BRU winter 2010-2011: latest news, routes, airlines

[Atlantis]

Air Moldova is planniNg to launch a new Chisinau-Brussels route.

Source: CH-Aviation

Great to see a new airline at Brussels , although it is a bit odd to see that 9U isn't selling tickets to Brussels on its website yet. BRU isn't mentioned on their flight map and there is no announcement about new routes on its website whatsoever. Do other sources confirm the news?

Were there fligths from Brussels to Chinisau before? Is Air Moldova using its Airbus A320 on the route? Does anyone have an idea about the frequency?

Do you think to route will last or do you think it is another Albanian Airlines story?

Christophe

The flight is still not loaded in any booking engine. If they want to fly to BRU I think they will do it on a 2/3 flights a week base with their Embraer 195.

[RoMax]

The flight is still not loaded in any booking engine. If they want to fly to BRU I think they will do it on a 2/3 flights a week base with their Embraer 195.

They plan to fly to BRU. They didn't say when they are going to do it. So it can be S11 as well.
But indeed, if they will start flights to BRU it will probably something like 1-3 weekly with their E190 (it's not an E195, Atlantis ).

[Atlantis]

The flight is still not loaded in any booking engine. If they want to fly to BRU I think they will do it on a 2/3 flights a week base with their Embraer 195.

They plan to fly to BRU. They didn't say when they are going to do it. So it can be S11 as well.
But indeed, if they will start flights to BRU it will probably something like 1-3 weekly with their E190 (it's not an E195, Atlantis ).

With their E190 indeed

[sdbelgium]

Hmm, that's strange indeed. Will try to figure it out...

It seems they will be cancelling the afternoon flights (5 times weekly), indeed. But instead, they are also adding a nightstop flight to Brussels (6 times weekly), thus actually increasing the weekly services with one frequency overall. This allows for better connections and will attract more business travellers.

Thanks for the one pointing this out to me, he will know what I mean.

[tolipanebas]

No it is an expansionof the codeshare with BMI on destinations beyond London Heathrow
Belfast, Glasgow and Aberdeen.

SN has now formally announced the expansion of its codeshares with BD to include BHD, GLA and ABZ via LHR and in case of ABZ also through MAN and BHX.

[Boeing767copilot]

SkyWorks Airlines starts in febr. 2011 with direct flights from Brussels to Bern and Angers.

[sn26567]

SkyWorks Airlines starts in febr. 2011 with direct flights from Brussels to Bern and Angers.

In fact, the airline will fly from Bern to Angers with a stopover in Brussels.

Timetable

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      Bern-Brussels  Brussels-Angers

Mon	06:15 – 07:30	08:15 – 09:30
Wed	06:15 – 07:30	08:15 – 09:30
Fri	06:15 – 07:30	08:15 – 09:30
Sun	14:30 – 15:45	16:30 – 17:45

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      Angers-Brussels  Brussels–Bern

Mon	17:00 – 18:30	19:10 – 20:40
Wed	17:00 – 18:30	19:10 – 20:40
Fri	17:00 – 18:30	19:10 – 20:40
Sun	18:15 – 19:30	20:00 – 21:15

The flights will start on 14 Feb 2011. Reservations possible from 4 Oct 2010. Sky Works Airlines has a Do328-100 (31 seats) and a Dash-8 Q400 (72 seats).

This winter the airline (which currently only flies charters) will start scheduled flights from Bern to Hamburg, Berlin Schönefeld, Rotterdam and Barcelona.

[RoMax]

I don't know them, but it's nice to see them comming to BRU.

[torchus]

So in fact it's two different legs: a leg Bern - Brussels and a leg Brussels - Angers. Can't imagine anyone wants to fly between Bern and Angers with a stopover in Brussels, which is over twice the distance of a direct flight. But anyhow it will be nice to see a new airline in Brussels.

[sn26567]

Take-off of a Sky Works Q400 in Bern-Belp:

[Atlantis]

I don't know them, but it's nice to see them comming to BRU.

Sky Work Airlines is more a private airline. But lately they are opening more and more routes from big European cities to Bern.

In the past, a few years ago, we had also a skylink between Billund and Bern via Brussels. BA was the operator with a Dornier.

[Boeing767copilot]

Atlantis, the operator was SunAir (Denmark) for BA. The route was Billund - Brussels - Bern.

[brusselsairlinesfan]

BRU-LNE ?! Angers is a beautiful city (I do remember my student life there!!!) but where does the potental come from? Is SN be part of the project?

[Stij]

Another problem is that there's a daily direct High Speed Train to Tours and Poitiers, so if those are your destinations, I don's see why one would fly...

Cheers,

Stij

[Atlantis]

Maybe it's time to give an overview of the already confirmed new routes, extra frequencies, new carriers, etc this winter '10 - '11.


New carriers and new routes.

Qatar Airways -> Doha 5 flights a week with an A330.
Hainan Airlines -> Shanghai 3 flights a week with an A330
Jetairfly/Thomas Cook Airlines -> Colombo - Malé 1 flight a week with a B767
Jetairfly -> La Romana 1 flight a week with a B767
Air Arabia -> Casablanca, Fez and Oujda 3 flights a week with an A320
MEA -> Beirut 3 flights a week with an A320
OLT -> Leipzig 3 flights a week with a Fairchild Metroliner
Air Moldova -> is planning to lauch a new route from Chisinau to Brussels.
Sky Works Airlines -> Bern and Angers with 4 flights a week.
Brussels Airlines -> Hanover with 3 flights a week with a DH4 aircraft (ops by a third partie)
Brussels Airlines -> New flights to OUA, COO, ACC and LFW with an A330
Brussels Airlines -> LHR with 4 daily flights




Extra frequencies

Egyptair: is going to add one extra flight to Caïro. This means 6 flights a week.
Lufthansa: is going to add two daily flights to FRA. This means 10 flights a day.
Aer Lingus: is going to add three flights a week to Dublin. This means 16 flights a week.
Cyprus Airways: is going to add three flights a week to Cyprus. This means 5 flights a week.
Air Baltic: is going to add 7 flights a week to Riga. This means 18 flights a week.
OLT: Is going to add 13 flights a week to Leipzig. This means 16 flights a week.
LOT: is going to add 4 extra flights to Warschau.
Ethiopian Airlines: Is going to add one extra flight to Addis Abeba. This means 6 flights a week.
Brussels Airlines: Is going to add 1 extra flight to Nairobi and Kigali. This means 4 flights a week.
Ukrain International Airlines: is going to fly 5 times a week to Kiev after suspending its flights.
Vueling: is going to add 5 flights a week to Barcelona. This means 19 flights a week.
Czech Airlines: is going to increase their number of flights to Brussels.




Bigger aircraft

United Airlines: is going to upgrade to B777-200
Continental Airlines: is going to upgrade to B777-200




Less frequencies

Air Canada: is going from daily to 4 flights a week to Montreal
Olympic Airlines: is going from 2 daily to a daily flight to ATH.

[theeuropean]

Easyjet are also starting a new service to Liverpool.

http://www.easyjet.com/asp/EN/routemap/

Although not the most reliable of sources Wikipedia says it will start February 7.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_airport

[sdbelgium]

Although not the most reliable of sources Wikipedia says it will start February 7.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_airport

For once, they are correct.

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U2 7057  LPL 1445  BRU 1710  319  D
U2 7058  BRU 1735  LPL 1805  319  D 

And since the flights are starting EFF07FEB11, this is actually still "Winter 2010-2011", I suggest the mods to move these posts.

[sn26567]

New! From today 10 weekly flights to Leipzig from BRU with Air Lipsia. You can book via your travel agency.

Brussels Airport on Facebook and Twitter

[cathay belgium]

Hi,
Air Lipsia,isn't it a joke?
Can find them on the net no info no pics of aircrafts..
What material would they bring to BRU?
Something like OLT?
CX-B

[RoMax]

Hi,
Air Lipsia,isn't it a joke?
Can find them on the net no info no pics of aircrafts..
What material would they bring to BRU?
Something like OLT?
CX-B

The flights will be operated 10 times weekly (two daily on weekdays) as from 15 November operated by Central Connect Airlines with Saab 340 aircraft with 33 seats. Air Lipsia is a new airline, without its own aircraft. They plan to operate as a reall airline in 2011 with its own aircraft. It will be based in Leipzig/Halle, Brussels and Prague are the first routes and will be operated from 15 November by Central Connect Airlines.

Departures in Leipzig/Halle on 05:30 and 18:40 and arrivals in BRU at 07:00 and 20:10. Departures in BRU at 07:30 and 20:50 with arrivals in Leipzig/Halle at 09:00 and 22:20.

http://www.nur-flug-tours.de/news/airlinenews-10751.htm
http://www.mz-web.de/servlet/ContentSer ... 6541148908