During winter months, Bangkok is served by 744 instead of the A340 during summer. I am flying the <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> B744 in a couple of weeks from <acronym title="Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) - Tan Son Nhat (SGN / VVTS), Vietnam">SGN</acronym>. Any chance of getting a seat at upp...
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Jump to postI was amazed by the fact that my Air France ticket could only be issued as a paper ticket (and I had to pay an extra handling fee). The reason: one segment departs from Vietnam. At the moment this country is not able to handle e tickets for <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym>. Would this all be...
Jump to postI am flying back from <acronym title="Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) - Tan Son Nhat (SGN / VVTS), Vietnam">SGN</acronym> in November, so around the equipement change (from A340 to B744). What will be the 744 configuration on the bangkok route. Is it the version with economy on upper deck? What are chance...
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Jump to postThe Jet Airways code share partner in brussels is Brussels Airlines. Did they reach a deal yet, because no flights are offered yet on the Brussels Airlines website (on <acronym title="OLD: Sabena (Belgium), NEW: SN Brussels Airlines (Belgium)">SN</acronym> flight numbers). I heard there were problem...
Jump to postThe Brussels Airlines website doesn't mention the Jet Airways flights at all! The flights Newark and Mumbai flights are only bookable under the Jet Airways site. Is the codesharing already official. No marketing campaign seem to have started yet. How will the current codeshare partner to New York, <...
Jump to postIn my opinion, a huge shift of classes has taken place: the newly offered Premium economy resembles the old (10 years ago) business class, while the old first class has now moved into business class and even more is offered now in C. Flat beds, suites etc. were not-existant in F some years ago. For ...
Jump to postI believe part of the LH A330 fleet are ex-Sabena aircrafts. The only one in the LH fleet with PTV in economy.
Jump to postQuite difficult to book with this frequency. Which passengers will buy a retour ticket with this inflexible schedule?
Which other European countries have Iran Air flights scheduled?
SN Brussels Airlines used to havea two weekly flight to St Petersburg with an Avro on Tuesday and Saterday if I remember correctly. The new <acronym title="OLD: Sabena (Belgium), NEW: SN Brussels Airlines (Belgium)">SN</acronym> still offers these flights, but from September on, no more flights show...
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Jump to post1. What about the Sint Petersburg flights. As far as I know, they were often operated with the A319 and I think they can be considered longer haul european. 2. Why is <acronym title="Helsinki - Vantaa (HEL / EFHK), Finland">HEL</acronym> considered long haul. classic Y/C product offered to be in lin...
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Jump to postI read that no more free catering will be offered for the lowest fare. Given the low prices, this seems to be in line with the industry standards and does make sense to me. But what about the more expensive b.flex fare. Is a meal still offered in this class. If so, will this not be too confusing for...
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Secondly, I want to mention that that almost empty flight was a delight and my best flight ever. All food and drinks you wanted, strechted out in first row, marvelous inflight entertainement system and they serve Stella onboard!
In May this year, I flew <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kingdom)">VS</acronym> from <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> to <acronym title="Delhi - Indira Gandhi International (Palam) (DEL / VIDP), India">DEL</acronym>. Great experience on th...
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I suggest you check the Starbucks website and plan your future travels only to Starbucks-serving-airports!
Last Friday I arrived on Air New Zealand NZ2 from Auckland at <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>. It was a very busy day and our A/C had to wait for a long time after landing before a gate at terminal 2 was available. While waiting there I saw a lot of <acr...
Jump to postHi all and thanks, TG992. I really like this trip crew report. Great to read from a crew point of view. A couple of days ago, I was lucky to be on the same long long flight NZ2 from <acronym title="Auckland - International (AKL / NZAA), New Zealand">AKL</acronym>-<acronym title="Los Angeles - Intern...
Jump to postHi all, is there a possibility to check the load of a particular flight? I know it was possible, but now I can't find/remember these sites. This sunday (May 21th) I am on <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kingdom)">VS</acronym> 300 <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United...
Jump to postI am not quite sure, but I thought Iberia had withdrawn its last B747 lately.
Jump to postWhy do you start this topic whithout reading the others or doing a search? There are already two topics about this subject.
Jump to postWhat about Brussels. They cancelled it after 9/11 I believe. What were the loads before?
Jump to postBTW it is Brussels and not Brussles as in the title of this topic. It is really amusing : <acronym title="OLD: Sabena (Belgium), NEW: SN Brussels Airlines (Belgium)">SN</acronym> Brussels Airlines seems to be the world leader on codeshare operations. I think they have codeshare agreements with almos...
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Jump to postWhat about the <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym>-<acronym title="Auckland - International (AKL / NZAA), New Zealand">AKL</acronym> flights. Does anybody know what <acronym title="Air New Zealand">NZ</acronym> load is on that route? It can't b...
Jump to postc'est un site fantastique.
A lot of nostalgie of the good old days.
Looks very nice. But this is clearly a mockup model and the locationi in the airplane doesn't seem to be correct: to far from the wall. In another configuration this will look different.
Jump to postI read somewhere that there was a new movie about the problems at SWISSAIR. Does somebody know the title. Will it come in theatres in Belgium? How can I get a copy of that movie?
Thanks
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Jump to postOn luchtvaartnieuws.nl it is confirmed that the news about a new airplane for VLM is INCORRECT. The only airplane in the VLM fleet is the good old F50.
Jump to postnobody has news about the meeting? No SN people here?
Jump to postNot really a gift. KLM offered me a nice toilet bag when they lost my luggage. It contained a diversity of products: tooth paste, shaving stuff, a lot of creams, a t shirt, ....
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Jump to postHistorically speaken the economy-plus movement is nothing new. Most airlines used to offer economy and first class. Later on, the airlines offered their business passengers a new class: the business class as an economy plus with better comfort and flexible conditions. Nowadays the business class is ...
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Jump to postMy M.Sc thesis is about research on full motion simulators, especially the motion part of the simulators. It is certainly a very interesting topic and made it possible for me to fly quite a lot of hours in full motion flight simulators! I love simulators, especially full motion simulators!
Jump to postMore than 180 replies on this topic. It must be hot. The article in La Libre Belgique is not so good news, but no surprise neither. <acronym title="Sabena (Belgium)">SN</acronym> is not so healthy, mainly because they are too small and competition is very high. The article mention they are loosing m...
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Jump to postThanks for the post KHI747.
Does anybody know when the ne A330 will be delivered and used on the Brussel/toronto route?
How serious are options? The airline has no commitment so how is decided by the manufacturer what is a reasonable number? How much value is attached with options when manufacturers are planning their production?
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Jump to postI think your first option would be the best option. One single brand wouldn't be a good option. If SNBA want's to keep other LCC's out of Brussels it will need a strong Low Cost presence at <acronym title="Brussels - National (Zaventem) / Melsbroek (BRU / EBBR / EBMB), Belgium">BRU</acronym>. So one...
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