[Trip report] Air Belgium’s first test flight before starting Hong Kong operations

This morning at 11:35 (UTC +2) one of Air Belgium’s Airbus A340s (OO-ABB) took off at Brussels South Charleroi Airport for a three-hour test flight. The flight, fully booked in less than two hours, brought the passengers via Germany, Denmark and The Netherlands back to Charleroi. The flight was a necessary test and a “final rehearsal” before Air Belgium’s first flight from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Hong Kong at the end of April.

Passengers who have booked a ticket supported charity (Télévie and Kom Op Tegen Kanker) as the total revenue of the flights is going directly to the two Belgian organisations that support cancer research.

Flight plan of Air Belgium’s first test flight KF340

Check-in and boarding

Taxi out and safety demonstration

VIDEO: Take off
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Inflight

The itineraries of both flights