I've read about the planned Air Canada - Air Transat merger too, and immediately thought of BRU as one of the destinations where both operate to from the same airport, so it seems quite logical for them to axe one of those flights and size up the plane used for it. Wouldn't be surprised to see them ...

I agree really short flights are ridiculous and should be replaced by alternative means of transport, but I disagree with the often quoted range of what is a short flight in this respect. When you see the green party for instance table ranges up to 1,000 km as the minimum range to fly over, they cle...

I've spent the wekend in Düsseldorf and gave it a thought. 1. It's not about the money, it's about a hub or not. Düsseldorf is the second richest large city in Germany, after Frankfurt and is EW's largest base. When Lufthansa took over SN, BRU wasn't a real hub... FRA, MUC, ZRH and VIE were / are r...

The future extension of A-Pier West will not be within 5 years. There are many delays due to bureaucracy and external factors. Latest update That's a pitty, because the airport is lacking gates during the morning hours! Any update on what exactly is holding back the start of the construction works,...

According to De Tijd/L'Echo, Eurowings posted a loss over 2018 as was already reported by LH in today's press release, but Brussels Airlines itself was profitable, before consolidation into Eurowings: https://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/luchtvaart/brussels-airlines-winstgevend-eurowings-zwaar-in-het-rood...

There's a diagram online which compare the flight profiles of both 737max crashes against each other: they look frightingly similar with multiple oscilating very abupt rate changes which suggest both planes were tossed up and down for several minutes before they plunged to the ground. Now, that does...

I read online that this MCAS thing is just a mechanical fix to push the nose down in case of a stall at certain high thrust settings, something which the 737Max is prone to because of the fact it has much more powerful engines which are positioned way too much forward versus what the wing and the ta...

I know this is an aviation enthusiast site and people prefer to look at the planes rather than the numbers behind them, but in the end Airbus is a commercial company and it is in this business to make money, not emblematic planes. Airbus CEO Tom Enders is clearly kitchen-sinking costs from problem p...

In the news this morning, Brussels Airlines will most likely re-brand to Eurowings in Europe. Free source (in French): https://www.lecho.be/entreprises/aviation/brussels-airlines-bientot-rebaptisee-en-europe/10089698.html In a nutshell: re-brand in Europe, no new long-haul destinations in 2019, beg...

Just noticed that this figure of 10M passengers for last year was posted in the monthly traffic post: maybe better to have it in the general topic about brussels airlines? Anyway, having carried 10M people is a big milestone for them and holding a market share within a breeze of 40% at their home ai...

Is there less outsourcing being done now? I noticed their seat back magazine only mentions one single Sukoi now, but there is also an all white CRJ flying, so not sure how the balance looks in total, compared to last year. It looks like the whole Lufthansa Group has decided to add some 5% to their s...

Brussels Airlines in 2017 Brussels Airlines in 2018 Brussels Airlines in 2019 Brussels Airlines is to hire 200 additional employees in 2019: 100 steward(es)s, 50 pilots, 50 ground staff. The job growth (5%) at Brussels Airlines is thus fully is in line with that at Lufthansa itself. https://www.tij...

My feeling is Lufthansa understands B.air's African routes are a completely different market than anything eurowings (or in fact Lufthansa proper) covers, hence it needs to be covered with a different product and that can only be done via a different subbrand . 1 company, active under different bran...

As to the repeated statement that the airline is now profitable also on its regional routes: let's not forget the backoffice integration is reportedly in full wing and so I assume this drives overhead cost down. As a stand alone, these costs would rise again, negatively impacting the bottom line of ...

Given Wow Air is to be purchased by Iceland Air, how likely is it both airlines will continue to serve BRU in future?

Euh, I'm not sure you really understand what I'm trying to say. Downsize from what? From the oversized state of today yes, but I'm under the impression they never ever needed more than 10 planes to fly their network with until very recently when they started to renew their fleet: depending on how yo...

So 7 are leaving, and only 5 'new' planes (well, yeah...) are scheduled to fly from BRU Will OO-SFB come back to BRU or not? And will there be more investment, or will LH/EW keep reducing their 'Longhaul specialist'? Seems there will be less flying to Africa and North America ahead too Careful, the...

With all the movement/growth happening, could somebody post a brief overview of their long haul fleet?
Thanks.

About that flight to Noumea, it might be related to this event on Sunday:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... ed-to-know

I understand the reasoning behind it from a purely accounting reasoning, knowing that Brussels Airlines figures will -in future- increasingly reflect less the isolated situation within just one commercial entity due to the spin off of cargo operations, the opening of several bases elsewhere (or what...