Belgian carrier Brussels Airlines (SN) has announced sweeping changes to its African network effective 1 October 2012. |
| Brussels Airlines' Africa Route Network. |
● Brussels Airlines Africa Timetable ●
►Destination Summary:
Airbus A330-200 replaces -300 on service to Abidjan (1 weekly only), Bamako, Lome, Ouagadougou from 1 October 2012.
- Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire: Reduces from daily to 6x weekly with some operational routing change
- Banjul, Gambia: Reduces from 4x to 3x weekly from 01 February 2013
- Conakry, Guinea: Service remains 2x weekly
- Cotonou, Benin: Service remains 2x weekly
- Dakar, Senegal: Service remains 4x weekly
- Douala, Cameroon: Service remains 5x weekly
- Freetown, Sierra Leone: Reduces from 2x to 1x weekly from 01 February 2013 with A330-200 (A330-300 also operates from 01 October 2012 to 31 January 2013)
- Kinshasa, DRC: Service reduces from daily to 5x weekly
- Lome, Togo: Service operates via Ouagadougou in each direction, replacing BRU ABJ LFW BRU
- Monrovia, Liberia: Service remains 3x weekly
- Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Service operates nonstop in each direction, extending to Lome. This replaces BRU-BKO-OUA-BRU.
- Yaounde, Cameroon: Service reduces from 5x to 4x weekly, via Douala.
- Bujumbura, Burundi: Service reduces from 3x to 2x weekly
- Entebbe, Uganda: Service reduces from 4x weekly in NS12 to 3x weekly in NW12
- Kigali, Rwanda: Service reduces from 5 weekly in NS12 to 3 weekly in NW12 (routing via Nairobi cancelled)
- Mombasa, Kenya: NEW 1x weekly service [CANCELLED]
- Nairobi, Kenya: Service reduces from 4x to 3x weekly; 1 weekly service operates via Mombasa, 2 via Bujumbura (Routing via Kigali is cancelled)
►Schedules of New Routing (effective 28 October 2012):
Brussels – Bamako – Abidjan
-A330-300 replaces -200 from 17 December 2012 to 03 January 2013
-Local Traffic rights currently available for Bamako – Abidjan sector
- SN281 BRU1125 – 1635BKO1725 – 1905ABJ 332 1
- SN282 ABJ2015 – 2155BKO2255 – 0540+1BRU 332 1
Brussels – Banjul – Conakry – Brussels
-A330-300 replaces -200 from 14 November 2012 to 30 January 2013
- SN215 BRU1325 – 1835BJL1950 – 2055CKY2215 – 0540+1BRU 332 3
Brussels – Ouagadougou – Lome
-A330-300 replaces -200 from 10 November 2012 to 02 February 2013
-No Local Traffic Rights on Ouagadougou – Lome sector
- SN261 BRU1200 – 1650OUA1740 – 1910LFW 330 26
- SN262 LFW2020 – 2150OUA2250 – 0530+1BRU 330 26
Brussels – Abidjan – Cotonou – Brussels
- SN229 BRU1405 – 1945ABJ2055 – 2315COO0025+1 – 0655+1BRU 333 2
NEW 1x weekly service to Mombasa
- SN477 BRU1030 – 2110MBA2210 – 2310NBO0025+1 – 0710+1BRU 332 5
2x weekly service
- SN453 BRU1030 – 1955BJM2055 – 2325NBO0025+1 – 0710+1BRU 332 37
-3x weekly flights
-Service to Kigali reduces from 5x to 3x weekly, Entebbe from 4x to 3x weekly.
- SN465 BRU1030 – 1940KGL2055 – 2245EBB2350 – 0620+1BRU 332 246
►Operational routing summary:
- Brussels – Abidjan – Monrovia – Brussels SN247 1x weekly service unchanged
- Brussels – Conakry – Banjul – Brussels SN217 1x of 2x weekly service operates as SN215 in opposite direction
- Brussels – Cotonou – Abidjan – Brussels SN231 1 of 2 xweekly service operates as SN229 in opposite direction
- Brussels – Freetown – Banjul – Brussels SN219 Service reduces from 2x to 1x weekly from 01 February 2013
- Brussels – Monrovia – Abidjan – Brussels SN245 2x weekly service unchanged
- Brussels – Douala – Kinshasa SN351/352 Day 5 southbound service, Day 6 northbound does not operate from 08 December 2012 to 10 January 2013 (However BRU-DLA sector will operate as SN371/372)
- Brussels – Luanda – Kinshasa – Brussels SN359 on Day 7 operates with A330-200 instead of -300 from 16 December 2012 to 06 January 2013.
