Brussels Airlines in 2025

[Atlantis]

I think that the problem is SFD stuck in Brussels since 2 weeks

According to the latest, it should fly tomorrow NY.
But we know that that route is very often canceled.

Only SFE is now in maintenance. All others are operational.

[Homo Aeroportus]

BRU web site gives Boeing 787-9
ECMTI
Flightstas.com gives at 14:07z Scheduled Equipment changed from 333 to 789

H.A.

[Ge203]

Air Europa will only operate the JFK flight. So unless there’s a last minute AOG to the 789, it wont be canceled anymore. At least not so that it can be dispatched to another flight.

[DannyVDB]

The Air Europe B789 is more than welcome.

Don't forget that two A333 will be repainted (soon): OO-SFJ (in March) and OO-SFP (not clear when).

And OO-SFQ will only come in May, but when will it be operational?

Danny

[JOVAN2]

Too late now, but SN could have collaborated with Air Belgium when it was still there.

It took SN long time to solve their problems with AOG and cancellations.

Poor management and big loss of credibilty and reliability.

[lumumba]

My colleague was on the SN flight of today they changed him this morning to Lufthansa without notice!

Anyway it's already 1 month they didn't fly ?!

BRU web site doesn't show a flight to LAD today. SN359 operated by OO-SFJ is going straight to FIH.
Maybe the LF was too low to fly the LAD-FIH leg and those Pax have been transferred to the LH flight. "Slight" inconvenience (night flight arriving tomorrow morning in LAD) but understandable.

H.A.

I guess it's related to the fact tjat SN crew doesn't sleep at Kinshasa since riots 3 weeks ago. The Kinshasa Brussels does a stop in Cameroon.

The demand is too weak to Luanda to serve the city non in both ways. From the next week, bookings to Luanda are now open and flights are tagged via FIH.

To ensure staff safety, the airline has implemented new security measures, including not allowing crew to stay overnight in Kinshasa. Return flights will now make a technical stop in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/luft ... -security/

Air France did the same thing when they have ended flights to Accra. Flights were tagged with Ouagadougou. But flights to OUA are suspended since almost 2 years now. But serving only Accra, AF wasn't able to make money by serving Accra non stop in the both ways. So they have closed the CDG Accra route.

Same thing wiith Monrovia. They resumed flights in Nov 20 tagged via Bamako. But they have decided to add more flights to Bamako 1st via Banjul (2021-2022) and then via Conakry (2022-2023). Monrovia service was splitted but the route was loss making. Monrovia route closed in 2023.

Since few weeks, AF reduced flights to Ndjamena and Abuja. Before the flight was CDG NDJ Abuja and was operated 4 times a week. But now AF operates flights to NDJ 3 times a week. Flights are now tagged with Malabo. And about Abuja, they operate flights via Lome, same thing : 3 times a week.

Again nothing new, but indeed it's never a good thing to suspend routes, however if you don't want to put your company in bad state, you have to take some hard decisions. And Africa it's probably one of only continent on the earth, where to operate flights can be sometimes a challenge




Air France forced to "adapt" its program to N'Djamena and Central Africa

After the attack targeting the presidency and as the withdrawal of French troops in Chad looms, the French company has cancelled or diverted several of its flights, and is reviewing its organization.


[...]

This line, coupled with Abuja, in Nigeria and initially planned with a frequency of four flights per week, had already suffered multiple incidents in recent days: the flights of January 12, 16 and 19 were thus either diverted directly to Abuja, or to Douala, the Cameroonian economic capital. From February, the N'Djamena destination will be served three times a week, via a coupling with Malabo, in Equatorial Guinea, the company specifies.

[...]

To balance things out, the connections to Abuja, Lomé and Douala (initially coupled with Malabo) are also affected by “adjustments” to the airline’s flight plan, which does not provide details. The said modifications are “variable depending on the days and destinations” and “the customers concerned will be notified individually by SMS, e-mail or via the Air France application,” the airline simply states.

https://www-jeuneafrique-com.translate. ... r_pto=wapp

Luanda again canceled till March 2....!
Look they dropped it already without saying so.

[TLspotting]

Air Europa will only operate the JFK flight. So unless there’s a last minute AOG to the 789, it wont be canceled anymore. At least not so that it can be dispatched to another flight.

Expected on Tuesday on TUI fly's BRU-PUJ-CUR-BRU. Then apparently should be again 788 at TUI and 333 at Brussels Airlines.
So are we actually far from the 15 March deadline?

[brabel]

Isn't there a flight to Luanda now? According to flight radar?

[lumumba]

Isn't there a flight to Luanda now? According to flight radar?

No to FIH.

[rwandan-flyer]

Luanda again canceled till March 2....!
Look they dropped it already without saying so.

Flights from Kinshasa to Brussels are still taged via Yaounde so i think Brussels Airlines thinks the situation is not yet safe for the crew to sleep at Kinshasa.

And like someone said, no crew sleeps at Luanda and Luanda service can't be operate without stops in both ways. Not enough demand. From Star Alliance, they have TAP, Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines that serve LAD. So easy to transfert passengers

Too late now, but SN could have collaborated with Air Belgium when it was still there.

It took SN long time to solve their problems with AOG and cancellations.

Poor management and big loss of credibilty and reliability.

Air Belgium was quite busy with others airlines and then they have financial troubles. Can you imagine that an SN flight at Kigali operated by AB is grounded because the airline suspends its flights.

If this would have happened, you would be among the 1st person on this forum to say why they lease an aircraft from airline with financial troubles.

Most of AOG are not Brussels Airlines faults. Trucks collisions in Africa or It's the maintenance that takes longer than planned. It's like for your car, if someone tells you on tuesday your car will be ready, but on Monday evening just before the closure of the car garage, they call you to tell you that your car won't be ready, but probably on friday or saturday or we don't really know.

The only thing where i can blame Brussels Airlines is that it seems that they have only one company for maintenance check for their A330.

Outside its Paris Cdg and Orly maintenance base, Air France sends their A330 at Toulouse, Perpignan or Chateauroux and sometimes their B777 in Spain for maintenance check. They also send some aircraft to Abu Dhabi. Their A320 family can be seen in Morrocco,.....Royal Air Maroc have their own maintenance base at Casablanca, but since few times they also send their B787 to Addis Ababa. Their B737-800 can be seen also in Romania.

[Conti764]

This July my first ever flight on Brussels Airlines, to Kigali. Very curious about the service. First long haul flight since 2006, too.

[lumumba]

This July my first ever flight on Brussels Airlines, to Kigali. Very curious about the service. First long haul flight since 2006, too.

Enjoy Business or Economy?

[brabel]

On Wikipedia I see someone added that SN will start flying to Bratislava from 8 sept onwards.
Hoax or not?

[nordikcam]

Air Europa operates JFK flights for SN and Caribbean flights for TUIfly. Is this a co-location or a collaboration between SN and TUI for this B787 ? Thx.

[Atlantis]

Update, according to the latest, SFP will go for the new paint and livery on 03.03.

[TLspotting]

On Wikipedia I see someone added that SN will start flying to Bratislava from 8 sept onwards.
Hoax or not?

I believe that it is a hoax.

Concerning ECMTI: now expected on the 27th on SN501/2.

[Conti764]

This July my first ever flight on Brussels Airlines, to Kigali. Very curious about the service. First long haul flight since 2006, too.

Enjoy Business or Economy?

Economy

No frequent flyer here, and a family of four.

[convair]

Concerning ECMTI: now expected on the 27th on SN501/2.

No SN501/2 on days 2 and 3 since a few months now.

[lumumba]

This July my first ever flight on Brussels Airlines, to Kigali. Very curious about the service. First long haul flight since 2006, too.

Enjoy Business or Economy?

Economy

No frequent flyer here, and a family of four.

Sure like me we are 7 anyway enjoy

[nordikcam]

Finally SFB and SFD are "out" @ BRU and SFE in technical check in MNL? 7 aircrafts are working correctly + the UX aircraft !