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Crew have very approximate and basic French. I'm not even talking about their English skills... which have also followed the same downward trend. All instructors and examiners are flemish. All the training courses is given in Dutch (for cabin, not cockpit). Let me laugh... there is no fair treatmen...

I cannot agree more with what Crew1990 writes. It's all about survival. My niece used to fly for them (she then went to VS and now AF long-haul). Maybe some of you are still in the late 90s early 2000s when young almost all Flemish junior cabin crew were perfect tri-lingual, better than the ones fro...

Some "food for thought" , This trend is becoming increasingly common among Belgian Francophone customers. Feedback is reaching travel agencies, including in the African market...

According to a newer interview with Aerotelegraph the remaining A330 from LH should migrate to Discover. So, let's see if SN's growth ambition may be fueled by external A333 If they maybe cannot come from LH itself, maybe from their other "partner" Singapore Airlines. SN had in the past a...

The most logical and economical solution for SN is the A339. It's a logical A333 replacement horse. The main issues are: - noise emission - cargo capacity In both cases the A339 is able to cover this. They can also go with triangular ops, which is ideal for their business model. Range isn't an issue...

Some fresh news:

No, it's hydraulic leak according to my source.

OO-SFF stuck in Bujumbura, and it'll take time to repair...

It will not turn them away but it's bad brand image. Showing SN as a secondary airline of the group. In meantime OS is seen better. They are receiving brand new B787 for their long haul ops. SN received a 19 years old A330 from LH. LH is owning SN now already for many years. SN is/was seen as the A...

Rather strange we do not read any feedback from the rather successful strike of last saturday. 🤔 I give you one feedback that illustrates SN’s professionalism level: many cases of severe malaria are now reported amongst the crew. You know the crew are overnighting in “tents” in a National Park lodge...

THAÏ will come back in BRU in 2024 (I predict Q4), but no precise date is given yet as it's fleet availability depending. Many Belgian and Dutch major tour-opartors have been made aware of that in december 2023.

I think Atlantis knows it as well, but can't confirm I assume.

Just wondering why SN get the -251 series of engines and all the others LH/LX/OS the -271 series of engines on the NEO Because Lufthansa is upset with their current GTF P&W engine issues, and haven't been compensated accordingly. Hence, the next 30 A320neo and next 9 A321neo of Lufthansa will b...

The journey to the city of Kinshasa, where all the hotels are located can take up to 4 hours both way for a layover of just 24h. They found as solution a national park outside with "luxurious" tent... Air France made the choice to send their crew to Brazaville. No other « normal » airline...

In today's La Libre.
I will explain more about where SN's management wants its crew to stay at when they layover in Kinshasa... you will laugh.

Atlantis wrote: ↑11 Nov 2023, 09:43
I remember from the past, before 2000, the China Eastern Airlines flying to BRU with their A340.

They did, indeed. 1992 to 1998 or 1999. They flew SHA-BRU-MAD. At first stage with the MD11 then the A343. MU551/552 as far as I remember.

Charelroi Airport begins to understand...

I hope it's readable:

How could it have ended up differently ?

See by yourself, not even taking into account what happened in 2023... (loss making S.A flights).

This new fail for the Belgian commercial Aviation, makes us think to what happened to VG/Delsey Airlines back in 2002/2003. No serious business plan, no feeder, no real interline agreements,... I thought Mr Terzakis was more clever than FVG and Tony Graam. The Covid and Ukraine excuses are just sill...

I'm not an expert, but KF planes are available every day at BRU. Why not a joint venture between SN and KF to replace defective planes at the eleventh hour? KF has an ACMI business. So ?!! I strongly suspect that it is more cost-effective for them to cancel the flight, reroute passengers via UA or ...