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They are also eyeing (dreaming of) a flight to IAD...
A339 would be better
saw them the other day at CDG airport, it's just a matter of time before they land at BRU
Of course they could lease one or more relatively soon. And there's the irony where they could rapidly build a frequent service in BRU while SN remains stuck with larger A330's flying less full due to their competition.
There is huge West African community in US East Cost, mainly from Cape Verde (53 000 in Massachusetts), Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia. That's why most US Africa air services are operated from East Coast. Air Senegal could have a commercial partnership with US carrier, if they want to better feed their IAD-DKR. Competition is stiff, but If Air Senegal has a good feeback, peope will fly with Air SenegalA lot of wishful thinking I guess. I don't know how big the Senegalese market from and to BRU is, but with an average GDP per capita of roughly 1500 EUR in Senegal, traffic must mainly come from the Senegalese diaspora in Brussels/Europe. US passengers would still prefer to do a UA/SN combination between the US and Senegal.
They are new summer routes, but they are not really new, as they are launched already for winter 2019-2020.
They start seasonal flights to Lisbon, from October 2019 to March 2020, and Cairo, from December 2019 to Feb 2020, 2 Star Alliance hubsUnfortunately Asiana pulled out because of deteriorating financial situation :/
Keep an eye on Air Senegal. They will announce this week the new destinations for their second A330.TLspotting wrote: ↑24 Sep 2019, 20:06Might be possible that an African airline (SN destination) can open in 2020, a route to Brussels.
It can be speculation but the airline would like to open there.
So not 100% sure.
We know: Air Senegal plans to commence Dakar – Marseille – Barcelona – Dakar route on 09 December 2019. But indeed BRU is not yet in the picture.Atlantis wrote: ↑30 Sep 2019, 08:21Keep an eye on Air Senegal. They will announce this week the new destinations for their second A330.
For the moment, BRU is not their first priority. What they want to open now is a second French destination, Marseille. The other destinations are Barcelona, Washington and New York.
We will know more this week
would be nice indeedcathay belgium wrote: ↑03 Oct 2019, 22:37Hi,
Any fifth freedom rights mrs-bcn
Nice try to fly the a339
CXB
DL relies heavily on its different joint-ventures and with AF/KL being on of them, there is no place for BRU in the scheme, except for select flights they already offer today.Atlantis wrote: ↑30 Sep 2019, 13:28Like we could read here in this topic regarding South Afrika and Kenia. Forget about the first one. SAA is in trouble for years and they also axed their IAD route. SN has not the planes. This route could be only 2 max 3 times a week but there are no candidates.
Regarding South America. Keep an eye on Delta. They are building up a very interesting network. They "buy" other airlines but they don't let them to have a membership with Skyteam. Those airlines are spread over the continents. I would not be surprised if in a few years they create a new alliance and going out of Skyteam. That's why contacts with Delta are extremely important. Boston can be still with them. South America not as they would like you to go via Atlanta.
Avianca is than the only good solution and giving SIA fifth freedom if you want to keep it in one alliance
