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PS: wich airlines could be considered as low-cost at BRU this moment?

-B-light (ex Virgin Express) ?
-Sky Europe
-Vueling airlines
-Easyjet (soon)


Please note that ALL Brussels Airlines flights offer B-light tickets ! No use in referring to B-light as "ex VEX". You can book B-light to all ...

For as far as I know none of these airlines every did code-sharing with Virgin Express , and since it will be mainly the fleet op Virgin Express wich is now integrated in the Brussels Airlines fleet , wich will operate the B-flex flights with the B737 , I don't think the B-flex/B-light flights ...

They must be kidding - no seats, no toilets?!!!! Even Charleroi has seats and toilets! As does Warsaw Etiuda, even Beauvais - the worst low-cost airport in the world! If they want a low-cost pier why don't they copy Amsterdam's new "Pier H"...?

Have you been to the H-Pier? when I was there, it ...

SkyEurope tonight is the OM-NGC, brand new 737-700 with winglets and new colours. (at this moment still parked at gate B31) Anyone have photos?

First time SkyEurope -700 comes to BRU

What about
Brussels Manneken Pis International
or
LeffePort Europe (or would that upset InBev?)

Ah, by "traffic" you mean the number of flights (movements).
thanks for the info!

Atlantis wrote:Did somebody know when we will see the refurbished A330 of SNBA back in BRU and when the next is leaving?

I heard yesterday that there will be an SNBA event for employees, press and travel agents on the 23rd of May, to show the refurbished (new C-class and new paint) A330 .

Vueling has not stopped their flights to and from MAD.
They only reduced their flights from daily flight to 3 times/week.
I think due a lack of aircrafts. It is possible that they will soon
increase their flights because since the start of 2006 they received
2 brand new airplanes and 7 are on ...

All very well for Vueling, but does anyone on here know why they are already cutting back on flights to BRU? They seem to be one of these airlines that start up new routes and closing them soon after (BRU-MAD lasted barely half a year). Should't they let these routes some time to grow?

ps are they ...

The traffic figures for March increased with 4,2% to 21.757. That's a very high % if you know that the eastern holiday was fallen this year in April.
Not sure how to read your post: did March traffic go up 5.5% (as you stated in an earlier post), or 4.2%?
In any case, a nice increase: don't forget ...

They are also looking for a new logo and name for BRU. The name BIAC will be disappear.
What Van Assche meant by this, was that the name/brand of the airport should be made stronger: BIAC is the name of the company which sells a product. This product is Brussels airport. Therefore, on the website ...

The daily Ethiopian cargo flight to BRU makes occasional stops at BEY...

Don't forget the clear "first mover's advantage" in the LCC market: there are only so many profitable routes to cherry-pick...
And with Ryanair firmly established at CRL, I doubt there is a market for LCCs out of BRU.

According to some airlines (in particular airlines without transfer pax), the fact that transfer pax taxes at AMS are so low, is meant to support (read: subsidise) KLM's hub operation.

This is particularly true in security taxes: security screening is now done in a de-centralised way (at each gate ...

Slide 15 of the analysts' presentation of Schiphol Airport's annual report shows a nice comparison of passenger and security charges at different airports, including BRU.

http://www.schipholgroup.com/media/portal/schiphol_group/pdf/pdf_files/2005_persjaarcijfers.pdf

You'll notice that the ...

But you did mention a very good point: handling fees! Low cost airlines can cut back on many things, but they would still need to take on either FlightCare or Aviapartner for ramp & baggage handling at BRU. and their rates are a lot higher than at other European airports!

A low cost carrier could ...

1) BIAC is asking too much handling fees


As BIAC is not a (ground) handling company, it does not charge "handling fees". There is, however, a duopoly of some ground handling services (ramp handling, baggage handling) at Brussels airport, and the rates for these services at both Aviapartner and ...

Seriously though I'm surprised they can't fill their A333 fully.I was told that Kinshasa was a successful destinations for example! Therefore Yields must be low but still though they make their entire profits on the african market. very puzzled can anyone explain me?


On the contrary, the yields ...

I am not bitter, I just think SNBA/VEX should start rolling out their new strategic plan/direction/vision sooner rather than later. They have lost a lot of time, and both airlines are struggling (as in stagnating, or only growing very marginally).

About VEX: it just amazes me how often they have ...

I heard today Biman's last flight via BRU would be on April 2. They are rerouting their NYC flight via the UK. Ofcourse, no-one's ever sure of when exactly they will show up...

Would this last flight be a NYC-BRU-Dhaka trip? (If I remember well they do a Saturday Dhaka-BRU-NYC, returning on Sunday ...