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by fcw
14 Feb 2024, 23:31
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airport (BRU) infrastructure: future
Replies: 1988
Views: 984222

Re: Brussels Airport (BRU) infrastructure: future

Are you impressed by reviews ?? Organized by BAC themselves ? Every airport of any big city in EU is way better than BRU. Maybe in Bulgaria, Moldavia... there are worse cases. What are the managers doing in their fancy offices? They make big plans like BRU 2040… nice video, blabla. Then nothing... ...
by fcw
12 Feb 2024, 16:58
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airport (BRU) infrastructure: future
Replies: 1988
Views: 984222

Re: Brussels Airport (BRU) infrastructure: future

The new multi-storey parking tower. Parking for managers and staff. Any project for PAX? To improve convenience and facilities forpeoplewho pay airporttaxes. Staff and rental cars, rental car companies pay BAC as well. Don’t feed the troll! They know all too well that staff (their employers) and ca...
by fcw
11 Feb 2024, 16:20
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2024
Replies: 362
Views: 94929

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2024

nordikcam wrote: 11 Feb 2024, 16:03 I guess if they're putting an A320 on BHX this Sunday afternoon it's because there's demand one way or the other...it's not for pure pleasure
Not necessarily, could be operational!
by fcw
10 Feb 2024, 18:20
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2024
Replies: 362
Views: 94929

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2024

cathay belgium wrote: 10 Feb 2024, 16:04 Hi,

Ni direct SN flights to BHX !!! WTF !!!?????

Why ???

Praying for Easyjjet to step in now. ??!!!!!!!!

What's going on ???? BHX is already served by BA,BMI,SN in the past and now nothing ???

CXB
https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001337.htm
by fcw
09 Feb 2024, 10:37
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2024
Replies: 362
Views: 94929

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2024

DannyVDB wrote: 08 Feb 2024, 18:02 Do these figures include 'regular' retirement?
Knowing attrition is a problem, the spokesperson would have certainly mentioned retirement.
There was a big wave of forced early retirement during the 2020 reorganisation, so not many, if any, SN pilots are eligible for retirement in the coming years.
by fcw
07 Feb 2024, 23:23
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2024
Replies: 362
Views: 94929

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2024

longwings wrote: 07 Feb 2024, 21:35
Lux_avi wrote: 07 Feb 2024, 19:34Hiring new guys is difficult. Especially at the conditions Belgian airlines offer.
Can/do they offer training bonds?
They impose training bonds indeed, but even that doesn’t seem to stop the brain drain.
by fcw
07 Feb 2024, 15:51
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2024
Replies: 362
Views: 94929

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2024

problem no need to offer better conditions you can find the people you need. :lol: Don't take me wrong here if it's necessary they could for sure but this is another debate. A friend was recently invited to a SN direct entry captain selection: out of the 5 candidates 3 made it to the second day, ou...
by fcw
06 Feb 2024, 22:44
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: BRU Winter 2025 - 2026: news, new routes, airlines
Replies: 28
Views: 14672

Re: BRU Winter 2025 - 2026: news, new routes, airlines

I understand the W-pattern Crew1990 explains, but they'll need a crew to do the BRU-BOS leg and afterwards again a crew doing BOS-BRU. Quite a costly operation, no? You, clearly, don’t understand! Example of an IAH based crew duty: Day 1: IAH-BRU Day 3: BRU-BOS Day4: BOS-BRU Day6: BRU-IAH. Why woul...
by fcw
01 Feb 2024, 11:12
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2024
Replies: 362
Views: 94929

Re: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal

convair wrote: 30 Jan 2024, 21:10 Just guessing: SN465's (SFG) diversion to BJM today might (!?) indicate it's bringing a piece of equipment; maybe a replacement engine following a bird strike.
And where would they put a spare engine?
by fcw
25 Jan 2024, 18:10
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2024
Replies: 362
Views: 94929

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2024

Star was not the only alliance. Qualiflyer was another one. So good that the high flyers of it ended up as LH subsidiaries. Not at all, Qualiflyer disappeared when Swissair and Sabena went bankrupt 22 years ago! You didn't got the irony? The grass is not greener somewhere else. Your irony doesn’t m...
by fcw
25 Jan 2024, 17:06
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2024
Replies: 362
Views: 94929

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2024

oldblueeyes wrote: 25 Jan 2024, 16:02
Star was not the only alliance.

Qualiflyer was another one. So good that the high flyers of it ended up as LH subsidiaries.
Not at all, Qualiflyer disappeared when Swissair and Sabena went bankrupt 22 years ago!
by fcw
25 Jan 2024, 10:58
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2024
Replies: 362
Views: 94929

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2024

And the wifi does not necesssarily have to be offered for free, I'm sure that most passengers will accept to pay some extra for it (e.g. € 10,00 for the whole flight).. We had this discussion a couple of months ago: Hard to believe this indeed... installing wifi can't be that difficult or expensive...
by fcw
23 Jan 2024, 08:59
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2024
Replies: 29
Views: 16852

Re: Air Belgium in 2024

It seems that both A330NEO's will leave the fleet: https://simpleflying.com/air-belgium-retire-airbus-a330neo-engine-issues/ Yup, it is a statement of fact : I'm the original writer. Due to many problems with the RR Trent 7000. However it is the first time that it is told that there are problems wi...
by fcw
22 Jan 2024, 22:29
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: BRU Summer 2024: news, new routes, airlines
Replies: 355
Views: 191480

Re: BRU Summer 2024: news, new routes, airlines

Atlantis wrote: 22 Jan 2024, 21:31
fcw wrote: 22 Jan 2024, 21:25
More non-stop flights, you mean.
With more direct flights I mean less triangle flights like now, so, more non-stop
Hence my clarification as non-stop is direct but direct isn’t always non-stop. (The triangular flights are direct but not non-stop.)
by fcw
22 Jan 2024, 21:25
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: BRU Summer 2024: news, new routes, airlines
Replies: 355
Views: 191480

Re: BRU Summer 2024: news, new routes, airlines

Atlantis wrote: 22 Jan 2024, 20:05 Exactly, main focuss will be Africa with new destinations but also more direct flights
More non-stop flights, you mean.
by fcw
19 Jan 2024, 22:46
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2024
Replies: 362
Views: 94929

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2024

It’s not because something isn’t understandable at first sight that there is no rationale behind it, and every one taking part to the decision you’re questioning yourself about is the least qualified person you can think of, just because it’s SN… 🙄 So stop being concerned about our financials guys....
by fcw
19 Jan 2024, 14:20
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in 2024
Replies: 362
Views: 94929

Re: Brussels Airlines in 2024

b720 wrote: 19 Jan 2024, 07:29 classy and fresh at the same time:
Depressing, sad and dull are the most heard comments on different forums.
The actual uniform is quite nice and fashionable, one would think there are more important tasks, at SN, to spend money and resources on.
by fcw
18 Jan 2024, 12:26
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: BRU Summer 2024: news, new routes, airlines
Replies: 355
Views: 191480

Re: BRU Summer 2024: news, new routes, airlines

Atlantis wrote: 18 Jan 2024, 11:45...
With the new tariffs started since last year for the next 5 years the most old and noisier planes will have to pay 20 times more to fly to BRU. And yes,
Out of curiosity, what are the landing/take off fees, during daytime, for a B734 and an A32N?
by fcw
15 Jan 2024, 21:48
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airport (BRU) infrastructure: future
Replies: 1988
Views: 984222

Re: Brussels Airport (BRU) infrastructure: future

… there are more than 1.000 busses per day who are serving BRU. The new tram is coming, train connections are there from each angle of the country, new bike routes to the airport, etc etc Indeed! A couple of things could be improved though: later and especially earlier trains and busses, high speed...
by fcw
13 Jan 2024, 10:52
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Crashes and serious incidents/accidents in 2024
Replies: 16
Views: 11466

Re: Crashes and serious incidents/accidents in 2024

I just read United, Copa and some other major airlines grounded their Boeing 737 Max 9’s for extra inspection of the specific panel/emergency exit that caused the Alaska Airlines incident. But what about Ryanair and its Boeing 737 Max 8-200’s ? If not mistaking, they have this same extra emergency ...