Air Belgium in 2018

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Re: Air Belgium in 2018

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Boeing767copilot wrote: 28 May 2018, 06:46 From June 1, the daily Air France flight between Paris CDG & Libreville (Gabon) will be operated by Airbus A340-300 from Air Belgium.

source: Air Plus News
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sn26567 wrote: 21 May 2018, 11:33 The flights for Condor continue on 21/05/2018

OO-ABA:
DE1526 LEJ-PMI 05:30-08:00
DE1527 PMI-LEJ 09:00-11:30
DE1466 LEJ-TFS 12:25-16:30
DE1467 TFS-LEJ 17:30-23:15

OO-ABB:
DE1474 FRA-STR 11:30-12:40
DE1474 STR-PMI 14:10-16:15
DE1773 PMI-FRA 17:10-19:25
OO-ABB: It seems that charter operations for Condor have ended:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/oo-abb

OO-ABA positionned to Paris (CDG) this morning:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/oo-aba

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Re: Air Belgium in 2018

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Air Belgium is parked at CRL today.

Seems that the bird is used for training purposes.

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When are they starting flights to HKG again?

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domtom wrote: 31 May 2018, 21:44 When are they starting flights to HKG again?
On Sunday.
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Good news for Air Belgium: their sponsor seems to have unlimited funds:
http://pagtour.info/charleroi-airport-i ... courriers/

To avoid comments that the taxpayers' money is "invested" for just one airline, Cloquet ends with "...Nous avons des contacts prometteurs avec trois compagnies long courrier qui, si elles le décidaient, pourraient très rapidement opérer au départ de notre aéroport..."

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a lot of wishful thinking in that sentence though.
Emirates could also come and use CRL as a hub to south america. I wonder why they didn't think about that
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Acid-drop wrote: 01 Jun 2018, 11:37 a lot of wishful thinking in that sentence though.
Emirates could also come and use CRL as a hub to south america. I wonder why they didn't think about that
A lot of other airlines could easily come to CRL.
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SN is actually a very good candidate.
yeah of course more will come, but stating 3 chineese airlines will start next week is very ... wishful thinking ;)
(and not so great for AB)
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737MAX wrote: 02 Jun 2018, 10:08
Acid-drop wrote: 01 Jun 2018, 16:12 SN is actually a very good candidate.
yeah of course more will come, but stating 3 chineese airlines will start next week is very ... wishful thinking ;)
(and not so great for AB)
Read the article before commenting...
SN a very good candidate? :roll: :lol: Come on...
If not SN, why not EW? (Or EW operated by SN?) :lol:
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Re: Air Belgium in 2018

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Tomorrow will be finally the first flight of Air Belgium!
Just checked the Hong Kong airport site and it seems like their timetable isn't updated yet with the arrivals of Air Belgium.

It seems like Air Belgium will be using 2 diffirent Plaza lounges of HKA
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AF 977 operated by KF was cancelled last night . ABA is still at Libreville.

With only one plane to operate to HKG, they have no alternative in case of problems with the ABB.

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Flyuli wrote: 03 Jun 2018, 08:18 AF 977 operated by KF was cancelled last night . ABA is still at Libreville.
Bad news indeed. Does anyone know the reason? ABA was already the aircraft whose engine had to be replaced....
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The forward booking figure for the whole month of May (before they decided to cancel the flights/bookings due to the problem with Russian authorities) was: 60 passengers !!! :roll: :o :shock:

No wonders why they were not in a hurry to clear that hurdle...

This figure comes from L'Echo, not from me...

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Flyuli wrote: 03 Jun 2018, 08:18 AF 977 operated by KF was cancelled last night . ABA is still at Libreville.
With only one plane to operate to HKG, they have no alternative in case of problems with the ABB.
Tonights AF-977 from CDG Paris to LBV Libreville (ETD 22h30) is announced as cancelled on AF's website.

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VRT states: "De allereerste eigen lijnvlucht is allerminst uitverkocht, maar ze wordt door de maatschappij beschouwd als een "technische vlucht" om alle procedures te controleren en de laatste puntjes op de i te zetten."

So the first flight is not even close to beïng full ... :(
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2018/06/03 ... vanuit-ch/

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Re: Air Belgium in 2018

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OO-ABB is on Flightradar24.com now:

https://www.flightradar24.com/1198294f

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De allereerste eigen lijnvlucht is allerminst uitverkocht, maar ze wordt door de maatschappij beschouwd als een "technische vlucht" om alle procedures te controleren en de laatste puntjes op de i te zetten
The very first revenue flight under their own label is not sold out at all, but the airline considers it a "technical flight" to check/validate all procedures, and to straighten out the last details.

(non-professional unguaranteed translation service :) )
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And, if not carrying the full revenue load, the plane can do with less fuel, so two points of relief regarding runway length... :)

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Re: Air Belgium in 2018

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Hi

On another subject, Indi Go is a likely candidate to fly to CRL with A330 in the near future!
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