Today I spend the day in the train, with a few hours at BRU in between! 😀 All in all I clogged up 13 hours in trains and stations, and 4,5 hours in the approach at BRU. That is one thing I won’t be doing again! Even Luton has more traffic! On average about 4 planes an hour!
I did not even get a chance at shooting a picture of the SNBA A320s as they all landed on the other runway, and the A330s where nowhere to be seen at all!
Anyway, here are some of the highlights I did get to see.
Lauda Air *** CRJ *** OE-LRG
By: tenthije - 11th February 2004 at 21:50
Originally posted by LGKR
just me or does anyone else find the JAT Airways livery really cool and fun!?!? :rolleyes:
Cool? No! But it is definately fun! I could not stop laughing when I saw the first pictures of it! And when I saw the plane for real I started laughing again! 😉
Sometimes planespotting can be really rewarding! 😀
By: LGKR - 11th February 2004 at 21:36
just me or does anyone else find the JAT Airways livery really cool and fun!?!? :rolleyes:
By: greekdude1 - 11th February 2004 at 20:04
14 million, that’s quite a bit. ATH handles what, about 10 mil? Yet, ATH probably handles more widebodies than does BRU. ATH gets service from SQ’s 777’s, TG’s MD11/777’s, OA A340’s, LH A300’s, DL 767’s amonst others. This is just speculation on my part.
By: tenthije - 11th February 2004 at 18:58
when is said 4 lights that was a guess. Quite wrong. In my 4.5 hours there i saw 30 planes so about 7 per hour. Still not a lot for such a large city with that many international institutions. Most of the planes come in in groups. So 40 minutes with no flights and then 4 planes in 15 minutes followed by another half hour of nothing……. The last hour I spend at BRU i saw 4 planes so therefore i said that.
According to AW dec03 BRU handled 14.413.795 passengers. That places it on the 73rd position worldwide down from 46th in 2002. To compare, STN handles 16.049.288 (65th)
By: wannabe pilot - 11th February 2004 at 18:42
Nice pictures, but 4 planes an hour?! I always thought that BRU was a fairly busy European hub…….what are it’s annual passenger figures?
By: tenthije - 11th February 2004 at 13:27
Originally posted by Jeanske_SN
SNBA is again preferred to land at 25R because that’s closer to the A pier.
You did not warn me of that! You said everything except cargoes would go for 25L.
By: Jeanske_SN - 11th February 2004 at 12:54
Peter I warned you that they all land before 8 in the morning! they depart back around 10 AM. SNBA is again preferred to land at 25R because that’s closer to the A pier.
By: tenthije - 11th February 2004 at 12:26
Originally posted by greekdude1
Was that long journey made just to get some photos, Peter?
I am ashamed to admit it was. I wanted to get some shots of SNBA’s airbusses, and I did not even get them!
By: Comet - 11th February 2004 at 09:41
Great photos! That is still my absolute favourite airport in Europe, and I cannot wait to land there again on 31st March!
I got some really good video footage of aircraft landing on that runway one Sunday in September 2003.
By: greekdude1 - 11th February 2004 at 06:34
Was that long journey made just to get some photos, Peter?
By: andrewm - 11th February 2004 at 00:25
You must love 146’s and Rj’s soo much now esp in the SN livery 😀
By: tenthije - 10th February 2004 at 23:26
JAT Jugoslovenksi Aerotransport *** B737-300 *** YU-ANJ new livery
By: tenthije - 10th February 2004 at 23:25
Tunisair *** B737-600 *** TS-IOJ Note the special football markings on the back.
By: tenthije - 10th February 2004 at 23:25
SNBA *** ARJ *** OO-DJX
By: tenthije - 10th February 2004 at 23:24
SNBA *** ARJ *** OO-DJN
By: tenthije - 10th February 2004 at 23:23
SNBA *** ARJ *** OO-DJL Note the special markings for Unicef.
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