I've taken an interest in RwandAir over the past few months, which seems like a cool airline that's doing great things. They have some nice-looking A330s that they fly to Dubai and London, and I'm hoping to fly with them soon, in conjunction with a visit to Rwanda. A couple of weeks ago I posted…
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Why don't they stop in Brussels also on the way back to collect those passengers?
Can passengers book Brussels-London?
Also, why can't they just add a Brussels stop both ways?
Ultimately it's always the passengers' responsibility to have valid documents
However if they make it clear at the time of booking it shouldn't be an issue
But commercially it's very badly thought out
They could simply avoid this by adding London as a tag i.e. KGL-BRU-LGW-BRU-KGL
It seems we as a human beings don't think clearly unless forced to. This one takes Darwin award:
This kind of article is one of the reasons I keep coming back to the blog. Thanks for sharing!
Considering Belgium has deep ties with Rwanda compared to the UK. They should drop the LGW tag for now.
I read the most AWFUL review of this airline, so Ben prepare yourself!!
@Marija Somebody always ruins it for the rest of us thrillseekers. It's why my country is overrun with safety rails, etc.
I'd rather live before I die.
While this was obviously poor planning on the airline's part, it does seem ridiculous that if you have the right passport/visa to transit the U.K., you still cannot purchase a round trip ticket.
I experienced a RwandAir hiccup recently. They were marketing their new service from Harare to Kigali as "non-stop" and it was displaying on Google and Vayama as such. It wasn't until I boarded that I found out the flight was actually "direct". It stops in Lusaka first. The error has since been corrected, but I was not amused at the time.
Shows poor planning
Next they will start a new route to the US via Canada where Canada require non US citizens transiting through a visa!
you didn't need a brainer to explain you this, every passenger flying to or thru England must have visa if he is a national of a country which have to have british visas.
It's even more inconsistent, if you look at the GDS data. While for a majority of the flights, BRU-KIG is zeroed out, on many other dates there is some limited availability ... Of course, they may still refuse to issue a ticket.
Also, based on my experience, a substantial number of the passengers also hold European passports. And for them it is not a problem transiting through LGW at all.
They are there to make it difficult for Rwandian to have their own plane !!! Making it difficult for the Airline will soon bankrupt the investors or make them step back .
PR Assassassinations .
Don't international passengers transfer through Heathrow regularly without needing a visa? Does Gatwick have different requirements? I'm confused. I've done FRA-LHR-YOW with no problems and I'm an Egyptian citizen.