Brussels Airlines in 2017

[nordikcam]

Cabin crew unions have sent a letter to the CEO complain about the increasing workload. (New service)

While pilots are not happy about their meal.

Which cabin crew unions ? Which CEO ? Belgian unions and Gustin ? Sorry for the question.

[sn26567]

Cabin crew unions have sent a letter to the CEO complain about the increasing workload. (New service)

While pilots are not happy about their meal.

Which cabin crew unions ? Which CEO ? Belgian unions and Gustin ? Sorry for the question.

This is a thread about Brussels Airlines, thus yes: the Brussels Airlines ACV/CSC union has sent a letter to Bernard Gustin.

[lumumba]

What a feel on the flights to Africa is that the crew is not smiling very much anymore..
You feel some stress ,on the contrary on Lufthansa the crew is always very attentive...and smiling.
And that's new because before the crew was the strong part of Brussels Airlines before they had the screen installed etc....
And it something I feel for a couple of time now!

[Passenger]

What a feel on the flights to Africa is that the crew is not smiling very much anymore..
You feel some stress ,on the contrary on Lufthansa the crew is always very attentive...and smiling.
And that's new because before the crew was the strong part of Brussels Airlines before they had the screen installed etc.... And it something I feel for a couple of time now!

Given your previous negative comments about Brussels Airport, the above is no surprise.

[lumumba]

What a feel on the flights to Africa is that the crew is not smiling very much anymore..
You feel some stress ,on the contrary on Lufthansa the crew is always very attentive...and smiling.
And that's new because before the crew was the strong part of Brussels Airlines before they had the screen installed etc.... And it something I feel for a couple of time now!

Given your previous negative comments about Brussels Airport, the above is no surprise.

Not at all I travel a lot with Brussels Airlines it's a good airline...
But it's my ascertainment,I have no problem to criticise something I'm attached to.
I'm attached to Brussels Airport and Brussels Airlines I feel it's like my airport and my airline that's why I criticise it.

And again the Police in Brussels Airport is doing a bad job for our airport in general it's not convivial etc...
To tackle the terrorists you have to work in front and like everybody now's today they had information from the Police in Mechelen they did not use to stop the terrorist attacks....That's the truth....!!!!!

Brussels Airport is the only airport with ONE entrance in all the EU it became an unfriendly airport without nothing.
And that make me sad very sad ....

Don't tell me that Brussels Airport has good numbers etc.. with this geographical situation this airport must be at least 2 times bigger.
Why can we enjoy this geographical situation for everything but not for our airport!!!!!!!!

By the way I did not critics the crew of Brussels Airlines I just mentioned what I felt in the last couple of flights.

[JOVAN]

What a feel on the flights to Africa is that the crew is not smiling very much anymore..
You feel some stress ,on the contrary on Lufthansa the crew is always very attentive...and smiling.
And that's new because before the crew was the strong part of Brussels Airlines before they had the screen installed etc.... And it something I feel for a couple of time now!

Given your previous negative comments about Brussels Airport, the above is no surprise.

Not at all I travel a lot with Brussels Airlines it's a good airline...
But it's my ascertainment,I have no problem to criticise something I'm attached to.
I'm attached to Brussels Airport and Brussels Airlines I feel it's like my airport and my airline that's why I criticise it.

And again the Police in Brussels Airport is doing a bad job for our airport in general it's not convivial etc...
To tackle the terrorists you have to work in front and like everybody now's today they had information from the Police in Mechelen they did not use to stop the terrorist attacks....That's the truth....!!!!!

Brussels Airport is the only airport with ONE entrance in all the EU it became an unfriendly airport without nothing.
And that make me sad very sad ....

Don't tell me that Brussels Airport has good numbers etc.. with this geographical situation this airport must be at least 2 times bigger.
Why can we enjoy this geographical situation for everything but not for our airport!!!!!!!!

By the way I did not critics the crew of Brussels Airlines I just mentioned what I felt in the last couple of flights.

VERY CORRECT;
With a location like this, BRU should do lots and lots better in attracting new airlines.
And passengers.
If you cannot make it here, you cannot make it anywhere.

[lenain258]

OO-SSW is on way to East Midlands for a painting job I guess

[sn26567]

Brussels Airlines secures Ministry of Defence contract for Chania flights

Brussels Airlines has been contracted by the Belgian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to operate five return flights between Brussels National and Chania, a city on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Crete. The ministry also purchased capacity on a further eighteen flights for a total sum of EUR325,870.

According to tender documentation made public in the European Union registry, the Belgian MoD's contract with the Lufthansa Group-owned carrier is valued at EUR214,720 and is to operate five return Brussels-Chania flights.

On top of that, the authorities have also purchased capacity on in total of eighteen single flights between Brussels and Chania for EUR111,150. According to the ch-aviation schedules module, no scheduled airline serves this route during the winter season. Until October 2, it was operated both by TUI fly Belgium and by Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium (which has since closed down with all of its staff, slots and two out of five A320s being taken over by Brussels Airlines). Next summer, both Brussels Airlines and TUI fly (Belgium) will operate on the route 3x weekly.

Chania is home to a large NATO naval base and training facility.

Source: ch-aviation


Great Circle Mapper © 1996-2017 Karl L. Swartz

[Bralo20]

A bit strange news since BAF operates their own A321 which could be used for these flights. But not to bad for SN...

[theeuropean]

Chania is also going to go through a major overhaul and expansion. But my question is and it may be stupid, is the flight going to be year - round and can normal passengers book flights? Thank you for any answer

[sn26567]

Chania is also going to go through a major overhaul and expansion. But my question is and it may be stupid, is the flight going to be year - round and can normal passengers book flights? Thank you for any answer

From the article, it is clear that 5 flights will be exclusively for the Army, and the Army is buying space in 18 other fights normally bookable by the general public.

I hope I have answered your question

[sukhoi]

Brussels Airlines fly Also to Cancun Mexico for Eurowings from Düsseldorf in summer withe a340

[brabel]

SN is really expanding its route network (which I really like).
I keep on wondering if they are going to add other destinations, instead of the typical holiday destinations they are adding nowadays.It's like they want to be connected with every airport of Greece and Croatia (ok, I'm exaggerating)

Is Bremen coming back?
Can they add more destinations in France (Brest? Montpellier again?), Germany (Leipzig, Dresden?), more destinations in UK, Norway (Bergen?), Balkan countries (Belgrade? Sofia?), Finland (Helsinki?) ...?

I read an article that KLM is going to start a service to Vaxjo (in Sweden, (never heard of it? me neither)), but I like their way of adding new destinations for their hub.
Doesn't SN need to focus on other destinations beside the Belgian holiday market?

[PttU]

Opening routes to places people have never heard of is a big risk of being viable, but opening routes to destinations with a guaranteed amount of passengers to nearby hotels has a higher chance of success and being profitable...
Taking Bremen as an example: as there are already (week-)daily flights to Hannover and Hamburg, and from there on it's a reasonable travel-time to Bremen by car or train from those two cities, I understand there is a too small market specific for Bremen. In the other direction, Bremen as a feeder-point: there are already connections from Bremen to AMS, MUC, FRA and London (albeit not LHR), so there's not that much left to feed to Brussels. It might even be more interesting for SN to connect to cities (like Växjö) which aren't connected to a feeder-network yet

[cathay belgium]

Hi,

VAXJO ... was twice there...

Strange !

Why would SN fly to VAXJO itself as they fly into Bromma and from their they can connect with BRA many small swedish cities ?

In the past there was a tight connection between SN and BRA predecessor BRAATHENS AVIATION...

CXB

[Stij]

I was on the evening flight from Lyon to Brussels yesterday evening and was amazed by the number of connecting passengers on board and even more about there destinations: even Milan...

Cheers,

Stij

[brabel]

Just to put things straight: I did not mean that SN should fly to Vaxjo!
I mean, they should look at other destinations too instead of just holiday destinations

[Konus]

Brussels Airlines secures Ministry of Defence contract for Chania flights

Brussels Airlines has been contracted by the Belgian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to operate five return flights between Brussels National and Chania, a city on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Crete. The ministry also purchased capacity on a further eighteen flights for a total sum of EUR325,870.

According to tender documentation made public in the European Union registry, the Belgian MoD's contract with the Lufthansa Group-owned carrier is valued at EUR214,720 and is to operate five return Brussels-Chania flights.

On top of that, the authorities have also purchased capacity on in total of eighteen single flights between Brussels and Chania for EUR111,150. According to the ch-aviation schedules module, no scheduled airline serves this route during the winter season. Until October 2, it was operated both by TUI fly Belgium and by Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium (which has since closed down with all of its staff, slots and two out of five A320s being taken over by Brussels Airlines). Next summer, both Brussels Airlines and TUI fly (Belgium) will operate on the route 3x weekly.

Chania is home to a large NATO naval base and training facility.

Source: ch-aviation


Great Circle Mapper © 1996-2017 Karl L. Swartz

Anyone has a scheduke of these flights by Sn for yje Belgian Army ?

[brabel]

94.862 more passengers in november 2017
=> +15.6%

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/lufth ... ffic-15-6/

[sn26567]

Eurowings moves scheduled A340 intra-Europe service (operated by Brussels Airlines) to 1Q18

Eurowings in recent schedule update is moving forward planned Airbus A340-300 aircraft service, operated by Brussels Airlines. The A340 will initially operate intra-European service for the month of February and March 2018.

Dusseldorf – Palma Mallorca 01MAR18 – 24MAR18 6 weekly (Day x2. Additional A340 service scheduled on 20MAR18/23MAR18/24MAR18)

Dusseldorf – Vienna 15FEB18 – 22MAR18 6 weekly (Day x2. Additional A340 service scheduled on 28FEB18 and 20MAR18)

Source: Airline Route

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