2010 Charleroi Airport (CRL) latest news

[theeuropean]

Will this also include a runway expansion? I read a while ago that Jetstar was looking at starting service to Charleroi - however I don't think the runway is long enough to accommodate any wide-body aircraft

[crlhub]

For the runway extension there is a political issue....Ecolo (green party) is against and try to delay the extension.
They even proposed to accept an extension but of a few hundreds meters which would make no big difference ...which would maybe allow some medium haul flights ?

[Acid-drop]

I don't think that's in the plan
medium haul like tel aviv is done from Liège actually.

[Atlantis]

Will this also include a runway expansion? I read a while ago that Jetstar was looking at starting service to Charleroi - however I don't think the runway is long enough to accommodate any wide-body aircraft

Jetstar was not only on the radar of CRL

[Desert Rat]

And you forgot to mention something Atlantis, when it comes to negotiate routes between Belgium and another country, here comes the Ministry van de mobiliteit...

I doubt any "real" international flight will land one day in CRL if the responsabilities to grant the traffic rights are not given to the regio's.

Also, Flight to Australia from CRL?

They would have to make a stop somewhere....BKK??

Regi do you like this idea??

[Airbus330lover]

With A319 perhaps

[cnc]

it would make more sense for a stop in SIN then as its a sister company's hub.
btw JQ doesn't have A319's and the "joke" is getting old

[sn26567]

This thread is going nowhere. I delete all posts not related to CRL.

[Desert Rat]

http://www.sabca.be/pages/0141/News.218.en.php

[Boeing767copilot]

pax figures nov.:

426.237 (+25%)

[azingrew]

This is probably a question for acid-drop. Whatever happened to the 3 russian MIL helicopters that were parked at CRL for years? Scrapped, flown somewhere...still there at a different location in the airport?

[Stij]

This is probably a question for acid-drop. Whatever happened to the 3 russian MIL helicopters that were parked at CRL for years? Scrapped, flown somewhere...still there at a different location in the airport?

Weren't they trucked to Ostend or something?

Cheers,

Stij

[airazurxtror]

See :

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=38200

[stefanel]

With a load factor of 87% between CRL and Figari, it seems that Ryanair should be able to finance the flights without subsidies!

dear sn, where do you find the load factors, please? I'm very interested in them. Thanks a lot.

[sn26567]

dear sn, where do you find the load factors, please? I'm very interested in them. Thanks a lot.

This partucular one was found in the press. But I do not remember exactly where...

[azingrew]

airazur, had no idea subject ( the MIL 26) had been discussed here before. I guess that answer my question,thanks a lot. By the way, Stefanel, I read about the load factor flights to Figari in " Le Figaro"
and indeed they mentioned 87 % but I wouldn't read too much into it, this a ( very) seasonal route which would have been cancelled anyway. Typical of M.O.L to blame local authorities when indeed his decision to cancel was probably already taken. Wanna bet it's gonna be back next summer?

[liege-bierset]

Travaux en cours
2010 - Construction d'un Taxiway Nord

L'utilisation du Taxiway Sud pour desservir la nouvelle aérogare, au nord, aurait nécessité la traversée systématique de la piste au niveau du seuil 25 (côté RANSART).

Cette manœuvre, exigeant une vigilance accrue de la part des contrôleurs aériens, aurait pénalisé la capacité d'accueil de l'aéroport en diminuant le temps réel d'utilisation de la piste.

La construction d'un Taxiway au nord du domaine permet d'annihiler les risques et inconvénients tout en garantissant une compatibilité et une conformité totales avec les critères requis pour l'exploitation de l'aéroport en catégorie ILS CAT II et III

Travaux en projet

- Construction d'une nouvelle tour de contrôle

La nécessité d'une vision complète du site avec sa nouvelle configuration et l'exploitation de l'aéroport en catégorie ILS CAT II et III amènent à étudier la construction d'une nouvelle tour de contrôle .


- Allongement de la piste

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(From Sowaer CLR)

[Airbus330lover]

Travaux en cours
2010 - Construction d'un Taxiway Nord

Already finished and in use (9/2010)

[theeuropean]

Wizzair will launch 2 weekly Brussels-Charleroi - Belgrade flights from 29 March 2011.

http://wizzair.com/about_us/news/?language=EN#wizen065

[sn26567]

According to an article in La Libre Belgique today:

Jetairfly va d’ailleurs y baser un 3e avion et y ouvrir une nouvelle destination (Athènes) dès l’été 2011. La compagnie va accroître la fréquence de ses vols vers Tenerife et Alger et dédoubler ses vols directs (Tenerife, Gran Canaria).

Jetairfly will base a 3rd aeroplane in Charleroi and open a new destination, Athens, as of next summer. It will also increase the frequency of its flights to Tenerife and Algiers and separate flights with double destinations: Tenerife and Gran Canaria.