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There is a general strike by the FGTB at Liège today.

An ULM has crashed today around 13h, at Avernas-le-Bauduin, near Hannut, near the Aéro-Club de Hesbaye. The pilot was alone on board and has been killed. The aircraft was a FK12; it reportedly catched fire in flight.

http://www.lavenir.net/cnt/DMF20151018_00721172

As such Brussels Airport must 'think' Brussels Airlines in all they do (and vv.) In the past, it was the case with Sabena. It's called "putting all one's eggs in the same basket". When Sabena collapsed, it took years for the airport to overcome it. I guess they won't do the same mistake w...

http://www.lesoir.be/1018798/article/actualite/belgique/2015-10-16/survol-bruxelles-plupart-des-infractions-ont-lieu-entre-6-et-7h An overwhelming majority of the members of the Brussels parliament supports the request to extend the aerial night of Brussels Airport at 7:00 22h00 - which is demanded ...

Vueling is multiplying its “Vueling Days” by inviting travel agents to come visit the headquarters of the company in Barcelona. The goal is to develop relationships with tour-operators and distributors, a scheme deemed necessary for the expansion of the Spanish low-cost. And the charismatic CEO, Ale...

There are plenty of organisations which give such awards - in the end, these awards don't mean much ...

Shannon Airport has beat off stiff competition to be crowned the European Airport of the Year. The win was announced at the European Regions Airline Association gala event in Berlin on Wednesday night. It is the second year in a row that the Co Clare Airport has won the prestigious award - the first...

Last flights this year :
- Brussels-Treviso / Verona-Brussels
- Copenhagen (from Charleroi)
- Berlin (from Brussels)
- Marseille (from Charleroi)
- Pisa (from Charleroi)
All day-return trips, with Ryanair, on Boeings 737-800.

Ryanair announced Wednesday an increase of the number of its flights between Berlin Schönefeld and Cologne / Bonn from the current five to six per day, from 16 November - with prices starting at 9,98 euros. Reason is the "overwhelming demand." The Berlin-Cologne / Bonn appears to Ryanair a...

During September 2015, 655,322 people travelled to/from Charleroi, a 10% increase on September 2014. LF was 88.34%. During the first nine months of the year, 5,317,581 people travelled through BSCA, a 9% increase on the same period in 2014. The five most popular countries in September 2015 were Spai...

EasyJet CEO Carolyn McCall singled out Germany and Switzerland as among markets where it aims to grow most in coming years, saying the expansion of Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s discount arm poses little threat. Capacity is being added to German destinations including Berlin and Stuttgart, McCall said, ev...

Ryanair will be operating nine new routes to and from Malta next summer, bringing its total of destinations from the island to 36 – two more than Air Malta. The new routes are Baden, Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Gdansk, Poznan, Manchester, Rome Fiumicino (perhaps replacing Ciampino) and Budapest. Th...

Today Stansted airport revealed it had broken the 22 million annual passenger milestone for the rolling year total for the first time in more than six years – and served more than two million people monthly for five months in a row for the first time since 2008. Directors at the airport hope that ev...

Five Air France employees from the Cargo division were arrested early today as part of the investigation into the violent scènes of last week.

http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france ... france.php

Just declaring beforehand that you have a portable o2 concentrator is NOT enough, azuxtror. It needs to be an approved model by the company AND the passenger needs to have a medical declaration by his doctor. If any paperwork is missing the passenger needs to be refused. If so, why was he accepted ...

I strongly advise them to look for an out of court settlement with Jetairfly. I don't know what French and/or Moroccon courts would do, but Belgian courts would reject the claim because 1. the decision was taken by the captain, and 2. because the decision was taken for a safety/security reason: &qu...

Stefan Hollands, Jet Airways general manager for Benelux and northern Europe, has left the company.
He will be replaced by Samir Chada, until now Jet Airways Paris, as Regional Manager for Europe.

Very good job for SN ! Good job, certainly. But don't let's think that the SN problems are over for good ...... “In the absence of any unforeseen shock, the next 12 to 18 months - with the combination of low fuel prices, low finance costs - most airlines will look like they are geniuses run by mana...

European regional carrier, VLM Airlines, has launched a direct service from Birmingham to the thriving commercial and tourist centre of Antwerp in Belgium. The inaugural flight was greeted with a water arch salute whilst VIP passengers were greeted by the Belgium ambassador to the United Kingdom, Gu...

Kinshasa (AFP) - A new airline was launched in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday. Two Airbus jets belonging to Congo Airways left the capital Kinshasa's Ndjili international airport after a ceremony attended by President Joseph Kabila. The first flight left at 10:57 bound for the eastern to...