RE: sabena folds
Yes, I do mean Virgin Express. Their look is cheap, tacky and damned awful. I planned to fly LHR to BRU until I discovered that SABENA had given the routes to Virgin Express, and then I had to go from MAN. Although their planes carry the OO registration, I do not regard them as “proper” Belgian because Virgin is not a Belgian company – it is the company which runs some of the worst trains in Britain!!
Also, I do not think they look like something out of Russia, the Aeroflot planes look smart by comparison Geforce!!!