Air Belgium in 2018

[sn26567]

And again from ORY to RAK as AT659 tomorrow at 10:00.

Edit: Passenger was one minute faster than me

[Amavro]

And again from ORY to RAK as AT659 tomorrow at 10:00.

Flight AT 659 at 10:00 : Corsair A330-300 F-HSKY
Flight AT 7659 at 13:45 : Air Belgium A340-300 OO-ABA

[Acid-drop]

Load factor?

[sn26567]

Flight AT 7659 at 13:45 : Air Belgium A340-300 OO-ABA

Cruising high at FL410 between ORY and RAK.

[Airbus330lover]

Load factor?

Probably not relevant : ACMI flight

[Passenger]

Load factor?

Probably not relevant : ACMI flight

It seems that Paris-Marrakech was the last leg for Oo-ABA with passengers. Return flight out of Marrakech flew not to Orly but to Charleroi:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... a#1134f129

[luchtzak]

Not only Air Belgium:

Alex Macheras @AlexInAir

Latest: Airspace Row:

• Norwegian Air UK’s plans to increase flights between UK and Asia are being prevented by the ongoing political spat between UK and Russia.

• Russia is refusing the UK airline permission to fly across its airspace, including over the Siberian corridor.

[sn26567]

Russian press agency Ria Novosti (Sputnik) is not very optimistic about the future of Air Belgium. Its title tells it all:

"New Belgian Airline Going Belly-Up Without Flights Permission Over Russia"

The sanctions against Russia are considered as the main reason for not granting overflight rights.

Sputnik also mentions as problems the too short runway in CRL and the under-capitalisation of the company.

https://sputniknews.com/europe/20180430 ... on-russia/

[nordikcam]

Dressed for the winter by the Russians...bad news for KF fans ! But future will tell.

[Poiu]

Time the EU steps in, me thinks.
No new routes for Russian carriers through EU airspace, no traffic rights for football charters to the worldcup this Summer.

[Passenger]

Time the EU steps in, me thinks. No new routes for Russian carriers through EU airspace, no traffic rights for football charters to the worldcup this Summer.

Declare war to Russia because a Belgian startup airline obviously underestimated the paperwork that had to be done?

[JustPlanes]

Time the EU steps in, me thinks. No new routes for Russian carriers through EU airspace, no traffic rights for football charters to the worldcup this Summer.

Declare war to Russia because a Belgian startup airline obviously underestimated the paperwork that had to be done?

LOL

So lets recap... They've had 1-2 years to prepare everything at least but failed to get the Russia rights... I wonder when they applied for them....

A few days before the inaugural they announce we can't start because no Russia rights and we sold very few tickets...

And now as if this was not embarrassing enough they do the exact same thing by planning service in 1 month again with no guarantee that those Russia rights will be given and no clue how many tickets they will sell...

[ttubbie]

Over and out for Air Belgium.

[Passenger]

On 1st April 2018, a Boris Abramov stepped in as administrator at Avia Invest / Aviation Investment Holding (= the holding having 49% of Air Belgium's shares):

NL:
http://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/t ... =655703469
FR:
http://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/t ... =655703469

This Boris Abramov?
https://cn.linkedin.com/in/boris-abramov-2a38236a

[nordikcam]

The number of flights seems to have changed. There are only two flights a week to Hong Kong in june : day 3 and day 7.

[Boeing767copilot]

On 1st April 2018, a Boris Abramov stepped in as administrator at Avia Invest / Aviation Investment Holding (= the holding having 49% of Air Belgium's shares):

NL:
http://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/t ... =655703469
FR:
http://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/t ... =655703469

This Boris Abramov?
https://cn.linkedin.com/in/boris-abramov-2a38236a

Could it be this Boris Abramov?

http://rustrade.org.uk/eng/?page_id=2294

[Passenger]

On 1st April 2018, a Boris Abramov stepped in as administrator at Avia Invest / Aviation Investment Holding (= the holding having 49% of Air Belgium's shares):
NL:
http://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/t ... =655703469
FR:
http://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/t ... =655703469
This Boris Abramov?
https://cn.linkedin.com/in/boris-abramov-2a38236a

Could it be this Boris Abramov?
http://rustrade.org.uk/eng/?page_id=2294

I saw that too, but I saw no link to aviation. Whilst the first one is the representative in China for Ural Airlines.

[TLspotting]

The number of flights seems to have changed. There are only two flights a week to Hong Kong in june : day 3 and day 7.

Indeed, flights sold out !

But flights in April for a return on the same plane were at €1538...
Just compared now, only €448.42 for 3 to 4 June...

Until 1 July,they keep the same frequency...

[Passenger]

The number of flights seems to have changed. There are only two flights a week to Hong Kong in june : day 3 and day 7.

Indeed, flights sold out !

All cancelled flights between now and 2nd June are also shown as Sold Out, whilst they should be marked as "There are no flights on the selected date".

[sn26567]

Russian press agency Ria Novosti (Sputnik) is not very optimistic about the future of Air Belgium. Its title tells it all:

"New Belgian Airline Going Belly-Up Without Flights Permission Over Russia"

The sanctions against Russia are considered as the main reason for not granting overflight rights.

Sputnik also mentions as problems the too short runway in CRL and the under-capitalisation of the company.

https://sputniknews.com/europe/20180430 ... on-russia/

Sputnik, like Russia Today, reflects "his master's voice", the Kremlin. This article in Forbes tells a lot about the disinformation that Russian authorities can instil in the world:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/martinrive ... ium-delay/

Some excerpts:

Given Sputnik’s track-record for falsifying stories, its report about Air Belgium may simply be an opportunistic taunt devoid of factual basis.

Whatever the true circumstances, Moscow has used overflight rights as a political and commercial bargaining chip in the past.