Repositioning of BRU operations to other airports after attacks

[Desert Rat]

Any idea about KLM?
Wife should fly tomorrow to AMS but no communication so far from KLM...

[CSB]

Apparantely Lufthansa is also cancelling flights over the weekend. I had a flight to Frankfurt Sunday morning, which was cancelled tonight.

Did they offer you an alternative?

I'm connecting to Malta in Frankfurt. They tried to look for flights out of Dusseldorf, Köln or Paris but had no more availability. Best they could do was a flight out of dusseldorf on Monday.

I cancelled the Brussels-frankfurt portion of the trip and will be driving to Frankfurt.

[eagleheart]

Two other pictures from tuesday evening. Weird/rare sight with the Bru air heavies. Even more rarely was 'the sound of silence' at Brucargo..

IMG_6175 by Domien Bormans, on Flickr

IMG_6171 by Domien Bormans, on Flickr

[Charlie Roy]

The ANA aircraft which needed to divert to Düsseldorf on Tuesday, will fly back to Tokyo Narita on Thursday evening, departing DUS at 18h local. ANA will operate it as a passenger flight, but tickets were not for sale through regular channels. Instead ANA have been offering the seats to passengers disrupted by their BRU cancellations.

[Sonho1985]

Well then, I seem to be stuck here in Brazil (I must admit that there are worse places).
My scheduled return flight is only next Saturday, 2nd April (TAP Portugal), but when I look at the huge damage it is well clear that it is something that is not going to be repaired in a couple of days. I can only wait, try to enjoy my remaining holiday (I do, earned it and will not let it be spoiled by those pigs from ISIS) and see whatever happens. Hopefully I won't get dropped somewhere in Orly or Schiphol.

My condolences to all the people involved and their relatives.
I worked for many great years at BRU, even when the place gets repaired it will never be the same again.

[Stij]

Probably way to late, but an idea I had to think of yesterday evening:

I once had an FR flight from TSF to CRL that couldn't land in TSF because of the fog. The plane eventually landed in VCE. We boarded a bus on the tarmac that was then sealed and driven to the tarmac in VCE to board the FR flight there.

If the piers and the connector are undamaged, couldn't SN organize check-in for pax with bags in the regional airports and then bus all pax to the connector? That way the hub could still stand. and for the pax without bags, a shuttle from the C parking at the Heysel also to the connector.

Cheers,

Stij

[Passenger]

Well then, I seem to be stuck here in Brazil (I must admit that there are worse places).
My scheduled return flight is only next Saturday, 2nd April (TAP Portugal), but when I look at the huge damage it is well clear that it is something that is not going to be repaired in a couple of days. I can only wait, try to enjoy my remaining holiday (I do, earned it and will not let it be spoiled by those pigs from ISIS) and see whatever happens. Hopefully I won't get dropped somewhere in Orly or Schiphol.

My condolences to all the people involved and their relatives.
I worked for many great years at BRU, even when the place gets repaired it will never be the same again.

TAP's new booking instructions: passengers may change bookings till 31st March. Travel must be done before 30th April:

Airport / Cities affected: all TP/NI Operated flights to/from Brussels
Tickets issued up to: March 22nd, 2016
Tickets travel date: Until March 31st, 2016 (subject to new information)
New travel date: Until April 30th, 2016 (subject to new information)
Inventory requirements: TP flights only / Same Cabine - Impossible to use Interline
Origin/Destination/Stopover changes: Rerouting Authorized / Same Cabin &TAP Operated Flights
Refund: Refund Authorized
Endorsements: Invol Rebooking or Rerouting due to EMERGENCYSITUATIONINBRUSSELS

[Flanker2]

Probably way to late, but an idea I had to think of yesterday evening:

I once had an FR flight from TSF to CRL that couldn't land in TSF because of the fog. The plane eventually landed in VCE. We boarded a bus on the tarmac that was then sealed and driven to the tarmac in VCE to board the FR flight there.

If the piers and the connector are undamaged, couldn't SN organize check-in for pax with bags in the regional airports and then bus all pax to the connector? That way the hub could still stand. and for the pax without bags, a shuttle from the C parking at the Heysel also to the connector.

That seems like an excellent idea, much better than my hangar idea.
That way connections can be maintained as well.

If the terminal is given back to BAC by the police, and provided there is no major structural damage (at first sight it doesn't seem so, apparently), BAC thinks it can quick fix and reopen part of it within 24 hours.
If so, SN will be the first to move back (some of) their operations, probably the long hauls.
Others will have to wait longer. Getting back BRU to a fully operational level might take several weeks.

Good to know.

[PttU]

If so, SN will be the first to move back (some of) their operations, probably the long hauls.
Others will have to wait longer. Getting back BRU to a fully operational level might take several weeks.

That wouldn't make sense? Now the long hauls are diverted to FRA because there are a lot of connecting passengers. If there are only SN-flights at BRU, connecting would be worse than it is now?

[Acid-drop]

Seems SN will have a lot less flights than the 64 they had planned today no ?

[SN539]

Probably way to late, but an idea I had to think of yesterday evening:

I once had an FR flight from TSF to CRL that couldn't land in TSF because of the fog. The plane eventually landed in VCE. We boarded a bus on the tarmac that was then sealed and driven to the tarmac in VCE to board the FR flight there.

If the piers and the connector are undamaged, couldn't SN organize check-in for pax with bags in the regional airports and then bus all pax to the connector? That way the hub could still stand. and for the pax without bags, a shuttle from the C parking at the Heysel also to the connector.

Cheers,

Stij

I had just the same experience with Treviso and Venice a few years ago. Could be a solution indeed, knowing that only the departure hall is out of service. Btw, does anybody know if there are some damages at the bagage handling installations on level 0 ? Blast trough the bagage belts from check in ?

Warm congratulations to all people working at the Airport. You're making a great job those days despite the chaos at the airport and the emotional aftermath of the tuesday events !

[rwandan-flyer]

SN1241 from Freetown and Monrovia landed this morning at Zurich

SN1369 from Yaounde ETA : 9h27 a.m at Zurich

No news about others Africans flights. A330 OO-SFU (SN471) spent the night at Entebbe.

EDIT : Swiss Planespotter ✈ ‏@Easyspotting 3 minil y a 3 minutes

ZRH movements:
OO-SFN also arrived. Currently are four Brussels Airlines aircraft in Zurich
OO-DWA / OO-SNB / OO-SFM / OO-SFN

[mad_fab]

Seems SN will have a lot less flights than the 64 they had planned today no ?

Looking at the schedule https://www.brusselsairlines.com/en-be/ ... 24mar.aspx the first flight is supposed to leave around 11am, so it's too early

And as far as I remember 66 was for friday, it was around 40 today.

[BrightCedars]

Any slim chance that a departure scheduled for Saturday out of BRU will be possible?

[Acid-drop]

44 in LGG and 20 in ANR was announced.

this is what's left, 33 departures:

23 from LGG, 9 from ANR

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Flight number	From	To	Departure	Arrival						
SN1535	Liege (LGG)	Malaga (AGP)	11:55	14:35						
SN1695	Liege (LGG)	Barcelona (BCN)	14:00	15:55						
SN1605	Liege (LGG)	Barcelona (BCN)	18:45	20:40						
SN1713	Antwerp (ANR)	Bilbao (BIO)	12:10	14:00						
SN1603	Antwerp (ANR)	Stockholm (BMA)	11:00	13:20						
SN1607	Antwerp (ANR)	Stockholm (BMA)	17:10	19:25						
SN1525	Liege (LGG)	Budapest (BUD)	12:40	14:30						
SN1657	Liege (LGG)	Copenhagen (CPH)	11:55	13:25						
SN1659	Liege (LGG)	Copenhagen (CPH)	19:50	21:20						
SN1563	Antwerp (ANR)	Edinburgh (EDI)	11:25	12:10						
SN1677	Liege (LGG)	Rome (FCO)	12:35	14:40						
SN1679	Liege (LGG)	Rome (FCO)	18:20	20:20						
SN1517	Antwerp (ANR)	Gothenburg (GOT)	17:45	19:35						
SN1715	Liege (LGG)	Geneva (GVA)	19:45	21:00						
SN1719	Liege (LGG)	Geneva (GVA)	13:45	15:00						
SN1523	Antwerp (ANR)	Geneva (GVA)	19:15	20:30						
SN1549	Liege (LGG)	Linate (LIN)	16:30	17:55						
SN1691	Antwerp (ANR)	Lyon (LYS)	12:30	13:50						
SN1721	Liege (LGG)	Madrid (MAD)	13:30	15:50						
SN1729	Liege (LGG)	Madrid (MAD)	17:35	20:15						
SN1577	Liege (LGG)	Manchester (MAN)	16:50	17:10						
SN1557	Liege (LGG)	Milan Malpensa (MXP)	15:00	16:35						
SN1559	Liege (LGG)	Milan Malpensa (MXP)	19:55	21:20						
SN1621	Liege (LGG)	Nice (NCE)	13:50	15:35						
SN1509	Antwerp (ANR)	Prague (PRG)	13:40	15:10						
SN1667	Antwerp (ANR)	Toulouse (TLS)	18:25	20:10						
SN1593	Liege (LGG)	Tel-Aviv (TLV)	18:35	00:00						
SN1689	Liege (LGG)	Berlin Tegel (TXL)	18:30	19:50						
SN1501	Liege (LGG)	Venice (VCE)	19:30	21:05						
SN1705	Liege (LGG)	Vienna (VIE)	19:20	20:55						
SN1571	Liege (LGG)	Vilnius (VNO)	12:35	16:10						
SN1755	Liege (LGG)	Zagreb (ZAG)	14:35	16:35

32 arrivals, 22 to LGG, 9 to ANR:

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New Flight number	From	To	Departure	Arrival
SN1536	Malaga (AGP)	Liege (LGG)	15:15	18:05
SN1696	Barcelona (BCN)	Liege (LGG)	16:35	18:40
SN1606	Barcelona (BCN)	Liege (LGG)	21:20	23:25
SN1714	Bilbao (BIO)	Antwerp (ANR)	14:40	16:30
SN1604	Stockholm (BMA)	Antwerp (ANR)	13:55	16:15
SN1608	Stockholm (BMA)	Antwerp (ANR)	20:00	22:20
SN1526	Budapest (BUD)	Liege (LGG)	15:05	17:05
SN1658	Copenhagen (CPH)	Liege (LGG)	14:00	15:30
SN1660	Copenhagen (CPH)	Liege (LGG)	21:55	23:25
SN1564	Edinburgh (EDI)	Antwerp (ANR)	12:45	15:20
SN1678	Rome (FCO)	Liege (LGG)	15:25	17:40
SN1680	Rome (FCO)	Liege (LGG)	21:05	23:15
SN1518	Gothenburg (GOT)	Antwerp (ANR)	20:10	22:00
SN1716	Geneva (GVA)	Liege (LGG)	21:35	22:50
SN1720	Geneva (GVA)	Liege (LGG)	15:35	16:50
SN1524	Geneva (GVA)	Antwerp (ANR)	21:05	22:20
SN1550	Linate (LIN)	Liege (LGG)	18:50	20:20
SN1692	Lyon (LYS)	Antwerp (ANR)	14:25	15:45
SN1722	Madrid (MAD)	Liege (LGG)	16:35	18:50
SN1730	Madrid (MAD)	Liege (LGG)	20:55	23:25
SN1578	Manchester (MAN)	Liege (LGG)	17:45	20:05
SN1558	Milan Malpensa (MXP)	Liege (LGG)	17:15	18:50
SN1560	Milan Malpensa (MXP)	Liege (LGG)	22:00	23:25
SN1622	Nice (NCE)	Liege (LGG)	16:10	17:50
SN1510	Prague (PRG)	Antwerp (ANR)	15:45	17:15
SN1668	Toulouse (TLS)	Antwerp (ANR)	20:40	22:25
SN1690	Berlin Tegel (TXL)	Liege (LGG)	20:45	22:00
SN1502	Venice (VCE)	Liege (LGG)	21:45	23:25
SN1706	Vienna (VIE)	Liege (LGG)	21:35	23:20
SN1572	Vilnius (VNO)	Liege (LGG)	16:45	18:20
SN1756	Zagreb (ZAG)	Liege (LGG)	17:10	19:05

(picture Peter Decroubele)

[rwandan-flyer]

Brussels Airlines planned flights today , from Zurich :

Swiss Planespotter ✈ ‏@Easyspotting 1 minil y a 1 minute

UPDATE departure times:
OO-SNB A320 10:05 LGG (Liège)
OO-DWA RJ1H 10:30 BRU (Brussels, i guess it's a ferry flight to bring back SN crew)

I think these 2 flights will be opeated empty, cause i don't see them on Zurich Airport website

OO-SFM A333 11:35 NSI/DLA (Yaounde / Douala)
OO-SFN A333 12:00 FIH (Kinshasa)

[mad_fab]

44 in LGG and 20 in ANR was announced.
23 from LGG, 9 from ANR

I guess they axed the early morning flights?

[Acid-drop]

yes i think you are right

[luchtzak]

OO-DWC & OO-DWB ferried to Antwerp airport

[Boeing767copilot]

Antwerp Airport, very nice view on the apron: VLM, JAF and SN