Discovery Travel to Antwerp (ANR)

Robin_Bamps · Post by **Robin_Bamps** » 04 Apr 2004, 16:56

Hello everybody,

I just read this article :

"A new airline from Czechia named Discovery Travel, will inaugurate service from Prague to Kunovice, Sion and Antwerp with a leased BAe 146 from Flightline"

Source : Aero International

Regards, Robin Bamps.

vliegtuigfreak · Post by **vliegtuigfreak** » 04 Apr 2004, 20:35

That would be great news! Its getting boaring to see VLM only flying ANR!

Greetingzz
Sonny

Airborne · Post by **Airborne** » 04 Apr 2004, 22:37

Great news indeed

Greetzzz,
Kristof

Post by **sn26567** » 05 Apr 2004, 10:20

Robin_Bamps wrote:"A new airline from Czechia named Discovery Travel, will inaugurate service from Prague to Kunovice, Sion and Antwerp with a leased BAe 146 from Flightline"

When?

sab319 · Post by **sab319** » 05 Apr 2004, 10:41

Great!!! Finally a jet comes to Antwerp! Feeeestje

:):):):):):)

Post by **speedbird1** » 05 Apr 2004, 14:02

I do hope this is true!! I live under the approach for Antwerp and i'm getting bored of F50's!! and biz stuff. I'll keep my eyes open and keep you all posted

Emirates

danieln · Post by **danieln** » 05 Apr 2004, 14:54

Is the Antwerp runway long enough to host a fully loaded BAe 146?

Robin_Bamps · Post by **Robin_Bamps** » 05 Apr 2004, 15:01

Hi,

@ sn26567
No dates were announced yet.

@ danieln
Just after the bankruptcy of Sabena, all Crossair flights were diverted to Antwerp including some BAe 146's.

Picture : http://www.airliners.net/open.file/207287/L/

Regards, Robin Bamps.

thomascookie · Post by **thomascookie** » 06 Apr 2004, 22:44

Once I saw Club brugge departing with a BAe146 from flightline from ANR

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » 06 Apr 2004, 23:01

A "old" picture at Antwerp:

http://blackhawk.madoka.be/airport%20an ... planes.jpg

Robin_Bamps · Post by **Robin_Bamps** » 06 Apr 2004, 23:40

WOWWW 8O 8O Impressive picture Blackhawk !

Are you the photographer?

Regards, Robin Bamps.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » 06 Apr 2004, 23:48

I'm not the photographer Robin. This picture was used for the news coverage of an event. I think Sabena, City Bird and Virgin organised some flights for handicaped children that day.

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 11 Apr 2004, 11:14

Can someone provide us a picture of that airline

I've never heard of it in the past and would really like to see their logo.

As for the flights to Antwerp: It would be great but I would rather wait and see before being too happy

Greetz
Chris
8)

sab319 · Post by **sab319** » 13 Apr 2004, 15:04

Didn't Sabena used to fly with B732's from ANR to LHR? I thought i read that somewhere...

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 13 Apr 2004, 15:22

sab319 wrote:Didn't Sabena used to fly with B732's from ANR to LHR? I thought i read that somewhere...

Yes, Sabena did operate a 732 between LHR and ANR.

Post by **sn26567** » 13 Apr 2004, 16:22

Comet wrote:Yes, Sabena did operate a 732 between LHR and ANR.

And I have a funny story about it. I got once a free extension BRU-LHR-ANR as a complement to a BRU-JFK-BRU ticket. The final destination could not be BRU, as IATA rules allowed for a 10 or 20% extension of your trip as long as you did not go three times to the same place.

Thus, on a nice December Friday, I went for that free shopping trip to London (Ryanair did not invent free trips) with a Sabena 73S, spent a nice day there and came back to ANR with another Sabena 73S. On Friday night only, that plane went back to BRU. Hence, I jumped out of the plane, bought a ticket from ANR to BRU at the airport, and back into the plane.

My wife and I were the only passengers, together with three stewardesses, for the shortest flight of my life: 40 km in 20 minutes at FL60.

sab319 · Post by **sab319** » 13 Apr 2004, 16:35

When did those flights stop? When they introduced the Airbusses? I assume they can't land in Antwerp!

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » 27 Apr 2004, 21:14

Another new carrier comming to Antwerp:

Connect will be a clear focussed airline: Regional traffic from Basel. With 3 ATR-42-500 they will start flying morning and evening services to London-City, Antwerp, Vienna, Dusseldorf and Amsterdam. Their rotations around noon and in the afternoon will go to Bordeaux, Bilbao, Pula (Slovenia), Venice, Florence, Pescara, Olbia and Prague.
Chief of the board will be Belgian Willy de Maeyer.

http://www.airliners.net/discussions/ge ... n/1535054/

Post by **speedbird1** » 27 Apr 2004, 21:18

When will Connect start to opperate routes to and from Antwerp? All this new traffic to Antwerp sounds great!

Emirates

Post by **sn26567** » 28 Apr 2004, 10:27

Remember the SN flights from ANR to Geneva, operated by VLM?

Why would ANR to Basle be more successful?

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