BRU summer 2014: latest news, routes, airlines

[RoMax]

Interesting article about the leisure market Brussels Airlines will serve. Three new destinations will be add.

I suppose these are thanks to lucrative touroperator contracts, keeping capacity up during the summer months having less business demand on several other European destinations.

Also Athens is again in the schedule.

Though only 3 weekly, so this seems to be leisure focussed as well. Though you should see these 3 in addition to the Aegean flights of course.

Budapest will get better hours to connect them better with BRU.

Not only BUD, many routes will see slight changes in their shedule to fit better in the transfer network/better suit the business pax. But BUD is the one seeing the biggest changes indeed.

Tel Aviv will receive 3 extra flights. Extra morning flights.

This is a very nice addition, this brings the total amount of flights to 11/week (Sunday already had a second daily flight).

The article seems to be almost the same as the official press release of SN:
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=51428

Someone which wants to search for the full new shedules (TLV, BUD and the new/returning destinations)? xp

[Atlantis]

Aegean Airlines is going to increase their frequency from the current 14 flights to 16 flights. Extra flights on Monday and Friday in the late afternoon.

Source: TM

[RoMax]

Aegean Airlines is going to increase their frequency from the current 14 flights to 16 flights. Extra flights on Monday and Friday in the late afternoon.

Source: TM

Seems they will also use A321's to BRU next summer.

[sn26567]

Interesting article about the leisure market Brussels Airlines will serve. Three new destinations will be add.

Also Athens is again in the schedule.

Budapest will get better hours to connect them better with BRU.

Tel Aviv will receive 3 extra flights. Extra morning flights.

http://www.atn.aero/article.pl?mcateg=&id=46192

This was all here already: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=51428

[sn26567]

And here is the timetable:

brussels airlines in Summer 2014 season is resuming its own operation to Greece, offering 3 weekly Brussels – Athens service on board Airbus A319 aircraft. Operation begins from 30MAR14.

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SN3245 BRU0925 – 1335ATH 319 257
SN3246 ATH1420 – 1640BRU 319 257

brussels airlines in Summer 2014 season introduces seasonal service to Corsica, with operations to Ajaccio, Bastia and Figari. Planned schedule as follow.

Brussels – Ajaccio 31MAY14 – 20SEP14 1 weekly

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SN3577 BRU1515 – 1715AJA AR1 6
SN3578 AJA1755 – 1950BRU AR1 6

Brussels – Bastia 03MAY14 – 27SEP14 1 weekly

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SN3579 BRU1510 – 1705BIA 319 6
SN3580 BIA1745 – 1935BRU 319 6

Service operates with Avro RJ aircraft from 05JUL14 to 28AUG14

Brussels – Figari 17MAY14 – 04OCT14 2 weekly

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SN3581 BRU1000 – 1210FSC AR1 6
SN3581 BRU1300 – 1510FSC AR1 3

Source: Airline Route

[delibec]

easyjet launch new route Brussels-Naples from 1st of March 2014, bookings are available

[delibec]

sorry from 31st of March 2014 . . .

[luchtzak]

Any news on the Brussels AIrlines Budapest schedules ?

[airtrainer]

And here is the timetable:

brussels airlines in Summer 2014 season is resuming its own operation to Greece, offering 3 weekly Brussels – Athens service on board Airbus A319 aircraft. Operation begins from 30MAR14.

Code: Select all

SN3245 BRU0925 – 1335ATH 319 257
SN3246 ATH1420 – 1640BRU 319 257

Hmm Interesting to see how the fares will go as Aegean already have good fares on the route...

[Bralo20]

Brussels will be connected with Charlotte,NC next year thanks to US Airways which will start the route:

EFF 05JUN2014

US 762 CLT-BRU 16h30 - 07h00+1 daily
US 763 BRU-CLT 10h15 - 13h45 daily

Flights will be operated with a Boeing 767-200

[HQ_BRU_Lover]

Wow that's nice and quite unexpected, no? Never thought Charlotte would be the next US-destination for Brussels Airport...!

[RoMax]

That's unexpected to me as well, especially with US wanting to merge with AA and leaving Star. Nice addition anyway.

[shockcooling]

That's unexpected to me as well, especially with US wanting to merge with AA and leaving Star. Nice addition anyway.

I think Charlotte is a quite big US hub, maybe a start of their new strategy after the AA merge?

[Atlantis]

Codeshare agreements are also on their way.

Don't forget that this can be seen as a feeder flight for SN to Africa. So this is very good news.
I hope that SN's next A330 is still on the table and can be deployed on the African market.

[sn26567]

Brussels will be connected with Charlotte,NC next year thanks to US Airways which will start the route:

EFF 05JUN2014

US 762 CLT-BRU 16h30 - 07h00+1 daily
US 763 BRU-CLT 10h15 - 13h45 daily

Flights will be operated with a Boeing 767-200

Apparently, it will be only a summer destination. Flights to be discontinued on 1 Sep 2014 out of CLT, 2 Sep out of BRU.

US Airways will also add new service from Charlotte to Barcelona, Lisbon and Manchester during next summer.

[RoMax]

I think Charlotte is a quite big US hub, maybe a start of their new strategy after the AA merge?

I don't see a big intercontinental role for Charlotte after the merger because of the proximity of other hubs, except of course for the bigger OD routes (which are often seasonaly served out of Charlotte) and maybe some hub to hub routes.

[nordikcam]

I don't see a big intercontinental role for Charlotte after the merger because of the proximity of other hubs,

Charlotte was in 2012 the 23rd busiest airport by passenger traffic in the world !!
Bad source : Wikipedia
But I guess it's good news for BRU and for SN

[sn26567]

And anyway, the merger with AA is far from complete: still many hurdles with the US Dept of Justice, which wants to block it. In the meantime, US Airways acts independently.

[RoMax]

Charlotte was in 2012 the 23rd busiest airport by passenger traffic in the world !!

It's a US domestic hub, that's why, it doesn't say anything about the amount of international traffic, it's simply a very important domestic hub for US and their secondary intercontinental hub. Good way of showing the difference between bussy airport and bussy international hubs: both Dallas and Denver are bussier airports than JFK. While BRU is somewhere between 25th and 35th in the world when talking about international traffic (with JFK and MIA the only US airports being in the top-30 of bussiest airports in the world based on international traffic).

And anyway, the merger with AA is far from complete: still many hurdles with the US Dept of Justice, which wants to block it. In the meantime, US Airways acts independently.

True indeed, but in addition, based on the period they'll operate it, I doubt their number one reason for this route is transfers through BRU (through Charlotte maybe) and I don't think this route is going to live through a merger with AA (altough the new AA would lack a NYC connection, so who knows).

[Atlantis]

Nevertheless, it is a nice additional flight, even it is seasonal. Maybe it will continue in 2015 if flights were successful.