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Unusual detour. Probably related to some air force exercises.

Unusual detour

Reportedly 'fire'(?) in the cabin. Passengers were evacuated on the taxiway using emergency stairs.

It looks like there was a little emergency with HB-JDH A20N, causing all other 07L arrivals to hold before being redirected to RWY01.

Extreme long queues and hours of waiting times (HOURS...) at immigration remain standard at BRU.

Just anecdotal, last Wednesday I picked up a friend arriving with UA950 during the morning wave of long haul arrivals. The 77W landed at 07h15 and my friend with all his luggage stepped in the car at ...

Suparna B77L B-227X Nanjing-Liege diverted to BRU, expectedly due to fog.

Atlantis wrote: 17 Mar 2026, 06:58 Regarding the new car rental, the delivery is for this year

This seems to be a very substantial building for car rental, knowing that several floors are expected to be used as staff parking.

Would you happen to have any numbers on how many cars are being rented per year at BRU?

Unusual departure

Finally saw the new (meh) colors of Air Zeta today. Just read that in November 2025 Air Zeta had re-confirmed VIE as their 'primary European hub', while BRU is just an 'important destination'.

Expectedly due to the ongoing issues in the Middle East, Singapore Airlines Cargo is now operating SQ7342 as SIN-HKG-BRU.

It's indeed a new (temporary?) service. As far as I understand, Central Airlines may just have turned some of their e-commerce air traffic away from CDG/France and into Belgium, since France has recently introduced new taxes on small parcels. However new similar Belgian taxes and EU taxes may be on ...

GROK: Flemish Airport "Jack-of-All-Trades" TCR Changes Hands in Billion-Euro Deal

On March 5, 2026, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) — a leading infrastructure investor and part of BlackRock — announced it has agreed to acquire TCR, the world’s largest independent lessor of airport ground ...

Unusual.

Returned over Greece.

Avoiding the heat in the Middle East.

Their normal routing is always over Turkey and Iraq.

Quid Iran?

Someone kindly messaged me saying that only 1 out of the 7 747s of the SQC fleet would have been operational during this Chinese New Year period. Quite astonishing to see how much of the global traffic is depending on China's manufacturing base, despite of having a worldwide network.

I notice that Singapore Airlines Cargo has been cancelling several (if not all) flights last week and this week.

Because of Chinese new year.
SQ will be back next Sunday.

Glad to hear. I had asked GROK AI for some explanation but apparently it was not capable to make the simple link with ...

AOG Position 522

I notice that Singapore Airlines Cargo has been cancelling several (if not all) flights last week and this week.