BRU 19/12/2010 - snow & diversions - regular update

[torchus]

Departure times (green=ATD BRU LT) of the London-bound flights so far:

Initial fl# - Airline - Aircraft - Destination+time
CA 937 - Air China - A330 -
TK 1985 - Turkish Airlines - A321 - 19.45
RO 1391 - TAROM - B737 - OTP 13.01
PS 501 - Ukraine International Airlines - B737 - LGW 12.44
FB 8151 - Bulgaria Air - A319 - SOF 18.15
W3 101 - Arik Air - A340 -
CY 346 - Cyprus Airways - A320 -
MS 779 - Egyptair - A330 -
KE 907 - Korean Air - B747 - MAD 17.28
AA 136 - American Airlines - B777 -
BG 017 - Biman Bangladesh Airlines - B777 -
BA 082 - British Airways - B777 -
KU 101 - Kuwait Airways - B777 - KWI 18.23
0Z 521 - Asiana Airlines - B777 -
RJ 111 - Royal Jordanian Airlines - A330 - AMM 20.44
RJ 051 - Royal Jordanian Airlines Cargo - A310 -
IT 007 - Kingfisher Airlines - A330 -
9W 118 - Jet Airways - B777 - BOM 23.16
9W 122 - Jet Airways - B777 -
SU 239 - Aeroflot - A320 - SVO 16.40
BR 6075 - EVA Air Cargo - B747 -

That is if London will reopen, and if BRU will be snow-free ...

Source: brusselsairport.be

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LGG is closed at the moment, several (cargo) aircrafts flying in holding patterns.
TAY002 (TNT 747) diverted to OST, TAY048 (TNT 747) flies into Germany and 32Y (Ukraine Cargo 737) hasn't made up his mind yet.


YR-BGE took off for OTP as ROT392A at 13.05LT.

[Zorba]

Diversion from EHAM/AMS:

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TRA/HV582   B737-7K2(W)   PH-XRX   origin: HEGN/HRG

[pjvdv]

LHR stay closed today.
Pj

[torchus]

Updated my first post.

But bruairport.be is a mess and not really up to date it seems, so I wouldn't rely on the listed departure times.

http://www.heathrowairport.com:

Heathrow Airport will not be accepting arrivals on Sunday, and will only manage a handful of departures as our airfield team continues to deal with the impacts of yesterday's bad weather and prepares the airport for a full re-opening on Monday.

We are extremely sorry for the disruption this will cause to passengers and airlines and we stress that passengers must check with their airlines before travelling to the airport. We will provide regular updates.

We have 200 aircraft parking stands and have a team of several hundred people working to treat these airside areas and to keep passengers in the terminal as warm and as comfortable as possible while we do everything we can to get Heathrow moving.

We are removing 30 tonnes of snow from each stand, but the temperature remains firmly below zero and Heathrow's capacity is limited to the extent that all parking stands are occupied by aircraft, making the job of clearing and treating them more difficult.

Safety is our first priority and we hope this course of action will allow us to offer a fuller service to passengers and airlines using Heathrow tomorrow.

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It seems the planes will not leave BRU today after all.

[tolipanebas]

Indeed, SN is cancelling all of its LHR ops for today, even the flights leaving tonight.

LHR will remain closed for inbound flights the whole day, because only 1 RWY is cleared and all gates are taken, so they first need to 'empty' the airport so to say before flights can start to arrive.

[torchus]

DHK082 (DHL B763 G-DHLF) flying a holding pattern near FLORA due to a pressurization problem.

[sn26567]

Information of Jet Airways about cancelled/diverted flights (incl. to BRU/LGG): http://www.jetairways.com/EN/IN/Product ... id=9wtweet

[torchus]

DHK082 (DHL B763 G-DHLF) flying a holding pattern near FLORA due to a pressurization problem.

Landed at approx. 10.50 LT.

[sdbelgium]

Estimated/scheduled (?) times of departure of the London-bound flights so far:

PS501 - Ukraine International Airlines - B737 - 09.30

UR-PSA took off for LGW as AUI501N at 12.50LT.
YR-BGE took off for OTP as ROT392A at 13.05LT.

LX-LGR landed at LGG at 13.15LT as LGL964 (div LUX).
B-16483 landed at BRU at 13.25LT as EVA6075 (div LHR).

[sn26567]

News release from Jet Airways: 9W 118 will stay in Brussels for now, until the situation improves at Heathrow airport. For updated info: http://bit.ly/bPqwFf

[torchus]

Updated first post. Could anyone confirm whether the aircrafts in black are still in BRU ?

[pjvdv]

Arik Air is expected to depart at 15LT to Newcastle.
RJ is going to Amman at 16LT.

[capetown]

Updated first post. Could anyone confirm whether the aircrafts in black are still in BRU ?

Left my office in Diegem and made a short detour to BRU at 2 p.m. (but did not get out of my car as there was quite heavy snow). Have seen the FB, SU, BG, KU (parked at the satellite to the right of the main terminal), and the AA near Abelag. No idea where the real beauties were hiding though (Arik Air A340 and the Kingfisher A330).

[sn26567]

Complaint of a Jet Airways passenger on Tweeter: the passengers have been abandoned by the crew there. Passengers have got food & bedding after 9 hours of being at the airport.

[Darjeeling]

Now it's even rumoured that some of the heavies might get back to their base overseas.

One night was OK for those obliged to stay in transit, two...

All hotels around EBBR are full. The backlog of passengers to transport in Europe has just become huge.

No doubt all the passengers will never be able to reach their final destination by Christmas as all the bookings were very very full for this week with or without snow.

Terrible year for the air travellers. . .

[Darjeeling]

Complaint of a Jet Airways passenger on Tweeter: the passengers have been abandoned by the crew there. Passengers have got food & bedding after 9 hours of being at the airport.

Didn't know crew are obliged to "nurse" passengers on the ground if they don't have a visa... Strange, must be new I guess. Or are pax all becoming assisted-assistance minded ???

[radzinx]

Is BRU operating normally?

[sn26567]

Does BRU operate normally?

No take-offs since 14:30. No landings either: SN 2582 from Berlin TXL has just been diverted.

[sdbelgium]

No take-offs since 14:30. No landings either: SN 2582 from Berlin TXL has just been diverted.

Indeed, this plane (OO-DWG) is going to OST. OO-DWH (BEL88B) now in a holding pattern above FLO. Looks like TCW7815 (OO-TCP) is going that way as well.

[torchus]

Does BRU operate normally?

No take-offs since 14:30. No landings either: SN 2582 from Berlin TXL has just been diverted.

OO-DJK just took off to Hamburg..