Conti764 wrote: ↑

19 Oct 2018, 12:45

...In the morning (African flights) they have their hands full...

I arrived back from Uganda on sundaymorning during the African rush... nobody at customs...

Again, a joke... they should be ashamed...

Stij

That's the only time you can see them working at all. Usually, when you arrive at BRU, you can see 4 or 5 customs officers having a nice chat between them, but they don't give a damn about passengers. Lack of staff? They must be joking... I agree, either they chat, either they're not there... it's ...

Of course, I think we all wish them the best!
But isn't the yearly high season for ACMI over?
If so, they'll have to make it through winter with a probably seriously hit cash position…

Cheers,

Stij

Integration, IMHO, does not go as far as a merger. Integration means that the IT systems will be made compatible, the products will be made similar, but some characteristics will remain different: brand name (a typical Belgian name for SN, especially for long-haul), livery, uniforms,... A merger wo...

Passenger wrote: ↑

18 Oct 2018, 07:56

Repeat: integration. Not merger.

What's in a name... the result will be the same...

Cheers,

Stij

Welcome to Aviation24 Paul Riordan!

Greetings,

Stij

Homo Aeroportus wrote: ↑

12 Oct 2018, 10:16

PS : Rather unusual low numbers for AFI flights this morning at Check-in. Passport control at T gates also went like a breeze.

Well I fly EBB BRU tonight and it is packed...

Cheers,

Stij

Welcome to Aviation24 koendevos!

On top of that: long haul low cost appears to be much more difficult than short haul low cost.
Maybe this is the reason MOL's Ryanair never started the adventure...

Cheers,

Stij

luchtzak wrote: ↑

28 Sep 2018, 08:35

Longer queues at passport control
As a result, queues at passport control may be longer than usual

Even longer!??I didn’t know that was physically even possible!!!

Stij

Stop spotting planes... Eat the burger! Mmm... that place is always my first stop when I arrive in LAX!

By taxi? Or did the train restart? By car.... I called a friend of mine in Leuven... But the Belgian Railways were excellent again... Only announcements in Dutch Advice to take the train to MECHELEN and then to the airport. On the platform in Leuven announcements that the train would go to the airp...

Making the flight!

Sure?

I m on the train to BRU and due to an incident I ll have to take a taxi from Leuven... I hope I ll make my flight...

Stij

Brussels Airport thinks as a real estate developer, not as an airport. At least the airlines care about their premium passengers, Brussels Airport doesn't care about anybody… unless you pay rent of course... I sometimes think they hope it will be closed… 1245ha of prime real estate and not an airpor...

luchtzak wrote: ↑

18 Sep 2018, 14:34

From the news item: Brussels Airlines’ Mumbai flights, which were launched in March 2017, will be stopped on January 6 for economic reasons, as the route does not deliver the anticipated results.

Could very well be, but I don't beleive everything I read either...

Cheers,

Stij

Airbus330lover wrote: ↑

18 Sep 2018, 13:42

And LH thinks that most of the belgians will go to DUS to take a plane

Actually, my friends in Limburg are so fed up with the traffic jams on their way to BRU and the possible queue's at security and border controll they're flying from DUS anyway.

Cheers,

Stij

I calculate 37.37% for August 2018 vs. 33,14% for August 2017.

A few remarks:

Still low compared to LH's 60% at FRA or MUC.
Increasing your market share costs money. For SN and also for Eurowings. But the former gets chastised for it and the latter applauded...

Cheers,

Stij

SN515 BRU-IAD has made a U-turn above Wales...
https://www.flightradar24.com/BEL515/1dd347db
Squawk 7700... Emergency?

I am sure that there is a market for early evening NYC Flight out of BRU. We work s lot with NYC and most of our clients visiting take the evening to EWR via ZRH they would be delighted to fly out direct at around 18:00 a 19:00 from BRU. And that flight is excellent for those suffering from jetlag....