Etihad Airways soon in Brussels

[OrientThai]

Maybe the idea of removing the satellite and place a new building over there for long-hauls will become reality!

Biman, united, continental , delta, etihad, holland excell, yes yes ....

Why would you build a new terminal when you have only around ten wide bodies coming daily to BRU and when the B terminal is almost empty in the afternoon

[themole]

Themole,

do you have any idea about the schedules in and out of BRU.

Yes, more or less. Slots are time sensitive, remember?

Still no mentioning of Brussels on the Etihad website.
Wishfull thinking?

It is much too soon for an official confirmation or press release. It might even take a few more weeks, if not months. So I can't give you any official reference for the time being.
But maybe this link gives your confidence in the Etihad Airways Brussels operations a much needed boost, http://careers.etihadairways.com/Englis ... /index.asp
An offline station doesn't require a duty manager, airport manager or customer service agents.

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I decided to withdraw from a forum where forum rules don't apply to everyone, and where the Arab community & business culture is allowed to be insulted (cfr. other topics, messages and even latest news submissions). As if all Arabs are terrorists or all Arab airlines are subsidized companies, financed with petroleum dollars??? People who think in this way are narrow minded idiots, no more or less. And as usual, it only takes a few idiots to spoil it for the rest.

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Why am I not saying all this via a private message? Because the "chitchat" days are over ...

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[Established02]

It is much too soon for an official confirmation or press release. It might even take a few more weeks, if not months. So I can't give you any official reference for the time being.

If the press release will be sent out only after weeks or months, then at that moment there may still be a need for an additional booking period of several weeks preceding the first flight.

Probably we may be safe to assume that Etihad wants to make use of Summer 2005 to transport a part of the many European holiday makers. Therefore if I would need to make a GUESS , I would expect the inaugural flight to take place during week 22 (the end of May 05).

[flightsimboy]

The www.yyznews.com website has today (Jan 22) mentioned firm plans are underway to begin operations this summer for flights from Abu Dhabi to Toronto via Brussel 8)

Frequency is four times weekly, with an Airbus A330-200. Flights arrive at 2215 and depart at 2355.

Will be great to see Eithad Airways A330-200s in Toronto and the first Middle Eastern carrier to fly out of here. :dance: