by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 11, 2015 | Featured, Fleet Update, Swiss |
Earlier today on Twitter, Bombardier released what I believe is one of their first ‘candid’ shots of the CS100 dressed in LX livery. The photo is part of the media run up to the Paris Air Show that is set to kick off on June 15.
SWISS’ First CS100……photo courtesy of Bombardier.
In addition to the CS100, Bombardier will be displaying the CS300 as well and plans to announce new performance metrics for both models in an attempt to fuel additional interest from airline customers.
The SWISS Cs100 will be on static display at Paris and will fly to Zurich afterwards to spend a few days visiting its new owner.
SWISS will be the first operator of the CS100 and plans call for the aircraft to enter service during the first half of 2016.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 10, 2015 | Brussels, Featured, Route Announcements |
Brussels Airlines has announced that it will begin service between Brussels and Accra, Ghana beginning on October 26. The new service will operate 4 times a week (Monday/Wednesday/Friday/Saturday) and will be flown by an A330 aircraft, which in my opinion sports one of the best Business Class cabins that you’ll find in Europe!
The details of the new service are as follows:
SN277 will depart Brussels at 11:00a, arriving in Accra at 4:45p
SN278 will depart Accra at 9:40p, arriving in Brussels at 5:25a the following morning.
In addition to this announcement, ‘SN’ has also indicated that they will be increasing service to existing African destinations.
Beginning in September the following changes are set to take place:
Lome, Togo will increase from 2x/week to 4x/week.
Cotonou, Benin will increase from 2x/week to 3x/week.
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso will increase from 2x/week to 3x/week.
Additionally, Brussels will stop flying to Nairobi, Kenya later this year due to the fact that Lufthansa will launch service between Nairobi and Frankfurt on October 27, 2015.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 9, 2015 | Brussels, Cargo, Featured, Industry News |
Brussels Airlines has modified their Cargo policy to ban the transport of any hunting trophies aboard their aircraft with immediate effect. This bans covers their entire network.
What makes Brussels’ announcement so important is the fact that they directly serve 20 African destinations. With this newly revised policy the impact should reverberate throughout the continent.
Brussels now joins Lufthansa, South African, Singapore, and Emirates with recent policy announcements that ban the transport of Hunting Trophies, regardless whether they were harvested legally or not.
It is encouraging to see airlines taking on an important role in an attempt to discourage the practice of hunting large African game simply for the purpose of harvesting a trophy. Also encouraging is the fact that these transport bans are going beyond just the ‘obvious’ animals such as Rhino, Elephants, Lions, Tigers, and the like.
With the prevalence of poaching and other questionable hunting ethics, I for one am glad that Airlines are beginning to take an ‘absolute’ position on the matter.
