brussels airlines to New York!

[Air Key West]

Sorry, I forgot one point, werknemer. You say that mh pax connecting to the US don't bring money. You have to see things in a more nuanced way. Medium haul pax (from Europe usually) transferring onto a flight to the US don't bring a lot of money, but they do bring some money. All airlines are offering cheap flights to the US also to connecting pax, because without them they would have a hard time filling the planes and these airlines are also convinced that it is better to get a little money from those pax rather than no money at all because of empty seats. Some flights (USA) don't bring a lot of money, but their purpose is to feed other flights (AFI) so that these can be (even more) profitable. Generally speaking one should not take the performance of a flight in isolation, you have to have a more holistic approach and see the network as a whole (again, generally speaking, if you are network carrier).

[Air Key West]

Concerning the presence of AA/DL/9W on the NYC route ex BRU, I don't thnik SN wants to target 9W. I wouldn't be surprised, however, if an increasing number of pax flying BRU-NYC opt for 9W because in both classes they have a superior product compared to AA/DL (I flew AA, DL and 9W across the Atlantic : imo 9W is the best airline). So, it's up to b.air to offer the best product if they want to take business away from other airlines across the pond.

As to AA and DL, I don't know if it's true, but I have heard that both airlines have enough corporate contracts so far to justify their presence in BRU (although with smaller aircraft in some cases). And they both not only provide point-to-point traffic, but they also offer many connections at their gateways. Again, don't just look at a particular flight in isolation : it's part of a network. Same for SN.

[brusselsairlinesfan]

Please tell here when sales are about to start for this SN BRU-JFK route... it would be a nice X-mas or B-day present!

[Air Key West]

Don't worry, someone on this forum will surely tell us when the flights really start to operate and when sales for the NYC flight will begin. Patience, patience..... Why in the meantime not spoil yourself with a brussels airlines flight to Nairobi (add a safari) or Dakar (soaking up the sun in winter) ?

[brusselsairlinesfan]

Still a couple of days before X-mas so... fingers crossed!
'hope the BRU-NYC will be bookable asap...

[brusselsairlinesfan]

No "fresh" news at all?! Quite strange isn't it?

[brusselsairlinesfan]

A dream safari after a CDG-BRU-NBO would be great but I really would have liked flying to the US on SN metal this summer...

However, as we got no news from the sales start, I think I won't be able to make it as X-mas present...

[airbuske]

No "fresh" news at all?! Quite strange isn't it?

Sales will start very soon

[Bralo20]

Sales will start very soon

That's what SN is telling me for over a month now... That sales are starting very soon, sales are imminent, etc...


Yet, still no news

[airbuske]

Sorry, can't tell you all, just VERY soon

[Passenger]

Perhaps a bit off topic, but KLM has cancelled Miami as from end of March 2012

(it's now 4 times a week, MD-11).

[Treeper]

Sorry, can't tell you all, just VERY soon

hours? days? weeks? next year (although that's only 9 days)?
common' you sad A, now you need to say B too.

[wernerrav4]

Sorry, can't tell you all, just VERY soon

hours? days? weeks? next year (although that's only 9 days)?
common' you sad A, now you need to say B too.

You are right Treeper, it will be a Christmas present I guess so " Start spreading the news"

[RoMax]

You are right Treeper, it will be a Christmas present I guess so " Start spreading the news"

To be a Christmas present it has to come fast... At least they already "blow us a New Year's kiss"

[andorra-airport]

With low season coming (end of January + the whole month of February) , prices to NYC are dirt cheap. €376 with Delta , even cheaper with 1 stop ( US Airways) . I wonder what Brussels will charge this Christmas!

[airbuske]

Flights are on the Brussels Airlines website now!

SN501 BRU 1020 - JFK 1235
SN502 JFK 1715 - BRU 0625

I think we can get soon a mailing with the launch fare

[Bralo20]

Daily with a A333:

[KVS Availability Tool 6.8.1/Diamond - Amadeus: Timetable/NL-BCDF]

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BRU  Brussels Metro / National BE = BRU CRL ZYR [EBBR]
JFK  New York John F Kennedy Intl NY US [KJFK]
MON  25 Jun 2012 - 02 Jul 2012

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Frequency | Dur'n | Dep T | Arr T | Effect | Ending | Exceptions
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  ----------------------------------------------------------------
SN         501     BRU   10:20     JFK   12:35     333  0   1234567     08:15       -       1   01 Jun   27 Oct

[KVS Availability Tool 6.8.1/Diamond - Amadeus: Timetable/NL-BCDF]

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JFK  New York John F Kennedy Intl NY US [KJFK]
BRU  Brussels Metro / National BE = BRU CRL ZYR [EBBR]
MON  25 Jun 2012 - 02 Jul 2012

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Frequency | Dur'n | Dep T | Arr T | Effect | Ending | Exceptions
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  ----------------------------------------------------------------
SN         502     JFK   17:15     BRU   06:25 +1  333  0   1234567     07:10       1       -   01 Jun   26 Oct

[Bralo20]

The flights are loaded in SN's system also, prices:

Out June 1, 2012
Return: June 5, 2012

All in: 399, 94 EUR Economy (K)
All in: 2.165,94 EUR Business (Z)

[tolipanebas]

And just as was said: flights to JFK on A330-300....

[sn26567]

Airline Route reminded the last Sabena schedule for Winter 2001 on that route (I am surprised that the traditional flight numbers SN541/8 were no longer used):

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SN551 BRU1110 – 1340JFK 333 D
SN553 BRU1920 – 2150JFK 332 D
 
SN552 JFK1855 – 0815+1BRU 333 D
SN554 JFK2330 – 1240+1BRU 332 D