Air Belgium: a rebirth?

[TLspotting]

Liege?

Connection w/ TUI fly BE ? Non merci !
CRL and BRU are better for connections. But as quixoticguide said :

The runway in CRL is too short for A340.

Right ! But the runway will be at 3200m in 2020 so in 3 years...
Maybe Air Belgium could launch at BRU and after transiting to CRL due to runway works ?

[Nevihta]

I think no opportunity can be excluded as the business plan doesn't work as expected for the time being...

[MrBrightside]

Configurations is now known.
http://airbelgium.com/en/classes

[pitrixplanespotting]

New site looks good

[Bralo20]

The new site looks great, though they should have revised the colours by now, they still have the wrong flag on the fuselage

[TLspotting]

The version in French is exactly the same than the english ^^

[Yuqu12]

Too bad there's no info on the airport. Now it's still guessing where they'll have their base :/

[brabel]

Too bad there's no info on the airport. Now it's still guessing where they'll have their base :/

let's hope BRU

[koninckske]

On their website they write 'Non-stop flights from Belgium
Don't wait around. You can enjoy swift direct flights to far away destinations such as Brussels to Hong Kong.'

Sounds like Brussels will be their base

[domtom]

Their website is ok, but you can tell there's alot of placeholders. Alot of info and PR lingo I wouldn't necessarily expect to see on an airline website (e.g. profile of key managers), save perhaps from a small startup, which AB appears to be. Also, I suppose website will be developed as time passes, and provide a booking system, as most airlines do on the home page these days.

[SR20]

Air Belgium should start operations from Zaventem in october ! First and only destination till early 2018 : Hong-Kong. That's what says "La Libre Belgique" !

http://www.lalibre.be/economie/libre-en ... 2543264dc9

[lucas]

If you look at the classes they will have and the airport they will fly from (BRU), I don't expect this airline to have the very cheap tickets they said they would have in the beginning of the story. As far as I know, BRU has high fares, in comparison with other airports.

[luchtzak]

Air Belgium should start operations from Zaventem in october ! First and only destination till early 2018 : Hong-Kong. That's what says "La Libre Belgique" !

http://www.lalibre.be/economie/libre-en ... 2543264dc9

English: https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/air-bel ... ess-class/

[Yuqu12]

Good luck for the passengers in economy. I guess 2-4-2 is somewhat the worst configuration to have.

[Thomaaas]

Good luck for the passengers in economy. I guess 2-4-2 is somewhat the worst configuration to have.

2-4-2 is actually the best configuration out there according to many studies/surveys. Especially on A330 and A340.

[shockcooling]

2-4-2 is the standard economy seat config since 330/340 started flying... Nothing special.

[Bralo20]

2-4-2 is the standard economy seat config since 330/340 started flying... Nothing special.

Indeed, 2-4-2 is the normal A330/340 series configuration, the configuration that Air Transat uses (3-3-3) is true cattle, comparable with 10 abreast 777 and 9 abreast 787.

[Yuqu12]

However it may be the best configuration, this doesn't mean that this is the most comfortable configuration

[KriVa]

2-4-2 on an A330/A340 really isn't bad. If you want the most comfortable configuration, you pay about 15 times as much, and sit at the front.
Flying Y is never going to be 'the most comfortable'.

[sean1982]

I hate the way that there is ALWAYS whining about comfort and seat configs, when it is purely the market and passenger spending behaviour that fuel this. Everyone wants a cheap seat, but preferably in a golden throne with no neighbours. That ain't how economics work