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Looking back, imho, Air Belgium's unsuccessful passengers flight were mainly due to a lack of feeder services in general, either from AB which did not have any or from possible other airlines (which ones will you ask ; good question).
Still imho, if they did not try, why did AB not try to fly to ...

It’s behind a paywall but it seems an investor will buy 100% of Air Belgium

Source: https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/144767-new-investor-offers-to-buy-100-of-air-belgium-report


It looks like CMA CGM is going to buy 100% of Air Belgium but only the cargo activity.

Me too, I want to buy ...

In 2024, KLM and Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport have been at the center of discussions regarding capacity limits. While the Dutch government initially planned to reduce flight numbers to address environmental concerns, backlash from airlines like KLM and JetBlue, along with international regulatory ...

Please, explain why the Lufthansa Italia "adventure" did not work ? As to Air Dolomiti, out of experience I can tell you that most of the time they never fly on time and never be surprised if you miss your connection.

That's all (sorry) I know about the Northern Italian market. A failed initiative ...

Passenger wrote: 10 Jan 2024, 21:55 First bird strike: 09th Jan 2024:
https://avherald.com/h?article=51383416&opt=0

It arrived from FAO this morning and its next commercial flight wil be to Porto tomorrow

The first of 44 Transavia NEOs arrived today at AMS. The aircraft (PH-YHZ, A321NEO) is leased and will be one of the 6 A321NEOs flying this year.

I hope LH let SN the opportunity to use one of the remaining pax planes from KF for the time one of their own got stuck.

If the LH group is not helping why not HiFly of KF?


I reckon they try to place the aircraft like what Airhub did with Corendon. ACMI doesn't mean the aircraft remains idle ...

This is sad news for both Air Belgium and the Belgian aviation in a whole.
I guess the lack of feeder flights from Europe wasnt good for them either. Sad to see them go.


They're not gone, they just decided to do the smartest thing and that's to focus on 2 lines of business instead of trying to ...

On July 15th there will be strikes at Italian airports of ground handlers between 10:00 - 18:00.

In addition, pilots of Malta Air (flying for Ryanair) and pilots and flight attendants of Vueling are expected to strike on July 15th

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2023/07/08/transport-strikes-in ...

KLM flight KL591 (AMS-JNB), operated by a B777-200 (PH-BQO) returned to Amsterdam after a fire in the kitchen. The aircraft was close to Ibiza when it returned. The passengers left AMS at 18:19 on a replacement aircraft (PH-BQF) or were rebooked.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/kl591 ...

RwandAir flight flight WB711 (9XR-WN) has been circling around Londonfor more than an hour now and most certainly will not make it to Kigali tonight (16-01).

https://www.flightradar24.com/RWD711/2edfbd20

Another thing they should look into is operating the long haul flight on behalve of TUI. But there seems to be no relationship between both airlines.


Why would TUI cut a deal with Air Belgium? If they really need the seats they can always fly the route themselves or put the pax on their flights ...

Flight LS983 from Manchester to Bodrum seems to have turned around above Eastern part of The Netherlands and now flying back to the UK. The aircraft is a B757-21B (G-LSAI).


https://www.flightradar24.com/EXS79MA/2d63858f

Astral Aviation flight 8V2611 (LGG - LOS) returned to LGG.

https://www.flightradar24.com/ACP2611/279b18ea

Aerotranscargo FZE is reported to start a Dutch subsidiary Aerotranscargo NL.

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/aero ... scargo-nl/

Will be interesting to see if this one materializes.

sn26567 wrote: 24 Feb 2021, 16:44 In other news, Norwegian plans to cancel more aircraft on order with Airbus and Boeing as part of the restructuring proceedings.

More than plans. The Airbus order is gone.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/norwegia ... 07984.html

Longtail Aviation VP-BWT lost some engine parts on departure of MST and diverted to LGG.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vq-bwt#26debe99


News story
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/longtail-aviation/boeing-747-loses-parts-after-take-off-from-maastricht-diverts-to-liege-two-people ...

Any idea if air belgium made any money until now or if they are burning cash ?
Cargo is more predictable and at current rate a much more profitable business I suppose


Cargo is highly dependiing on the economic cylce (in normal times). The only reason why cargo yields are high at present is due ...

Another two of Norwegians subsidiaries are heading for bankruptcy. I wonder which entity is next.

BTW Bad news for Airbus. I recall the NEO order was primarily for its leasing out, but with Artic in not so good financial state one wonders if this will go ahead.

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines ...

Astral Aviation flight 8V2615 from Liege to Accra has turned back to LGG and is now flying circles next to the airport.

https://www.flightradar24.com/ACP2615/260d7ee9