New SNBA routes

Sabena_690 · Post by **Sabena_690** » 01 Oct 2003, 21:27

Hi all,

A scoop for you all!

SN Brussels is inaugerating a one-weekly flight to Sofia, Bulgaria.
Here is their schedule:
BRU 0900
SOF 1250
SOF 1400
BRU 1600

Flights operate on Saturdays.

And that's not all!
SNBA will also introduce a codeshare service with Slovak Airlines to Bratislava! Flights will be operated by Slovak Airlines.
Here is the schedule:

01NOV03-28MAR04 MTWTFSS BRATISLAVA /BRUSSELS
1.3.... BTS BRU 0555 0745 6Q 320 733
....5.. BTS BRU 1840 2030 6Q 326 733

01NOV03-28MAR04 MTWTFSS BRUSSELS /BRATISLAVA
1...... BRU BTS 0825 1015 6Q 321 733
..3.... BRU BTS 0835 1015 6Q 321 733
....5.. BRU BTS 2120 2300 6Q 327 733

Cheers
Frederic

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 01 Oct 2003, 21:51

Great news

I hope they'll be able to fill those planes

Anyway here's the site of Slovak airlines. Their livery is very similar with the one of SNBA

Ciao
Chris
8)

DannyVDB · Post by **DannyVDB** » 01 Oct 2003, 22:02

Hi,

I think this is very clever to introduce more flights to East Europe. There will be for sure more trafic between those countries even if e;g. Bulgaria will not be yet a member (still candidate).

Danny

B737229 · Post by **B737229** » 02 Oct 2003, 01:42

On the site it is marked they operate 1 737-300 and 3 TU154. Hope there will be a day they fly to Bru with TU154 instead of 737-300

Grtz

Post by **sn26567** » 02 Oct 2003, 09:13

Considering that BTS is at 40 km of VIE, I am not sure that their planes will be filled. I went several times to Bratislava: flying to Vienna and from there renting a car or taking a shuttle bus. very convenient!

About the livery of Slovak Airlines: they stole our Magritte's Bird in the Sky !!!

Post by **sn26567** » 02 Oct 2003, 09:15

Sabena_690 wrote:SN Brussels is inaugerating a one-weekly flight to Sofia, Bulgaria.
Here is their schedule:
BRU 0900
SOF 1250
SOF 1400
BRU 1600

Flights operate on Saturdays.

How come these flights are not yet on Galileo if they are introduced on 26 October? They are not even on SN BA's website. Not a clever way to advertise those new flights!

Sabena_690 · Post by **Sabena_690** » 02 Oct 2003, 15:59

The Tu154's of Slovak Airlines are for sale... All flights are scheduled with a B733.

Frederic

lumumba · Post by **lumumba** » 02 Oct 2003, 16:04

Hi everybody.
I just had a conversation with my travel agent and she said that SNBA is thinking of opening New york!
She had the information from the agent of SNBA.
Regards
Patrice

Post by **sn26567** » 02 Oct 2003, 16:29

lumumba wrote:t SNBA is thinking of opening New york!

We know already since some time that SN BA had appointed someone in New York, or more precisely in New Jersey (close to Newark). It was certainly not to sell tickets on Delta or Continental. The rumour spreads.... 8)

P.S. Patrice, with such a first name, you shouldn't take lumumba as a nickname. But that's just a personal opinion...

fftopic:

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 02 Oct 2003, 16:34

We had the New York/Newark story on my Yahoo! Group ages ago, long before it was mentioned on here. And also the Mombasa and Nairobi one was on my Group long since

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 02 Oct 2003, 16:38

We do get some damned good exclusives on my Group, before they ever appear on here.

We had the Virgin Express one first as well!!!!

(And if I want to publicise my Group on here then I will!!)

Skystef · Post by **Skystef** » 02 Oct 2003, 16:56

Sabena_690 wrote:Flights will be operated by Slovak Airlines.

Those flights to Bratislava were in the pipeline for years, finally they have materialized.
Must say there are still a few points left in Europe to start services from ebbr:
Tirana, Sarajevo, Skopje, Reykjavik, Torhavn, Minsk, Kishinev, Tallinn.
Who dares

SkyStef

Post by **sn26567** » 02 Oct 2003, 17:06

Q707 wrote:Must say there are still a few points left in Europe to start services from ebbr: Tirana, Sarajevo, Skopje, Reykjavik, Torhavn, Minsk, Kishinev, Tallinn.
Who dares

Places where lots of people fly daily

SWISS broke its neck in Tirana and Sarajevo (and their home base is closer to these cities than SNBA's). Iceland has a low population and has already flights from AMS, LON, CPH, etc. Minsk and Kishinev (I would say Chisinau: they hate the Russians and their language) are hardly democracies. None of these places wouod be a good choice.

Tallinn? Maybe! Another destination in the Baltic States...

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 02 Oct 2003, 18:08

Maybe they should start those routes when the demand will increase, but I don't think that there is enough demand to fly from BRU to those destinations right now.

As for New-York, this sounds like a great idea

, but I would guess that the flight will be operated by AA or am I wrong

Ciao
Chris
8)

airDD · Post by **airDD** » 02 Oct 2003, 18:16

Maybe the flight to NYC will be an all business class flight with Privatair on a BBJ or 319 CJ.

airDD

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 02 Oct 2003, 18:20

I allready had this idea when I started this topic a while ago, but nobody seemed to think the way I was

Ciao
Chris
8)

Sabena_690 · Post by **Sabena_690** » 02 Oct 2003, 18:25

A lot of rumours are going on around the suggested BRU-JFK flight, and in this case some make sense.

I don't think it is for the coming few months, but when yields increase and the traffic in general picks up again, I'm fairly sure AA will start BRU-JFK in codeshare with SN.

Of course things have changed now, with the codeshare between AA and BA. I would of course prefer the stop over in LHR, but the biggest part of the travellers wants a direct flight to JFK, not the connections mess in LHR.

Regards
Frederic

Post by **sn26567** » 02 Oct 2003, 18:30

airDD wrote:Maybe the flight to NYC will be an all business class flight with Privatair on a BBJ or 319 CJ.

airDD

Luchtzak has another dreamer!

DannyVDB · Post by **DannyVDB** » 02 Oct 2003, 18:54

sn26567 wrote:
Q707 wrote:
SWISS broke its neck in Tirana and Sarajevo ... Minsk and Kishinev (I would say Chisinau: they hate the Russians and their language) are hardly democracies. None of these places wouod be a good choice.

Tallinn? Maybe! Another destination in the Baltic States...

I don't think Tirana was a bad destination for Swiss. When I flew there last year, flights were fully booked (also Austrian flight was full) ...
Sometimes a destination can be a niche for an airline even if there is not much pax (e.g. Kigali for SNBA).

The baltic cities could be interesting for the same reason that Bratislava is a good choice: traffic in the framework of EU - not to be underestimated.

Some time ago there were some rumours about SNBA to have it's codeshare on the flights to Kiev. Does anyone have more news?

Danny

Skystef · Post by **Skystef** » 02 Oct 2003, 19:50

sn26567 wrote:
Q707 wrote:Must say there are still a few points left in Europe to start services from ebbr: ...Reykjavik...
Iceland has a low population and has already flights from AMS, LON, CPH, etc.

A very poor reason not to start services to ebbr. Iceland is famous for its pure nature. But of course unfamous for the weather, but in fact this is only a little bit worser then over here

.
So why do the Belgians hesitate for a visit over there? I guess the Costa Brava sounds a bit more familiar in their ears

.

SkyStef

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