2015 Charleroi airport (CRL/EBCI) latest news

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From 14 September, Wizz Air will start flying from CRL to Lublin in Poland twice weekly (Mon, Fri). Prices start at 39 PLN (9 EUR).

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines_press_r ... september/

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The access to the security check is now through automatic doors opened by the passenger scanning himself his/her boarding pass.

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The Minister in charge of the Walloon airports, Carlo Di Antonio, wants to invest 15 to 20 million euros for " a small terminal bis, which would allow the airport to quickly accommodate 9 million passengers per year.

[Stij]

I think Mr. Di Antonio like free publicity...

Cheers,

Stij

[Passenger]

Wizz Air has closed its annual year 2014/2015 (ending 31st March) with a 18,4% passenger growth to 16,5 mio pax. Load factor increased to 86,7%.

Financial results will be presented on 27th May 2015.

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En octobre, la Commission obligeait BSCA à s'acquitter d'une redevance de 15 millions par an à la Sowaer, propriétaire de l'infrastructure wallonne, avec effet rétroactif au 4 avril 2014. Et ce pour casser certaines mesures régionales considérées comme des aides d'État illégales.
BSCA a introduit un recours contre cette décision.

Brussels Airlines a demandé au Tribunal de l'Union européenne à pouvoir intervenir "à l'appui des conclusions de la Commission" contre les aides régionales reçues par l'aéroport de Charleroi (BSCA), lit-on vendredi dans L'Echo et le journal Le Soir. Brussels Airlines s'estime lésée par les aides qui créent "un déséquilibre significatif de concurrence".

http://www.levif.be/actualite/belgique/ ... 89723.html

In October, the Commission forced BSCA to pay a fee of 15 million a year to Sowaer, owner of the Walloon infrastructure, retroactive to April 4, 2014. And to cancel some regional measures considered as illegal state aid. BSCA appealed against this decision.

Brussels Airlines has asked the Court of the European Union to intervene "in support of the conclusions of the Commission" against regional aid received by Charleroi Airport (BSCA). Brussels Airlines is aggrieved by the aid that create "a significant imbalance of competition".

[liege-bierset]

The pot calling the kettle black !

[Stij]

I have a suggestion:

Both subsidies stop at the same time!

it saves our government and thus us tax payers a lot of money!

Cheers,

Stij

[sn26567]

From November 2015, the Wizz Air flights to Budapest will be operated by a brand new A321:

https://www.aviation24.be/forums/viewtopic ... 87#p315890

[Lysexpat]

Brussels Airlines has asked the Court of the European Union to intervene "in support of the conclusions of the Commission" against regional aid received by Charleroi Airport (BSCA). Brussels Airlines is aggrieved by the aid that create "a significant imbalance of competition".

If you live in a glass house you shouldn't throw stones!!!
You are correct Stij stopping all subsidies would save a lot of money, unfortunately it wouldnt't bring back the special pilot pension fund which has been emptied to keep BruAir alive.

[sn26567]

From November 2015, the Wizz Air flights to Budapest will be operated by a brand new A321 in lieu of the usual A320

Initial Wizz Air A321 schedule, courtesy of OAG:

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http://www.charleroi-airport.com/raccou ... 4b6a699fa6

Brussels South Charleroi Airport enregistre une hausse du nombre de passagers en avril 2015, par rapport à la même période en 2014. Cette année, 623.901 passagers sont passés par BSCA, contre 583.267 en 2014. Cela représente donc une augmentation de 7%, comparé à avril 2014. Le taux de remplissage des avions à Charleroi pour le quatrième mois de l’année a avoisiné les 90%.
Dans le top cinq des pays les plus visités depuis Brussels South Charleroi Airport se trouvent l’Italie, l’Espagne, la France, le Maroc et la Pologne. Le classement des cinq villes les plus prisées en avril se compose de:
1 Varsovie (Pologne)
2 Milan (Italie)
3 Budapest (Hongrie)
4 Madrid (Espagne)
5 Rome (Italie)

April 2015 : 623.901 passengers - 7% more than in April 2014 (583.267)
Top five countries : Italy, Spain, France, Marocco, Poland
Top five cities : Warsaw, Milan, Budapest, Madrid, Rome

[Passenger]

April 2015 : 623.901 passengers - 7% more than in April 2014 (583.267)
Top five countries : Italy, Spain, France, Marocco, Poland
Top five cities : Warsaw, Milan, Budapest, Madrid, Rome

These figures differ from the general holiday trend in Belgium (2014 figures):

Most popular holiday destinations:
1. France
2. Spain
3. Turkey
4. Greece
5. Tunesia
6. Germany
7. Italy
8. Egypt
9. Belgium
10. Morocco

Most popular holiday destinations, travel by aircraft:
1. Spain
2. Turkey
3. Greece
4. Tunesia
5. Egypt

[MrG4]

[kleineboy]

New route

Charleroi - Debrecen 2/7
from december 16

source: www.atn.aero/article.pl?id=54960

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03/06
Brussels South Charleroi Airport is one of the Official Promoters of the World Fair that is currently being held in Milan until 31 October 2015.

As an Official Promoter, BSCA is giving you the chance to book tickets to Expo Milano 2015. So what do you need to do?
- You can either click on the advert for ‘Expo Milano 2015’ on the homepage of our website, http://www.charleroi-airport.com. You will automatically be taken to a page telling you what to do
- Or you can click on the ‘Milan Expo’ link under Press on http://www.charleroi-airport.com
- Or you can visit http://www.charleroi-airport.com/presse ... index.html

Ryanair flies to Milan Bergamo every day from Brussels South Charleroi Airport.

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This was already published in the latest news on the home page.

[Boeing767copilot]

In May 2015, Brussels South Charleroi Airport saw an increase in the number of passengers welcomed. 647,720 passengers came through BSCA during May this year, compared with 579,814 for the same period in 2014. This is equivalent to a rise of 12% compared with 2014. The average load factor of planes at Charleroi was around 86%, so a rise of 6% compared with the results achieved last year.

http://www.charleroi-airport.com/en/sho ... 8180e67cdd

[Lysexpat]

These are simply amazing growth figures, not just in volume, but also in load factor: way better than most European airports in fact. It shows that those who were predicting doom and gloom after the low fares airlines opened bases in Brussels were wrong indeed.
Well done

[Passenger]

These are simply amazing growth figures, not just in volume, but also in load factor: way better than most European airports in fact. It shows that those who were predicting doom and gloom after the low fares airlines opened bases in Brussels were wrong indeed.
Well done

Also in that press release:

These results are higher than those expected by Brussels South Charleroi Airport. Jean-Jacques Cloquet, BSCA’s CEO, is very pleased with them: “Charleroi airport saw a considerable rise in numbers in May 2015. A two-figure rise is above what we could have hoped for. This might be explained by the fact that many bank holidays fell before a weekend, which meant that lots of people could get away for a city break at very reasonable prices.”