Continental in Brussels - twice a day?

ATC · Post by **ATC** » 31 Aug 2005, 22:22

A few days ago I've send an email to CO to have some extra information.
Today I've received their answer...

QUOTE CO mail

"Thank you for your inquiry. It is certainly possible that we would begin
operating a second daily or semi-weekly flights from Brussels, but it is not
listed in availability at this point through July 2006 or in our reference
system as added service. Wish I could give you more accurate information,
but it is not available at this time."

greetings,
ATC

Stij · Post by **Stij** » 01 Sep 2005, 09:43

Because the SN flight was the last NY flight out of Europe and all the overbooked/rescheduled pax were transfered on this flight.

fftopic:

I've taken the 19:30 JFK flight a few times. I found it the best way to get to NY both agendawise and jetlegwise (Is this correct English?). I worked until 18:00, at 18:30 I was in the airport. At 19:30 we departed. We arrived at 21:30, at 22:30 I was in the cab and at 23:00 I was in my hotel as there was no more traffic. A few drinks in the bar. A good night of sleep and next morning at 9:00 I was working. I didn't loose a minute of working time.

All in all, I would like to have an evening flight to NYC. I think (hope) there's a market.

Kind Regards,

Stij

Jean · Post by **Jean** » 02 Sep 2005, 09:36

sn-remember wrote:
Jean_EVA_Air wrote:IF CO were to fly a 757 to Brussels, i consider that to be a downgrade of their product! A 757 on a long flight like that is just not a good idea, flying a one-aisled plane is making it very uncomfortable for pax, flights of CO to the UK have had serieus complaints about that!

What's the difference between a one-aisled and a two-aisled plane in terms of comfort ?
You can have a lot of (dis)comfort in both alike depending on the leg room , size of the seat or quality of the of equipment available.
It's up to the company's policy to define the comfort sandards it is willing to implement.
Personally I think you can perfectly enjoy a transatlantic flight on a smaller one-aisled twin-engine airliner . remember a recent initiative from Rotterdam to

A plane with one aisle will have that aisle blocked with trays and people the whole time, thus giving a busier impression, no chance to move around as easily, long waiting times for toilets, etc etc... Check skytraxx for flight comments on Bristol - USA and other one aisled flights...

It's just a thought

sn-remember · Post by **sn-remember** » 02 Sep 2005, 15:00

Jean_EVA_Air wrote:A plane with one aisle will have that aisle blocked with trays and people the whole time, thus giving a busier impression, no chance to move around as easily, long waiting times for toilets, etc etc... Check skytraxx for flight comments on Bristol - USA and other one aisled flights...

It's just a thought

Yes I understand your thought !
But let's put that in figures:
A typical w/b row is configured let us say 3-4-3 So that gives us 10 seats for 2 aisles => 5 seats per aisle.
On the other hand a typical n/b row is configured let us say 3-3 => 6 seats per aisle.
So in our exemple, we can conclude that a given aisle in a n/b a/c needs to accomodate for an 1/5 increase in pax movements compared to a w/b aisle.
But this counts only in case of 100% load factor which unfortunately is not the typical scenario

As for the ratio of toilets per seat it should be no different for a w/b or n/b aircraft.
And for the rest, let me repeat that it's up to the company's policy to define the comfort sandards it is willing to implement.
Personally I know that I have a better chance to get a window seat in a n/b a/c and to me that counts also

Cheers
Christophe

LX-LGX · Post by **LX-LGX** » 10 Sep 2005, 20:26

talking about CO and Brussels :

their flight to Newark had quite some delay today:

10/09 Newark CO-061 764
scheduled 09:50
departed 19:42

Stij · Post by **Stij** » 12 Sep 2005, 08:52

There you go! An evening flight!

Way to go Continental!!!

Cheers,

Stij

DannyVDB · Post by **DannyVDB** » 12 Sep 2005, 19:51

Stij wrote:There you go! An evening flight! Way to go Continental!!!

Cheers,

Stij

Stij, did you get confirmation. if yes, source please ...?

Danny

AFApresident · Post by **AFApresident** » 12 Sep 2005, 20:43

DannyVDB wrote:
Stij wrote:There you go! An evening flight! Way to go Continental!!!

Cheers,

Stij
Stij, did you get confirmation. if yes, source please ...?

Danny

It was a joke.

Because of the delay it looks like an evening flight. No evening flight scheduled at this time.

Atlantis · Post by **Atlantis** » 30 Oct 2005, 14:02

According to the, for this moment, new timetable summer 2006 of CO no second daily flight to BRU. A lot of other European countries received two CO's on a day. So they received B 767-200 or B 767-400 and the B 757-200.
It's a pity that BRU is not mentioned for the moment in that timetable.

RCV · Post by **RCV** » 30 Oct 2005, 17:05

Atlantis wrote:According to the, for this moment, new timetable summer 2006 of CO no second daily flight to BRU. A lot of other European countries received two CO's on a day. So they received B 767-200 or B 767-400 and the B 757-200.
It's a pity that BRU is not mentioned for the moment in that timetable.

What are the other international 2x daily routes for 2006?

AFAIK: AMS--> 3x daily

IAH: daily B764
EWR: Daily 75W and 764

Bru info Source??

(insite information source?)