Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal

[RoMax]

Does anyone have an idea (or just know) what the registrations of the SSJ100's are going to be? Will it be OO-XXX or EI-XXX?

As they are wet-leases operated by CityJet on their AOC, they will definitely not receive a Belgian registration (same as the FlyBe and bmi aircraft), so following their reg logic for the SSJ it will be EI-FWX (with FWA, FWB and FWD already in their fleet).

[Yuqu12]

Thanks for the information!

[OO-ITR]

according to skyliner

OO-SSO air-test at OSR 23feb17, OE-reg prior delivery

[crew1990]

It's a kind of race, which aircraft will fly the first revenue flight, OO-SFT, OO-SSO or the first SSJ100 looks like they are all arriving at the same time

[Bralo20]

Glad to see that it just has his regular SN livery, with SFT without any titles it had made me wonder if they would add something about EW at the titles but it seems that this is not the case, at least with SSO, no further pictures have emerged from SFT though but I guess it will be the same. Still wonder why SFT had no titles.

[ezis_bis]

3 SSJ100

Any idea where they will be flying?

[Bralo20]

Any idea where they will be flying?

Brussels

But for the rest, maybe someone should browse through the booking engines to see if they are already loaded.

[Ilyushin]

3 SSJ100

Any idea where they will be flying?

DPTS reports they will be flying to Geneva in April:
http://www.dpts.org/expectedvisitors.html

Regards,

Jan

[Yuqu12]

Those SSJ's are, together with some A319 and A320, the replacement of the Avro's. So I guess they'll fly on the routes the Avro's were/are flying on

[BRUflyer]

Those SSJ's are, together with some A319 and A320, the replacement of the Avro's. So I guess they'll fly on the routes the Avro's were/are flying on

Bromma?

[brusselsairlinesfan]

The first SSJ100 is currently being painted.

Wooow... What a teasing! When are we gonna see the first one? I think the brussels airlines livery will fit perfectly!

[Yuqu12]

Those SSJ's are, together with some A319 and A320, the replacement of the Avro's. So I guess they'll fly on the routes the Avro's were/are flying on

Bromma?

I think Bromma could be, but there is also MXP, TXL, etc. etc.

[convair]

Will SN keep the Dash8 wet-leased from Flybe and the ERJ145 wet-leased from bmi?

[Thomaaas]

Will SN keep the Dash8 wet-leased from Flybe and the ERJ145 wet-leased from bmi?

Normally not

[brusselsairlinesfan]

Will SN keep the Dash8 wet-leased from Flybe and the ERJ145 wet-leased from bmi?

Normally not

Really? Why? Source? Thanks

[Airbus A330]

Really? Why? Source? Thanks

Hello
If I remember well what someone said many many months ago (in this topic?), Lufthansa is "now" against turboprops and only accepted the Flybe DH4 leases as short term interim solution.
The initial lease contract was due to end in October 2015 but was extended for 2 years until October 2017 (no idea if OCT17 is still the planned end of lease).

With some schedule and capacity adjustements, SN will probably be able to operate the flight schedules of the 2-3 DH4 and the 1-2 ERJ by the 3 SSJ coming.

On a side note, I can't wait for these SSJ

[brusselsairlinesfan]

OOSFT-Jan2017.jpg

OO-SFT should be operational begin of march

Any news regarding OO-SFT... and its titles ?!

[DeltaWiskey]

It is correct that the current q400 contract terminates at the end of the SU17 season. However, there is a new tender ongoing for the provision of a "50-seater". Although this tender aims at a capacity slightly lower than the q400, it doesn't exlude it.
I don't have the impression that the new tender has anything to do with "LH (supposedly) being against turboprops", but I can be wrong as well.

In terms of strategy, I believe the current goal is to have 3-4 100 seaters (SU9) and 3-4 50-seaters (ER4/DH4?) to serve a number of thin (high yield) routes with a reasonable frequency. Then around 35 A32F and a (growing) number of A330s to operate the core markets, with a focus on growth in Africa.

On a side note, a decision about the longhaul fleet replacement will be taken in 2 weeks. You can definitely expect more news before the end of March.

[HQ_BRU_Lover]

On a side note, a decision about the longhaul fleet replacement will be taken in 2 weeks. You can definitely expect more news before the end of March.

Exciting!!!

[nordikcam]

On a side note, a decision about the longhaul fleet replacement will be taken in 2 weeks. You can definitely expect more news before the end of March.

Exciting!!!

What could be the options ?