Brussels Airlines first A330-200

[taz001]

Just saw on airliners.net pictures of the first A330-200 in Brussels Airlines colours. They say it will become OO-SFY. Are they just following the alphabet or just being funny by making OO-SFY(ankee) their aircraft that will fly to the USA

BTW, will this aircraft have a new/different interior than the current ones?

[Bralo20]

Foxtrot Yankee (still Quebec Alpha at the moment) will subsitute for the A333's when they are in C-check and interior refurbishment (All A333's will get a new interior with AVOD IFE, 15" in C and 9" in Y), later Foxtrot Zulu (still Quebec Charlie at the moment) will join the fleet too. Which plane(s) will be used for the USA is yet unknown, it's quite possible that the A333's will be flying the USA (sufficient range and large cargo capacity) but we'll only know that when they obtain the necessary slots and the flights are loaded in the system.

Quebec Alpha and Quebec Charlie have the LX interior which has allready personal IFE (don't know if it's AVOD or not but I guess it's just plain old personal non-AVOD IFE) so they'll start flying without the new interior, later when the A333's are done both A332's will get the same interior as the bigger brothers.

When the refurbishements are done all A330's will be up to date for a decent inflight experience according to the 21th century. The planes may be old(er) but a passenger won't notice this when flying them due to the new interior.

Foxtrot Yankee & Foxtrot Zulu are just the remaining letters in the list, nothing to do with the USA

[airbuske]

The config is 45 in C and 117 in Y. They will fly with this config normally till oct/nov 2012
when they might get the new config.

[sn26567]

A history of the arrival of this plane in Brussels Airlines' fleet can be found in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=45681

[pjvdv]

When is the delivery scheduled ?
Grts

[teddybAIR]

The config is 45 in C and 117 in Y.

Only 162 pax in a A330-200?

[cnc]

The config is 45 in C and 117 in Y.

Only 162 pax in a A330-200?

i see 42/187 so its 229 total

[teddybAIR]

ok thx...the initial just seemed odd, knowing Sabena used to have 188 seats in an A321

[Bralo20]

It's indeed 42C/187Y

[RoMax]

I repeat the question of "pjvdv": "When is the delivery sheduled?". As published by airlineroute last week the A332 is loaded in the GDS as from 9 or 10 October (don't remember the exact day). So the delivery must happen this or next week.

Some other questions:

- Will it fly with it's Belgian registration as from the start or will it get his Belgian registration later?
- Will it fly with SN staff (cabin and cockpit) as from the beginning?
- Will SN wet/dry lease it from LX or will it be arranged trough another leasing company?

[cnc]

- Will it fly with it's Belgian registration as from the start or will it get his Belgian registration later?
- Will it fly with SN staff (cabin and cockpit) as from the beginning?
- Will SN wet/dry lease it from LX or will it be arranged trough another leasing company?

-it should get its new reg the moment its in BRU
-complete SN crew (who else? plane isn't LX anymore)
-leasing company

I'm sure SN will give a delivery date to the public very soon since there aren't that much days left

[RoMax]

- Will it fly with it's Belgian registration as from the start or will it get his Belgian registration later?
- Will it fly with SN staff (cabin and cockpit) as from the beginning?
- Will SN wet/dry lease it from LX or will it be arranged trough another leasing company?

-it should get its new reg the moment its in BRU
-complete SN crew (who else? plane isn't LX anymore)
-leasing company

I'm sure SN will give a delivery date to the public very soon since there aren't that much days left

Ok thanks

The question about the crew was related to the lease arrangement with LX. It could have been a (temporary) wet lease from LX (doesn't seem logicall, but I wanted to be sure ), in that case it could have been LX staff.

[Bralo20]

ETA in BRU should be around the first of October. It is rumoured that the planes will be flying with Swiss registration for the time being as a dry lease from LX to SN. When the sale of the planes from LX to a leasingcompany is finished they'll get their Belgian immatriculations SFY and SFZ. Like said, this is a rumour I heard.

The Swiss aircraft register still shows the planes as being owned and operated by LX at the moment while the Belgian register doesn't know the planes.

BTW: when I look at the flights with A332 through KVS tool it seems that all A332 flights are loaded with SN/LX in front of the flightnumber??

[airbuske]

MSN 229 is flying with temporary LX cabin 48C / 182Y.
This will change to 24C/238 y
and will be at the end of 2012 : 22Y/234Y

[HighInTheSky]

MSN 229 is flying with temporary LX cabin 48C / 182Y.
This will change to 24C/238 y
and will be at the end of 2012 : 22Y/234Y

Not 100% correct...
LX version now is C:48 Y: 178 (+4 crew rest seats)
and will change to C: 24 Y: 232 (+4 crew rest seats) in 2012

[airbuske]

HB-IQA will fly tomorrow to KGL and EBB as SN465

[Bralo20]

HB-IQA will fly tomorrow to KGL and EBB as SN465

Correct:

[KVS Availability Tool 6.5.1/Diamond - Amadeus Operational Info: SN 465/11 Oct 2011]

Code: Select all

BRUSSELS AIRLINES - SN 465

[Planned Flight Info]
BRU-KGL         10:30/Tue - 18:50/Tue  08:20
KGL-EBB         19:55/Tue - 21:45/Tue  00:50
EBB-BRU         22:45/Tue - 05:45/Wed  08:00

[Flight Notes]
BRU-KGL         AIRCRAFT OWNER SWISS
KGL-EBB         AIRCRAFT OWNER SWISS
EBB-BRU         AIRCRAFT OWNER SWISS
BRU-KGL         COCKPIT CREW BRUSSELS AIRLINES
KGL-EBB         COCKPIT CREW BRUSSELS AIRLINES
EBB-BRU         COCKPIT CREW BRUSSELS AIRLINES
BRU-KGL         CABIN CREW BRUSSELS AIRLINES
KGL-EBB         CABIN CREW BRUSSELS AIRLINES
EBB-BRU         CABIN CREW BRUSSELS AIRLINES
BRU-BRU         A/ NO LOCAL TRAFFIC
KGL-EBB         A/ NO LOCAL TRAFFIC
BRU-KGL         OPERATED BY SWISS
KGL-EBB         OPERATED BY SWISS
EBB-BRU         OPERATED BY SWISS
BRU-BRU         CLASSES SHOWN JCDZIYBMHKQVWUSLEX
BRU-EBB         CLASSES SHOWN JCDZIYBMHKQVWUSLEX
KGL-BRU         CLASSES SHOWN JCDZIYBMHKQVWUSLEX
                1/ MOVIE
                4/ AUDIO PROGRAMMING
                9/ NON-SMOKING
                ET/ ELECTRONIC TKT CANDIDATE

[rwandan-flyer]

HB-IQA will fly tomorrow to KGL and EBB as SN465

Yep I m tracking the flight on flightaware . The callsign is Swiss 465.

[sn26567]

brussels airlines A330-200 African Operation in Nov/Dec 2011

As per 17OCT11 GDS timetable and inventory display, brussels airlines’ Airbus A330-200 aircraft, formerly operated by SWISS, is to operate following African service from 30OCT11 to 11DEC11.

Additional changes remain possible:

Brussels – Abidjan – Lome – Brussels 31OCT11 – 05DEC11 All 1 weekly flight
Brussels – Accra – Lome – Brussels 18NOV11 / 23NOV11
Brussels – Abidjan – Monrovia – Brussels 04NOV11 – 09DEC11 All 1 weekly flight (except 18NOV11)
Brussels – Kigali – Entebbe – Brussels 30OCT11 – 10DEC11 All 3 weekly flights
Brussels – Monrovia – Abidjan – Brussels 30OCT11 – 11DEC11 All 2 weekly flights (except 23NOV11)

Last minute aircraft change to A330-300 remains possible.

Source: Airline Route

[OO-ITR]

HB-IQA will normally have the registration OO-SFY from now on