by Lufthansa Flyer | Dec 13, 2014 | Brussels, Featured, Strike |
Thanks to the cancer of strikes that continues to spread throughout Europe in the past weeks, BRUSSELS Airlines has become the latest victim.
Due to a 24 hour strike by Belgium’s Air Traffic Controllers set to begin Sunday night at 10p local time, BRUSSELS has been forced to cancel ALL flights for the duration of the strike.
Apparently some of the 745 Belgocontrol employees are jealous of other striking colleagues throughout Europe and want their 24 hours of fame…..
To help passengers deal with the consequences, BRUSSELS has increased the staffing at their customer service centers to help make other arrangements. BRUSSELS has also extend their customer service center hour to accommodate those needing to amend their travels. Passengers will have the ability to rebook their travel to an earlier or later date or they can request a complete refund of their fare.
If you are in the USA and are affected by the strike you can reach their service center on 1.866.308.2230. For contact information for other countries, please visit this Brussels webpage which will give you an index to all of the contact phone numbers.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 25, 2014 | Brussels, Featured, Route Announcements |
Brussels Airlines has added 6 new destinations to their summer timetable that will extend their reach within Europe and add another destination to Russia.
Nearly each of the new destinations is what I would consider a ‘Niche’ destination in that some of the new cities that have been added are quite small, very quaint and offer a lot of charisma for visitors to appreciate.
The new destinations for Europe are Dubrovnik, Lourdes, Calvi, Olbia and Bullund. For Russia, St. Petersburg has been added. The new routes should be available for booking soon on BrusselsAirlines.com with fares starting as low as €69 for a round trip ticket.
The timing of the routes is as follows (departure from / return to Brussels (BRU)) :
Calvi (Corsica): Will operate 1x/week between May 30 and September 26, 2015.
Dubrovnik (Croatia): Will operate 2x/week between April 25 and October 3, 2015.
Olbia (Sardinia): Will operate 1x/week between May 27 and September 19, 2015.
Billund (Denmark): Will operate 2x/day beginning March 29, 2015.
Lourdes (France): Will operate 2x/week between May 11 and September 25, 2015.
St. Petersburg (Russia): Will operate 3x/week between March 30 and October 23, 2015.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 24, 2014 | Brussels, Featured |
This post is not by any stretch intended to address the breaking news or stir panic regarding a NY City Doctor who has tested positive for Ebola tonight, October 23 other than to alert passengers who may have been on his flight.
This is simply to bring attention to anyone who was aboard BRUSSELS AIRLINES flight 501 from Brussels, Belgium to New York JFK on October 17 that there may have been the minute potential for exposure to the virus. According to this ABC story, sources have confirmed that he was aboard this specific flight.
It appears to be difficult to contract the virus but please be wary of any symptoms over the next few days.
Apparently this doctor had connected to his flight after arriving in Brussels on October 16 from Guinea. It’s not clear if he flew Brussels from Guinea to Brussels BUT it seems highly likely since Brussels flies from Conarky, Guinea to Brussels, Belgium.
The CDC (Center For Disease Control) has not issued any alerts to Brussels Airlines or their passengers that were aboard this flight.
