TUI Airlines Belgium to Egypt

Stij · Post by **Stij** » 11 Mar 2005, 10:38

Hi,

this is my first post on Luchtzak, so if this isn't the right forum to make this post, don't shoot me, just let me know.

Next week I fly to Egypt out of Brussels with TUI Airlines Belgium.

When I booked the flight this was the schedule:

Thursday 24/03/2005 Brussels 05:40 - Cairo 11:00 TUB4821

Thursday 31/03/2005 Cairo 11:50 - Brussels 18:00 TUB4822

Now the schedule has changed to

Thursday 24/03/2005 Brussels 05:40 - Cairo 11:45 TUB4821

Thursday 31/03/2005 Cairo 10:50 - Brussels 18:00 TUB4822

So the flight time is on both flights between 0:45 and 1:00 longer.

Now my question: Do they stop somewhere to refuel or is it normal to change flight times like this?

Thank-you.

Kind regards,

Stij

Post by **sn26567** » 11 Mar 2005, 10:58

Welcome to Luchtzak, Stij.

I moved your topic from General Aviation to Airline Experiences, without shooting at you

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Belgium switches to summer time (from GMT+1 to GMT+2) on 27 March, Egypt (from GMT+2 to GMT+3) only on 29 April. This might explain the change in schedule.

On 24 March, BRU is at GMT+1, CAI at GMT+2.
On 31 March, both BRU and CAI are at GMT+2.

However, your schedules still do not seem to fit. When looking at the EgyptAir schedules, the flight BRU-CAI should last 4 hrs 30 min and CAI-BRU 4 hrs 50 min. If you leave BRU at 5:40 (GMT+1), you should arrive in CAI at 11:10 (GMT+2). On the return flight, arriving in BRU at 18:00 (GMT+2) would mean leaving Cairo at 13:10 (GMT+2).

Check carefully your schedules with your travel agent befotre departure, and with the JetAir representative in Cairo before coming back!

Stij · Post by **Stij** » 11 Mar 2005, 11:08

Thanks sn26567!

The updated schedule came from jetonly.com themselves, so probably that's the correct one.

Kind regards,

Stij

airmemphis · Post by **airmemphis** » 29 Apr 2005, 19:57

The flights route BRU-CAI-LXR-BRU, so the longer return flight accounts for the stop in Luxor