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Austrian reveals its fleet renewal plans. The Embraers are phased out, most of them transferred to Air Dolomiti. They are replaced by 6 new A320neos. The long-haul fleet will consist exclusively of Boeing 787-9s. https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/lufthansa-group/austrian-airlines/austrian-airlines-...

Atlantis wrote: ↑09 Dec 2025, 12:08 Today was the arrival of the first Air Senegal flight from Dakar.
Welcome Air Senegal

With an all-white GetJet A320 registered LY-MAL. That doesn't look very serious!

Oman Air schedules service to Denmark, where the airline files a Muscat – Baghdad – Copenhagen schedule from mid-December 2025.

The oneWorld member plans to operate 2 weekly flights from 16 December 2025, on board Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Source: Aeroroutes

The author booked a ticket about three weeks before departure for a total of €205 in Economy Light. It was significantly cheaper compared to flights with the Lufthansa Group or a direct ticket with Air Serbia. One nice feature with LOT is seat selection: while you must pay for it during booking, onc...

JOVAN2 wrote: ↑04 Dec 2025, 21:53 The runway of CRL airport is 3.200 m long.
Can we expect some long haul flights in the near future ?

The runway was extended to accommodate Air Belgium flights to Hong Kong. But you know what happened to that airline...

Brussels Airlines is often seen by flyers as a poor relation to its German and Swiss sisters in the Lufthansa Group. However, the carrier recently advertised a revamp of its short- and medium-haul EuroBiz offering, including new meals and a more refined service. The author decided to put this produc...

Red Wings flight WZ3097 from Moscow Domodedovo (DME) to Phuket (HKT) (Boeing 777-200ER reg. RA-73330) never took altitude after taking off, circled around DME for about two hours, squawked 770 and eventually landed back at DME. According to local media the emergency was caused by an engine fire. Cap...

LOT poised to acquire Czech airline Smartwings by the end of 2025 Polish flag carrier LOT is emerging as the leading contender to acquire Smartwings, the Czech Republic’s largest airline, in a move seen as pivotal to strengthening its regional dominance ahead of Poland’s planned new air hub. Detail...

Air travel in Africa is set for major expansion, with passenger traffic forecast to grow 6% per year through 2044, according to Boeing’s 2025 Commercial Market Outlook for Africa. To support this growth, the continent’s commercial fleet is projected to more than double to 1,680 aircraft over the nex...

I would like to raise a question re. Ryanair. Next to the "normal" Ryanair, we also have Ryanair UK, Malta Air and BUZZ (Used to be Ryanair Sun) "based" in Poland. It's about the latter that I have a question. I suppose that the reason for setting up a subsidiary in Poland (and ...

Belgian Air Force selects SF260 replacement https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025/11/08/defensie-koopt-18-nieuwe-zwitserse-trainingsvliegtuigjes/ We reported this two weeks ago: https://www.aviation24.be/military-aircraft/belgian-air-component/belgium-approves-purchase-of-new-pilatus-pc-7-mkx-training-...

Flown BRU-MAD IB A32N EC-NTQ changed from A320 MAD-SJO IB A332 EC-MKI changed from A332, then A359 SJO-MAD IB A359 EC-NDR changed from A332 MAD-BRU IB A320 EC-IEF BRU-BIO SN A32N OO-SBA changed from A319, then A320 BIO-BRU SN A320 OO-SNB Tintin livery, changed from A319 BRU-ACE TB 7M8 OO-MAX change...

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Boeing 737-700 OO-JAL is flying today to St. Athan. End of the game for this aircraft?

On November 14, the future H145M of the Belgian Air Force completed its maiden flight! Built by Airbus Helicopters, it will replace the Agusta A109 fleet. 15 of them were ordered for Belgian Defence, boosting transport, MEDEVAC, firefighting and SOF ops. First delivery in 2026 at Beauvechain. H145M_...

Ryanair will cancel the following routes out of Charleroi:

CRL-GLA;
CRL-NTE;
CRL-TLV

Source: Sean M on X

Emirates suspends its flights to the Syrian capital Damascus as of November 15.

Established02 wrote: ↑13 Nov 2025, 19:42 Why did UA169/12NOV divert to BRU?

A wild guess: it might have been technical, with the possibility to make repairs in Brussels. The aircraft took off again to EWR after more than 24 hours on the ground at BRU.

OO-SFE was not deployed to Africa today. Even less to the US. The A330 was indeed carrying the Red Devils to Astana, Kazakhstan, a 7-hour trip.

Note that the return Saturday night will be to Liège Airport, since the next game of the Red Devils will be at Standard stadium.

Finnair will start twice-weekly flights between Brussels and Kittilä

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/finn ... nter-2026/