Re: Airbus A330neo Production/Delivery Thread 2018

They are an option.

Re: BeNeLux aviation - 2018

But at Brussels Airport there is still stretch, not the case in Amsterdam... To be honest, is there? With Belgian politics? At AMS, the number of movements is (more or less) capped for the next couple of years, but it doesn't say much about the number of passengers. That still has a ton of potentia...

Re: BeNeLux aviation - 2018

2015 - 2017 growth (2 years in order to minimise the effect of the March 22 terror attacks):
BRU: +5,6%
AMS: +17,1%



(sometimes it feels so humble to be Belgian)

Re: Airbus A330neo Production/Delivery Thread 2018

I learned this week that Airbus is looking to have the 251t A339 certified by mid-2019 (approx one year after EIS).

Re: LH Long Haul Ops Increasingly Complicated - Effect On Transatlantic JV?

In Lufty's restructuring of Miles & More, HON, Senators and FTL bonuses for Brussels Airlines flights will be the same as Eurowings flights, that is less than the bonus on the other LH group carriers and United or Air Canada. Apparently, this will be rectified from January, you will earn as muc...

Re: LH Long Haul Ops Increasingly Complicated - Effect On Transatlantic JV?

*Jump/LH Cityline -> high density 343s based at FRA, but no longer a separate operation? (Still shows up as operated by CityLine on the website, but wiki says otherwise...) Re: Jump. The 6 A340's in Star Alliance livery will be transferred to Brussels Airlines, to be operated for Eurowings DUS base.

Re: Brussels Airlines considering BRU-DEL

Don’t see Delhi happening soon tbh, at least not before 2019. There has been a lot of « mulling » in recent times, i have also heard similar stories about possible destinations like lagos, boston, san fransisco, helsinki,... They all seem to be high on the wish list, but so far, nothing has been ann...

Re: A330neo MTOW increase

After some thinking you can indeed calculate the extra range in 2 ways. Either you calculate at the beginning of the flight, using fuel burn at start of cruise (having slightly less than 9t available). Alternatively, you can also use fuel burn at the end of cruise, and make a correction for carrying...

Re: A330neo MTOW increase

Extra fuel burn for additional weight carried is approx. 25kg/ton/hr. So, if you load extra 9 tons of fuel, in 13 hours you will have burned an additional ~3 tons of fuel. So, after 13 hrs (~6500Nm) you are left with an extra of 6 tons. Good for another 500Nm of flight I am not following your logic...

Re: Brussels Airlines to operate two A340 aircraft for Eurowings

Then there is also SunExpress and (soon) Niki. I believe this setup with SN is an effort to simplify things. Instead of creating a new AOC, they are building on an existing one, which makes more sense in my opinion (also considering, EW and SN will be merged in due course, but it is not priority num...

Re: LH buys majority of Air Berlin

I also think that we should look at EU as one big aviation market. Not just each airport separately. In that respect, Ryanair would also have many quasi monopolies (Weeze, Beauvais, Brussels-Charleroi, Paris-Beauvais, Frankfurt-Hahn, etc) ??? These are low-cost alternatives to larger airports. Usin...

Re: LH buys majority of Air Berlin

I also think that we should look at EU as one big aviation market. Not just each airport separately. In that respect, Ryanair would also have many quasi monopolies (Weeze, Beauvais, Brussels-Charleroi, Paris-Beauvais, Frankfurt-Hahn, etc)

Re: LH buys majority of Air Berlin

One of the rumours I recently heard is that long haul Eurowings will be started/developed on the AOC of Brussels Airlines, with German crew and bases (ex-AB?). This would eventually supersede the co-operation with SunExpress, who currently flies Eurowings Long Haul. If this turns out to be true, it'...

Re: A330neo MTOW increase

So that an airline may have more seats on an A330 than a 787 (and vice-versa) is a matter of choice, not necessity. The only necessity is that you equip the 787 with a 9-abreast economy. I think it is a real shame for Boeing that the 787 only in a 9-abreast lay-out can be competitive against an A33...

Re: Air Berlin has filed for insolvency

Malaysia Airlines

Re: Brussels Airlines getting seven used A330-300's

From a regulator point of view, this sounds like a recipe for ultimate confusion, especially as the aircraft are almost identical and are also both still flying. A number of registrations from 2001 (Sabena bankruptcy) have been taken up again by the recent A319/A320 additions. I think the Belgian C...

Re: Brussels Airlines getting seven used A330-300's

Yes, but only at the end of 2019. (Unfortunately, but you have to look at stepmom Lufthansa for messing up the whole schedule)

Re: Brussels Airlines getting seven used A330-300's

A330-342 MSN679 B-LAC CX Oct/2019 A330-342 MSN895 B-LAG CX Mar/2018 A330-342 MSN915 B-LAH CX Jan/2018 A330-342 MSN959 B-LAI CX Apr/2018 A330-343 MSN978 9V-STA SQ Sept/2018 A330-343 MSN983 9V-STB SQ Oct/2018 A330-343 MSN1132 9V-STO SQ Jun/2019 I have added the timeframe in which the aircraft should ...

Re: Brussels Airlines getting seven used A330-300's

B-LAC (MSN679) will stay with Cathay until July 2019, apparently Cathay already notified Aercap that they won't extend the lease for this frame. When it eventually joins the Brussels Airlines fleet, the roll-over will be finished (in other words: it will be the last one)

Re: Brussels Airlines getting seven used A330-300's

What is your source for the serial numbers? My source indicates MSN 679, 895, 915, 959 as CX a/c, MSN 978, 983, 1132 as SIA a/c.

Re: A330neo MTOW increase

If MTOW increase is coupled with MZFW increase, it can increase payload and that again increases efficiency. Indeed, but your at the top right of the payload-range curve - which is already well behind the 787 on fuel burned anyway. How do I have to interpret that ? :-) I think he tries to say that,...

Re: Azul to add 5 A330neo aircraft, reveals lease cost

My employer received an offer last year for 5 A330-900 (2018 deliveries, also from a "launch"-lessor) that was about 10% less than the rate above. A330neo lease rates could easily go below $700k/month for larger commitments.

Re: Etihad submits an offer for full Alitalia takeover

ME720 wrote:

LH managed to turn around SN, another lost case 10 years ago!

Re: Brussels Airlines getting seven used A330-300's

More information has reached me regarding the fleet replacement. 5 A330 will join the fleet in 2018, 3 ex-Cathay will join in H1, 2 ex-SIA in H2. Almost all of them will be a couple of months early for a natural roll-over. It would make for an interesting opportunity to operate additional frequencie...

Re: Brussels Airlines getting seven used A330-300's

The oldest M/N/O have a MTOW of 215t. All others are 230t and 233t. Then I suppose the incoming ex-SQ/CX A330s are rated at 238t? What about OO-SFX (MSN 1085)? That's a pretty young ex-SQ A330 with RR engines. Any info on its MTOW? I have to correct myself, SFV & W are also 215t, so that makes ...

Re: Brussels Airlines getting seven used A330-300's

KarelXWB wrote:

TK operates 233t A330-300 aircraft on IST-ATL.

Re: Brussels Airlines getting seven used A330-300's

The oldest M/N/O have a MTOW of 215t. All others are 230t and 233t.

Re: Brussels Airlines getting seven used A330-300's

intotheair wrote:

Plenty of A330s are on routes longer than BRU-LAX/SFO. And SK currently flies an A333 on LAX-ARN, which is only about 100 miles shy of LAX-BRU.

Re: Brussels Airlines getting seven used A330-300's

Best choice for Brussels Airlines given the way they operate in Africa and the resulting low utilisation. SN's A330 operation and utilisation is in line with the industry standard. They do not have a particularly low utilisation. If anything non-standard, it would be operating from African airports...

Re: Brexit - EU position7

In reality, you will find that the majority of the UK electorate DO NOT CARE about the financial consequences. As I have said many many times, money was not the primary driver for the leave vote. Of course they do care. If the pound devaluates 20% and the UK GDP decreases with 10%, the purchasing p...

Re: Brexit - EU position

Yes, absolutely, when that "contract" has an exit clause with no penalties (i.e. article 50). That is exactly how life works. That might be your interpretation of 50.3 and would mean a "hard" Brexit by default, which I meant to avoid by proposing to discuss the "penalty&quo...

Re: Brexit - EU position

Maybe because we are leaving in less than 2 years and have already contributed far in excess of most of the remaining countries? You already agreed and approved what you are paying now, and what you have paid in the past. So basically, you think it is fair to break up a contract from one side, with...

Re: Brexit - EU position

Can someone explain to me why a €50 billion bail is so unreasonable to the UK? In the end it is only 6-7 more years of the current contribution. The UK GDP is around €2500 billion, so if they just pay (like they do now) 0,3% of their GDP for 5 years, it is a finished business. It doesn't seem so unr...

Re: Brexit - EU position

I never claimed it was the majority. I never said you did. I said "so many" and I stick by that - too many of the most senior EU politicians and bureaucrats have clearly stated that they want the UK to be seen to not be benefitting from leaving. I believe that they have their priorities w...

Re: Brexit - EU position

The fact that so many EU politicians seem determined that the UK must be seen to be worse off after leaving really does not bode well for the very difficult negotiations to come. I think that is a misunderstanding on your part. There might be some politicians that like to see that, but they are an ...