2008-2009 Charleroi Airport (CRL) latest news

[Boeing767copilot]

Air Arabia Maroc officially launches

http://www.airarabia.com/AirArabiaMaroc ... nches.html

Casablanca Airport ceremony attended by high-ranking Government and official dignitaries
Operations to commence in May 6, 2009 with inaugural flight to Stansted Airport, London
Comfort, Reliability and Value for Money is what customers can expect from the new carrier

Casablanca, Morocco; April 29, 2009: Air Arabia Maroc, Morocco’s new low-cost carrier (LCC), held an official ceremony today at Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca to mark the carrier’s launch. The event was attended by Mr. Karim GHELLAB, Minister of Equipment and Transport of the Kingdom of Morocco along with HE Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed AL THANI, Chairman of Air Arabia, Mr. Mohamed Hassan BENSALAH, Chairman of Air Arabia Maroc and other leading officials and members of the public and private sector.Air Arabia Maroc will start operations in May 6, 2009 with the inaugural flight to Stansted Airport in London, United Kingdom followed by selected destinations across Europe and North Africa.

[Desert Rat]

Operation will start with 2 brand new A320

[Atlantis]

First flight to CRL will be on 10.05

[Charlie Roy]

Good news about Air Arabia.
I also see that Ryanair's Alicante route will be increased to twice daily for a number of weeks in the summer.

[airazurxtror]

First flight to CRL will be on 10.05

The Air Arabia schedules are not yet on the CRL website ...

[Desert Rat]

From Casa to...
-Charleroi
-Stansted
-Lyon
-Marseilleuh - Peuchere
-Bergame
-Paris CDG

[sdbelgium]

Schedules sorted on launch date

Schedule London STN (4x/w from 06MAY09):

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3O 491  CMN 0215  STN 0635     320  x246
3O 492  STN 0720  CMN 0950     320  x246

Schedule Marseille (4x/w from 08MAY09):

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3O 577  CMN 1920  MRS 2355     320  x246
3O 578  MRS 0040  CMN 0115     320  x357

Schedule Charleroi (4x/w from 10MAY09):

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30 523  CMN 1100  CRL 1615     320  x246
3O 524  CRL 1700  CMN 1825     320  x246

Schedule Milaan Bergamo (3x/w from 12MAY09):

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3O 513  CMN 0910  BGY 1410     320  246
3O 514  BGY 1500  CMN 1620     320  246

Schedule Lyon (3x/w from 14MAY09):

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3O 505  CMN 1735  LYS 2225     320  246
3O 506  LYS 2310  CMN 0005 +1  320  246

Schedule Paris CDG (7x/w from 16MAY09):

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3O 653  CMN 1055  CDG 1550     320  D
3O 654  CDG 1640  CMN 1740     320  D

Being their top destination, the STN route features some ungodly hours. And with a minimum price of 106 GBP one way it isn't very cheap too...

[Desert Rat]

prices for CRL - CAS are around 110$ return tax included, not bad at all...

[airazurxtror]

April 09 best month ever at CRL, with nearly 328.000 passengers (only in french at the moment) :
http://www.charleroi-airport.com/doc.ph ... e=3&site=1

[Acid-drop]

they have 15% of belgian market, impressive

[Desert Rat]

they have 15% of belgian market, impressive

Great for CRL, hope MAC can put the figures one notch up....

[Acid-drop]

SAVE will buy 27,66 % of BCSA for €11,346 million.
They may buy the rest, 21,24 % for €8 million in the future only if they invest as expected.

CRL will become a private airport.

[Charlie Roy]

According to this article Ryanair will start 3 weekly flights from Charleroi to Figari (Corsica South) from July 6th.

http://www.corsematin.com/ra/Porto-Vecc ... -sud-corse

Voilà déjà plusieurs années que la compagnie à bas coût Ryanair s'intéressait à la Corse et plus particulièrement au plus sudiste de ses aéroports, à savoir Figari Sud Corse. Cela sera chose faite à partir du 6 juillet prochain, trois fois par semaine, depuis Milan et Bruxelles, soit six rotations hebdomadaires avec la Belgique et l'Italie.

[Atlantis]

http://www.express.be/sectors/nl/logist ... 107343.htm

http://www.tijd.be/nieuws/ondernemingen ... 40-431.art

[Buzz]

SAVE will buy 27,66 % of BCSA for €11,346 million.
They may buy the rest, 21,24 % for €8 million in the future only if they invest as expected.

CRL will become a private airport.

Who owns the rest of CRL? Didn't the regional governement own 100% of CRL?
That still leaves the majority of shares (51%) with the regional governement, which still makes CRL a majority publicly owned airport...

[Charlie Roy]

Two new RYANAIR routes:

• Ancona
  Figari

[Acid-drop]

A lot of news recently

http://www.trends.be/fr/economie/entrep ... table.html#
http://www.trends.be/fr/economie/entrep ... arolo.html
http://www.trends.be/fr/economie/entrep ... roi--.html
http://www.trends.be/fr/economie/entrep ... es---.html

[Boeing767copilot]

As from june 23 Air Arabia Maroc, Morocco’s low-cost carrier, will fly daily from CRL to Casablanca

[Desert Rat]

I guess there will be a third A/C joigning MAC fleet by the end of june...

[Boeing767copilot]

Marcel Buelens no longer ceo BSCA Charleroi Airport

source: TM Aviation newsletter (only in Dutch)

Marcel Buelens, de gedelegeerd bestuurder van de luchthaven van Charleroi, is met onmiddellijke ingang ontslagen. Dat maakte luchthavenbeheerder BSCA maandagavond bekend in een persbericht. De raad van bestuur nam de beslissing unaniem, in akkoord met het Waals gewest, luidt het. Over de reden voor zijn ontslag is niets meegedeeld. Buelens (56) wordt voorlopig vervangen door voorzitster Edmée De Groeve. Het is algemeen bekend dat er een conflict was gerezen tussen Buelens en de raad van bestuur van de luchthaven over de verkoop van een aandelenpakket door Sowaer (société wallonne des aéroports) aan het Italiaanse consortium Save.