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From the last info I got the final choice will be 787-9 or A350-900. The A330-900 is now out of the discussion. The delivery should start from 2032 which coïncides quite well with this order.


Do we know how many they would get in total? SN now has 11 A330-300's with 2 more to come from LH, so I ...

Miqvell wrote: 08 Dec 2025, 16:25 SSF flew to Tarbes today for scrap. It was almost 20 years old.

And apperently now back in service

Good news: as of june 3, 2026 Brussels Airlines will start flying to Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Flights on Wednesdays and Saturdays

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/luft ... mmer-2026/

Great news!

Anybody knows if Lufthansa plans to buy more A320/A321neo's in the short term? As far as I can see, the entire group (without ITA) still has 34 A320neo's and 20 a321neo's on order but if they want to take out the old A320's (especially at LH and LX) and replace A319's with A320's, that ...

Already mentioned elsewhere but still relevant for this topic: ANA will increase to 3 weekly flights from summer 2026. Too bad it's only one additional flight/week but still better than noting

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/ana-all-nippon-airways/ana-adds-more-brussels-tokyo-flights-for ...

The Flemish government will take over the shares of OTTP and will get 39% of all shares. They paid 2,77B dollars.

https://vrtnws.be/p.Nv9kEvOQa

According to this tweet, Brussels Airport will announce their next airport expansion: https://x.com/BrusselsAirport/status/19 ... 6098015738

I suppose it will be the announcement for the Airport Business District?

In the press release regarding their 2024 financial year, SN said
Brussels Airlines will add two aircraft to its own fleet (one Airbus 330 for long-haul flights and one Airbus 320 for short- and medium-haul flights) and has a wet-lease contract with Air Baltic, which will operate 4 Airbus 220 ...

For those saying that Brussels Airport doesn't care about its pax: another investment in passenger experience.

Brussels Airport has applied for a environment permit to move the drop-off zone to a new, permanent location. This will be behind the Sheraton hotel and will make it much easier and user ...

Established02 wrote: 14 Feb 2025, 19:01 Unclear who will operate this new hangar.

Where exactly is this?

Some interesting news today. Brussels Airport requested an environmental permit to build a temporary bus terminal on the other side of where the old DHL building used to be. According to the permit, this is needed as the current bus terminal will be used as a construction zone for the first phase of ...

Safran Aircraft Engines signed another contract with Brussels Airport. They will build a new maintenance building of 11.000 square meters which has to be up and running my mid 2027. They will hire another 220 positions.

The "module factory" has a capacity of 1.200 shop visits by 2028 ...

Safran Aircraft Engines signed another contract with Brussels Airport. They will build a new maintenance building of 11.000 square meters which has to be up and running my mid 2027. They will hire another 220 positions.

The "module factory" has a capacity of 1.200 shop visits by 2028. Engines ...

Hello,

Lately, the AC flight to Montreal (AC833) is always flown with the 777-300ER. Is this a temporary upgrade or a permanent increase in capacity?

In other news, the Flemish Government gave the official kick-off for the redevelopment of the Ring and Leopold III Avenue junction (the main access road to the airport). Project will cost 350 million and will take around 3,5 years to complete.

https://www.bruzz.be/actua/mobiliteit/n-va-ministers ...

Some more news, the Flemish government approved the permit for the new airport tram: https://www.hln.be/zaventem/na-brussel- ... ~a2c29ab8/

https://press.brusselsairlines.com/brus ... in-the-air

SN has announced its brand new long haul cabin!
Looks really nice IMHO

Mayor of Ostend Bart Tommelein and Flemmish Minster of public works Ben Weyts started the construction of a new disassembly hall at Ostend Airport. Aerocircular, the new company, expects to scrap about 25 aircraft per year.

As far as I know, this is the first dedicated scrapping facility in ...

Interesting news today:

https://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/luchtvaa ... t/10045231 (Dutch only)

According to De Tijd, the flemish government wants to buy the shares of Macquarie. Any thoughts?

Found this on Skyliner:

Airbus A330 -342 895 OO-SFC Brussels Airlines ferried 28apr18 FRA-FCO, for paint into Eurowings cs

Will Eurowings have a second a330-300 in their fleet? I thought they were supposed to have only OO-SFB?
Someone with more information?