ETA 20:49 SN1054 A330 OO-SFP (Eurowings livery) repatriation flight from NSI (Yaounde)

ETA 20:49 SN1054 A330 OO-SFP (Eurowings livery) repatriation flight from NSI (Yaounde)

Today in the early morning the Belgium Defence Airbus A321 with 18 crew from the Belgian Air Force and the Medical Component brought back 84 nationals from Belgium and several other European countries from Bamoko Mali. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EULrjIEWsAE8KLX?format=jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/medi...

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ETA 18:24 SN1056 from Kinshasa (A330 OO-SFE)

A330 OO-SFE currently operating a repatriation flight from Kinshasa.

British Airways #BA65 London Heathrow to Nairobi (Boeing 777-200ER reg. G-RAES) has turned back near Frankfurt and is returning to LHR.

The pilot told ATC: "We had a message the Kenyan authorities have denied us access to their airspace."

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NOTAM A0767/20 From:30 MAR 20 05:00 Till:20 APR 20 19:00 Text:COVID-19 : PASSENGER FLIGHTS WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE BTN 0500UTC AND 1900UTC At the start of the summer season, passenger flights will be allowed to operate at BRU only from 0700 to 2100 local time (UTC+2). No night flights anymor...

I've read the A321 of the BAF is repatriating Belgians. Unfortunately there are still Belgians stuck in far away destinations a A321 can't reach. I hope the need for a long range jet within the BAF is clear now and will be discussed after this crisis. The Luftwaffe recently got this A350. It has a ...

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BRU-PRG SN/319 PRG-AMS KL/738 AMS-NBO KQ/788 NBO-LVI KQ/E90 LVI-CPT KQ/E90 CPT-JNB SA/359 JNB-SYD QF/744 SYD-TPE CI/359 TPE-SIN CI/333 SIN-HKG CX/333 HKG-YVR AC/789 YVR-LAS AC/319 LAS-PHX AA/320 PHX-JFK AA/738 JFK-VCP AD/33N VCP-GIG AD/E95 GIG-LIS TP/339 <----- NEW LIS-BRU TP/319 <----- NEW That al...

UJspotting wrote: ↑

24 Mar 2020, 10:51

Repatriation information 25 March 2020 (Tenerife)

BEL9905 07:45-11:00 BRU-TFS
BEL1064 11:50-17:20 TFS-BRU

There is also BEL9907/BEL1066 to/from TFS (operated by OO-SNB), ETA 19:37

HQ_BRU_Lover wrote: ↑

24 Mar 2020, 09:03

Any pictures of BRU with all planes parked at the airport?

The Belgian Air Force resumes air operations at Beauvechain Air Base as of today. In order to keep their necessary qualifications, NH90 and C130 crew will perform training missions, including night flying. Even during the COVID-19 outbreak, the BAF stays operational.

antiguogrumete wrote: ↑

25 Mar 2020, 17:26

Brand new, less than one year delivered, Falcon 2000LX private jet from Cat Aviation AG taxi and take off, runway 12 Manises Valencia Airport (VLC) with ATC audio included

You are lucky to still have some movements on your airport

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