BRU Winter 2025 - 2026: news, new routes, airlines

[sn26567]

As member VoloperTe mentioned today, Euroairlines (probably a broker) will start up temporary flights between Brussels and Punta Cana between 7th December '25 and 11th January '26. They will use the World2Fly A333 for this route.
It will be once a week flight on Sundays.

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/worl ... r-2025-26/

I guess these flights might be used by TUI customers after the end of TUIfly Belgium's long-haul flights to Punta Cana

[brabel]

Only for 1 month?
So basically 4 or 5 flights

[Atlantis]

Only for 1 month?
So basically 4 or 5 flights

Yes, very short

[longwings]

Only for 1 month?
So basically 4 or 5 flights

Yes, very short

There are so few flights. I'm guessing it's an all-inclusive charter, and no tickets are sold individually?

[Miqvell]

There will be a new Belgian economic mission with HRH Princess Astrid to India in the second semester of 2025.

Also this one is to keep an eye on it

Brussels airport eyes restoration of air connectivity between India and Belgium
Representatives of Brussels airport are meeting executives of [Air India and Indigo] in Delhi pitching for direct flights. The Belgian airport believes Air India could benefit from its ties with Lufthansa and its Star Alliance membership.

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ec ... 289047.ece

[Atlantis]

There will be a new Belgian economic mission with HRH Princess Astrid to India in the second semester of 2025.

Also this one is to keep an eye on it

Brussels airport eyes restoration of air connectivity between India and Belgium
Representatives of Brussels airport are meeting executives of [Air India and Indigo] in Delhi pitching for direct flights. The Belgian airport believes Air India could benefit from its ties with Lufthansa and its Star Alliance membership.

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ec ... 289047.ece

Let's cross our fingers. If they will miss this boat, it will never happen after. It's also diplomacy behind and Belgium cutted and saved a lot of money on the diplomatic corps. That's why we cannot put enough weight in the scale.

I count on Air India bcs of national airline and Star. IndiGo rather not as they eye other Airports and BRU is not on their list. If positive we would rather hear something soon.

From the South American mission we can be short. No interest as there is not enough demand and the risk is too high. Even for a weekly flight.

[Atlantis]

There will be a new Belgian economic mission with HRH Princess Astrid to India in the second semester of 2025.

Also this one is to keep an eye on it

Brussels airport eyes restoration of air connectivity between India and Belgium
Representatives of Brussels airport are meeting executives of [Air India and Indigo] in Delhi pitching for direct flights. The Belgian airport believes Air India could benefit from its ties with Lufthansa and its Star Alliance membership.

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ec ... 289047.ece

Let's see if soon there will be something known. But indeed, the limited onward connections were a reason to move the ops to AMS.
In meantime, things changed but not to the States. The same destinations still and even less frequencies than when Jetairways was flying to BRU.

If it will be, it needs with an extra effort from UA and AC but this will not be till 2026.

[crew1990]

I guess the sheduled still can change but here is an overview of the Brussels Airlines long haul network for W25/26.

Source: SN booking engine 03-11-2025//09-11-2025

NB. I just display here the flight with the destination(s), but not the routing.

Monday 9 flights
-Dakar/Banjul
-Conakry/Freetown
-Lomé/Accra
-Cotonou/Abidjan
-Douala/Yaoundé
-Kinshasa
-Entebbe/Kigali
-Nairobi
-New York

Tuesday 8 flights
-Dakar/Conakry
-Monrovia/Freetown
-Lomé/Accra
-Ouagadougou/Abidjan
-Douala/Yaoundé
-Kinshasa
-Entebbe/Kigali
-Nairobi

Wednesday 9 flights
-Dakar
-Conakry/Banjul
-Lomé/Accra
-Ouagadougou/Abidjan
-Douala/Yaoundé
-Kinshasa
-Entebbe/Bujumbura
-Kigali/Nairobi
-Freetown/Monrovia


Thursday 9 flights
-Dakar
-Conakry/Banjul
-Lomé/Accra
-Cotonou/Abidjan
-Douala/Yaoundé
-Kinshasa
-Entebbe/Kigali
-Nairobi
-New York


Friday 9 flights
-Dakar/banjul
-Monrovia/Freetown
-Cotonou/Accra
-Ouagadougou/Abidjan
-Douala/Yaoundé
-Kinshasa
-Entebbe/Kigali
-Nairobi
-New York


Saturday 9 flights
-Dakar
-Conakry/Banjul
-Lomé/Accra
-Cotonou/Abidjan
-Douala/Yaoundé
-Kinshasa
-Entebbe/Kigali
-Freetown/Monrovia
-New York


Sunday 9 flights
-Dakar/Banjul
-Monrovia/Freetown
-Lomé/Accra
-Cotonou/Abidjan
-Douala/Yaoundé
-Kinshasa
-Entebbe/Kigali
-Nairobi
-New York

Good to know: W25/26 vs W24/25

-Extra flights on following destinations: Banjul+1; Conakry+1; Freetown+1; Monrovia+1; Lomé+2; Accra+1; Cotonou+2; Nairobi+2
-62 weekly flights W25/26 vs 56 weekly flights in W24/25
-19 out of those 62 destination are operated "sec" (Dakar; Kinshasa; Nairobi; New York)
-Daily flights on following destinations (Dakar; Accra; Abidjan; Douala; Yaoundé; Kinshasa; Entebbe; Kigali)
-Luanda not part of the network anymore.
-Washington stopped during winter season.

[Atlantis]

I guess the sheduled still can change but here is an overview of the Brussels Airlines long haul network for W25/26.

Source: SN booking engine 03-11-2025//09-11-2025

NB. I just display here the flight with the destination(s), but not the routing.

Monday 9 flights
-Dakar/Banjul
-Conakry/Freetown
-Lomé/Accra
-Cotonou/Abidjan
-Douala/Yaoundé
-Kinshasa
-Entebbe/Kigali
-Nairobi
-New York

Tuesday 8 flights
-Dakar/Conakry
-Monrovia/Freetown
-Lomé/Accra
-Ouagadougou/Abidjan
-Douala/Yaoundé
-Kinshasa
-Entebbe/Kigali
-Nairobi

Wednesday 9 flights
-Dakar
-Conakry/Banjul
-Lomé/Accra
-Ouagadougou/Abidjan
-Douala/Yaoundé
-Kinshasa
-Entebbe/Bujumbura
-Kigali/Nairobi
-Freetown/Monrovia


Thursday 9 flights
-Dakar
-Conakry/Banjul
-Lomé/Accra
-Cotonou/Abidjan
-Douala/Yaoundé
-Kinshasa
-Entebbe/Kigali
-Nairobi
-New York


Friday 9 flights
-Dakar/banjul
-Monrovia/Freetown
-Cotonou/Accra
-Ouagadougou/Abidjan
-Douala/Yaoundé
-Kinshasa
-Entebbe/Kigali
-Nairobi
-New York


Saturday 9 flights
-Dakar
-Conakry/Banjul
-Lomé/Accra
-Cotonou/Abidjan
-Douala/Yaoundé
-Kinshasa
-Entebbe/Kigali
-Freetown/Monrovia
-New York


Sunday 9 flights
-Dakar/Banjul
-Monrovia/Freetown
-Lomé/Accra
-Cotonou/Abidjan
-Douala/Yaoundé
-Kinshasa
-Entebbe/Kigali
-Nairobi
-New York

Good to know: W25/26 vs W24/25

-Extra flights on following destinations: Banjul+1; Conakry+1; Freetown+1; Monrovia+1; Lomé+2; Accra+1; Cotonou+2; Nairobi+2
-62 weekly flights W25/26 vs 56 weekly flights in W24/25
-19 out of those 62 destination are operated "sec" (Dakar; Kinshasa; Nairobi; New York)
-Daily flights on following destinations (Dakar; Accra; Abidjan; Douala; Yaoundé; Kinshasa; Entebbe; Kigali)
-Luanda not part of the network anymore.
-Washington stopped during winter season.

This will give them more or less 2 free aircrafts for maintenance and painting. It's not a tight schedule. I believe the learned from the past

[sn26567]

I am surprised that New York, the most important US destination for European passengers, is not served daily.

[Atlantis]

I am surprised that New York, the most important US destination for European passengers, is not served daily.

And the top LH destination from BRU

[lumumba]

I am surprised that New York, the most important US destination for European passengers, is not served daily.

And the top LH destination from BRU

I'm not sure the numbers are as good as on African flights(yield...etc)there is more money to make on African flights so the choice seems easy to me.
In my opinion, in the medium term there is a possibility they will leave New York that's seems logic.

[Atlantis]

Transavia will add Agadir to their portfolio from BRU. They will fly the route 3 times a week

[ZavCity]

A couple of years ago there was an official visit to our country from the ruler of Oman..Rumour had it that Oman airways was interested in opening a new route to BRU..Nothing happened
A couple of days ago official visit to the Netherlands and yes as a result Oman air will open new route to AMS...Another one we lost..Reason: no connections in BRU (?)...Will be the same for all big international players I think(Air India,...).

[lumumba]

A couple of years ago there was an official visit to our country from the ruler of Oman..Rumour had it that Oman airways was interested in opening a new route to BRU..Nothing happened
A couple of days ago official visit to the Netherlands and yes as a result Oman air will open new route to AMS...Another one we lost..Reason: no connections in BRU (?)...Will be the same for all big international players I think(Air India,...).

Oman air was originally close to Star Alliance when they came at the time there was surely a possible synergy today it is no longer the same thing.

[rwandan-flyer]

A couple of years ago there was an official visit to our country from the ruler of Oman..Rumour had it that Oman airways was interested in opening a new route to BRU..Nothing happened
A couple of days ago official visit to the Netherlands and yes as a result Oman air will open new route to AMS...Another one we lost..Reason: no connections in BRU (?)...Will be the same for all big international players I think(Air India,...).

Oman air was originally close to Star Alliance when they came at the time there was surely a possible synergy today it is no longer the same thing.

They are in Oneworld now. Amsterdam is a skyteam hub. It's not about alliance but market potential. Oman Air serves some huge markets in Asia for Amsterdam.

Here are the top 5 biggest point to point market for Amsterdam with Oman Air destinations

Dubaï : 304 000 pax (Nov 23 Oct 24)
Bangkok : 258 000 pax (Nov 23 Oct 24)
Jakarta : 146 000 pax (Nov 23 Oct 24)
Manilla : 143 000 pax (Nov 23 Oct 24)
Delhi : 123 000 pax (Nov 23 Oct 24)

Early 2020s was not good for Oman Air. They have reduced the fleet by removing all A330s. Zurich is now a seasonal destination, they have closed their route to Athens (that will resume this year) and Paris CDG is no longer served daily (4 flights a week). They have closed 4 routes to Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, they didn't resume their route to Nairobi.

Oman Air has 32 aircraft in its fleet. It's very small if you compare to others national flag carriers in the region. They can't expand widely like Qatar Airways, Emirates or Saudia.

[lumumba]

A couple of years ago there was an official visit to our country from the ruler of Oman..Rumour had it that Oman airways was interested in opening a new route to BRU..Nothing happened
A couple of days ago official visit to the Netherlands and yes as a result Oman air will open new route to AMS...Another one we lost..Reason: no connections in BRU (?)...Will be the same for all big international players I think(Air India,...).

Oman air was originally close to Star Alliance when they came at the time there was surely a possible synergy today it is no longer the same thing.

They are in Oneworld now. Amsterdam is a skyteam hub. It's not about alliance but market potential. Oman Air serves some huge markets in Asia for Amsterdam.

Here are the top 5 biggest point to point market for Amsterdam with Oman Air destinations

Dubaï : 304 000 pax (Nov 23 Oct 24)
Bangkok : 258 000 pax (Nov 23 Oct 24)
Jakarta : 146 000 pax (Nov 23 Oct 24)
Manilla : 143 000 pax (Nov 23 Oct 24)
Delhi : 123 000 pax (Nov 23 Oct 24)

Early 2020s was not good for Oman Air. They have reduced the fleet by removing all A330s. Zurich is now a seasonal destination, they have closed their route to Athens (that will resume this year) and Paris CDG is no longer served daily (4 flights a week). They have closed 4 routes to Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, they didn't resume their route to Nairobi.

Oman Air has 32 aircraft in its fleet. It's very small if you compare to others national flag carriers in the region. They can't expand widely like Qatar Airways, Emirates or Saudia.

But I think the alliance could also play a role.

[Atlantis]

A couple of years ago there was an official visit to our country from the ruler of Oman..Rumour had it that Oman airways was interested in opening a new route to BRU..Nothing happened
A couple of days ago official visit to the Netherlands and yes as a result Oman air will open new route to AMS...Another one we lost..Reason: no connections in BRU (?)...Will be the same for all big international players I think(Air India,...).

Correct. Years ago, when we still had Jetairways, it was one of the concerns that there was a lack of connections to The States. Even when they flew a few of them by themselves.
The same concern has Air India. They need connections ex-BRU

[Miqvell]

Noida International Airport (= brand-new New Delhi airport) To Begin Flights To Dubai, Zurich, Singapore From April
"By the end of 2025, the airport authorities plan to begin flight operations to Munich and Brussels, and negotiations for the same are underway."

Source : CurlyTales (February 2025)

Update from Construction World : "According to recent updates, the airport’s construction is expected to be completed by the end of May, with commercial flight operations likely to commence in the first week of June."

[Atlantis]

EuroAirlines will start as from 25 October with a weekly flight, on Saturday, to Cancun. The aircraft will be an A330.

As mentioned before, they had a plan to start up flights to Punta Cana for a month.
This is changed now and EuroAirlines will fly the whole Winter. The introduction date is Friday 24 October and there will be one flight a week on Friday. Also here they will use an A330 of World2Fly.

They start to fill the gap which TUI left