British airways to LHR on an A320

[cathay belgium]

Sean,

and LA? off to LA with BA in march from AMS...

CXB

[Stij]

Thanks for the explanation Sean! One learns every day!

Cheers,

Stij

[sn26567]

Thanks for these clarifications, Sean.

BRU is currently with euro and HKG with worldwide

The opposite would have been surprising

[sean1982]

Sean,

and LA? off to LA with BA in march from AMS...

CXB

LAX was mixed fleet, but moved back to worldwide
Mixed got JNB instead

[brusselsairlinesfan]

With the Eurostar linking Brussels & London under a 2 hrs journey time, who is still "flying" between BRU & LON?

[sean1982]

With the Eurostar linking Brussels & London under a 2 hrs journey time, who is still "flying" between BRU & LON?

I would guess people connecting onwards?

[Stij]

With the Eurostar linking Brussels & London under a 2 hrs journey time, who is still "flying" between BRU & LON?

When you have to be West of London and need to rent a car...

Cheers,

Stij

[brusselsairlinesfan]

With the Eurostar linking Brussels & London under a 2 hrs journey time, who is still "flying" between BRU & LON?

I would guess people connecting onwards?

Most SN & BA PAX flying the route certainly are connecting PAX @ LHR or BRU...

[HQ_BRU_Lover]

With the Eurostar linking Brussels & London under a 2 hrs journey time, who is still "flying" between BRU & LON?

I remember that, back in the days when working at Aviapartner as a student, most of the bags were transfer-bags. We had to charge different containers: mostly 3 or 4 connectings and not even a container of local bags (they were so few that they were put in the bulk-area). Some intra-European transits but mostly (ultra)long-haul: HKG, LAX, SIN, SYD, JNB, ...

Congrats Sean, well done. We'll miss the constructive discussions about Ryanair for sure!

[Acid-drop]

With the Eurostar linking Brussels & London under a 2 hrs journey time, who is still "flying" between BRU & LON?

90% of the IT sector in London is around Slough, Bracknell, Chertsey, Weybridge = 10min taxi from LHR.
So I guess 90% of the IT'ers are flying instead of taking the train.
And BA is certainly the sweetest option there.

And yes, HQ_BRU_Lover is probably right, I also suspect at least 50% of the plane is for connections.
(since Dubai is now the world's hub for the east, it's probably changing a bit, but still)

[HQ_BRU_Lover]

I think it's way over 50% to be honnest. My bet is around at least 70-75% connections.

[brusselsairlinesfan]

Thanks for all the replies... and what about the BRU-LHR brussels airlines flights? Mostly connecting PAX to the SN extensive african network?

[PttU]

With the Eurostar linking Brussels & London under a 2 hrs journey time, who is still "flying" between BRU & LON?

I would guess people connecting onwards?

I fly ANR - LON (LCY, not LHR) as it's still faster... BRU indeed has more time "overhead" compared to the short airtime.

[sn26567]

I fly ANR - LON (LCY, not LHR) as it's still faster... BRU indeed has more time "overhead" compared to the short airtime.

But from LCY you don't connect to anywhere (except perhaps BA's A318 to JFK...)

[cathay belgium]

Hi,

mmm... BA Cityflyer has enough connections around europe!
FCO,MAD,ARN,TXL,GVA and much more.. all operated by E190...

CXB

[sn26567]

I know, but which Belgian in his sound mind flies to London to connect to Berlin (except an AvGeek of course) ?

[sn26567]

I know, but which Belgian in his sound mind flies to London to connect to Berlin (except an AvGeek of course) ?

Although I remember in a distant past having flown BA from BRU to LHR to connect to WAW. But it was on a 1st of January, with very few flights scheduled on that day! A good way to start the new year!

[b-west]

I've done the BRU-LON route a couple of times by plane, with SN, BA, U2 and also ANR-LCY. Why? Simple, it was cheap enough. Eurostar charges outrageous ticket prices sometimes.

[crew1990]

When I was working in LGW I used to travel very often between London and Brussels, the cheaper was definitely Eurolines, but as I was travelling practically every week it was a very good deal as they have some kind of pass. I was booking always in very last minute and the Eurostar was always the most expensive so I flown a lot as well, mainly with Brussels Airlines as it was usually cheaper than British Airways but it happened as well to take BA between LGW to AMS or Easyjet from LGW to LUX.

[Wohowbagger]

hey Sean, congrats!
When are you starting with your training?

In July last year I flew BA from BRU via LHR on my way to Australia with QF.
From what I've noticed: from the 100 aboard, about 10 individuals went to the exit, everybody else to the busses and of those, about 70 went to T3.
So I guess it's even more than 75% connecting during the school holidays.