Air Belgium in 2018

[Bapt']

At what time the booking for the preparation flight will open on Monday ?

[Airbus330lover]

very good question

[Amavro]

No specific time schedule (yet), we'll have to check by ourselves.

[domtom]

So, with the charity flight and first flight frenzy aside, has anyone considered what will happen if/when AB gets its additional planes, and opens new destinations. Will it really fly from CRL then? I mean, can you even park so many big planes at the same time on the tarmac (assuming of course, they'd have e.g. 4 planes on the ground at any one time).

Thanks

[Amavro]

Assuming the contract between AB and CRL airport is for at least 10 years, i guess the answer is yes. It depends on the slots available... Furthermore, CRL has some projects about building a third terminal. It is still possible to build more parkings for aircafts.

[asianlao02]

Assuming the contract between AB and CRL airport is for at least 10 years, i guess the answer is yes. It depends on the slots available... Furthermore, CRL has some projects about building a third terminal. It is still possible to build more parkings for aircafts.

Where? I don't know if they own the wooded land between the airport and the European flight simulator. They are plenty of space there if available

[Amavro]

The most likely option is to build them in lieu of the graveyard. I don't know if you know it's location ?
For the third terminal, they hesitate between building one on the top of the actual T1-T2, or building a real one to the right of the Terminal 1.

But this is not for today, and that is all what they told me during my internship last year.

[asianlao02]

Yep I know I'm gonna ask my best friend who works there

[luchtzak]

Any chance for a second flight ? Given how fast the first one was sold out...

Expect booking engine of the second test flight to open on Monday morning !!

[Boeing767copilot]

Departure flight 2/5 CRL-HKG
Return flight 4/5 HKG-CRL

Both are sold out in Premium and Business Class on the AB website. That's quick.

[Passenger]

Departure flight 2/5 CRL-HKG
Return flight 4/5 HKG-CRL

Both are sold out in Premium and Business Class on the AB website. That's quick.

First flight is usually offered to press, shareholders, key account buyers, captains of industry, ...

[Boeing767copilot]

Departure flight 2/5 CRL-HKG
Return flight 4/5 HKG-CRL

Both are sold out in Premium and Business Class on the AB website. That's quick.

First flight is usually offered to press, shareholders, key account buyers, captains of industry, ...

First flight was announced for April 30, any delay?

[MiStEr-T]

Any chance for a second flight ? Given how fast the first one was sold out...

Expect booking engine of the second test flight to open on Monday morning !!

I check every 5 minutes, second flight not open for the moment..

[MIVB-reiziger]

12:49 and still not open... or was it open at some point this morning and sold out again?

[VLM_Antwerp]

12:49 and still not open... or was it open at some point this morning and sold out again?

I'm on their website since 8 am, still didn't see anything change...

[etopsflyers]

I have been on their website since 8 in the morning....

[airtrainer]

Any chance for a second flight ? Given how fast the first one was sold out...

Expect booking engine of the second test flight to open on Monday morning !!

Thanks, still nothing now and hope they won't start within the next two hours as I've just boarded my SN flight to BRU...

[Shonix]

From Twitter:


@airbelgium_off

Hi all, we’re still checking all operational details for a second rehearsal flight this Saturday afternoon. Will keep you posted as soon as we launch the booking. Thanks for your patience. AB team

[Vic Diesel]

From Twitter:


@airbelgium_off

Hi all, we’re still checking all operational details for a second rehearsal flight this Saturday afternoon. Will keep you posted as soon as we launch the booking. Thanks for your patience. AB team

Thanks for posting the information! I guess they were taken by surprise that the demand for the scenic flight was that high and will have to perform some extra organisational work to set up the afternoon flight. Let's see if and when booking will start again...

[Acid-drop]

i'm not sure why it's so cheap...
it's for charity, you could increase the price a bit