Trivia 2022 (miscellaneous news)
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Yesterday 13APR Dakar welcomed a first Luxair flight from LUX.
There should be a few charter flights until the winter season when Luxair will have up to 3 scheduled flights a week.
H.A.
There should be a few charter flights until the winter season when Luxair will have up to 3 scheduled flights a week.
H.A.
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A long flight for a narrow-body 737 (with narrow seats!), if you ask me. But there are other examples...Homo Aeroportus wrote: ↑14 Apr 2022, 12:24 Yesterday 13APR Dakar welcomed a first Luxair flight from LUX.
There should be a few charter flights until the winter season when Luxair will have up to 3 scheduled flights a week.
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sn26567 wrote: ↑14 Apr 2022, 17:41A long flight for a narrow-body 737 (with narrow seats!), if you ask me. But there are other examples...Homo Aeroportus wrote: ↑14 Apr 2022, 12:24 Yesterday 13APR Dakar welcomed a first Luxair flight from LUX.
There should be a few charter flights until the winter season when Luxair will have up to 3 scheduled flights a week.
Interesting, the links between Luxembourg and Africa are not big and focus mainly on the financial sector.
The airline is already present in North Africa and Cape Verde yes for tourism but. The Cape Verdeans being one of the largest communities in Luxembourg. To see if they will target The Gambia.
Cargolux also has a big presence in Africa (Nairobi is a big stopover) and Ethiopian Cargo used LUX as one of its main bases a few years ago
Luxembourg catchement aera includes Metz and Nancy and thus Lorraine region (over 2 millions of habitants). Ii's one of reason that that Metz Airport is struggling since the end of Paris and many domestic flights with Air Liberte / Air Lib collapse.
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Corsair will resume its service to Mali, from June 2022. Their second destination West Africa, after Abidjan.
Corsair back in Bamako this summer
The company will operate three flights a week from Paris-Orly between June and September.
Corsair knows Mali well. The airline indeed connected Paris-Orly to Bamako between January 2018 and September 2019. Here it is back on this service, at a time of year when demand is particularly strong: it will operate three frequencies per week from June 16 until next September 18 (departures from Paris on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 6.10 p.m., return from Bamako on the same days at 11.55 p.m. for an arrival the next day at 7.40 a.m.). It should be noted that the flights will be operated by A330-300 capable of accommodating 352 passengers, configured three-class, i.e. 12 in Business, 12 in Premium and 328 in Economy. It should also be noted that this Paris-Orly/Bamako will be offered from €726 including tax/person (with baggage in the hold).
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It's not longer than Cabo Verde.sn26567 wrote: ↑14 Apr 2022, 17:41A long flight for a narrow-body 737 (with narrow seats!), if you ask me. But there are other examples...Homo Aeroportus wrote: ↑14 Apr 2022, 12:24 Yesterday 13APR Dakar welcomed a first Luxair flight from LUX.
There should be a few charter flights until the winter season when Luxair will have up to 3 scheduled flights a week.
I'll never understand why a narrow seat on a B777 is better than a narrow seat in a B737...
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This route is for tourism, not business nor VFR.rwandan-flyer wrote: ↑14 Apr 2022, 18:32
Interesting, the links between Luxembourg and Africa are not big and focus mainly on the financial sector.
The airline is already present in North Africa and Cape Verde yes for tourism but. The Cape Verdeans being one of the largest communities in Luxembourg. To see if they will target The Gambia.
TUI will also start Dakar this summer, since all-in hotels are becoming available there.
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On a B777, legroom is usually better than on a B737, even with a narrow seat. But on a Boeing, seats are narrower than on a similar Airbus.
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In deed i have just seen on Luxair website, that you can't book flights to Dakar. For Cape Verde yes, but not for SenegalLux_avi wrote: ↑14 Apr 2022, 19:17This route is for tourism, not business nor VFR.rwandan-flyer wrote: ↑14 Apr 2022, 18:32
Interesting, the links between Luxembourg and Africa are not big and focus mainly on the financial sector.
The airline is already present in North Africa and Cape Verde yes for tourism but. The Cape Verdeans being one of the largest communities in Luxembourg. To see if they will target The Gambia.
TUI will also start Dakar this summer, since all-in hotels are becoming available there.
sn26567 wrote: ↑14 Apr 2022, 17:41A long flight for a narrow-body 737 (with narrow seats!), if you ask me. But there are other examples...Homo Aeroportus wrote: ↑14 Apr 2022, 12:24 Yesterday 13APR Dakar welcomed a first Luxair flight from LUX.
There should be a few charter flights until the winter season when Luxair will have up to 3 scheduled flights a week.
Most of European airlines (UK, Holland, Scandinavia) serving Gambia, Cape Verde use narrow body aircraft.
Turkish Airlines serves almost all its routes in West / Central and East Africa with the B737Max (mix with the A330)
FlyDubai and Air Arabia serves Europe with B737s and A320s and also routes Bangladesh.
Several charters flights from Poland and Romania to East Africa are operated by 737s with most of time a fuel stop in Egypt. However, SkyUp used to serve East Africa from Ukraine without a fuel stop with their B737-900ER.
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Does anyone know why Hifly's A330-900 flying for Air Madagascar makes a stop at Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania in both directions. I know that Corsair flights to Paris made stopovers in Nairobi, due to the fact that Antananarivo airport is at high altitude the planes could not take off fully loaded. Strong headwinds doesn't help. Air Austral also makes a stopover in Nairobi because the runway is short at Dzaoudzi for take-offs at full load to go to Paris. It's the case right now for UU977 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/uu977
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/md51
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/cs-tky
Does anyone know why Hifly's A330-900 flying for Air Madagascar makes a stop at Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania in both directions. I know that Corsair flights to Paris made stopovers in Nairobi, due to the fact that Antananarivo airport is at high altitude the planes could not take off fully loaded. Strong headwinds doesn't help. Air Austral also makes a stopover in Nairobi because the runway is short at Dzaoudzi for take-offs at full load to go to Paris. It's the case right now for UU977 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/uu977
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/md51
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/cs-tky
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A balloon that unites
The FC Metz Association traveled to Dakar with Luxair to bring together young footballers from two different cultures. Since 2002, the "A balloon that brings people together" project has added a social and inclusive dimension to their action plan! Luxair is proud to share the same values.
We look forward to discovering your next trips and projects!
Thank you to the FC Metz Association for this incredible video and this rewarding initiative!
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1214443399301276
The FC Metz Association traveled to Dakar with Luxair to bring together young footballers from two different cultures. Since 2002, the "A balloon that brings people together" project has added a social and inclusive dimension to their action plan! Luxair is proud to share the same values.
We look forward to discovering your next trips and projects!
Thank you to the FC Metz Association for this incredible video and this rewarding initiative!
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1214443399301276
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British Airways is to cut 10,300 more short-haul flights due to feature in its schedule between August and the end of October 2022.
Sun-Air of Denmark is ready to resume scheduled flights in collaboration with British Airways, beginning with one route.
Sun-Air of Denmark is ready to resume scheduled flights in collaboration with British Airways, beginning with one route.
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Loods there is a problem with Skeyes!
No flights can depart from CRL.
No flights can depart from CRL.
Hasta la victoria siempre.
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Thunderstorm overhead BRU causing lots of holdings even at this late hour
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China has cancelled over 9,000 flights across the country for unknown reasons, amid speculation about President Xi Jinping being under house arrest.
What should we believe?
What should we believe?
André
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Bejing Int'l has no sign of any massive cancellations in recent days https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airp ... statistics
Other airports have seen almost complete cancellations https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airp ... statistics, but going on already for a week or two, while Xi was still making visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. So cancellations more likely related to other causes, maybe Covid outbreak related?
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Today's Emirates EK-183 Dubai-Brussels B777-300ER A6-EQP (scheduled arrival 13h20 local, expected arrival now 13h31) brings home UCI cycling world champion Remco Evenepoel.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flig ... 3#2d9f5dc6
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flig ... 3#2d9f5dc6
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Airlines cancelled almost another 2,000 US flights for 29 September 2022 after Hurricane Ian hit Florida’s Gulf Coast.
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Saudi Arabia plans to transform Riyadh airport into a massive aviation hub with six parallel runways, designed to accommodate up to 120 million travellers by 2030. ME3 -> ME4 ?
André
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You need to be on time, when arriving close to the closing hour @ANR... a minute or so too late and you need to divert to BRU as this NetJets found out...