Brussels Airport: Welcome to Europe

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » 19 Oct 2006, 19:09

New name and logo now official:

http://www.brusselsairport.be/

Atlantis · Post by **Atlantis** » 19 Oct 2006, 19:18

It was just on the VRT news.

New name and logo was needed. In a timeframe of five years they want to fly to 20 of the most popular destinations in the world. At this moment they count 9. They want also lower prices for customers.

The new name and logo is printed on one of the Avro's of SNBA.

Post by **airbuske** » 19 Oct 2006, 19:38

Soon a new website ?

Post by **Kapitein** » 19 Oct 2006, 20:06

Atlantis wrote: The new name and logo is printed on one of the Avro's of SNBA.

For the people that want to know wich one it's OO-DJX.

Zorba · Post by **Zorba** » 19 Oct 2006, 20:09

Hmm, looks nice, but it's way too small on their website. You wouldn't even tell it's a logo and can barely read the slogan. What a shame

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » 19 Oct 2006, 20:38

http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail. ... 8957061019

TWA · Post by **TWA** » 19 Oct 2006, 20:46

Atlantis wrote:New name and logo was needed. In a timeframe of five years they want to fly to 20 of the most popular destinations in the world. At this moment they count 9. .

Found a list of the 30 busiest, most popular airports in the world (cfr wikipedia):

Grootste luchthavens ter wereld
(gemeten naar passagiersaantallen in 2005 (voorlopig, aantallen in miljoenen); bron: http://www.airports.org/)

Atlanta (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport) (ATL) 86
Chicago (O'Hare International Airport) (ORD) 77
Londen (Heathrow) (LHR) 68
Tokio (Haneda) (HND) 63
Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport) (LAX) 61
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) 59
Parijs (Charles de Gaulle) (CDG) 54
Frankfurt am Main (Flughafen Frankfurt am Main) (FRA) 52
Las Vegas (LAS) 44
Amsterdam (Schiphol) (AMS) 44
Denver (DEN) 43
Madrid (Barajas) (MAD) 42
Phoenix (PHX) 41
Peking (PEK) 41
New York (JFK) 41
Hongkong (HKG) 40
Houston (IAH) 40
Bangkok (Don Muang) (BKK) 39
Minneapolis/Saint Paul (MSP) 38
Detroit (DTW) 36
Orlando International Airport (MCO) 34
San Francisco (SFO) 34
Newark (EWR) 33
Londen (Gatwick) (LGW) 33
Singapore (SIN) 32
Tokio (Narita) (NRT) 32
Philadelphia (PHL) 32
Miami (MIA) 31
Toronto (YYZ) 30
Seattle/Tacoma (SEA) 29

Start fishing, Brussels Airport, the hunting season is open!!!

TWA · Post by **TWA** » 19 Oct 2006, 20:57

Tokio (Haneda) (HND) 63
Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport) (LAX) 61
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) 59
Las Vegas (LAS) 44
Denver (DEN) 43
Phoenix (PHX) 41
Hongkong (HKG) 40
Houston (IAH) 40
Bangkok (Don Muang) (BKK) 39
Minneapolis/Saint Paul (MSP) 38
Orlando International Airport (MCO) 34
San Francisco (SFO) 34
Newark (EWR) 33
Singapore (SIN) 32
Tokio (Narita) (NRT) 32
Philadelphia (PHL) 32
Miami (MIA) 31
Seattle/Tacoma (SEA) 29

Here's a better overview, without destinations already linked to BRU.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » 19 Oct 2006, 21:13

and more: http://www.tijd.be/mijn_nieuws/artikel.asp?Id=2493130
http://www.vrtnieuws.net/nieuwsnet_mast ... ndex.shtml

teach · Post by **teach** » 19 Oct 2006, 22:01

In a timeframe of five years they want to fly to 20 of the most popular destinations in the world. At this moment they count 9.

It's good to see that at least someone in Belgian aviation dares to be ambitious! Let's hope they can do this!

Robin_Bamps · Post by **Robin_Bamps** » 19 Oct 2006, 22:40

TWA wrote:
Tokio (Haneda) (HND) 63
Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport) (LAX) 61
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) 59
Las Vegas (LAS) 44
Denver (DEN) 43
Phoenix (PHX) 41
Hongkong (HKG) 40
Houston (IAH) 40
Bangkok (Don Muang) (BKK) 39
Minneapolis/Saint Paul (MSP) 38
Orlando International Airport (MCO) 34
San Francisco (SFO) 34
Newark (EWR) 33
Singapore (SIN) 32
Tokio (Narita) (NRT) 32
Philadelphia (PHL) 32
Miami (MIA) 31
Seattle/Tacoma (SEA) 29
Here's a better overview, without destinations already linked to BRU.

EWR is linked to BRU already (by CO), SFO by UA (via IAD).

Though I'm wondering if they'll ever achieve the goal of 20 in a country without a strong home carrier and caged in between the hubs of big airline alliances.

Regards, Robin Bamps.

TWA · Post by **TWA** » 20 Oct 2006, 00:16

Oooops missed a few

airDD · Post by **airDD** » 20 Oct 2006, 08:01

Hum, will they also update the road signs to the airport?

When I was still living & working in Brussels, many of my international colleagues thought there were 2 major airports in Brussels. Brussels National & Zaventem. I had to explain many times that same airport is named differently on Brussels and Flemish road signs

airDD

Post by **airbuske** » 20 Oct 2006, 09:49

Virgin Express is promoting the "new" airport.

The future of low cost is at Brussels airport

From all around the world people travel daily to Brussels, the heart of Europe. To the European Airport where both business travellers as well as holiday travellers feel at home. From now on this favourite destination has a clear name and image : Brussels Airport welcomes you!

The new, but at the same time familiar, name wishes to show its ambition - to belong to the best airports of Europe, and to continue to offer low-cost travel opportunities to top destinations across Europe.

http://www.virgin-express.com/en/specia ... romotions/

Acid-drop · Post by **Acid-drop** » 20 Oct 2006, 11:29

airDD wrote:Hum, will they also update the road signs to the airport?

When I was still living & working in Brussels, many of my international colleagues thought there were 2 major airports in Brussels. Brussels National & Zaventem. I had to explain many times that same airport is named differently on Brussels and Flemish road signs

airDD

There is actually 2 international airports in brussels

The other one is charleroi brussels south

Cash · Post by **Cash** » 20 Oct 2006, 11:31

airDD wrote:Hum, will they also update the road signs to the airport?

When I was still living & working in Brussels, many of my international colleagues thought there were 2 major airports in Brussels. Brussels National & Zaventem. I had to explain many times that same airport is named differently on Brussels and Flemish road signs

airDD

Yep thats part of the idea, unified road signs to Brussels airport

TWA · Post by **TWA** » 20 Oct 2006, 11:53

Imagine again non-stop flights between LAX - BRU, SFO -BRU and MIA -BRU:

I flew once with Citybird B763 to MIA and LAX and those flights were overbooked !!!!

Don't know how VG Airlines was doing on the LAX route.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » 20 Oct 2006, 12:32

http://www.brusselsairport.be/news/

airDD · Post by **airDD** » 20 Oct 2006, 18:35

TWA wrote:Imagine again non-stop flights between LAX - BRU, SFO -BRU and MIA -BRU:

I flew once with Citybird B763 to MIA and LAX and those flights were overbooked !!!!

Don't know how VG Airlines was doing on the LAX route.

I flew VG on LAX-BRU; I was VG's only profitable flight (I did fly further to Armenia)

airDD

DannyVDB · Post by **DannyVDB** » 21 Oct 2006, 07:55

Taking out the European Airports this is the list

Atlanta (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport) (ATL) 86
Chicago (O'Hare International Airport) (ORD) 77
Tokio (Haneda) (HND) 63
Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport) (LAX) 61
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) 59
Las Vegas (LAS) 44
Denver (DEN) 43
Phoenix (PHX) 41
Peking (PEK) 41
New York (JFK) 41
Hongkong (HKG) 40
Houston (IAH) 40
Bangkok (Don Muang) (BKK) 39
Minneapolis/Saint Paul (MSP) 38
Detroit (DTW) 36
Orlando International Airport (MCO) 34
San Francisco (SFO) 34
Newark (EWR) 33
Singapore (SIN) 32
Tokio (Narita) (NRT) 32
Philadelphia (PHL) 32
Miami (MIA) 31
Toronto (YYZ) 30
Seattle/Tacoma (SEA) 29

Out of this list of 24, there are already 7 airports you can fly to. This list is less then the 30 busiest intercontinental airports (that's what they are speaking about). The other two are probably Washington and Montreal (?)

This leaves us with following shorter list (17 remaining) of which I think the ones in bold are candidates for the targetted 11 additonal destinations (there are 9):

Tokio (Haneda) (HND) 63
Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport) (LAX) 61
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) 59
Las Vegas (LAS) 44
Denver (DEN) 43
Phoenix (PHX) 41
Hongkong (HKG) 40
Houston (IAH) 40
Bangkok (Don Muang) (BKK) 39
Minneapolis/Saint Paul (MSP) 38
Detroit (DTW) 36
Orlando International Airport (MCO) 34
Singapore (SIN) 32
Tokio (Narita) (NRT) 32
Philadelphia (PHL) 32
Miami (MIA) 31
Seattle/Tacoma (SEA) 29

What could be the additional 2? - We would need the list of the first 50 airports to be able to say that.

Personally I think starting from this list is too US oriented since a lot of the biggest airports are US. But future is the East, e.g. India

What do you think?

Danny