Good news for those of you who have been watching Air Belgium – and has been doing a lot of heavy lift for other airlines (Most notably – British Airways). The airline is resuming its own operations for Summer 2019, with a three days a week service between Brussels Charleroi and Hong Kong International.
Air Belgium Airbus A340-300 At Brussels National – Image, Economy Class and Beyond
The airline is operating a three-flight a week operation, based on the following:
KF851 DEPART CRL 14:10 ARRIVE HKG 0740+1Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays KF852 DEPART HKG 11:40 ARRIVE CRL 18:25 Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays Resumes 31s March 2019 Booked Equipment - Airbus A340-300 Data: Airlineroute/Air Belgium
The route seems bookable at https://www.airbelgium.com/en and is listed in their booking engine.
It appears the route is bookable until 19th/20th September – after which the calendar goes grey again.
Lead-in prices start at €499 return (although I’ve had little luck finding these fares) at https://www.airbelgium.com/en
Let’s try that again
Well, the airline is nothing but persistent, and after chartering for both Air France and British Airways (amongst others), it’s back again to try to operate a service between Brussels Charleroi and Hong Kong. However, Brussels National Airport does handle Cathay Pacific – as well as the Middle East Three who can offer connections through their hubs.
And this is perhaps Air Belgium’s biggest problem – no connecting traffic, It has one route, operating an Origin and Destination traffic, with no onward feeds from either end (and passengers having to self-connect). Whilst that’s all well and good in some operations, Air Belgium does offer a full three-cabin service.
It’s going to interesting to see how they handle the summer 2019 season
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