BA to offer more connections to Africa

On 29 Dec, 09:53, Gilberto Cidade de Deus dos Cacao
wrote:
On 29 Dec, 04:46, Iceman wrote:



On Dec 27, 4:13 pm, Gilberto Cidade wrote:

http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flande...1227_BA_Africa

BA to offer more connections to Africa

Thu 27/12/07 - The Belgian airliner Brussels Airlines (BA) is to raise
the frequency of its flights to certain African destinations, after
the purchase of a fourth Airbus A330-300.
BA had announced the new schedule in July and the new roster comes
into force as from this week.

As from now, there is a daily flight between Brussels and Kinshasa in
the Democratic Republic of Congo. On Tuesdays, there is a direct
connection without a stop-over.

BA will offer more flights to Kigali in Rwanda (three every week
instead of two), to Entebbe in Uganda (four every week instead of
three), to Bujumbura in Burundi (two instead of one), to Monrovia in
Liberia (four flights each week), to Abidjan in Ivory Coast (four
instead of two), to Conakry in Guinea (two instead of one) and to
Yaoundé in Cameroon (two instead of one).

Brussels is becoming a European mini-hub for African flights,
including many minor destinations that have few or no other direct
flights from Europe, and there is a significant African community in
the city of Brussels. The area around Chaussee de Wavre has a lot of
African restaurants, stores selling African clothing and crafts, and
bars featuring live African music.

it has been since they grabbed the Congo.....

On 30 Dec, 13:35, "I don't care what people say, Rock'N'Roll is here
to stay" wrote:
On 29 Dec, 09:53, Gilberto Cidade de Deus dos Cacao

wrote:
On 29 Dec, 04:46, Iceman wrote:

On Dec 27, 4:13 pm, Gilberto Cidade wrote:

http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flande...1227_BA_Africa

BA to offer more connections to Africa

Thu 27/12/07 - The Belgian airliner Brussels Airlines (BA) is to raise
the frequency of its flights to certain African destinations, after
the purchase of a fourth Airbus A330-300.
BA had announced the new schedule in July and the new roster comes
into force as from this week.

As from now, there is a daily flight between Brussels and Kinshasa in
the Democratic Republic of Congo. On Tuesdays, there is a direct
connection without a stop-over.

BA will offer more flights to Kigali in Rwanda (three every week
instead of two), to Entebbe in Uganda (four every week instead of
three), to Bujumbura in Burundi (two instead of one), to Monrovia in
Liberia (four flights each week), to Abidjan in Ivory Coast (four
instead of two), to Conakry in Guinea (two instead of one) and to
Yaoundé in Cameroon (two instead of one).

Brussels is becoming a European mini-hub for African flights,
including many minor destinations that have few or no other direct
flights from Europe, and there is a significant African community in
the city of Brussels. The area around Chaussee de Wavre has a lot of
African restaurants, stores selling African clothing and crafts, and
bars featuring live African music.

it has been since they grabbed the Congo.....

Are you a reference to Derek And Clive Get The Horn [1979] ?

No, not really

"I don't care what people say, Rock'N'Roll is here to stay"
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On 29 Dec, 09:53, Gilberto Cidade de Deus dos Cacao
wrote:
On 29 Dec, 04:46, Iceman wrote:



On Dec 27, 4:13 pm, Gilberto Cidade wrote:

http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flande...1227_BA_Africa

BA to offer more connections to Africa

Thu 27/12/07 - The Belgian airliner Brussels Airlines (BA) is to raise
the frequency of its flights to certain African destinations, after
the purchase of a fourth Airbus A330-300.
BA had announced the new schedule in July and the new roster comes
into force as from this week.

As from now, there is a daily flight between Brussels and Kinshasa in
the Democratic Republic of Congo. On Tuesdays, there is a direct
connection without a stop-over.

BA will offer more flights to Kigali in Rwanda (three every week
instead of two), to Entebbe in Uganda (four every week instead of
three), to Bujumbura in Burundi (two instead of one), to Monrovia in
Liberia (four flights each week), to Abidjan in Ivory Coast (four
instead of two), to Conakry in Guinea (two instead of one) and to
Yaoundé in Cameroon (two instead of one).

Brussels is becoming a European mini-hub for African flights,
including many minor destinations that have few or no other direct
flights from Europe, and there is a significant African community in
the city of Brussels. The area around Chaussee de Wavre has a lot of
African restaurants, stores selling African clothing and crafts, and
bars featuring live African music.

it has been since they grabbed the Congo.....

On 30 Dec, 15:18, wrote:
On 30 Dec, 13:35, "I don't care what people say, Rock'N'Roll is here







to stay" wrote:
On 29 Dec, 09:53, Gilberto Cidade de Deus dos Cacao

wrote:
On 29 Dec, 04:46, Iceman wrote:

On Dec 27, 4:13 pm, Gilberto Cidade wrote:

http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flande...1227_BA_Africa

BA to offer more connections to Africa

Thu 27/12/07 - The Belgian airliner Brussels Airlines (BA) is to raise
the frequency of its flights to certain African destinations, after
the purchase of a fourth Airbus A330-300.
BA had announced the new schedule in July and the new roster comes
into force as from this week.

As from now, there is a daily flight between Brussels and Kinshasa in
the Democratic Republic of Congo. On Tuesdays, there is a direct
connection without a stop-over.

BA will offer more flights to Kigali in Rwanda (three every week
instead of two), to Entebbe in Uganda (four every week instead of
three), to Bujumbura in Burundi (two instead of one), to Monrovia in
Liberia (four flights each week), to Abidjan in Ivory Coast (four
instead of two), to Conakry in Guinea (two instead of one) and to
Yaoundé in Cameroon (two instead of one).

Brussels is becoming a European mini-hub for African flights,
including many minor destinations that have few or no other direct
flights from Europe, and there is a significant African community in
the city of Brussels. The area around Chaussee de Wavre has a lot of
African restaurants, stores selling African clothing and crafts, and
bars featuring live African music.

it has been since they grabbed the Congo.....

Are you a reference to Derek And Clive Get The Horn [1979] ?

Ad Nauseum

"Gilberto Cidade" wrote in message
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SN Brussels Airlines will have a worldwide network like its
predessor, Sabena, did. One Ultimate Traffic schedule I
downloaded for SN shows there will eventually be flights
to Boston, Dallas, Chicago, and JFK, using A330 aircraft. There
are a lot of future routes that you can download into UT
now.

And the future schedule I downloaded shows on daily
flight into Hellinokin airport, in Athens. Actually, it
shows flights into both Hellinokin and Venezielos
airports, using A320 aircraft. Since this future
schedule I downloaded shows one daily flight
into Hellinokin on SN, than that shows that I am
right, when I say that Athens has two airports.
The flight into Hellinokin, when it begins
operations, will leave Brussels daily at 11:45AM
and arrive at Hellinokin at 4:07 PM. I show one
flight to Hellinokin (ATX) and three into Venezielos
(ATH) on a daily basis.

It appears that will eventually have an A340 aircraft, as
the schedule shows a flight from Brussels to NRT on
an Airbus A-340.

The schedule shows flights between Kinshasa and
Brussels on Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday. To
Kigali, I see three flgihts per week, one on Friday,
and two in Monday.

"Chilly8" wrote in :

Hellinokin

Chilly8, you should take your head out of your ass and come back into
the real world. Either that or you've again forgotten to wear your tin
foil hat and the alien space waves have fried your brain.

Athen's Hellinikin Airport was closed in 2001. Try reading the
Wikipedia entry at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellinik...tional_Airport

You and that other sim moron, the Chuckie Monster, keep claiming that
because some stupid game still shows flights into Hellinikin, that it still
exists. Ultimate Traffic is flat out wrong. And you are a total buttwipe
for continuing to believe that it isn't.

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Silicon Rallye Inc.

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"Chilly8" wrote in :

There is NO WAY an aircraft would divert to a U.S. airport
on either of those routes

Really? Tell me, how much extra fuel does the aircraft have to have,
per ICAO requirements, when it makes its approach into Havana? Now, should
it have to go missed, where is the nearest alternate which can handle it.
What alternate did you file? How much additional extra fuel to you want to
load, keeping in mind that it costs fuel (= money) to fly this additional
extra fuel.

Why don't you browse through the incident reports and see what causes
a diversion. Tell me how many occur due to absolutely no problem with the
aircraft. (There are quite a few of these.) What happens when a fast
moving fog closes the airport when you are 30 minutes out? Or when you
start the approach in marginal weather and it drops below published
minimums? What happens when the aircraft taking off 5 minutes in front of
you gets a flat tire and is stuck on the only runway capable of handling
your aircraft? Again, your destination is Havana and you are 30 minutes
or less from landing. Where are you going to divert to?

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Silicon Rallye Inc.

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"Marty Shapiro" wrote in message
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"Chilly8" wrote in :

There is NO WAY an aircraft would divert to a U.S. airport
on either of those routes

Really? Tell me, how much extra fuel does the aircraft have to have,
per ICAO requirements, when it makes its approach into Havana? Now,
should
it have to go missed, where is the nearest alternate which can handle it.
What alternate did you file? How much additional extra fuel to you want to
load, keeping in mind that it costs fuel (= money) to fly this additional
extra fuel.


A flight coming from Tahiti would certainly take off with a the tanks
100 percent full, becuase of the distance involved between PPT
and HAV. A 747-400 would certainly take off with the tanks
full on a PPT-HAV run, becuase Papeete to Havana would be
within a few hundred miles of the plane's maximum range.

"Chilly8" wrote in message
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"Gilberto Cidade" wrote in message
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http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flande...1227_BA_Africa




SN Brussels Airlines will have a worldwide network like its
predessor, Sabena, did. One Ultimate Traffic schedule I
downloaded for SN shows there will eventually be flights
to Boston, Dallas, Chicago, and JFK, using A330 aircraft. There
are a lot of future routes that you can download into UT
now.

All of these cities were previously served by Sabena from BRU

And the future schedule I downloaded shows on daily
flight into Hellinokin airport, in Athens. Actually, it
shows flights into both Hellinokin and Venezielos
airports, using A320 aircraft. Since this future
schedule I downloaded shows one daily flight
into Hellinokin on SN, than that shows that I am
right, when I say that Athens has two airports.
The flight into Hellinokin, when it begins
operations, will leave Brussels daily at 11:45AM
and arrive at Hellinokin at 4:07 PM. I show one
flight to Hellinokin (ATX) and three into Venezielos
(ATH) on a daily basis.

It appears that will eventually have an A340 aircraft, as
the schedule shows a flight from Brussels to NRT on
an Airbus A-340.

The schedule shows flights between Kinshasa and
Brussels on Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday. To
Kigali, I see three flgihts per week, one on Friday,
and two in Monday.

"Chilly8" wrote in :

A flight coming from Tahiti would certainly take off with a the
tanks 100 percent full, becuase of the distance involved between
PPT and HAV. A 747-400 would certainly take off with the tanks
full on a PPT-HAV run, becuase Papeete to Havana would be
within a few hundred miles of the plane's maximum range.

Wrong again. It takes a lot of additional fuel to haul full tanks
and passengers. The amount of fuel on board is judiciously
calculated so there is sufficient fuel on board plus a safety reserve
to make the flight.

Bad calculations can either cost the airline additional fuel burn or
turn the plane into a large glider (as happened in Canada).


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