Aviation Society of Antwerp, Belgium's main organisation for aviation enthousiasts

To mark the occasion of 100 Years of Aviation in Antwerp, the Aviation Society of Antwerp vzw in co-operation with the Belgian Post has published a set of 15 stamps figuring some of Belgium's first aviation pioneers.

This set of stamps is solely available at the ASA clubhouse at 15 EUR/sheet.

The stamps can be used on inland letters.

January 10^th, 2010
Less traffic at Brussel Airport
During 2009 Brussels Airport handled 231.668 flights compared to 258.794 in 2008 (-10,5 %). The number of nightflights reduced with 26% to 13.233.

January 8^th, 2010

Record number of pax for Charleroi Airport

During 2009 Brussels South Charleroi Airport (BSCA) handled 3.937.187 passengers. This is a rise of 33% compared to 2008. During 2009 the airport handled flights to 23 new destinations. This year another 14 destinations will be added. The number of employees working at the airport also rose with 20%.

(source : Metro)

January 6^th, 2010
Less traffic at Antwerp Airport
During 2009 Antwerp Airport handled 169.446 passengers or 4,3% less than during 2008. The current economical downturn is the most important reason for this loss. Fortunately the number of passengers rose significantly during the last quarter of 2009. The Antwerpen – Manchester service even had 17% more passengers than during the same period in 2008. The airport handled 4,5% more businessflights during the last quarter of 2009. (source : Metro)
Ostend Airport in 2009
Ostend Airport handled 3,6% less passengers during 2009 compared with 2008. The annulations of flights to Corfu and Djerba are the main reason for this result. (source : Metro)
EAT/DHL fleet leaves the Belgian civil aircraft register
DHL is very busy transferring its Belgian registered aircraft to other countries. The remaining Airbus A.300’s will receive Irish marks while the Boeing 757 fleet will be registered in Germany. This means that European Air Transport will almost certainly disappear from the Belgian aviation scene during the first part of 2010. More detailed info about these aircraft and their new marks in our monthly publication ‘BCARG Newsletter’

December 3^rd, 2009
New Brussels - Beijing schedule
Hainan Airlines announces daily flights between Brussels and Beijing, starting April 27th 2010. At present there are three weekly flights during winter and four weekly flight in summer. The new schedule will see the introduction of Airbus A.330-220 (36 flat bed chairs in business and 177 seats in economy class). The Beijing flights also offer connecting flights to Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei en other destinations within China and Northeast Asia.
Daily flights to Helsinki by Bue1
Blue1 announces the start-up of direct flights between Brussels and Helsinki, starting March 27th, 2009. Avro RJ85's will be used on these twice daily flights (one flight on Sunday). Brussels Airlines flights on this connection were stopped due to lack of passengers, but will now code share with Blue1.
Jetairfly to fly Charleroi - Istanbul
As from Sunday April 4th, 2010 Jetairfly will open a new link between Brussels South Charleroi airport and Istanbul the Cultural capital of Europe in 2010. Additional destinations are Al Hoceima en Tanger, Kreta en Rhodos. New, is the Freebird Airlines schedule to Antalya.

November 28^th, 2009

New Taxiway officially opened

Flemish Minister for Mobility Hilde Crevits today officially opened the new taxiway "K"ilo at Antwerp Airport. This taxiway connects Apron 2 (Business terminal) with the existing taxiway "B"ravo, thus avoiding traffic going from Apron 1 to Apron 2.

The minister also announced that the Flemish Government approved the selection procedure to be used to select private companies as co-operators in the LEM/LOM structure that in the future will exploit Antwerp's airport.

Another step in this never ending story....

October 28^th, 2009

New Air Force Airbus

Today, the Airbus A.330 CS-TMT was noted at Brussels/Melsbroek. The aircraft has large Belgian Air Force-titles on the forward part of the fuselage. As already known this leased aircraft is supposed to replace the two older Airbus A.310’s. These two aircraft are ‘famous’ for the technical problems they had during their career with the Belgian Air Force.

September 300^th
First Falcon 7X arrived at Antwerp Airport
Today the Flying Groups newest asset arrived: a brand new Falcon 7X which will be based at the company's headquarters at Antwerp Airport. Youtube by Frank Clautier
Additional Ryanair service at Charleroi
From 3 november Ryanair will start a Charleroi – Edinburgh service. This flight will be operated three times per week on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Number of passengers stabilising
In July 2009 Brussels Airport handled 1,8 million passengers. The number of passengers on the European network fell with 8,1 %. On the intercontinental flights there were 4,1 % less passengers. During the first seven months of 2009 Brussels Airport handled 9,8 million passengers or 10,8 % less than in the same period of 2008.

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