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by MathijsH
22 Sep 2018, 15:23
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: What to do if my Lufthansa flight is cancelled ?
Replies: 10
Views: 5264

Re: What to do if my Lufthansa flight is canceled ?

From a purely practical point of view: be aware there are more ways to get to Frankfurt Airport than planes - there is a service called ICE train, too... Might be useful if a (hypothetical!) cancellation is announced sufficiently early. I think you have to be careful to go to Frankfurt by own trans...
by MathijsH
03 Apr 2018, 20:29
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2018
Replies: 1859
Views: 409470

Re: Air Belgium in 2018

Maybe because they believe international travellers will be less nitpicking than the locals... :) Sure. Here are some comments from non-nitpicking international travellers on the above BBC article: Flew Ryanair to Brussels (Charleroi), only to find it was over an hour and a half's bus journey from ...
by MathijsH
29 Mar 2018, 19:42
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2018
Replies: 1859
Views: 409470

Re: Air Belgium in 2018

Nice plane, nice livery, good they're finally doing things...
by MathijsH
18 Mar 2018, 10:00
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2018
Replies: 1859
Views: 409470

Re: Air Belgium in 2018

Among the problems that still need to be ironed out: the overfly rights over 13 countries, including the Russian Federation with which the bilateral relations are not at their best for the moment... Wasn't there a huge issue for Brussels Airlines too with overfly rights over Russia because of old S...
by MathijsH
13 Dec 2017, 20:53
Forum: Civil aviation / General aviation
Topic: Flight planning question
Replies: 2
Views: 2216

Flight planning question

I always thought that a pilot needs to know before take-off that he can land at a certain airport. After the flight diversion I was on this week, I'm starting to second-guess this. Does there need to be some kind of landing "clearance", adverse weather conditions aside, before taking off o...
by MathijsH
11 Dec 2017, 23:58
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Snowfall hits European airports (10/11/12 December 2017)
Replies: 75
Views: 8793

Re: Abnormalities in BRU-ANR-CRL-LGG-OST in 2017

I just landed with fr2575 in Brussels, diverted from Eindhoven...
by MathijsH
28 Nov 2017, 20:09
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Ryanair in 2017
Replies: 303
Views: 76956

Re: Ryanair in 2017

I'm flying Ryanair next week and I also checked the baggage policy. It seems the "one bag"-policy will only be effective from 15th of January: https://www.ryanair.com/ie/en/useful-in ... n-I-carry/
by MathijsH
02 Nov 2017, 07:41
Forum: Plane spotting - Belgium
Topic: Free Planespotting Database?
Replies: 3
Views: 2514

Re: Free Planespotting Database?

I use PlaneLogger (http://www.planelogger.com) but I'm also new to this, so maybe there are better solutions.
by MathijsH
17 Oct 2017, 07:27
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Airbus A220 (ex-Bombardier CSeries) news
Replies: 224
Views: 167827

Re: Bombardier CSeries news

Quite a twist: http://atwonline.com/manufacturers/airbus-bombardier-partner-cseries-build-aircraft-alabama Enders and Bombardier president and CEO Alain Bellemare later acknowledged, however, that under current rules, aircraft that are assembled in a US facility are not subject to US duties. While t...