Charleroi-Pescara from 12 May ?

airazurxtror · Post by **airazurxtror** » 01 Mar 2006, 16:19

I see in "Latest news" that the line PES-CRL-PES will be flown by "Club Air" from may 12th.
Nothing about it, until now, on the site of Club Air, and not much more on the one of Pescara Airport.
Somebody knows more about it ?
Last years, that line was flown by BAe 146 or B737 of Axis Airways, on behalf of Air Service plus, of Pescara.
Many announcements about new flights and operators this summer (e.g. Aer Arann at Liège) but not much is yet definite ...

an-148 · Post by **an-148** » 01 Mar 2006, 16:32

seen on website of Pescara airport:
http://www.abruzzo-airport.it/ita/

Post by **airbuske** » 01 Mar 2006, 17:08

It seem that there is a market for Pescara.

In the past SNBA flew also to Pescara.
My uncle is working for SNBA
and told me that the flight he did were always full.
Maybe low yield ?

Last year Air Service plus and this year Air On.

http://www.flyonair.it/

Rayman · Post by **Rayman** » 01 Mar 2006, 18:01

airbuske wrote:It seem that there is a market for Pescara.

In the past SNBA flew also to Pescara.
My uncle is working for SNBA
and told me that the flight he did were always full.
Maybe low yield ?

If you consider that, mid last century, the region Abruzzo (and mid Apulia btw) were respectable contributors to the Belgian-Italian immigration treaty, it might explain something.

FlightSimCrew · Post by **FlightSimCrew** » 02 Mar 2006, 08:17

Pescara flights with SNBA last year were under a charter contract. SN took part of the aircraft (10 seats) to sell to its customers all the rest of the plane was sold to tour operators. No idea indeed why they stopped the route quite soon

airazurxtror · Post by **airazurxtror** » 23 Mar 2006, 08:42

OnAir will operate two flights a week (monday and thursday) between Pescara and Charleroi, from may 12 to september 19, 2006.
Probably with Bae 146 ? It's not mentioned on the site.
They also fly from Pescara to Paris, Split and Timisoaroa.
www.flyonair.it

airazurxtror · Post by **airazurxtror** » 23 Mar 2006, 17:33

airazurxtror wrote: Probably with Bae 146 ? It's not mentioned on the site.

On www.charleroi-airport.com, the aircraft is described as a "MD-82"

westwings · Post by **westwings** » 20 Apr 2006, 23:08

Flights will be operated by Air Adriatic MD-82's

Post by **airbuske** » 20 Apr 2006, 23:17

Why din't they choose for BRU ?
They are flying from Pescara to CDG but for Belgium
they choose CRL.
Isn't there a bigger market at BRU ?

airazurxtror · Post by **airazurxtror** » 20 Apr 2006, 23:40

There is still a large number of first generation Italian immigrates living around Charleroi and Mons (and also second and third generation) who like to go to Italy on holiday or for family happenings.
The same at Liège, which has an easy access to Charleroi with the "Autoroute de Wallonie".
Besides, Charleroi is considerably less expensive, taxwise, than Brussels.

LX-LGX · Post by **LX-LGX** » 20 Apr 2006, 23:41

airbuske wrote:Why din't they choose for BRU ?
They are flying from Pescara to CDG but for Belgium
they choose CRL.
Isn't there a bigger market at BRU ?

No, I'm sure there are more people with Italian roots in/around Charleroi then in/around Brussels.

(Italian Eurocrats probably have to fly AZ)

Isn't Charlerloi's second name not Palermo-aan-de-Samber?

airazurxtror · Post by **airazurxtror** » 13 Aug 2007, 18:19

Today, CRL-PES was with EuroAir MD83 SX-BEU - and on time !

jan_olieslagers · Post by **jan_olieslagers** » 13 Aug 2007, 18:27

LX-LGX wrote:
airbuske wrote:Why din't they choose for BRU ?
They are flying from Pescara to CDG but for Belgium
they choose CRL.
Isn't there a bigger market at BRU ?
No, I'm sure there are more people with Italian roots in/around Charleroi then in/around Brussels.

(Italian Eurocrats probably have to fly AZ)

Isn't Charlerloi's second name not Palermo-aan-de-Samber?

Yes: the Borinage area counts many people of Italian origin and many of these are from the Pescara area, there's a good few of them where I work, and they often tell me they'll visit their relatives "at home" during holidays. So I do think the route has good potential.

[[ off - topic ]]
No: it is Liège that is called Palermo à la Meuse - but that has more to do with the connections of certain inhabitants than with their number. Remember the murder of that alcoholic politician what's his name again...? Charleroi has its own style of dirty politics, much more pragmatical, à la Belge, so to speak...

[[ yet offer-topic ]] Did you know that, of all people of foreign nationality living in Belgium, the Italians are most numerous?