Air Belgium Is Operating Flights On Behalf Of Air France This Month

if they’re targeting Chinese tour groups then they’re doing it all wrong. Few enjoy the prospect of an unnecessary border crossing to reach HKG when mainland carriers are flooding EU with dirt cheap fares (on top of all the ME3 capacity).

then there’s that weird choice of Charleroi with fantasy expectations that they could be the long haul Ryanair

Also worth noting that I guess Air Belgium wasn't bothered to retrofit the aft business class cabin on the ex-Finnair A340 for their planned premium economy cabin, so premium economy passengers on Air Belgium over the next month or so get to fly in business class seats. That's at least according to the seatmap when doing a dummy booking on Air Belgium's website.

Indeed, premium economy passengers will get the full flat business class seat at interim, but with only 1 meal choice (Business Class has 2 meal choices).

Staff confirmed that to me when I did a test flight with them in April.

Not sure why Air France is the A340 on its Libreville flights. I flew 1-2 roundtrips every year to LBV on AF for 3 years, not ones was the plane not completely full in economy, premium economy, and business. This route is immensely popular to say the least

I will look - straight up! - for this flight.

Air France aircraft flying from Paris to West Africa fly directly over our house here in the south of France. I often look up in our garden at the four contrails of Air France's A380 en route to Abidjan.

I imagine Air Belgium will become a lessor. With no connectivity at their home base and only 2 aircraft they will find it more viable eather loaning aircraft or eventually shutting down They also don’t have the back up resources in case of disruptions with a fleet of 2 which is required to operate just one route to Hong Kong

Ah, Libreville. I spent a week there one night.

The flight for Paris/Libreville round trip with air France is expensive.
6:30 hours of flight for 900 to 1500€ (About 1800$) the ticket.
And now people will have a cheap plane with maybe a cheap service.
Knowing this weekend there was a technical incident at Libreville with air france flight, passengers took finally air belgium, I wonder if Air France will compensate passengers.

AB just got their 2nd incidents yesterday on this CDG LBV flight with kerozene leak and emergency landing. Cannot understand how AF can put its pax at risk this way. Obviously AB aircrafts are not on a good shape. Second technical incident within 10days!

I took the flight last weekend from CDG. I thought I was flying in the 90's. I cannot believe it! Someone must sue AF, I Will ask a partial refund of my ticket!

Taking Air Belgium tomorrow from Lagos to Paris. Should be interesting to say the least based off some of the comments I'm reading haha.

I'm taking it tonight from Lagos to London via Paris,wish I'd seen these comments before I booked would've booked with KLM instead and will do for my return trip if crap, very annoying foreign airlines continue to charge ridiculously high prices for business class seats with premium economy service..at best!