Air Belgium in 2018

[sdbelgium]

The pictures were taken on Monday.

[asianlao02]

The pictures were taken on Monday.

[Passenger]

Maybe their flight schedule and/or booking engine will be online any moment now:
http://airbelgium.be/en

[SLM]

Fingers crossed!!!

[Passenger]

First revenu flight OO-ABA:
29/03/2018 PY-993 AMS-PBM Amsterdam-Paramaribo = backup for Surinam Airways:
https://www.schiphol.nl/nl/vertrek/vluc ... 0329PY993/

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/oo-aba

(with, of course, positioning flight BRU-AMS on Wednesday night or Thursday a.m.)

(Schiphol.nl mentions it's a A340-200 iso A340-300)

Edit: link in English for AMS (click on "aircraft details"):
https://www.schiphol.nl/en/departures/f ... 0329PY993/

[kly]

So basically I was going on the Air Belgium site on my phone.
Then suddenly this thing just popped out
Sneak-peek?

[Boavida]

Some stunning pictures can be found on Flickr

Air Belgium / A343 / OO-ABB / EBBR by _Wouter Cooremans, on Flickr

AB_A343_OOABA_BRU_MAR18 by Yannick VP, on Flickr

AirBelgium_duo_A340_BRU_MAR2018 by Yannick VP, on Flickr

More: https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=air ... ium%20a340

[TLspotting]

Indeed ! Booking is ready ! First flight 16/04/2018 at 14:00 ! (Username and password needed to go further)

And... now the website is available in French, Dutch, English, Chinese, und Deutsch, even if the entire website is based on the English one...

Greetings !
Thibault

[luchtzak]

From our Facebook channel:
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[Auka]

First revenu flight OO-ABA:
29/03/2018 PY-993 AMS-PBM Amsterdam-Paramaribo = backup for Surinam Airways:
https://www.schiphol.nl/nl/vertrek/vluc ... 0329PY993/

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/oo-aba

(with, of course, positioning flight BRU-AMS on Wednesday night or Thursday a.m.)

(Schiphol.nl mentions it's a A340-200 iso A340-300)

Edit: link in English for AMS (click on "aircraft details"):
https://www.schiphol.nl/en/departures/f ... 0329PY993/

And I see that PZ-TCR did AMS-BRU the 26. He did PBM-AMS the 25. Maintenance in Brussels or something else? And they are going to flight with OO-ABA today so. PZ-TCR Is scheduled tomorrrow for AMS-PBM.

[Apuneger]

Do we have any info on when Air Belgium's A340 will leave BRU for the positioning to AMS? Should be around lunchtime at the latest I presume?

Best regards,
Ivan

[luchtzak]

Do we have any info on when Air Belgium's A340 will leave BRU for the positioning to AMS? Should be around lunchtime at the latest I presume?

Follow: viewtopic.php?f=21&t=63373

[luchtzak]

Indeed ! Booking is ready ! First flight 16/04/2018 at 14:00 ! (Username and password needed to go further)

The first flight was indeed communicated for 16 April, but that information was premature. The correct date of the first flight will be communicated next week.

Online sales are due to start very soon, a press release will be issued today.

[luchtzak]

Dagonline.nl has more: https://www.dagonline.nl/suriname/air-b ... aribo-uit/

If there is a double crew the flight will immediately fly back to Amsterdam, if not a minimum rest of 10 hours is scheduled for the crew.

[Shonix]

Booking launch: April 3

Source: http://www.sudinfo.be/id46214/article/2 ... de-billets

[crew1990]

Dagonline.nl has more: https://www.dagonline.nl/suriname/air-b ... aribo-uit/

If there is a double crew the flight will immediately fly back to Amsterdam, if not a minimum rest of 10 hours is scheduled for the crew.

10hours... come on, the rest of the crew have to be at least as long as the duty time, add to it all the fligh time zone crossed. They need much more than 10h rest.

And even if there were a double crew, the crew in positioning would be in duty so they couldn’t fly back directly unless a crew has been positioned yesterday or before with another flight

[Passenger]

Dagonline.nl has more: https://www.dagonline.nl/suriname/air-b ... aribo-uit/
If there is a double crew the flight will immediately fly back to Amsterdam, if not a minimum rest of 10 hours is scheduled for the crew.

10hours... come on, the rest of the crew have to be at least as long as the duty time, add to it all the fligh time zone crossed. They need much more than 10h rest.

And even if there were a double crew, the crew in positioning would be in duty so they couldn’t fly back directly unless a crew has been positioned yesterday or before with another flight

Here is the answer:

Official flight info for AMS Schiphol Airport, for Friday 30th March 2018:
arr 12h20 : PY-994 : cancelled
https://www.schiphol.nl/en/arrivals/fli ... 0330PY994/

Official flight info for AMS Schiphol Airport, for Saturday 31st March 2018:
arr 07h15 a.m.: PY-9940 - OO-ABA
https://www.schiphol.nl/en/arrivals/fli ... 0331PY9940/

[Ev.VH]

AIR BELGIUM CONFIRMS ITS SHAREHOLDERS AND WILL OPEN THE TICKET SALE NEXT TUESDAY
Submitted by fuji on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 11:24
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Mont-Saint-Guibert, 29 March 2018 – Air Belgium, the new Belgium airline, today confirmed its shareholders’ structure and directors.
Air Belgium’s subscribed capital, which was increased to 20 million euros, is divided over five shareholders, represented by seven directors. These shareholders and directors are:
For 19.993%: 3T Management & Associates bvba
Director: 3T Management & Associates bvba, represented by Niky Terzakis
For 12.501%: Société Régionale d’Investissement de Wallonie (SRIW) nv
Director: Sparaxis nv, represented by Eric Bauche
For 12.501%: Federale Participatie- en Investeringsmaatschappij (FPIM) nv
Director: Jean-Marie Focant
For 5.010%: Sabena Aerospace nv
Director: B-Global Management bvba, represented by Stéphane Burton
For 49.995%: Aviation Investment Holding (AIH) nv
Directors: Peter Yip, Alexey Sumchenko and Mikko Rautio
Eric Bauche (representing Sparaxis nv) was appointed chairman of the board and Alexey Sumchenko as vice-chairman. Niky Terzakis (representing 3T M&A) was appointed general manager and hence remains the company’s CEO. Eric Bauche, Alexey Sumchenko and Niky Terzakis were appointed members of the management committee.

Beyond the subscribed capital, Banque CPH participates through a financing of 3 million euros in Air Belgium and in that capacity, holds an observer position in the board of directors.

Air Belgium will start tickets sale to Hong Kong - its first destination - next Tuesday. Those tickets will be available through GDS and its Internet platform on www.airbelgium.com. More information will follow next Monday.

About Air Belgium
Air Belgium is a Belgian airline for long-distance flights that will be offering direct flights between Belgium and Asia from the first half of 2018. Air Belgium will have a starting capital of 20 million euros, divided among Belgian and European majority shareholders and Asian minority shareholders. Its headquarters are located in Mont-Saint-Guibert (Walloon Brabant).

Media contact
LVTPR
Karolien Cloots, Nicolas Boulart
airbelgium@lvtpr.com
+32 (0)2 474 17 40
+32 (0)478 78 18 54

[Passenger]

Something is moving at BRU...

https://www.flightradar24.com/ABB3004/10ddec95

[sn26567]

OO-ABA has landed at Schiphol