[Trip report] Flying SWISS between Brussels Airport and Zurich on board Fokker 100 and Bombardier CS100
My yearly meeting with my physical limits: Ironman 70.3 Rapperswil !! And a nice opportunity to visit my brother and his family. So we...
[Trip report] flying the Brussels Airlines Sukhoi Superjet, operated by Cityjet
The first time I saw Sukhoi planes ‘up close and personal’ was in Caracas, during a business trip to Venezuela: a couple of SU-30’s...
The last commercial flights of Brussels Airlines’ last Avro RJ100 aircraft [Trip Report – PICS]
After 24 years in service with Sabena's subsidiary DAT and later with SN Brussels Airlines and finally with Brussels Airlines, the Avro RJ100 registered...
[Trip report + static visit] Emirates Airlines Airbus A380 at Brussels Airport
On Thursday 19 April 2018, the largest commercial aircraft in the world visited Brussels Airport for a one-off operation to test the infrastructure and the...
[Trip report] Flying from Edinburgh to Warsaw via Amsterdam on board KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Once again I booked flights with KLM for our annual holiday. This time I chose a departure from Edinburg (EDI), as this had a...
[Trip report] Flying the newest Air France Boeing 787-9 (F-HRBD)
Flight: AF7641
Date: 21 NOV 2017
Aircraft: B787-9 F-HRBD (delivered 14/11/17)
From-To: Lyon Saint Exupery - Paris Roissy Charles de Gaulle (LYS-CDG)
Seat: 6A AF BUSINESS
Scheduled/Effective Time...
[Trip report] On board an Etihad Regional Saab 2000 (operated by Darwin Airline) from Zurich to Geneva
Flight: F7 843
Date: 2 August 2017
Aircraft: SAAB 2000 HB-IZH
From-To: Zurich Kloten - Geneva Cointrin (ZRH-GVA)
Seat: 02E
Scheduled/Effective Time of Departure: 15:25/16:28
Scheduled/Effective Time of Arrival: 16:15/16:59
Scheduled/Effective...
[Trip report] Loganair Twin Otter flight from Glasgow to Barra
On Tuesday 26 November 2019, I checked off one of my avgeek bucket list items, as I flew on a Loganair Twin Otter from...
[Trip report] From Brussels to Kajaani (Kainuu region, Finland) and back with Finnair
OUTBOUND FLIGHTS
For a three-day visit of the Kainuu region of Finland, it was evident that Finnair would be the airline of reference. After a...
[Trip Report] Air Belgium inaugural flight Charleroi – Hong Kong
Unlike the journalists who attended the inauguration event and who got airside where the speeches would take place by a short circuit, I was...
Air Belgium inaugural flight: the Hong Kong event and the return flight
The Hong Kong inaugural eventIn the afternoon of 7 June, Air Belgium had organised a press conference for the Hong Kong journalists at the...
[Trip report] Flying from Brussels Airport to Bangkok via Vienna with Austrian Airlines
From Brussels to Vienna
Uneventful flight from Brussels to Vienna, a little delay on departure but we had enough time left to catch our connecting...
[Trip report] From Brussels to Nantes with Brussels Airlines on a Sukhoi Superjet 100-95B in the aftermath of heavy snowfall
This trip was booked more than one month in advance and thus the horrible weather conditions in Brussels were unforeseen and provided with some...
Trip Report: Air France Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Welcome Flight
On Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th January 2017, Air France celebrated the arrival of its very first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner F-HRBA by organising four...
[Trip report] Brussels-Alicante on AirExplore 737-800 operating for TUIfly
Early wake-up call for a flight departing at 06:00. Travelling with hand baggage only and having downloaded my boarding pass on my phone, I...
[Trip report] Air Belgium Airbus A340 Rehearsal Flight
On Saturday 21 April 2018, Air Belgium organized two rehearsal and training flights. These special flights were full-scale and validation test flights, not only...
[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...
[Trip report] Iberia Airbus A340-600 flight from Brussels to Madrid in Business Class
On Tuesday 21 Januari 2020, I had the pleasure of flying Business Class on an Iberia Airbus A340-600 operating a scheduled flight between Brussels...
[Trip report] From Nantes to Brussels via Amsterdam on Hop! for Air France and KLM
For the Brussels-Nantes outbound trip with Brussels Airlines, follow this link.After a shortened day in Nantes, it was time to fly back home from...
[Trip report] Flying Eurowings between Dusseldorf and Vienna on Brussels Airlines operated Airbus A340
On 20 March, an Airbus A340 lifted for Eurowings for the first time ever. Flight EW9778 started in the morning in the North Rhine-Westphalia...