New intercontinental route: BRU-TYO

[airbuske]

The CEO of SNBA recently went to Japan, not just to eat spinach I guess

I don't want to crush your dreams but there was an IATA meeting in Tokyo last May (the Annual General Meeting 2005) thus I guess you're correct, he wasn't there just to eat spinach.

Nope, he was just eating Sushi


But let us wait and see.
Is still a long end to go and there is still a lot that can happen.

[AFApresident]

" brussels airport was built by ...."

Who do you think built the japanese runways, AFApresident?
A system that then killed some 25.000.000 people between Hawaii and Burma...
People who want to impress people with such letters might not receive an answer there....
We should not even mention them....

What I tried to say is that it doesn´t matter if it was Hitler, Stalin, Bush or Verhofstadt who build the airport but that action groups try to persuade airlines not comming here by these facts.

Obviously such a fact alone won´t change their mind, but stating they will sue you (and seeing they indeed do (right now only goverments)), this would for sure make me think twice before I decide to fly to Brussels as an airline. If there are than rumors that the airport might be closed than I would probably open an other route if that has the same potential in profitability.


Ofcourse Brussels airport won´t close (well actually you can´t know with these morons in the goverment), but it is the entire uncertainty englobing it which will in the end just scare investors away.


You would be crazy to start a new cargo hub in Brussels, you´re almost 100% sure to have trouble in the end and worst that you could be forbidden to continue to operate night flights in the next comming months. No airline who makes rational decisions would ever with this uncertainty invest a lot in Brussels.

Belgian politicians are really succeeding in turning belgium into a cemetery. When will they have the balls to just tell the people .. the airport is too important to be closed down, that airplanes make noise and that you better just get used to it.

[OrientThai]

Given the fact that there isn't any reason to assume that they'll codeshare with NH (which is a Star Allaince partner) the only option would be JL

That's mean nothing. SNBA is code-sharing with LOT and TAP (who are both Star members) and their cooperation is going very well.
If they code-share SN will feed NH's operations out of BRU.
If the service start isn't a B747s or B777s too big?

[snowflake]

Given the fact that there isn't any reason to assume that they'll codeshare with NH (which is a Star Allaince partner) the only option would be JL

That's mean nothing. SNBA is code-sharing with LOT and TAP (who are both Star members) and their cooperation is going very well.
If they code-share SN will feed NH's operations out of BRU.
If the service start isn't a B747s or B777s too big?

2 good points which are in fact THE reasons why there is no decission taken yet.
2008 is another subject...

Sf

[Rago]

That would mean Pokemons at BRU? Yessss...

Greets,
Ivan

There are already Pokemons @ BRU!!! Just look beside the rwy...

[themole]

ＡＮＡは本当にブリュッセルについて考えている。

サービスは２００７の前に予想されないはずである。

[sn26567]

ＡＮＡは本当にブリュッセルについて考えている。

サービスは２００７の前に予想されないはずである。

このウェブサイトの英語しか、

Translation (the admins are not stupid ):
You correctly think ANA concerning Brussels. Service is not expected until 2007.

I leave it to themole to translate my response

[Avro]

ＡＮＡは本当にブリュッセルについて考えている。

サービスは２００７の前に予想されないはずである。

Thanks for the info, 大きいthemole である

Keep posting them

Chris