with A330's for passengers when things get better? On a side note, why would QR part ...
Air Belgium unveils its schedule for Brussels - Mauritius, first flight on 15 December : KF2301 BRU - MRU 19:20 - 10:10+1 -2--5-- A343 KF2302 MRU - BRU 22:00 - 07:20+1 --3--6- A343 Red-eye flights both outbound and inbound! :o And it looks like the same crew will operate outbound and inbound after ...
There is so much passion around this topic, perhaps there should be two threads about Brussels Airlines, one for actual news and facts and one for the interesting and never-ending debate. The situation is extremely complex and some people currently have to take decisions affecting people's livelihoo...
MEA still offers printed press first in C and then down the aisle in Y, there are options in Arabic, English and French. It does seem like something from past ages but I enjoy grabbing one once in a while. Still I wouldn't miss it and would be happy if I could just download a copy off the aircraft w...
About A330's or other large twins, I was wondering if Air Belgium selected the quads to avoid the potential restrictions that would be put on a new operator wanting to fly ETOPS without a track record. If anything they should at one point be considered mature enough for a temporary ETOPS certificate...
Apples and oranges: you cannot say SIN has 40K pax from BRU, which currently means everyone flying from A BRU to B SIN via XYZ means to go there and in the same paragraph say this or that ME3 hub has that many passengers to/from BRU, knowing that the vast majority of those pax are not flying to/from...
Not to trash the party, I'm extremely happy to see SQ return to BRU, but I am not sure the local market can support EK, EY, QR, TK and on top of that CX, SQ and TG. I'll exclude China and Japan carriers and just mention the likes of FI & SU who are also tending on that hub & spoke model towa...
Free market economy is like the theory of evolution: survival of the fittest.
Not all contenders will remain but in the end the best operator should prevail.
I drove twice to AMS this year to take the much cheaper HV direct flight AMS-BEY. If they start such a flight in BRU, I'll be delighted. ME is abusive in terms of prices and SN sadly isn't looking at BEY. HV serve AMS, ORY and LYS-BEY so it's not impossible.
If you're going to keep a business class on your planes then it makes sense to reserver some bundled perks to differentiate that offering. Moving away from EW model and closer to LH model could also mean simplifying the tarif classes vis-à-vis the cabin classes. Maybe business will become a bit more...
Why not start from Brussels and be member of OW ? SN is killed by LH, why not another solution for BRU ? I like the way you think. Well, we know from fact that BRU was too greedy to lure KF. Not sure if IAG has interest in setting up competition in their backyard, esp. KF is geared towards long haul.
SN will not fail to reboot. This morning, CEO Christina Foerster and CFO Dieter Vranckx both said that SN WILL reach an 8% EBIT margin in 2022, whatever it takes to get there. My hopes are with you. The next two years will be particurarly testing with a slowing economy, the prospect of recession, a...