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Re: Air Belgium in 2018

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Apuneger wrote: 03 Apr 2018, 09:19 I tried to open the Air Belgium website but got a '504 Gateway Time-out' error message.

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airbelgium.com welcome page is down
Try http://booking.airbelgium.com
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Re: Air Belgium in 2018

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brabel wrote: 03 Apr 2018, 09:28 If I want to check airbelgium.com, the page doesn't open...
is it down already?
Not bookings ; HTTP://booking.airbelgium.com
airbelgium.com website is indeed down, they will change the module I guess...
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Re: Air Belgium in 2018

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For june it's cheap in economy :shock:
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Re: Air Belgium in 2018

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Flights are the following :
KF851 ABB851(?) CRL-HKG 14:00 07:30+1 1-34--7
KF852 ABB852(?) HKG-CRL 11:30 18:15 12-45--
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Re: Air Belgium in 2018

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Sorry but if you have 2 airplanes and 4 flights a week no way should there be 2 days without a flight... specially on Friday Saturday out of Belgium or no weekend flight out of China...

And on the day they open the website for tickets the website is down...

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Re: Air Belgium in 2018

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asianlao02 wrote: 03 Apr 2018, 09:22
TLspotting wrote: 03 Apr 2018, 09:02 Screenshot_2018-04-03-08-54-53.pngScreenshot_2018-04-03-08-53-50.pngScreenshot_2018-04-03-08-53-47.png

Bookings are open ! But no way for the prices for inaugural flights !
booking.airbelgium.com
wow it's pretty expensive :shock: ( trop cher mon pote ) i prefer to go with CX
Higher price because return is the next day, otherwise prices are very sharp.

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asianlao02 wrote: 03 Apr 2018, 09:22
TLspotting wrote: 03 Apr 2018, 09:02 Screenshot_2018-04-03-08-54-53.pngScreenshot_2018-04-03-08-53-50.pngScreenshot_2018-04-03-08-53-47.png

Bookings are open ! But no way for the prices for inaugural flights !
booking.airbelgium.com
wow it's pretty expensive :shock: ( trop cher mon pote ) i prefer to go with CX
To be fair, you should compare the two airlines at the same dates!
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Re: Air Belgium in 2018

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sn26567 wrote: 03 Apr 2018, 10:10
asianlao02 wrote: 03 Apr 2018, 09:22
TLspotting wrote: 03 Apr 2018, 09:02 Screenshot_2018-04-03-08-54-53.pngScreenshot_2018-04-03-08-53-50.pngScreenshot_2018-04-03-08-53-47.png

Bookings are open ! But no way for the prices for inaugural flights !
booking.airbelgium.com
wow it's pretty expensive :shock: ( trop cher mon pote ) i prefer to go with CX
To be fair, you should compare the two airlines at the same dates!
yep i know, look at my screenshot :)

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Tacite wrote: 03 Apr 2018, 10:18 Last year, at the end of June, I paid 455€ for Brussels to HKG in mid-September with British Airways.
I was expecting the same price with Air Belgium but it’s 560€ for the same trip.
Also, they charge 25€ for seat selection when BA charges 16€.
A bit disappointing.
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Re: Air Belgium in 2018

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Tacite wrote: 03 Apr 2018, 10:18 Last year, at the end of June, I paid 455€ for Brussels to HKG in mid-September with British Airways.
I was expecting the same price with Air Belgium but it’s 560€ for the same trip.
Also, they charge 25€ for seat selection when BA charges 16€.
A bit disappointing.
Last year..... this year you will have to pay around 650 with BA.

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Tacite wrote: 03 Apr 2018, 10:35 Why would it increase so much ?
Offer and demand. Market conditions.
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And 12 euro for payment with creditcard
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EU tx 261 € 5.00
Fuel Surcharge € 230.00
HK1 1B23 Free Baggage Allowance 23Kgs € 0.00

Hong Kong Passenger Departure Tax € 12.32
Hong Kong Airport Construction Fee € 16.43
Hong Kong Airport Passenger Security Charge € 4.62

No taxes for CRL?
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eleven last rows are blocked
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Re: Air Belgium in 2018

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quixoticguide wrote: 03 Apr 2018, 10:56 eleven last rows are blocked
They should offer a guaranteed empty seat next to you for a smal surcharge, 550 for two seats would be a bargain.

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To illustrate Hong Kong, a photo of Hong Kong and to illustrate Charleroi, ...a pic of Mont des Arts in Brussels :-)

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Re: Air Belgium in 2018

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quixoticguide wrote: 03 Apr 2018, 10:55 EU tx 261 € 5.00
Fuel Surcharge € 230.00
There is no EU 261/2004 tax.
Same for their "Fuel surcharge", which is also shown as part of "Taxes": it's an own surcharge, with no legislation ordering them do so. Hence it's no tax but a surcharge.

Reminds me to an old discussion here about another carrier, based at Brussels. Artificially lowering the amount "Fare" and thus artificually increasing the amount "Taxes and surcharges".

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Re: Air Belgium in 2018

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Now that Air Belgium has opened its ticket sales to HKG, I tried to do a random check of ticket fares for flights from Belgium to Hong Kong (or Shenzhen) with AB, HU and CX when leaving on 30APR18 (Air Belgium's inaugural flight) and returning on 03MAY18. Air Belgium ex CRL is the inaugural flight.

Air Belgium
2018 04 03 - BRU HKG - 03.jpg
Cathay Pacific
2018 04 03 - BRU HKG - 02.jpg
Hainan Airlines
2018 04 03 - BRU HKG - 01.jpg
I know this is only a random check, for a given return flight, but it gives an indication of ticket prices between the three airlines for that specific date range and flights. HU's outbound flight ex BRU is on 1MAY18 since I opted for direct flights only.

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