BRU summer 2010: latest news, routes, airlines

[diminbru]

Does anyone know which SN-routes are flown with the B737?

[HighInTheSky]

Does anyone know which SN-routes are flown with the B737?

My god where shall we start?
LHR, CDG, TXL, GVA, MAD, BCN, FCO, ATH,AGP, OPO, LIS, FAO, NCE, KRK, CAT, PMO, PMI

I'm sure i forgot a few... Some of these are always served by B737's, others sometimes.

[sdbelgium]

-> SN will fly, as from the end of March, 7 daily flights to Geneve (every two hours).

I had a quick look and seems there will be 7 flights only on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

• Monday: 5
• Tuesday: 6
• Wednesday: 7
• Thursday: 7
• Friday: 7
• Saturday: 3
• Sunday: 5

[RoMax]

-> SN will fly, as from the end of March, 7 daily flights to Geneve (every two hours).

I had a quick look and seems there will be 7 flights only on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

• Monday: 5
• Tuesday: 6
• Wednesday: 7
• Thursday: 7
• Friday: 7
• Saturday: 3
• Sunday: 5

Tell me if I'm wrong. But I think that from 19 April you can find also on Mondays and Tuesdays 7 daily flights.

[airbuske]

During the summer season, Brussels Airlines will add a 4th weekly frequency between Brussels Airport and Sevilla (on Thursday).

SN3747 BRU SVQ 1335 1625 -2-4-67
SN3748 SVQ BRU 1705 1945 -2-4-67

[Acid-drop]

That's quite a good news. It seems they don't feel so much the competition of Ryanair on that route

[airbuske]

It's the same with the flights to AGP. They are performing quite good.
16 flights a week during summer season.

[Conti764]

It seems like CO is going to continue CO060/061 from and to Houston as well. I am looking for a vacation in Vegas and was looking for some flights. The away flight to Vegas was quite normal (BRU-EWR-LAS), but the return flight got routed via IAH (LAS-IAH-BRU).

At first I thought it was a new route on 762, but I saw 'Time on the ground in Newark will be approximately 1h20' (or so) hours, involves equipment change in Newark, so it probaby is the same situation as UA to LAS.

[sdbelgium]

It seems like CO is going to continue CO060/061 from and to Houston as well. I am looking for a vacation in Vegas and was looking for some flights. The away flight to Vegas was quite normal (BRU-EWR-LAS), but the return flight got routed via IAH (LAS-IAH-BRU).

Indeed, Amadeus also gives CO60 direct IAH-BRU with 1 stop.

Tell me if I'm wrong. But I think that from 19 April you can find also on Mondays and Tuesdays 7 daily flights.

Yes, I checked again on a random date in July and 7 flights appear on Mondays and Tuesdays as well.

[tolipanebas]

It seems like CO is going to continue CO060/061 from and to Houston.

Indeed, Amadeus also gives CO60 direct IAH-BRU with 1 stop.

Possibly the precursor of a future non-stop HOU-BRU then?

After all, it's how UA did it on ORD and given the fact BRU is going to be an important hub for for STAR, notably towards Africa, it wouldn't surprise me to see CO operate such a non-stop flight from their main Southern hub, thus linking HOU through one stop with the many oil/minaral destinations SN is serving on the coast of West- and Central-Afica...

Also, didn't CO recently said they would focus on BRU iso AMS for future expansion, thus pointing out BRU is quite high on their watch list?

As CO recently swapped from Skyteam to STAR, they must know better than anybody else just how lucrative AFI traffic is to them; they've been able to feed into AF's network for years, so my bet is they'd want to do the same on SN, if possible not just from EWR.

[RoMax]

For the US carriers, BRU is the best European Star hub to connect their network with AFI. UA and CO must know this. Altough the Belgian market stays a difficult one. But I think this is the start for a non-stop flight from HOU to BRU, with very important connections to AFI with SN. I think a non-stop route will start end 2010 or summer 2011, I don't think it will be much later.

[Conti764]

Possibly the precursor of a future non-stop HOU-BRU then?

Probably. I guess they'll see how much IAH originated traffic goes on to BRU. They start by using a 762 on the route from IAH to EWR, that's rather large equipment for a domestic flight, but then again, it is a flight between two (mega)hubs of CO.

After all, it's how UA did it on ORD and given the fact BRU is going to be an important hub for for STAR, notably towards Africa, it wouldn't surprise me to see CO operate such a non-stop flight from their main Southern hub, thus linking HOU through one stop with the many oil/minaral destinations SN is serving on the coast of West- and Central-Afica...

Also, didn't CO recently said they would focus on BRU iso AMS for future expansion, thus pointing out BRU is quite high on their watch list?

CO (Kellner) didn't particularly mention BRU, but said they'd focus on Star Alliance hubs in Europe i.s.o. Amsterdam (amongst others), but I guess BRU will grow in importance to CO anyway...

Maybe UA is testing Las Vegas as well? Although I don't see much traffic between BRU and LAS, esp. no high-yielding traffic, to warrant a direct flight.

As CO recently swapped from Skyteam to STAR, they must know better than anybody else just how lucrative AFI traffic is to them; they've been able to feed into AF's network for years, so my bet is they'd want to do the same on SN....

Like someone with alot of info about CO said on A.net: the focus in the codeshare between CO and SN will be on Africa. Pretty good news for SN, no doubt...

[sdbelgium]

Maybe time for a round-up?

NEW

YYZ-YUL-BRU-YUL-YYZ -> Air Canada B763 (daily eff 12JUN10)
KEF-BRU-KEF -> Icelandair B752 (2 weekly Mon/Fri eff 04JUN10 til 13SEP10)
ORD-BRU-ORD -> United Airlines B763 (daily eff 28MAR10)
HEL-BRU-HEL -> Blue1 AR8 (11 weekly eff 28MAR10)
VGO-BRU-VGO -> Vueling A320 (3 weekly Mon/Wed/Sat eff 29MAR10)
FRL-BRU-FRL -> Windjet A319 (2 weekly btw May-Sep - restarted)
BRU-LHR-BRU -> Brussels Airlines (4 daily eff 10JAN10)

SEASONAL -> YEAR ROUND

PHL-BRU-PHL -> US Airways B752


FREQ INCREASE

CAI-BRU-CAI -> Egyptair A321 (4>5 weekly)
PEK-BRU-PEK -> Hainan A332 (5>7 weekly)
CPH-BRU-CPH -> SAS CR9 (4>5 daily)
BRU-ATH-BRU -> Brussels Airlines A319 (1>2 daily)
BRU-GVA-BRU -> Brussels Airlines ARJ (6>7 daily)
BRU-SVQ-BRU -> Brussels Airlines (3>4 weekly)

FREQ DECREASE

LXR-BRU-LXR -> Egyptair B738 (1>0 weekly)
LHR-BRU-LHR -> bmi ERJ (6>0 daily)
ADD-xxx-BRU-xxx-ADD -> Ethiopian B763 (7>5 weekly -- all routed via CDG)

EQUIP DECREASE

IAD-BRU-IAD -> United Airlines (B772>B763)

UNSURE

PVG-BRU-PVG -> Hainan A332 (5 weekly) -- applied for slots
SVO-BRU-SVO -> Aeroflot (1>2 daily) -- unconfirmed


All suggestions or correction are of course welcome.

[Conti764]

For the US carriers, BRU is the best European Star hub to connect their network with AFI. UA and CO must know this. Altough the Belgian market stays a difficult one. But I think this is the start for a non-stop flight from HOU to BRU, with very important connections to AFI with SN. I think a non-stop route will start end 2010 or summer 2011, I don't think it will be much later.

It will probably be the next BRU related step CO will take, after the second daily EWR flight.

[Conti764]

Maybe time for a round-up?

Although it is not a direct flight and requires an equip. change in IAD, you might add LAS as a new desination as well?

I know there is some discussion about wether you can call these kind of flights truly new flights, but UA advertises it as a new route from BRU, so we might do the same...

[sdbelgium]

Although it is not a direct flight and requires an equip. change in IAD, you might add LAS as a new desination as well?

I know there is some discussion about wether you can call these kind of flights truly new flights, but UA advertises it as a new route from BRU, so we might do the same...

We could always add a category '"tag-ons", which would include the LAS portion on UA BRU-IAD and the IAH portion on CO EWR-BRU?

[Dandy Warhol]

Excellent round-up, sdbelgium!
Thanks for the effort.

[jbr]

hi all,

is it some possibilities that one day we will have a direct flight from bru to led

thanks

[RoMax]

From 1 April, Corendon will stationate 1 aircraft in BRU. It will be a Boeing 737-300 with 148 seats. It will operate 15 weekly flights between Belgium and Antalya, Bodrum and Izmir. It's the first Corendon aircraft to get his base in Belgium.
Research by Corendon showed that the Belgian people has high demands on his holiday vacations where good service, value for money and above all convenient departure times are extremely important. The last is the most important reason for Corendon to reservate 1 aircraft completley for the Belgian market.

http://turkije.blog.nl/nieuws/economie/ ... ls-airport

[regi]

If Corendon should be an answer to the demand of Belgian customers for good service, it seems that the opinion of customers on Ciao.de is irrelevant.

http://reisen.ciao.de/Erfahrungsbericht ... L__2137306

same same on tripadvisor.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Search?q=cor ... ur=&ssrc=r

Good thing for us Belgians:
more jobs. shorter travel time, departure from Brussels.

I am curious to read he customers' opinions in the section airline experiences within some months.