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One would think that insurances would somewhat compensate airlines for their business disruption no?

One would have thought that with Jet moving its scisor hub (4 flights?) that you could imagine more than 1 airplane being added to take-over the market that Jet created or at least some of those flights. Taking over only one destination seems like a missed opportunity, but then again, perhaps ...

Is a third connection/destination to a US city possible this year or is that all the excitement we can expect?

Is a BRU-SFO rotation possible in 24 hours? Daily frequencies are preferable no?

As for potential destinations, what about LAX and Houston? Both are also hubs of United no? And Miami also comes to mind but more for the tourisme and local communities

Don't they need to extend the runway first? When is that planned for? And how much could be saved on taxes by ticket flying between secondary airports? Would it really end up being "low cost"?

I believe they could quite easily transfer flights which are not feeder flights for the longhaul. Ryanair has proved that you can open destinations from Brussels south, and have high occupation rates and profitability as a cherry on the cake.

How about a feeder flight arriving at BRU in the ...

What's the bad deal with busses? Everytime I pass through munich, I always get a bus to and from (except on Longhaul planes). It allows for a much more efficient use of available space no? (and is a lot cheaper I would imagine). No one seems to complain over there and the transit is always super ...

Following is purely personnal interpretation

Looking at 2010 vs. 2009, they have a negative cash flow (never a good thing on the long run).

They also have a significant increase on their accounts receivable which may be partly based by an increase in volumes, but the increase is much more ...

I fear that with the death Of Victor Hasson a few years ago (co-founder of EBA (which became Virgin express), City Bird, Birdy (sold later to SN Brussels), Belgium lost one of the only people willing to take the challenge and there is little hope for a new Belgian Flag Carrier. But never say never ...

Hear hear...

Thanks for sharing that.

why do the registrations start with OO-S..?

When it was SN brussels, I understood that, but why hasn't the S been replaced by the B of brussels airlines?

Just a question I was asking myself.

I don't think I would want to be saved by the Belgian Airforce in these times...

To get back on subject, if they believe in being able to generate value through synergies, etc. they should do it asap, before the business developes further.

Once they do this, they should rename the company to give it a name with more catch to it. Sabena would be great, but the way things are ...

I'm not too crazy about the Air Berlin name, but certainly better than Berlin Airlines.

I tried googleing Panam but found nothing up and running. I used to travel all over the world with them when I was a Kid. They were all over the place.

I have no idea what the Sabena name is worth. I imagine ...

Brussels airlines is a name that has no aura to it. How does Amsterdam Airlines, Dublin Airlines, Barcelona Airlines, Washington Airlines sound to your ears (giving these just as examples). They don't sound great to mine, just as Brussels Airlines does not. It sounds small, lacking of ambition and ...

Does anybody know when the press conference by Ryaniair is scheduled today?

Or to CRL once the runway is extended

there goes the best TATL product out of belgium.

Now we will need to content ourselves with US carriers or Bru Air.

Thesalonika,
Volos,
Santiago de compostella
Kos
Lamezia
Athens
Belgrade

These are 7 new destinations for 2011 right?

Do those comprise the 5 that management announced (see top of the thread) at the beginning of the year?

Probably more to come... Extend that runway already and make room for ...