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What to expect? Well this was rather unexpected: Turkish Airlines is now handing out government propaganda flyers to unsuspecting passengers The least they could have added was a "sorry" to their passengers who got stuck those days... But I guess the Ministery of Propaganda didn't care ab...

This only confirms that I made the correct choice when I put them on my personal blacklist last week (although leaving their customers stranded as described earlier in this thread was the main reason). Too bad... I rather enjoyed flying with them...

How Star Alliance is of no help at all for stranded Turkish Airlines passengers. The sad story of Dimitri who lost a life-time trip to the US West Coast, with all Star Alliance airlines refusing to help him: http://www.eturbonews.com/72975/help-star-alliance-turkish-airlines-passengers-not-our-conc...

... or a medieval village, so that the members of that party can go there and live the live that they seem to prefer.

Some good(?) news from BRU, the railway station in the "Diamant" will open again as of tomorrow, pre-screening will be performed in the station itself. Makes sense. It's OK for a terrorist to blow himself to pieces on a train in the "Diabolo" tunnel, but not in the elevator to t...

Atlantis wrote:So the separated way will be more than welcome.

Why? What is wrong with everyone taking the same road? I don't remember ever having trouble (under normal circumstances) to get to the airport by road.

That's like selling Belgian beer, and putting "Belgian Dutch Beer" on the label with "Dutch" crossed out. Why would you do that? Nobody would do that, because "Dutch Beer" is not something that people know as such. (They call it Heineken instead I think... ;) ) I like ...

I was about to give BRU another try for some bookings that I had to make for next month, but I’m afraid the place is just hopeless...

I had checked-in mobile before the flight and as I had no luggage to check-in (here for some airlines I saw rather long queues ...) I could again just walk through this area. Couldn't you have gone through the reopened departures hall then (and avoid the climb up the stairs to the connector, or is ...

Connector is a huge improvement, making travel a lot easier and faster and nicer than the tunnel we had in the past. Easier, no. As other have said, the route is now a constant zig-zag between shops and other passengers (coming towards you). The tunnel was a nice straight line with both directions ...

I am with Convair on this. I personally don't think that the connector was an improvement (because it's slower and a longer walk than the elevator down > tunnel / moving walkway > elevator up that we were used to) and especially on arrival I'm irritated by the distance I have to walk. So if that &qu...

You want to avoid BRU because you maybe pulled aside to be checked before entering the building? What are you planning to carry, explosives? No, I want to avoid BRU (or any other airport or station) that complicates travelling and that treats me like a criminal (and cattle) more than is necessary. ...

So if business or other travelllers avoid BRU now, it's no longer a matter of being safe inside the airport building, nor about having to get into long queues. No, it's a matter of having to go through these pre-checks in the first place. I'm happy for passengers leaving from BRU that the queues ar...

We advise travellers to be at the airport: - 2 hours in advance for Schengen flights - 3 hours in advance for non-Schengen flights Isn't this the same as what BRU "advised" before the attacks? Only, back then there was no need to follow it; I always aimed at being at the airport 1 hour to...

even the Israelis, widely accepted to be THE specialists in fighting terrorism, DO NOT do these checks at TLV. To be fair, you do get "checked" (profiled) before you enter TLV. All road traffic gets stopped at the airport's perimeter. And train passengers go through a metal detector at th...

nordikcam wrote:I'm sure it will be positive at the end of june !

There are still lots of people with already booked tickets that will have to fly. I'm not so sure that the number of bookings will be so positive with what is happening at BRU now.

Isn't security a big part of what we are paying 30EUR for? Yes, but that is about security IN THE AIR. Security in the air is what security at airports has always been about. Because of the amount of damage (and number of victims) that can be achieved by targeting a plane in the air, air travel has...

Could it be that BRU is trying to avoid the pre-screening becoming permanent and hence intentionally making the queues build? I hope so. Better the short pain than long time suffering... Why should BRU be different from all other airports in Europe? Don't tell me that airports in Paris and London h...

1. Other airports in Belgium have the same 3 hrs rule imposed by the Federal Police. Thanks for confirming this. That rules out all Belgian airports then. (Out of principle, I will not use any airport that requires me arriving 3 hours before the flight. It's simply not feasable.) 2. Airports abroad...

I don't understand why only 3 lanes are open to get trough security. Short of staff maybe? Are they using the same people for the checks outside, the same company? So maybe they did not hire anyone new? Anyway, none of what I am reading here is changing my mind about avoiding BRU for now. I have ju...