There are more flights between European airports and South Africa this northern winter than between Europe and any other country in sub-Saharan Africa. According to Cirium schedules information data, there are 780,000 one-way seats. Europe-South Africa capacity is down by a quarter Even though it is now South Africa’s summer, Europe-South Africa seats remain down […]
December 7, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Air Belgium on Wednesday 14 September became the first airline to connect Belgium and South Africa with non-stop flights since 2003 when Sabena and then Sobelair did so. The new service, operated by the airline’s three-class A330-900s (of which it has two), operates from Brussels BRU to Johannesburg and then on to Cape Town before […]
September 15, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Air Belgium (IATA code KF) launched its first scheduled service on 7 December 2019. Back then it operated from Brussels CRL to Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) and Fort-de-France (Martinique) using an A340-300. Since then, it has expanded its passenger aircraft fleet to two A340-300s (registration OO-ABA and OO-ABB) and two A330-900s (OO-ABF and OO-ABG). While the Charleroi […]
December 17, 2021 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis
Air Belgium launched its first service from Brussels BRU on Friday 15 October. The local carrier began 2-weekly service on the 9,460-kilometre route to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The airline is using its brand new 286-seat Airbus A330-900neo, registration OO-ABG, on the route, which also […]
October 22, 2021 | Latest Route News +
Saturday 3 July saw the launch of Air Belgium’s newest route, from Brussels CRL to Curaçao in the Dutch Caribbean. The 2-weekly service departs the Belgian airport on Wednesdays and Saturdays and operates via Fort-de-France on the Caribbean island of Martinique. The inaugural service (flight number KF 5965 operated by Airbus A340-300 registration OO-ABB) departed […]
July 7, 2021 | Latest Route News +