2008-2009 Charleroi Airport (CRL) latest news

[Charlie Roy]

New Ryanair route: BORDEAUX
Starting December 17th, 3x weekly.

The other new Ryanair routes from Bordeaux will be Bologna, Edinburgh and Porto.

[airazurxtror]

Bordeaux is setting up an LCC terminal, to open in may 2009.
These guys are smarter than BRU's, where the LCC terminal is like the famous "Arlésienne" : always coming, never arriving ...

http://www.leparisien.fr/economie/ryana ... 692179.php

[nightflyer1980]

Additional routes operated from Charleroi by Jetairfly for next summer:

Al Hoceima (Morocco, only jul/aug 2010, once a week)
Antalya (Turkey, 2 x per week)
Heraklion (Greece, 2 x per week)
Istanbul (Turkey, 3 x per week)
Rhodos (Greece, 2 x per week)
Tangier (Morocco, 3 x per week)

Source: http://www.jetairfly.com

[Acid-drop]

This may reduce the flights from LGG/OST ?

[airazurxtror]

There will be some competition at Charleroi next summer.
According to "Le Soir", yesterday page 21, the following destinations will be flown to by two carriers :

Tenerife : 3 weekly flights by Ryanair and 2 by Jetairfly.
Gran Canaria : 2 weekly flights each for Ryanair and Jetairfly.
Casablanca : 6 weekly flights by Ryanair and 7 by Air Arabia.
Tanger : 3 weekly flights each for Ryanair and Jetairfly
Murcie/Alicante : Ryanair 7 flights per week to Alicante, Jetairfly 3 per week to Murcie.

In 2009, CRL will have had not far short of 4 million passengers (+ 25 %)
In 2010 : space for 1500 more cars and 3 more gates in the terminal.

[Acid-drop]

I may add some employment numbers:
2000 people work in CRL (that only direct I guess), 80% of them live in a circle of 30km around the airport.
Many of them have a low level of education.
It seems very good for this region that needed it a lot.

[flightlover]

I may add some employment numbers:
2000 people work in CRL (that only direct I guess), 80% of them live in a circle of 30km around the airport.
Many of them have a low level of education.
It seems very good for this region that needed it a lot.

Only a pity that are mostly subsidised jobs, so how much would they bring to the local economy in comparison to the cost for the comunity?

[Acid-drop]

Well, that's a old debate, but let's make it short :
such things happen in all country, managed by all kind of governement so I guess it's profitable for the community. (it happens probably right under your nose, you should check )

[Atlantis]

There will be some competition at Charleroi next summer.
According to "Le Soir", yesterday page 21, the following destinations will be flown to by two carriers :

Tenerife : 3 weekly flights by Ryanair and 2 by Jetairfly.
Gran Canaria : 2 weekly flights each for Ryanair and Jetairfly.
Casablanca : 6 weekly flights by Ryanair and 7 by Air Arabia.
Tanger : 3 weekly flights each for Ryanair and Jetairfly
Murcie/Alicante : Ryanair 7 flights per week to Alicante, Jetairfly 3 per week to Murcie.

In 2009, CRL will have had not far short of 4 million passengers (+ 25 %)
In 2010 : space for 1500 more cars and 3 more gates in the terminal.

It seems that Ryanair is loosing its power at CRL. More airlines flying to CRL and the already excisting are increasing their number of flights. That's more healthy for CRL.

[Acid-drop]

I guess it was the main goal of the mgmt for years.
It's the biggest weakness of the airport (but in the same time, its biggest strenght for now)

[Boeing767copilot]

MOL will be in Brussels tomorrow, friday 20'th Nov., to announce some new routes from CRL:

read also:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/s ... 05931.html

[cnc]

It seems that Ryanair is loosing its power at CRL. More airlines flying to CRL and the already excisting are increasing their number of flights. That's more healthy for CRL.

ryanair is planning to compete with jetairfly on an other belgian airport. seems like they are kinda pissed at JAF.

[cathay belgium]

Hi,

ryanair is planning to compete with jetairfly on an other belgian airport. seems like they are kinda pissed at JAF.

another belgian airport ?
antwerp?-ostend (again) or luik? ( counter JAF)
pissed at JAF ? (only JAF ?, I think any else company :! )

CX-B

[Desert Rat]

How many A/C's based in CRL so far???

[Acid-drop]

It was risky business for JAF to compete against such a big player in CRL ... I'm not sure why they did that, OST and LGG was clever already. Driving one hour in Beglium is not exactly a big deal, is it ?

I wouldn't hold by breath for ryanair in LGG. From a political decision, pax go in CRL and cargo in LGG.
Ryanair is maybe interested by OST again.

[flightlover]

It was risky business for JAF to compete against such a big player in CRL ... I'm not sure why they did that, OST and LGG was clever already. Driving one hour in Beglium is not exactly a big deal, is it ?

I think that they said: "we go where our customers live" since that 1hr drive can be a nightmare for some people due to traffic jams.

[Boeing767copilot]

FACTSHEET OCTOBRE 2009

Compagnies aériennes opérant des vols réguliers:



Ryanair 51 destinations 8 B737-800 basés

Wizzair 6 destinations

Jetairfly (TUI) 8 destinations 1 B737-800 basé

Jet4you (TUI) 1 route

Private Wings 1 route

Air Arabia Maroc 1 route

[Desert Rat]

9 A/C's...good, may be some more to come in the future...

[airbuske]

Rynair is planning to move some aircraft from Shannan to airports in the Benelux.
I'm curious if CRL will get some plane(s).

[flightlover]

Rynair is planning to move some aircraft from Shannan to airports in the Benelux.
I'm curious if CRL will get some plane(s).

According to Luchtvaartnieuws.nl there will be one plane comming to CRL. Just wait and see I suppose.