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Considering the poor track record of Foerster at SN, where she didn't do anything to mark her rather short term, other than unscrupulously relieving Gustin from the throne, I doubt that she'll make a difference at OS. I think that LH Group will se a major transformation in the next year. These are s...

Breaking news : Davignon quits / Smets in ! https://www.lecho.be/entreprises/aviation/davignon-passe-le-flambeau-a-la-tete-de-brussels-airlines/10221106.html Since I am not familiar with the 2 people, what does this mean for SN? Any change or is it just musical chairs with Christina going on the bo...

They will need a well-balanced fleet of around 100 aircraft, serving intercontinental destinations in Africa, Asia, the Americas, to the model of KLM and LX. In which world do you live? Demand is drastically decreasing and will take time to recover. Brussels Airlines have no money anymore and you a...

A bit like what Citybird was to Sabena, but directly owned. However, going with something like Birdy would be a royal mistake. Both setups were almost identical in fact: -Citybird damp-leased two MD11s to Sabena. (Sabena pilots seconded to Citybird and damp-leased back, Sabena cabin crew) -Birdy us...

Hi, Make plans for the next SN is nice but some get to forget one thing.... Planes, crew,staff, slots , everything belongs to LH. If they decide to shut down SN and place some cheap EW planes here to keep the profitable routes going and just dump the rest... They keep their backgarden clean and pre...

Actually the entire discussion about the nationalization is pretty obsolete since there is no plan to so whatsoever. Not for SN, definately not for TUI. I stay convinced it should be about saving as much jobs as possible. In that regard it should be SN and Tui Belgium that need priority and only th...

I can come back in a dozen years, it will be the same debate again on this forum. Brussels Airlines is now Eurowings. So nationalise it if you want but LH needs to lose all its shares and has to forgive any loans and payables that SN has towards it. So essentially this has to be done under insolvenc...

There is no willpower at SN management. The talented ones with willpower have already left the boat frustrated. Thomas Cook's failure is a bummer, but part of the travel agencies have been taken over by Wamos so not all is lost. I personally don't understand why SN didn't make a bid on it, consideri...

The unimaginable has happened. Not. I and others have been warning for a decade about this, but the likes of Passenger were running the PR for the German team. Brussels Airlines is being merged into EW. The question is, what will happen when LH decides to dump EW. Because EW has never been profitabl...

Imo Air Belgium has to stop closing their eyes and needs to face reality. There are only few markets out of Belgium that can be lucrative. First of all, they need to talk to MOL to secure feeding. Second of all, they need to look at (seasonal) long haul destinations where they can make money. During...

I refer to my previous posts about these so-called Dutch investors taking over VG over FVG (even though he was outld and passed away after) and then getting their hands on HQ. They didn't know what they were doing and neither was Air Belgium. They were counting on free hand-outs from China but they ...

I wonder if Tolipanebas will survive the thought that he will be working for a low cost airline. So much fot SN staying a stand alone branch under LH. Some of us have been shouting that this would happen, yet the naive SN fanboys never quite wanted to believe it. Makes one wonder if they were SN fan...

For those interested in flying to Japan, I have been notified by secretflying of this superfare. In my opinion it's an error fare as ANA is advertising the lowest rate from 538 EUR return. The superfare is shown as 407 EUR return on the ANA website, but can be had for lower if you invest time search...

It looks like reliability is way up now. Perhaps SN should look at maintaining the cooperation and ask for a clause with big compensation for each delay/cancellation in the form of rebates on the monthly ACMI charges. The SSJ fits well in SN's operations, the aircraft can't help it if Cityjet is una...

As reported in the BRU routes topic, ANA will upgrade BRU-NRT to B789 effective October 28th 2018 offering additional seats as follows: 2 x J, 44 x Y. I have anticipated such a move previously, it's a pitty the attacks probably delayed it by a year or two. However at present I was expecting them to ...

Yes it can be succesful but you need a good plan. Belgium is an outbound leisure market primarily. This is why FR and TUI Belgium are doing well. In terms of business flying, Belgium has a problem because the business cycle is not stable like in other major big cities. There is demand but not all th...

If you have booked because it’s BA and because it’s a 787, you feel more then disappointed when you end up in an AB A340. To be fair, in economy class, the AB 343 is more comfortable than the BA 787. Passengers should be enchanted! That is a good point. I would say way more comfortable. At least in...

Flanker3 wrote It never ceases to amaze me how "managers" hope to run yield management from day 1 on routes without feeding and with heavy competition, only to price themselves out of the market. So much for being a "disruptor". Scarce return tickets at 450 EUR return, but mostl...

I disagree with you strongly. BRU is too expensive and too low yield for an A340 operation. TATL? With Primera and DL offering 300 EUR return fares, it doesnt make any sense. Forget it. Asia is the right market. There is potential for routes like TYO, MNL, TPE, ICN, SIN. FR is not perfect, but they ...

HKG had a business case but not anymore after CX came in. That's when you have to decide to adapt. If there is a business plan that could work, it was TYO, as I said from the beginning. However, I think that the failure was not the CX competition but an internal strategy failure. I pointed out numer...