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Found this today...
Belgium's Cargo B to take first Boeing 747-400 freighter
Brussels-based freight operator Cargo B will take delivery of its first Boeing 747-400 freighter next month for entry into service early in November. The aircraft will be deployed on the cargo airline's three weekly flights to Latin America, serving Sao Paulo, Lima, Quito and Bogota," Cargo B executive VP commercial, Niek van der Weide, says. With the arrival of the -400, the two Boeing 747-200 aircraft which currently make up Cargo B's fleet will operate as back up and offer extended charter capacity with the option to provide extra flights when appropriate, he says.
Belgium's Cargo B to take first Boeing 747-400 freighter
Brussels-based freight operator Cargo B will take delivery of its first Boeing 747-400 freighter next month for entry into service early in November. The aircraft will be deployed on the cargo airline's three weekly flights to Latin America, serving Sao Paulo, Lima, Quito and Bogota," Cargo B executive VP commercial, Niek van der Weide, says. With the arrival of the -400, the two Boeing 747-200 aircraft which currently make up Cargo B's fleet will operate as back up and offer extended charter capacity with the option to provide extra flights when appropriate, he says.
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charterman,
whatever airplane they get - fact is that crews (pilots & engineers) are being fired - a friend of mine got the call in a hotel at the other end of the world at 3 am
before a flight.
Nice wake up call - I bet it has been a pleasant flight home
whatever airplane they get - fact is that crews (pilots & engineers) are being fired - a friend of mine got the call in a hotel at the other end of the world at 3 am
before a flight. Nice wake up call - I bet it has been a pleasant flight home
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Fortis. One of the main investors with in Cargo B look to be introuble. Have a look at this story
Fortis shares slump anew as financial health debate rages - MarketWatch
Lets see what this does to cargo B and their -400 hopes
Fortis shares slump anew as financial health debate rages - MarketWatch
Lets see what this does to cargo B and their -400 hopes
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News floating around today that the 400 delivery has been put back now to the end of November and that money issues are again causing problems
Any one else hearing the same?
Any one else hearing the same?
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Can anything last for long in Brussels...?
Sabena is gone, and missed...
Was an airline of nice reputation, although not making money since 1959 (except management).
Sobelair followed the same path.
Then there was CityBird... in memoriam.
Do you remember BIAS, with DC8s and DC6s, back in the 1960/70s...
How about Abelag Airways with a 707, turned into Air Belgium and their 737s...
Shall I mention Young Cargo, the two 707 cargo planes...
Remember TEA, which turned into EBA then... call it Virgin Express, now.
What will it be with Cargo B...? Out of business next year...?
xxx
Brussels is an ideal place. The heart of Western Europe.
Right in the middle of Paris, Amsterdam, Cologne, Luxembourg, even London is near.
Passenger or cargo, it is a great location. You got NATO and EU in town.
xxx
Then they get FedEx, DHL, and scare them away. Planes are noisy... Right.
You move to live in Diegem or Steenokkerzeel, didn't you know the airport is next door...?
How come taking off from EBBR, I get vectored over the city, middle of the night...?
Yet my Jeppesen map says P-1 (Prohibited Zone 1) - Do not overfly the city.
xxx
Then, let's talk about Belgian politics. They make me laugh.
I was born there. I can bark in Flemish and French.
When I down a Stella, Maes or Jupiler, I can be anything you want me to be.
Yet, anyone who invests for business in Brussels should have their head examined.
When are Belgians going to learn...? What is left in aviation...?
Oh, I know what is left... A Caravelle hanging from the ceiling in the museum.
xxx
Happy contrails
Was an airline of nice reputation, although not making money since 1959 (except management).
Sobelair followed the same path.
Then there was CityBird... in memoriam.
Do you remember BIAS, with DC8s and DC6s, back in the 1960/70s...
How about Abelag Airways with a 707, turned into Air Belgium and their 737s...
Shall I mention Young Cargo, the two 707 cargo planes...
Remember TEA, which turned into EBA then... call it Virgin Express, now.
What will it be with Cargo B...? Out of business next year...?
xxx
Brussels is an ideal place. The heart of Western Europe.
Right in the middle of Paris, Amsterdam, Cologne, Luxembourg, even London is near.
Passenger or cargo, it is a great location. You got NATO and EU in town.
xxx
Then they get FedEx, DHL, and scare them away. Planes are noisy... Right.
You move to live in Diegem or Steenokkerzeel, didn't you know the airport is next door...?
How come taking off from EBBR, I get vectored over the city, middle of the night...?
Yet my Jeppesen map says P-1 (Prohibited Zone 1) - Do not overfly the city.
xxx
Then, let's talk about Belgian politics. They make me laugh.
I was born there. I can bark in Flemish and French.
When I down a Stella, Maes or Jupiler, I can be anything you want me to be.
Yet, anyone who invests for business in Brussels should have their head examined.
When are Belgians going to learn...? What is left in aviation...?
Oh, I know what is left... A Caravelle hanging from the ceiling in the museum.
xxx
Happy contrails
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Belgian CAA...?
You should have known Mr. Destrée, the chief in the 1970s...
Was not exactly my friend.
I think the day he retired, the entire pilot group had a party.
xxx
Happy contrails
You should have known Mr. Destrée, the chief in the 1970s...
Was not exactly my friend.
I think the day he retired, the entire pilot group had a party.
xxx
Happy contrails
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Tail strike
What did I say about them...
Now it is OO-CBA and a tail strike taking off from BRU.
Rear pressure bulkhead probably got it.
You know the rest of the story.
xxx
Not so happy contrails
Now it is OO-CBA and a tail strike taking off from BRU.
Rear pressure bulkhead probably got it.
You know the rest of the story.
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Not so happy contrails
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NCA had an agreement with JETT8. Now they have one with Cargo B. Doesn't seem like very reliable partners for NCA. The new airplanes are 230 million a piece so they better have a top notch insurance.
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for the pictures of the tail strike The Aviation Herald