BRU in 2006: what to expect: airlines, routes, news

Post by **airbuske** » 17 Feb 2006, 19:39

winglets wrote:Could some body give us a nice overview of the new destinations in 2005 and 2006?

thnx

This for 2006 , if you something wrong please let me know so that I can change it.

New destinations in 2006:

SN Brussels Airlines

BRU-FRA -BRU from March the 27th 5 fflight / week
BRU-NCE-BRU from March the 24th 4 flights / week

Summer destinations :

Dubrovnik 2 flights / week
Genoa 2 flights / week ( july and august
Bari 3 until 4 flights / week ( from spring until fall)
Napels 4 until 6 flights / week ( april until october )
St-Petersburg 2 flights / week ( from april )
Firenze increased frequency during the summer
Sevilla increased frequency during the summer

JetairFly

New destinations :

SUF, Lamezia Terme, Calabria/Italy, 2x per week, as from 29 APR
DBB, El Alamein, Mediterranean Coast/Egypt, 2x per week, as from 5 APR
SKG, Thessaloniki, Halkidiki/Greece, 1x per week, as from 5 MAY (summer 2x)

SkyEurope

Krakow from March 4 flights / weekly

Air Wales

Brussels - Cardiff 2 flights/daily except on saturday and on sunday 1 flight.

Croatia Airlines

Dubrovnik from April

Air Transat

Brussels - Montreal 2 flights/week on wednesday and sunyday ( seasonal )

Virgin Express

Brussels - Palermo 3 flights/week

Thomas Cook Airlines

Brussels - Tivat 1flight/week on fridays

Finair

Brussels - Helsinki , Finnair will add a Sundaymorning flight from Brussels to Helsinki.

Ethiopian Airlines

Brussels - Addis Abeba via CDG 3 flights/week on Wed with a B757 and on Fri and Sun with a B767. ( from june 2006)

Condor

Brussels - Munich daily flights as from 1 April 2006

Air Memphis

Brussels - Luxor on Saturdays from 25/02

Atlantis · Post by **Atlantis** » 18 Feb 2006, 10:43

And two who are uncertain:

Jet Airways: Bombay

Bravo Airlines who are starting operations begin March. The only destinations outside Africa are CDG, BRU and LHR via MAD.

SN_Bigbirdy · Post by **SN_Bigbirdy** » 18 Feb 2006, 10:54

Thanks Atlantis for the clear review!
Can you also tell us which a/c Air Memphis will use on Luxor-Brussels and which days, or is this not known for the moment?

Simon

Atlantis · Post by **Atlantis** » 18 Feb 2006, 10:57

A/C A320
Days: only Saturdays. I have no timetable for the moment.

Atlantis · Post by **Atlantis** » 18 Feb 2006, 13:15

It's gonne be a busy route. Six airlines are flying on that route: Egyptair, Lotus Air, Thomas Cook Airlines, TNT Airways, Jetairfly, Air Memphis.

Atlantis · Post by **Atlantis** » 18 Feb 2006, 20:50

I have find some more info on there site. They have also a fleet of B737-800 and B737-400.

At this moment no news at all about flights to BRU, or it could be that there site is not up dated.

DannyVDB · Post by **DannyVDB** » 18 Feb 2006, 21:13

Hi Atlantis,

What about SNBA to Lourdes and Jerez?

Danny

Atlantis · Post by **Atlantis** » 18 Feb 2006, 23:00

Hi Danny,

No news about it, sorry.

Atlantis · Post by **Atlantis** » 20 Feb 2006, 17:17

Today Macquarie airports gave the figures for the month January.

If we look at the total portfolio of Macquarie BRU is still the weakest pupil in the class. BRU had a 2.3 % increase in January.

The total number of pax came out of 1.010.000. Inter and out Europe did very well, only charters had a decrease with more then 34%. This because TQ decided to make from some charters, scheduled flights.

But I saw also in some newspapers that the flemisch government wants to double the flights in some years. They are convinced to find very soon a solution with the other governments.

killerwhale65 · Post by **killerwhale65** » 20 Feb 2006, 17:43

double the flights? Dont let me laugh! They cant even keep DHL. Keeping the current number and not reducing airport activities will already be a huge achievment.

Atlantis · Post by **Atlantis** » 20 Feb 2006, 18:01

Don't shoot at me!! I give only what I saw in the newspaper.

Atlantis · Post by **Atlantis** » 20 Feb 2006, 18:08

About the flight of Air Memphis, they are going to fly also at Hurghada and not only Luxor. They start this Saturday at the beginning of a new school holiday. At the beginning of the eastern holiday they will begin with a weekly service to BRU on Saturdays. So I assume that between the two holidays are no flights, I think.

source: Travel Magazine.

killerwhale65 · Post by **killerwhale65** » 20 Feb 2006, 19:01

lol, i wasnt shooting at you, but at the Belgian politics.

Robin_Bamps · Post by **Robin_Bamps** » 24 Feb 2006, 23:16

airbuske wrote:Air Memphis

Brussels - Luxor on Saturdays from 25/02

Any update in this one ? I can't find anything in the current arrival list for tomorrow...

Thanks in advance.

Regards, Robin Bamps.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » 24 Feb 2006, 23:44

And this news too: https://www.aviation24.be/postt15647.html

Eastern Airways has responded to feedback from business travellers and will increase weekday flights to three a day from Southampton to Brussels.

Atlantis · Post by **Atlantis** » 25 Feb 2006, 10:44

Robin_Bamps wrote:
airbuske wrote:Air Memphis

Brussels - Luxor on Saturdays from 25/02
Any update in this one ? I can't find anything in the current arrival list for tomorrow...

Thanks in advance.

Regards, Robin Bamps.

The Air Memphis was arriving a few days earlier as the spotters database mentioned. But if you looked at the departing you could see that MHS was departing at 09.15H to Luxor.

Robin_Bamps · Post by **Robin_Bamps** » 25 Feb 2006, 13:01

Atlantis wrote:
Robin_Bamps wrote:
airbuske wrote:Air Memphis

Brussels - Luxor on Saturdays from 25/02
Any update in this one ? I can't find anything in the current arrival list for tomorrow...

Thanks in advance.

Regards, Robin Bamps.
The Air Memphis was arriving a few days earlier as the spotters database mentioned. But if you looked at the departing you could see that MHS was departing at 09.15H to Luxor.

I see. So today's flight was operated by the maintenance visitor. Thanks !

Regards, Robin Bamps.

Post by **Kapitein** » 25 Feb 2006, 18:04

Robin_Bamps wrote:
Atlantis wrote:
Robin_Bamps wrote: Any update in this one ? I can't find anything in the current arrival list for tomorrow...

Thanks in advance.

Regards, Robin Bamps.
The Air Memphis was arriving a few days earlier as the spotters database mentioned. But if you looked at the departing you could see that MHS was departing at 09.15H to Luxor.
I see. So today's flight was operated by the maintenance visitor. Thanks !

Regards, Robin Bamps.

The first arrival of MHS was a ferryflight out of LXR. Ferryflights aren't displayed on the BIAC timetables.
The maintenance aircraft is still in BRU.

Atlantis · Post by **Atlantis** » 25 Feb 2006, 23:12

That's strange because the database says that the maintenance aircraft was doing the first flight to Luxor. Is there somewhere a mistake?

Post by **Kapitein** » 26 Feb 2006, 14:55

I will check it for you Atlantis