Repositioning of BRU operations to other airports after attacks

[sean1982]

Yep, they've been sitting there since the attacks.

SN is probably paying for them and their crew sitting idle anyway. the contract needs to be honoured

[sn26567]

From 31 March until 6 April included, Vueling continues to operate from Lille airport

Vueling informs that, until Tuesday 6 April included, the airline will continue to operate all its Brussels’ flights from the nearby Lille Lesquin Airport in France.

A total of 82 flights will operate from Lille in the coming week, for flight details please refer to vuelingnews.com. 18 flights have been cancelled up to now. The complete list of cancellations can also be found on vuelingnews.com and is regularly updated. Clients are kindly asked to refer to this list for the latest information. Vueling will continue to provide free of charge bus transport from Lille-Lesquin Airport to Brussels South Train Station for the passengers.

Clients who have booked a Vueling flight for this period with scheduled departure of Brussels Airport, can contact Vueling to change their flight free of charge for travel during the next two months or refund the ticket. Booking modifications can be made online on Vueling.com or by contacting the customer service helpline +34 93 122 00 55 from Belgium or +33 184 884 814 from France.

Vueling is in a continuous effort to reach out to the passengers who are affected by the disruptions at Brussels Airport, via different channels, such as SMS, e-mail directly to customers and constantly updates information on the website vuelingnews.com, on Twitter @vuelingclients and on Facebook. Vueling also keeps travel agents informed via e-mail.

Vueling liaises with the Belgian authorities and strictly follows their guidelines.

[convair]

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 Brussels Airlines
OO-DWK Avro RJ100 Brussels Airlines
OO-DWL Avro RJ100 Brussels Airlines

OO-SSB Airbus A319-111 Brussels Airlines
OO-SSC Airbus A319-112 Brussels Airlines
OO-SSF Airbus A319-111 Brussels Airlines
OO-SSG Airbus A319-112 Brussels Airlines
OO-SSN Airbus A319-112 Brussels Airlines
OO-SSQ Airbus A319-112 Brussels Airlines
OO-SSR Airbus A319-112 Brussels Airlines
OO-SSU Airbus A319-111 Brussels Airlines
OO-SSV Airbus A319-111 Brussels Airlines

OO-SND Airbus A320-214 Brussels Airlines
OO-SNG Airbus A320-214 Brussels Airlines
OO-SFU Airbus A330-223 Brussels Airlines

OO-SFM Airbus A330-301 Brussels Airlines
OO-SFW Airbus A330-322 Brussels Airlines

CS-TQZ Airbus A340-313 Hi Fly

JAF

OO-JDL Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner Jetairfly

TCB

OO-TCT Airbus A320-212 Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium

This was the situation at one particular moment. Most of the SN planes (except maybe the Dash 8) have been moving around quite a lot, not only for flights to/from ANR, LGG, ZRH, and FRA but also positioning and repositionong a lot. Must have cost a fortune!

[mad_fab]

Of course,

For SN, only OO-DWK and OO-SSU didn't move since the 22th.

[Megaman]

One would think that insurances would somewhat compensate airlines for their business disruption no?

[sn26567]

Due to the Brussels Airport closure all flights on March 31 and April 1, 2, 3 on the Warsaw-Brussels-Warsaw route, that is, flights number LO232, LO235, LO236, LO233, LO234, LO231 as well as flights number LO232, LO235, LO236, LO233, LO234 on April 4 have been cancelled.

Decisions on other flights cancellation will be taken based on further notice provided by the Brussels Airport authorities. LOT’s passengers are taken care of. We offer them the possibility of rebooking on other flights to nearby towns (subject to seats availability) or changing the reservation on the first available flight to and from Brussels.

[Apuneger]

Update from Thai Airways regarding their flight schedule:

Bangkok-Brussels-Bangkok TG934/TG935 of 2 APR, 3 APR , 5 APR & 7 APRIL 2016 is confirmed to fly Bangkok-Liège airport (LGG)-Bangkok with new schedule as follow:

TG934 Bangkok - Liège: departure on 2, 3, 5 & 7 April in Bangkok at 11h00 (Bangkok time) with arrival in Liège on 2, 3, 5 & 7 April at 18h30 (Belgium time)
TG935 Liège - Bangkok: departure on 2, 3, 5 & 7 April in Liège at 20h30 (Belgium time) with arrival in Bangkok on 3, 4, 6 & 8 April at 12h15 (Bangkok time)

In case you do not have any confirmed rebooking yet into Paris or Frankfurt and your booking from/to Brussels still exists, then you will be automatically rebooked into Liège flights and your original ticket will be accepted accordingly at check-in.
If you have a connecting flight in Bangkok, the arrival in Bangkok is now later than original booking, please contact your travel agent to rebook the connecting flight if needed or THAI will contact passengers booked online on THAI website.

In case you have been rebooked already, please keep this rebooking or contact your travel agent if you want to change to Liège flights, subject to seats available. You can only travel on Liège flights with confirmed booking from/to Liège.

Please note that for both arrival and departure in Liège, passengers have to arrange their own transport. Liège airport provides free shuttle bus between Liège airport and Liège train station. For check-in Liège-Bangkok, passengers have to arrive at check-in counters minimum 3.5 hours before departure.

Furthermore:

Concerning flights TG934/TG935 Bangkok - Brussels - Bangkok of 9, 10 & 12 April:

THAI also requested to divert flights into Liège for 9, 10, 12 April but the final confirmation is not yet received and we will be able to confirm final details only by Monday 4 April onwards. So please kindly hold for further updates and confirmation to also divert Bangkok-Brussels-Bangkok into Liège airport for 9, 10 , 12 April by early next week.

Source: Thai Airways (via Facebook)

[evyncke]

BTW, I had a very nice experience à LGG on Thursday 31st of April. No chaos albeit crowded but very well organized. Posting a more elaborate post if it is deemed useful

[mad_fab]

BTW, I had a very nice experience à LGG on Thursday 31st of April. No chaos albeit crowded but very well organized. Posting a more elaborate post if it is deemed useful

Sure. Here! https://www.aviation24.be/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=58296

[sn26567]

[sn26567]

Air Europa will remain in Liege until 5 April.

[Aquaplex]

Hi everybody,

Does anyone know more about the delay from TB503 (OO-JDL) from OST to CAN & VRA ?
Departure seems to be now on 18h...

[MKAirlines]

OO-JDL AOG

[Aquaplex]

When will OO-JDL back is business ? I see that CS-TQW will do the flight (A330-200) Hifly leased.

[sn26567]

Air Serbia flights JU300/301 and JU304/305 between Belgrade and Brussels up to and including 15 April have been cancelled.

[ostair]

Tarom from 03 April till 09 April operating to and from OST.
There will be a coach service from Brussels Central station.

Source: tarom.ro

[rwandan-flyer]

Iberia will stay at Liege till 8 April

Iberia ‏@Iberia 4 minil y a 4 minutes

AVISO: Seguiremos operando a/desde #Lieja al menos hasta el 8/4. Continuaremos informando a través de nuestra web y RRSS #Bruselas

[N77014]

Does anybody have more news about Vueling operations as of Wednesday the 6th of April ? I fly out of Lille tomorrow, fine, but wonder if my return flight from Lisbon on Wednesday evening will be operating back to Lille or BRU... A bit risky to drive my car to Lille and then find out the return is to BRU... Any info is much appreciated...

[b720]

Very tricky situation indeed. I would say take the train to Lille, then cab/bus to the airport..but if u land in BrU and there is no public transport?

[Flanker2]

What I read here is nothing short of chaos. It's a complete mess.
Fares out of BRU for anything until the summer holidays are very low though.