Friday 30 October 2015

BELGIUM: Brussels Airlines Launches Service To Ghana And Spain


Brussels Airlines commenced services between Brussels and Accra on 26 October. The 5,052-kilometre sector will operate four times weekly facing no direct competition. Cutting the cake and ribbon in Brussels are: Yaw Bimpong, Ambassador for Ghana to Belgium; Arnaud Feist, Brussels Airport CEO; and Brussels Airlines CEO, Bernard Gustin.

Brussels Airlines commenced services between Brussels (BRU) and Accra (ACC) on 26 October.

The 5,052-kilometre sector will operate four times weekly using the Star Alliance member’s A330-200s, and faces no direct competition from any incumbent carriers.

The previous day, the airline started services from the Belgian capital to Tenerife South (TFS). The 3,093-kilometre link to the Canary Island airport will operate twice-weekly according to OAG Schedules Analyser data, facing direct competition from Jetairfly and Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium which operate a combined 17 weekly flights. The link to the Spanish island will be flown utilising the airline’s A320s. Vote for Brussels to Accra’s route launch cake.

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