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by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 18:47
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Reopening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks
Replies: 1399
Views: 280452

Re: Re-opening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks

the thing is that this would require a complete re-drawing of the aircraft using plan and crewing level. Our crew are contractually based in BRU and cannot just be shuffled up and down . Thes destinations an be supported by 2, maybe 3 airplanes but it is not a really efficient use of resources. Yep...
by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 18:43
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Repositioning of BRU operations to other airports after attacks
Replies: 314
Views: 53394

Re: Repositioning of BRU operations to other airports after attacks

Of course,

For SN, only OO-DWK and OO-SSU didn't move since the 22th.
by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 17:58
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Reopening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks
Replies: 1399
Views: 280452

Re: Re-opening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks

I just looked up for FR, and these are the destinations with only 1 rotation/day: LCA, TSF, VRN, OPO, BTS, ALC, IBZ, PMI. So those could come back to BRU ASAP. Multiple rotation/day SXF, DUB, FCO, LIS, BCN, AGP, BNC So can we guess that the 8 "1 rotation/day" are going back to BRU ASAP whi...
by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 17:46
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Reopening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks
Replies: 1399
Views: 280452

Re: Re-opening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks

Thinking about it, even if this looks fair, I'm not even sure this is really interesting for any airline running more than 1 rotation/day to a specific destination (it's true for FR, but also for SN in fact). If I was a airline I'd like to move traffic back to BRU destination by destination, here th...
by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 17:04
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Reopening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks
Replies: 1399
Views: 280452

Re: Re-opening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks

Ah, right, with the arrivals being open, are they going to re-open the train station?
by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 16:49
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Repositioning of BRU operations to other airports after attacks
Replies: 314
Views: 53394

Re: Repositioning of BRU operations to other airports after attacks

Yep, they've been sitting there since the attacks.
by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 16:46
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Reopening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks
Replies: 1399
Views: 280452

Re: Re-opening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks

So, as an example FR would get +- 20 flights a day. I wonder if they would be interested in such an option. For instance they do operate BRU -> SXF 3 times a day. They could operate let's say the morning flight from BRU and the rest from CRL. Not sure this is really interesting, sean? Although I can...
by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 16:29
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Reopening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks
Replies: 1399
Views: 280452

Re: Re-opening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks

koja78 wrote:@mad_fab isn't there a law against these short intra-belgium flights?
I don't know, but LGG being just a "stop" to bring pax on would that be a problem?
by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 15:58
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Reopening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks
Replies: 1399
Views: 280452

Re: Re-opening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks

I might be dreaming but, with the arrivals being OK, could SN for instance do something like this? (MAD is for the example) LGG -> MAD -> BRU -> LGG? In short: pick pax in LGG/ANR, go to destination, go to BRU, offload pax (final or connecting), pickup connecting passenger and then go to LGG to pick...
by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 15:50
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Reopening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks
Replies: 1399
Views: 280452

Re: Re-opening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks

Good news for the arrivals!
On the other hand, arriving passengers will go through the usual baggage reclaim and arrivals in the terminal.
by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 15:31
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Reopening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks
Replies: 1399
Views: 280452

Re: Re-opening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks

There will be no passenger flights into or out of Brussels Airport till Friday 1 April included. Our airport is technically ready to resume passenger flights. We are awaiting the decision of the proper authorities on a final date for a partial restart. https://twitter.com/BrusselsAirport/status/715...
by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 15:21
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: Experience at regional airports after Brussels attacks
Replies: 15
Views: 3671

Re: What is happening with Brussels Airlines?

Ok here's the experience for dropping people @ CRL and LGG this week end. CRL: Last Sunday @ 7:30 am (the flight was a 10:45) : At the roundabout the military ask the reason why you're there, then will redirect you to the parking 1 (I think). There you can park or just drop people and just leave. An...
by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 14:59
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Repositioning of BRU operations to other airports after attacks
Replies: 314
Views: 53394

Re: Repositioning of BRU operations to other airports after attacks

Just a quick recap on what's on ground @ EBBR right now (according to FR24): Only PAX, no cargo/GA. SN: RJ100 3 (on ground in bru)/12 (total) Dash8 2/2 A33x 2/9 A319 9/17 A320 3/8 G-ECOK Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Brussels Airlines G-ECOI Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Brussels Airlines OO-DWA Avro RJ100 Brusse...
by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 14:31
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: Experience at regional airports after Brussels attacks
Replies: 15
Views: 3671

Re: What is happening with Brussels Airlines?

flymd11 wrote:Hearing reports of people who have recently flown from CRL, I think a much better idea is to jump in the car and book a flight from CGN, DUS, EIN, HHN, or AMS.
Hum? Went to LGG and CRL and had a totally different experience! I was expecting the chaos and it was pretty well organized imho.
by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 14:27
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Terror attacks: explosions in the departure hall of Brussels Airport!
Replies: 446
Views: 79065

Re: Terror attacks: explosions in the departure hall of Brussels Airport!

sean1982 wrote: Do we? Was staff going through the same checks as the passengers? If not, we dont know anything
That's basically what the police is complaining about no? When they talk about the luggage handling @ BRU.
by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 13:43
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Reopening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks
Replies: 1399
Views: 280452

Re: Re-opening Brussels Airport after the 22/03/2016 terror attacks

First of all, they have been transformed into bigger and bigger shopping malls. It would be acceptable if pax who do not need or do not intend to buy anything were allowed to by-pass the shops. It used to be possible; the laws of consumerism have made it impossible; this is UNACCEPTABLE! Funny, few...
by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 13:36
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Terror attacks: explosions in the departure hall of Brussels Airport!
Replies: 446
Views: 79065

Re: Terror attacks: explosions in the departure hall of Brussels Airport!

As BAC has proven that commercial interests are more important than human life, I doubt they'll be willing to invest in this. That's a *very* heavy statement. Come on guys, let's try to avoid the knee-jerk reactions. You can't solve this problem with scanners everywhere. Let's say you manage to ful...
by mad_fab
31 Mar 2016, 13:06
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Repositioning of BRU operations to other airports after attacks
Replies: 314
Views: 53394

Re: Repositioning of BRU operations to other airports after attacks

OO-SFM and OO-SSG flew into BRU with SN9* callsigns, so those are just positioning flights, we had quite a lot of them since the 22, so nothing out of the ordinary.. yet!
by mad_fab
30 Mar 2016, 14:21
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Repositioning of BRU operations to other airports after attacks
Replies: 314
Views: 53394

Re: Repositioning of BRU operations to other airports after attacks

tolipanebas wrote:tomorrow an A330 will be used on MAD.
Thanks for the info! Saw OO-SFW leaving BRU arround 11am, I guess that was the one!