easyJet and Brussels

744rules · Post by **744rules** » 28 Feb 2005, 20:47

@sab319

anr will mean payload restrictions due to short runway

@buzz

don't know if your familiar with ground ops, but 50 min for a 747 is not possible, unless you have (almost) no cleaning and catering. It alsmost takes an avaerage of 25min for deplaning/boarding and that is if no pax gets lost/drunk/sick/......

I must agree that 20min on a LCC is possible, but then nothing may go wong.

@loadcontroller

these rules used to be applicable in Bru a few years ago. As Bart said, exits to remain clear, AND no ground equipment (conveyor belt, tractors, bag carts, .....) parked in the path of the emergency slide. Sometimes a second stair is positioned, but that's mainly a company rule.

bkonner · Post by **bkonner** » 01 Mar 2005, 01:24

Thanks for the comments. I just find it suprising that easyJet does not serve Belgium. When you look at their route map, there is a hole in the center, Belgium. Its strange. Belgium is a rich country, people have money to spend. I don't get it; unless there is a gentlemen's agreement for no-competition. The EU would just love that!

Bkonner

SpottingEHBK · Post by **SpottingEHBK** » 01 Mar 2005, 07:53

bkonner wrote:I just find it suprising that easyJet does not serve Belgium.

Maastricht Aachen Airport is almost Belgium...10km till the border and only 100km to Brussels, Gerona is also 100km from Barcelona, so .....

V-Bird · Post by **V-Bird** » 01 Mar 2005, 09:12

SpottingEHBK wrote:
bkonner wrote:I just find it suprising that easyJet does not serve Belgium.
Maastricht Aachen Airport is almost Belgium...10km till the border and only 100km to Brussels, Gerona is also 100km from Barcelona, so .....

almost belgium? dont think so! when you look it like that it is also almost germany

concordino · Post by **concordino** » 01 Mar 2005, 09:43

@ V-Bird

Surely with Schengan there are no longer border controls etc so you should look at Maastricht as the centre of a region which just happens to comprise 3 different countries. It is one big catchment area. Plus we are all Europeans now!

Sentike · Post by **Sentike** » 01 Mar 2005, 11:10

V-Bird wrote:
SpottingEHBK wrote:
bkonner wrote:I just find it suprising that easyJet does not serve Belgium.
Maastricht Aachen Airport is almost Belgium...10km till the border and only 100km to Brussels, Gerona is also 100km from Barcelona, so .....
almost belgium? dont think so! when you look it like that it is also almost germany

Maastricht is about 25-30 kms away from Belgium.

The travelling from Antwerp to Maastricht takes you 1 hr and 15 minutes with car.... Is that so bad?

Anyway i must say that a low cost Belgium-Berlin route would be welcome !

V-Bird · Post by **V-Bird** » 01 Mar 2005, 11:29

concordino wrote:@ V-Bird

Surely with Schengan there are no longer border controls etc so you should look at Maastricht as the centre of a region which just happens to comprise 3 different countries. It is one big catchment area. Plus we are all Europeans now!

thats correct, only the city of Aachen and the city of Liege claims also to be the centre of the Euregio...

SpottingEHBK · Post by **SpottingEHBK** » 01 Mar 2005, 14:27

Sentike wrote: Maastricht is about 25-30 kms away from Belgium.

In straight lines:
EHBK-Belgium border 3,9 km
EHBK-German border 18,5 km

by road (ViaMichelin routeplanner):
EHBK-Maasmechelen centre 16km
EHBK-Aachen centre 39km
EHBK-Brussels centre 118km
EHBK-Antwerpen centre 114km

sn-remember · Post by **sn-remember** » 01 Mar 2005, 17:35

and
by road (ViaMichelin routeplanner):
EHBK to EBLG = 50 kms
EHBK to EBCI = 130 kms

Ozzie1969 · Post by **Ozzie1969** » 01 Mar 2005, 22:34

If Easyjet would make Maastricht a significant hub, I can see myself driving to Maastricht airport. And I have to come all the way from Brugge. But all in all, it seems like Belgium is a country too close to Amsterdam, Frankfurt or Paris. How often does it happen that an airline announces new routes out of AMS and CDG, and completely ignores BRU, or any other airport in Belgium? Very often! And I find that very annoying.

an-148 · Post by **an-148** » 02 Mar 2005, 17:08

If there is a speak about Belgian airport , I also wonder why no LCC choose LGG (EBLG): Class 3 ILS, more than 3000m runway, to be extended, new terminal, free parking , very good highway access, in the middle of a 4Million people area (50km circle) good slot opportunity during daytime (cargos' are flying at night).
?
Mistery!

an-148 · Post by **an-148** » 02 Mar 2005, 17:10

and not to forget, close to high speed train station (15min) and to the track itself - development of a dedicated station geographically ossible!

Post by **sn26567** » 02 Mar 2005, 17:14

an-148 wrote:If there is a speak about Belgian airport , I also wonder why no LCC choose LGG (EBLG)!

For a short time there was that Bulgarian airline that went bankrupt and whose name I already forgot due to my advanced age

an-148 · Post by **an-148** » 02 Mar 2005, 17:16

bexx.air

an-148 · Post by **an-148** » 02 Mar 2005, 17:22

with all respect to your advanced age, and all respect to bexx who is trying to make a new start, bexx was and will re-begin as a travel agent selling seats on ACMI flights.
A more decisive step in the good direction would be the start of an already somewhere established LCC carrier.
What do you think about it?

sean1982 · Post by **sean1982** » 02 Mar 2005, 19:06

sn26567 wrote:
luchtzak wrote:
fueling while boarding passengers is allowed when: the airport agrees, in most cases fire department must be on stand-by, all exits are available in case of evacuation, and a few other rules I might forget.

Safety belts must be unlocked.

Stairs on the right-hand side of tha a/c... 2nd door in the back...

Where no doors attached, slides must be armed and 1 crew member at each pair of doors + continious PA's by the Purser