BRU summer 2009: latest news, routes, airlines

[Atlantis]

Are those scheduled flights of Pegasus? In the past Pegasus flew to BRU because Belgian touroperators asked them to transport their pax.

[hakan]

Are those scheduled flights of Pegasus? In the past Pegasus flew to BRU because Belgian touroperators asked them to transport their pax.

Hello Atlantis, It must be scheduled flights as they are planning to open an office in Brussels too. If they were charters they wouldn't do that or get someone to represent them.

[Atlantis]

Are those scheduled flights of Pegasus? In the past Pegasus flew to BRU because Belgian touroperators asked them to transport their pax.

Hello Atlantis, It must be scheduled flights as they are planning to open an office in Brussels too. If they were charters they wouldn't do that or get someone to represent them.

Ok thanks for this info. Good news to see that they are going to start scheduled flights to BRU and a nice alternative for the pax.

[Kabila]

Continental has brought forward its 777 operation on the BRU EWR again from May 16th to April 20th (yes, next week !). Source = CO website.

There will be a 3 week gap in May (back to 767-400) due to maintenance onthe 777 I suppose.

[VEX802]

Don't know if this was already stated, but according to luchtvaartnieuws.nl, Pegasus airlines has now officially declared that they wil start from 22 june daily operations between Brussels and Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport. Flights will be operated with a boeing 737-800.

http://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/news/?id=30317

[Charlie Roy]

Pegasus will also offer connecting flights to 12 other Turkish cities.

http://www.theairdb.com/news/2009-04-17-pegasus.html

[hakan]

Charlie Roy and Vex802 , you are absolutely correct. Here is the info about the flights:

H9 801 SAW-BRU 10.33-13.05
H9 802 BRU-SAW 13.45-18.20 everyday flights.

Tickets are for sale now.
www.flypgs.com

Good for BRU Airport

[OO-VEX]

According to the Lufthansa Online Timetable, Lufthansa Italia will be downgrading MXP-BRU from 3 to 2 daily flights on weekdays as from May 4.

[sdbelgium]

According to the Lufthansa Online Timetable, Lufthansa Italia will be downgrading MXP-BRU from 3 to 2 daily flights on weekdays as from May 4.

Indeed, the midday flight LH1816 (14.45 dep from BRU) will be dropped.

[Atlantis]

It's strange that no body is speaking about the new control tower Brussels Airport is building on the main departure/arrival building next to the Diamand.

The constructor is Democo and the outside construction is almost finished. The building itself is a two storage construction and is not small at all.

The main purpose is parking control. They will take over the taxi and parking controls from the control tower at Steenokkerzeel. This tower will be needed when the future low cost terminal will be finised and Brucargo West - with a larger cargo tarmac - will be in use.

Total cost: 890.000 euro

[134flyer]

It's strange that no body is speaking about the new control tower Brussels Airport is building on the main departure/arrival building next to the Diamand.

The constructor is Democo and the outside construction is almost finished. The building itself is a two storage construction and is not small at all.

The main purpose is parking control. They will take over the taxi and parking controls from the control tower at Steenokkerzeel. This tower will be needed when the future low cost terminal will be finised and Brucargo West - with a larger cargo tarmac - will be in use.

Total cost: 890.000 euro

Thanks for posting! :thumbup:
I was already wondering what they were constructing overthere. Although I suspected it would indeed be something like a ramp control tower, I couldn’t find any info (or didn’t search hard enough ) about this construction.

[sdbelgium]

Continental Airways is using Boeing 767-400 again on CO060/61 EWR-BRU-EWR for now. Flight changes back to 777-200ER on 06JUN09 (dep BRU).

[Outsync]

Continental Airways is using Boeing 767-400 again on CO060/61 EWR-BRU-EWR for now. Flight changes back to 777-200ER on 06JUN09 (dep BRU).

Any idea why? Low load factor?

[sn26567]

As from start of the summer holidays Corendon will increase its frequency to the destinations Bodrum and Antalya. In addition flights will be offered on a regular basis to Ankara. For these operations Corendon will base one aircraft in Brussels. For more information, please visit the website www.corendon.be

Source: Brussels Airport Travel News April 2009

[sn26567]

As Pegasus Airlines will be adding new planes to their fleet, the airline is about to open a number of new routes. One of them could be Istanbul (Sabiha Gökçcen) - Brussels, according to this article.
http://www.worldaircargoevents.com/news ... ws_id=1023
No launch date was given, but opening is expected during Summer 2009 season.

As from June 22, Pegasus Airlines will offer a daily flight to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen. For more information, please visit the website www.flypgs.com

Source: Brussels Airport Travel news April 2009

[Atlantis]

As from 10 September, Tap is going to reduce their number of flights to Brussels Airport from 4 to 3 daily.

They are going to reduce their flights to a lot of European destinations.

[Boeing767copilot]

A new Turkish charter operator at BRU is Tailwind. As from 24 June the carrier will commence charter flights with B737 equipment to Istanbul and Ankara.

[sdbelgium]

LH will suspend NUE-BRU in August. Service will resume on 15SEP09.

[sdbelgium]

Lufthansa Italia is suspending Brussels service between 28JUN09 to 31AUG09, mainly due to summer school break and lower business traveler demands.

[sn26567]

Airlines usually are very prompt to announce new routes, by often forget to announce the routes they stop flying.

Air France has given up Clermont-Ferrand-Biarritz/Brussels earlier this spring already and will pull out of the Bordeaux-Brussels market on June 27. Did someone mention it already?

On another topic, Air Malta has added its KM code to Brussels Airlines services between Catania and Brussels. Why such a strange move?