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2013-01-30
Brussels Airlines launches direct flights between Brussels and Washington
Starting 18 June Brussels Airlines will operate direct
flights between Brussels Airport and Washington Dulles. The American
capital will be served 5 times per week. Thanks to the flight schedule
passengers will be able to connect smoothly to many other US
Destinations with Star Alliance partner UNITED.
After the successful launch of a daily service to New York last year,
Brussels Airlines launches a second trans-Atlantic destination,
Washington Dulles International Airport. There is a big market demand
for flights between the European and the US capital, with Washington
being the third most important intercontinental destination in the
Belgian market, in terms of passenger numbers.
“We are extremely happy to be expanding Brussels Airlines’
intercontinental network and to be able to further reinforce our
presence at the American East Coast”, says Brussels Airlines CEO Bernard
Gustin. “With this new flight we're not only aiming at passengers
flying to Washington or Brussels, but we are connecting the entire
Brussels Airlines network with Washington and with the extended US
network of our partner UNITED. Thanks to our own flights to Washington
and New York and thanks to our cooperation with Star Alliance partners
UNITED and Lufthansa we will offer more than ever the best travel
possibilities to the United States.”
While Washington is mostly known for the White House, Capitol Hill and
the Pentagon, the city and the region have much more to offer for
tourists, like the world renowned Smithsonian Museums, the National
Mall, Arlington, the botanical gardens and the many libraries.
Washington is also an important university city.
Brussels Airlines will operate 5 flights per week to Washington with Airbus A330 aircraft. Passengers can expect the new Brussels Airlines product
with full flat beds in Business Class, ergonomic seats in Economy Class
and state of the art in-flight entertainment in both classes. These new
cabins were introduced only a few months ago and are already being
quoted by the industry as one of the best trans-Atlantic travel
products. Passengers flying to and from Washington will be able to earn
and spend Miles & More miles.
Flight schedule (in local times)
Flight n Departure Arrival Days
SN515 Brussels 17:30 Washington 20:15 2/4/5/6/7
SN516 Washington 22:35 Brussels 12:10 2/4/5/6/7
(flight time: 8 hours and 45 minutes)
With a late afternoon departure from Brussels Airport, passengers will arrive in Washington in the early evening. Thanks to the cooperation with partner airline UNITED they can smoothly connect to 44 destinations in the United States and Canada, including Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver and Orlando. The Brussels-Washington flight also connects smoothly with Brussels Airlines’ European flights, including important cities like Berlin, Copenhagen, Madrid, Milan, Hamburg, Nice and Toulouse. The Washington flight times also allow connections with the African network to Abidjan, Cotonou, Yaounde, Douala and Lomé, among others.
Departure flexibility
Thanks to the cooperation between Brussels Airlines and UNITED Brussels
will be connected to Washington 12 times per week starting as from 18
June. Passengers can combine both flights, which offers more departure
flexibility and more connection possibilities.
To make this new trans-Atlantic service possible, Brussels Airlines will add an additional (the 8th) Airbus A330 to its long haul fleet.
Best regards,
Daniel
2013-01-29
Forty Belgian troops and two Agusta Medevac helicopters leave for Mali
Forty Belgian troops left
Melsbroek Military Airport bound for Mali on Sunday
morning 27 January 2013. After a stopover in an unspecified country they will be
deployed operating two Belgian Army Medical Corp Augusta A109BA
helicopters that are being sent to Mali as part of Operation Serval.
They will join the three Belgian soldiers already in Mali. The Belgians will be based in the Malian capital Bamako.
The two helicopters (registrations H-30 and H-39) left Melsbroek for Mali aboard a
Russian Ilyushin 76 transport plane today (29/01). The exact location of where the
helicopters will be based has yet to be confirmed.
The helicopters will be used to fly the wounded to hospitals and
medical posts and consequently will be deployed as close to the front as
is practically possible.
Source: flandersnews.be
best regards,
Daniel Brackx
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