STAY CLEAR OF AIR BELGIUM - THIS AIRLINE IS A RIP-OFF!
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
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This is a comprehensive Flight Review of Air Belgium.
Class: Economy
Route: Brussels (BRU) to Mauritius (MRU)
Plane: Airbus A330-900neo
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Since your in Mauritius come to rodrigues island
The thoughts on you are that your a PUTRID LITTLE MAN ...
Since your in Mauritius, try air Seychelles
Fly Brussels airlines, they r much better
Prices in Australia to fly locally and internationally with a family are astronomical. The airlines charge my 14 and 12 year olds as adults and I know they take up a seat but hey the can't drink alcohol so why should they be charged adult prices. Rant over, keep up your great work Josh
I like the way you told the cabin crew that your food was cold. You were extremely polite and commented that you didn't want to cause trouble. I think the crew member appreciated the way in which you asked. That was a long flight but what you paid was high. Looking forward to your flights in 2023. Happy New Year and good health.
She moved his food around the crew and everyone took a spit.
@@CuriousConnoisseurs no
It's always good to be nice to people who serve you meals or anything.
That meal looked unappealing.... It's a shame a friendly crew is let down by their staffing levels and the product they serve and work on board of
flashback to Sabena 45 years ago:
the most terrible food i ever got on an airplane.
it seems like it is like a trade mark for airlines from Belgium?
The Belgium airlines fly to parts of Africa not flown to by many airlines while charging sky high prices for below the par service. Compare to other airlines, the value for money in economy is not worth it. There is no incentive to improve service when they’re the only airline flying to certain countries, many former Belgium colonies and improvised nations.
Speaking of staff... please correct me but is there not meant to be certain air stewards to the amount of people on board
Like almost all airplane food in economy class is disgusting.
@@arthplayz74
maybe you should fly with singapore airlines for a change? for example.
You are one of the only flight reviewers who dies ALL classes regularly. The others can’t handle economy any more.
Saying he DIES economy is not an understatement
As a Belgian I genuinely hope that one day their product will match their prices... Buut yeah, the way they are rn is quite reflective of the mess that belgium actually can be at times (not all the time tho)
As a Belgian who left the shithole in january last year, I agree.
As a Belgian, I forgot this airline existed, in the beginning it was very promising, but now... (maybe a consequence of covid, but it doesn't explain everything).
However, not all prices are that awful.
a Belgian complaining about Belgium, so cliché. The airline and Belgium is just fine
You really think other countries aren't a mess (politically) sometimes? You Belgians are way too hard on yourselves (and it's getting a bit tiring tbh)...
@@benjicool2808He’s talking about the politics. They’re a mess.
To be fair, I think their flights are usually quite affordable for direct flights. Around €650-€700 for a return trip ticket to Johannesburg is competitive, for example.
Not true. Joburg Brussels return is 1112.3 Euros…in economy. A HUGE RIPOFF.
Personally, I just flew with them recently. 549 € for a Brussels - Johannesburg return on economy. Excellent experience with them. Probably one on the best long haul economy flights that I had. Direct flight, on time and far better than the 1 stop LH, AF, BA or even EK that I used to take on the same route. The only inconvenience that I see is that they don't have daily flights and their fleet is quite small. This is an honest review.
I am getting a flight to CPT in October, and we wanted to have a direct flight from Brussels Airport because we have a toddler. I hope that the problems that Josh mentioned are finally gone and that they improved rather well, like you mentioned here. And as a Belgian I am willing and curious to try Air Belgium.
I feel sorry for the cabin crew. Not their fault. Out of their hands. Nice one Josh. Happy New Year. All the best Mick.🇬🇧
I commend you for remaining positive and still finding some good things to say in a review where you paid good money to sit in the back of the plane and didn’t receive value. Other travel vloggers sit in the front and will torch the crew and carrier if the slightest thing goes not to their liking.
I live in east-Brussels, it takes me 25-35min to reach the airport. But I used to live where your hotel was, and it's kinda the same, even 20min if you take the train straight from the station in front of your hotel.
After living in Paris where it often took me 2 or even 3h to get home, this is a major improvement in my life.
With my job, I travel often, the only warning I must give is to not underestimate the amount of people at security check. But the teams are well organized to manage the flow of passengers. But if your flight is before noon, be sure to have a proper ETA at the airport.
But otherwise, it's my favorite airport in Europe. You can share a nice beer at the Beers and Cheers in the main terminal, grab a coffee nearby with a view on the airplanes...and the main terminal is quiet and has many places to seat.
Apparently Air Belgium will shuting their passengers service down for october already
I just flew one of Air Belgium's planes on wet lease to LOT Polish Airlines. I have absolutely no complaints. The crew were friendly, food was OK. I will probably fly them again in the future.
You may want to know that Air Belgium has had to file for bankruptcy. They are gone to oblivion.
To be honest, I don’t think 900€ for an economy class ticket is out of the ordinary at the moment. Other airlines charge similar prices or even more, especially if you are looking at nonstop flights. I think you also have to ask yourself if the prices we saw pre covid were sustainable or if the current price level is what is actually fair.
Joburg Brussels return is now 1112.30 euros. A huge rip off! Stay away…
Absolutely love the friendly Cabin Crew ❤️ About the on board meal, cold? Good grief! Good content Josh, thanks.
Oh my gosh, Josh you are so confident expressing that your food was cold the cabin crew. I could never EVER do that. You even corporated very well. You are so cool!
Brussels Airport has two (connected) terminals according to my understanding (A and B).
3:48 Is China Airlines, which is one of the main airlines in TAIWAN. Not PRC you mentioned in the video. TAIWAN is already and welcoming all friends from all the world.
also want to point out that as of Jan 8th, China has removed all on-arrival quarantine and testing requirements; you only need a negative PCR within 48 hours of departure to be able to enter, assuming you have a valid visa.
At least you got a full breakfast meal compared to United in economy class on such flight length.
€900 for one way, that's expensive. The round trip MRU-Brussels-MRU is being sold at 25,000 MUR....which is around €600
Since I am a plane spotter myself, and live in Belgium, I have to correct you. However, first and foremost: most of your info was correct!
The planes you saw weren't the entire fleet. After all, Air Belgium operates cargo flights for Hongyuan Group, with 2 B747s. These are half in the colors of Air Belgium and the other half with the name "Hongyuan Group". They also have A330 freighters, which they fly under the name "CMA CGM".
And finally: they would have found funds in the meantime...
He try to get upgrade,but didn't work.But nice to crew and pilot afterwards that was ok.
What do you use to book your flights josh?
The price of 900 euros for a direct flight to Mauritius from Belgium is not that bad because the alternatives are train to CDG then Air France or Condor through Frankfurt and you won’t be paying much less and you’ll be waiting around much longer in the connecting airport. And Frankly you won’t be getting much better food there either or service for that matter…
Was your ticket a one-way or a return as well ? Sometimes, especially on International flights, it costs almost as much to fly one-way as it does to buy a return ticket. I checked Air Belgium's website and priced a flight to MRU from BRU and the roundtrip ticket (return) was priced at 850 euro's where as a one-way ticket was priced at 841 euros. Air Tahiti Nui is the same way on flights from LAX to CDG. Nearly as much for the one way as it is for the round-trip.
Not bad prices..we paid $2350 Australian economy Melbourne to Phuket Return with Jetstar….to be fair we flew on Dec 30 th during school holidays…we sat on the tarmac without Airconditioning on a 30 degreee day, for nearly 2 hours..no pillow, no blankets, terrible headphones..for a 9 hr flight..we hate Jetstar…avoid it .
Hi Josh, great upload! Belgium and its airliners seem to struggle. We all remember the Sabena years here.... Anyway, it's a shame that motivated crews have to deal with bad management. Enjoy Reunion (if you are still there 🙂)!
Sabena is no longer for many many years. Brussels airways is excellent and absolutely comparable with any other one.
@@dbertobis actually there are still small parts of Sabena that are not completely gone: SFA and Sabena Engineering (and the last one is doing pretty well).
Unfortunately Sabena on it's own as an airline is gone :(. It had such a beautiful history and strong name.
@@dbertobis
For short trips,l around 2018, I got worse service on modern Brussels Airlines than Easyjet.
Easyjet charges a lot for any option, but at least the option is there. Staff is poorly trained, but at least there's staff and not forced self-checkout.
Can you remember everyone said S.A.B.E.N.A
In mid-2023, Air Belgium announced that all scheduled flights would end on 3 October 2023, and their fleet of 4 A330-200 and -900 would be operated for other airlines as part of the termination of passenger services.
900 Euros/Economy Return is quite normal in Europe for this time of the year on long haul flights!
This fare compares favourably with BA, AF, MK's one-way fare to Mauritius for this time of the year.
The problem with Air Belgium as per this review is that it was most definitely not value for money in terms of food quality, delays, cold food and what has passed for breakfast!
To note that BA has stuck/is sticking with its poor-quality food for Economy passengers if the latter are charged up to £1700.00 Return, for the privilege.
MK has improved slightly in terms of the food proposed. After protests, MK is now serving hot breakfast but is still very bland!
In its case too, the high fares charged to passengers matter not!
Turkish Airlines, Saudia Airlines, and Emirates are perhaps the best bet to fly to Mauritius.
It must be remembered though, that government and Airport charges, shamefully suck in, more than 50% of the passenger fare.
The price of kerosene does impact airline costs.
The choice of caterer is one important factor, that an airline must give the utmost consideration to.
As for fares charged by airlines, with regard to Mauritius, they sell the destination and that's it!
Even Mauritius must upgrade its product, particularly in terms of infrastructure.
Hopefully, Air Belgium will find its 10 million Euros, in order to keep itself flying. At least, for the sake of the
employees!
AB must do away with the thrills. Develop an attractive product/offer that's unique to AB!
Fares calculated by the Algorithm system, are to be sent to the dustbin of history.
Advertising and online booking systems cost money!
Appoint a few agents to sell its fares and pay them a commission not exceeding 7%.
Turn the clock back and, stop wherever possible, making the passengers a sitting target.
Passengers are entitled to a value-for-money holiday and not to be ripped off!
Just a bit of friendly advice. Not every sentence needs to be a new paragraph. It makes your comment not flow and difficult to read.
I do not think 900 for nonstop is expensive for long haul from Europe to holiday island. Given that its nonstop its actually pretty cheap. Your experience was not perfect but I would take such nonstop in a heartbeat vs connecting in DXB
What is the difference between sn brussel airlines and air Belgium ?
Two airlines that's it
Air Belgium seemed like a very interesting and promising project when it was launched a few years ago, but apparently... Not all good ideas result in good outcomes
I think its due to a very poor management. They had a couple of issues along the way.
@@JoshCahill we'll see what is going to happen to them, but I don't think they will survive much longer like this. Also, would be great if you reviewed Croatia Airlines before they renew their fleet, I would like to know what you will think of them
@Josh Cahill Could you review? aeromexico. I would like to see your opinion on it.
It’s a CHINESE company!!! Most of the capital is chinese…Price is a huge Rip Off. Joburg Brussels economy return: 1112.30 euros!!!Stay away
@@JoshCahill The guy who started the airline (and still runs it AFAIK) had some succes with his previous employer TNT Airways (now ASL Airlines), so he has experience. And he seems to be keeping Air Belgium going despite the financial issues. I think there is potential (despite what I think of the fact that they choose the paint the flag wrong) and I hope they keep going but let's be honest, Belgium isn't exactly big enough to sustain 2 big airlines, they'll always serve a certain niche. I do hope the best for them though, they do have some nice planes 🙂
I am from la Réunion. I live in Belgium. I used to flight from Paris to la Réunion (december flights). The price are the same when you flight with Air Austral and Air France (btw 800€ and 1000€). Idk but you used to fly in december in The video. The price is not as different from other airlines.
Hopefully they get the message and upgrade so the customer gets what they pay for. Thanks for your post, you make me feel like I can travel even when I'm home ♡
As a Belgian travelling sometimes, I'm not very surprised. In general, our services are often less quality for a higher price due to lack of competition due to unattractive taxes.
We have this weird "we don't have much but at least everybody has it" mentality.
Check reviews for the "premium" restaurant at Brussels Airport to give you an idea : international travellers are shocked while Belgians are already happy to have one option.
Not really surprised by your review. Air Belgium has been a chaotic company ever since it was created, opening and closing routes on a messy basis. They've been in the news very recently for violating outright the legal passengers' rights in case of flight cancellations. Anyway, the flights in question were cancelled because Air Belgium decided to permenently stop all its regular passenger flights, pure and simple, so no one will have to live the nightmarish experience that you faced any more. Instead of reimbursing the impacted passengers immediately or offering them a ticket on some alternative airline, AB is forcing them to wait several months for a refund. You won't be surprised to hear that AB's CEO, Niky Terzakis, is an arrogant and unscrupulous businessman. He was also severly criticized by the Charleroi airport authority for leaving the airport pure and simple hardly one year after it had spent millions on renovating and upgrading some facilities for AB's long haul flights. For short, I'm ashamed as a Belgian to see such an unscupulous company tarnish the name of my country. This is a national embarrassment.
A good crew is backed up with good warm food, need some finetuning I would say. The price is correct if it all went smooth...Your rip off title is too negative... emphasis a little more on this beauty of a plane.
You and Jeb Brooks are the only airline reviewers I watch. I feel other reviewers gloss things over and are overly positive and can be obnoxious.
I will ask this right now, he says 900 euros from Belgium to Mauritius is a lot. But what other flights you get cheaper from Belgium to Mauritius? I think that's resonable price for a 12hour flight, or am I trippin here.
You should have given the train a fair chance. The trip from your hotel to the Brussels (Zaventem) airport is one of the little trips where the train is actually faster than the car.
Remark about pricing is wrong! Only AB offers direct flights. Quickly checked same date : CDG is 1150€; FRA 950. From AMS or DUS no direct flights on that date.
So… AB is the cheapest flight Brussels to Mauritius non stop.
we could see the tail of the Corsair plane (French company) when you arrived, very pretty color, very beautiful blue.
The cabin in Air Belgium it's very nice... pity you didn't enjoy your flight. Next time try the french companies Corsair, French bee and Air Caraibes... and let us know your point of view 😉
I had a cold food on scoot but only the rice was sticky and cold but the meat and veggies were warm so I was able to use the gravy from the veggies and meat and put it one the rice then the rice was warm and the food was good
Can you please be clear ..... when you say Euros 900 for the flight, is that one way or round trip? As you did not return on Air Belgium I guess it is one way, but I see on Google Flights that this flight is about $900 round trip ... so I am confused! Thanks.
Eur900 equals a$1390 which most Aussies would consider a bargain for an 11hr flight on a route with little competition so I am surprised you harp on a bit about how expensive it was as Air Belgium is clearly not a LCC as a full meal service was supplied.
I didn’t even know this airline existed. As a n.European who used to travel quite a bit it feels like I should..
be happy you don't 😂😂
It was July last year. Lufthansa, EWR to MUC round trip. The food was awful in the economy class. In April I will fly with Finnair.
Disappointing especially at those prices. Even if the crew was understaffed the flight wasn’t even full. It should never take 3hrs to do an economy class service. I’ve done a HOT meal service on a 747 in just under 2hrs with 450pax. You didn’t have a choice other than to haul ass. Even on international flights the faster the service was done the longer our breaks were. Loved seeing an Emirates A380 in Mauritius they are everywhere with that bird. Great review love to see a trip with you and Noel you guys are hysterical together. Happy trails and fly safe ✈️
The carbon crew who helped you heated the meal was cute! He is good looking and very friendly ❤
€900 expensive? Try flying economy from NL to Brazil with KLM! I paid €1,200 I. December 2022!!! It's revolting !
Aha, at least 1 useful reply. Direct flights, with luggage, cost a lot. E.g. KLM, AF, LH,…
Just a heads up in reference to around 3:30. China is now essentially open. Not to tourism, but there is no more 1-2-3 weeks of quarantine. You just need a 48 Covid test to go. Centralized quarantine is essentially scrapped.
More and more on airlines, I have been ignored when ringing the call button. I often wonder what those buttons are even for. On my recent trip on Air France, I finally had to get up and go to get a coffee refill. I think that overall service has declined significantly on airplanes.
Tho it's very bad that you get served a cold meal, the way the flight attendant apologizes is very good in my opinion. You could really see he was shocked and embarrassed.
Feel sorry for the crew. Seemed friendly & trying to do their best. Very much let down by the product. Happy New year Josh. All the best for 2023
900 EUR for economy is quite steep. However I think that airlines are still recovering. Not sure if that flight was for profit considering the empty seats.
"No more need for vaccination" at 3:18 is not completely true unfortunately. The US still requires this for some odd reason, and words are that Thailand is planning on doing this also, which affects the people who chose to stand up for the pressure and say no the vaccines with little to no effect, which were forced upon them
Yes, the price of the ticket seems to be very expensive! In present times, many people can not remember the prices, we paid in former times! I remember 1986! I was working on a Cruise Ship, and my company needed me to come back from vacations for a special cruise. I had to book the ticket by myself, and was refunded by my company! The flight was from Vienna to London Heathrow, with Austrian Airlines, a short flight! The price for the ticket was (one way), at that time in Austrian Schillings, 13.500,-, in Euro € 1.000,-!!! But, lucky I was, I knew the date of the "Backflight", and that was, for both flights, öS 9.500,-, in Euro about 700,-! Both flights in Economy! So we can see, that "flying" in present times is extremely cheap!
Exactly!!! Flights to BKK from Europe costed 800€ early 90’ies with “normal” airlines. Price brakers were eastern europeans ( TAROM, Balkan Air, Czech, Yugo etcetera with Russian birds). I do remember that flights to Asia costed 850-900€ with Singapore, Thai or Malaysian. Only later came the consistent cheaper flights with arab airlines - all with a stop btw!
I find the price competitive. Josh didn't say when he booked the ticket. Last-minute tickets are always higher.
Yay new video❤️
If you think 900 Euros is steep, I just put in mid Feb dates, on Skyscanner, and was quoted 966GBP (1095Euros)!!
First thank you for all your videos. Looking at all the comments on prices I am amazed at the complaints. I flew Brisbane Australia to Queenstown New Zealand a three and a half hour flight this year 2023 and it cost 1500 Australian dollars economy return on Qantas. However the actual flight was fine and the cabin crew really lovely. Kind and efficient.
Hi Josh Sir, this is Abeer(subscriber). We met at the Akasa launch if you remember. I was in the pilot uniform and you had included me in your review. I wanted to ask you a question if you don't mind. I wanted to know which music you used on the vistara premium economy review as I loved it soooo much and I just can't find it anywhere. Thank You sir for your support and it was nice meeting you.🙂
Hi Josh, I like your channel a lot. However saying the airline is a rip-off? You departed on time and landed on time... Agreed that you should not have been given cold food. Did you talk to the crew about the WiFi problem? The aircraft is brand new and clean. Something must've pissed you off but this title is very harsh. Seems like you want the airline to go defunct. In the end you chose to pay the price to fly there but complain afterwards? If you found cheaper flights why did you not take another flight then? I feel like you put the airline in the same category as Tunisair. Anyway, still a fan but your title is exaggerated.
Food was awful, both dinner and breakfast as you could see. Wifi and inflight entertainment wasn’t working. Yes for that price I felt absolutely ripped off. I took this flight cuz many viewers had requested it.
Completely. Completely agree. Bit shame to give this negative impression based on cold meal, which was replaced in a friendly matter by the way. I am a travel agent and can assure the price is even cheap for the holiday season.
The IFE was working but the sound was not good… right?
Why do you buy lavalier mics if you are using them as a handheld mic? Stick it to the hoodie and leave it there or get a better zoom handheld or something. This is annoying af
but that male cabin crew was very helpful and friendly. he was very apologetic about the meal.
Yes very nice crew member :)
@@JoshCahill ,waw one thing you can write nice.If you told that you wifi wasn't working, they would have helped you .Or was it because you didn't get upgrade?
Hi Josh! I have been watching a lot of your videos recently and I really enjoy all of them! I didn't know I could find airline reviews and trip reviews so interesting! You have made me very curious about this whole new universe and now I can't wait to go on my next flight!
I started watching you because of the Air Greenland A330-800Neo maiden flight and ever since I have watched your videos on a daily basis. I love the work you do for us, making sure that we avoid airlines like Tunis Air XD.
Anyways, I am gonna go watch another of your videos now. Keep up with the good content and your lovely optimism and positivity!
Best,
TheGreenlandicGamer
€900 for a one way 6 hour economy flight to Europe from Nigeria is very normal for Nigerians and even cheap compared to what’s attainable sometimes. We get ripped off by foreign airlines like crazy.
Air Belgium is in fact the third largest airline in Belgium, behind Brussels Airlines and TUI fly Belgium.
Look at that, a Belgian, proud he can tell the world a fact about his shit country.
Sadly, for the time being, I’m living and working in this overtaxed dump.
Happy 2023 Josh
Travel safe I love your reviews they make my saturday nights so enjoyable.
Looking forward to all your new reviews this year ✈️
1:40
OMG, that is DeLijn's newest and most modern bus! Lucky catch there! 😃😃
MAN Lion's City? They do ride on De Lijn routes with De Lijn logo's, but are owned by private companies.
2 weeks ago one of these was defect, all passengers had to board the bus which I was on.
900 Euros? most you've ever spent? Mate, you obviously haven't flown to Australia much.. costs me $2500AUD to do the same distance nationally ONE WAY economy. (~1150 Euro)
Thanks Josh. There have been several attempts to establish new Belgian airlines in the past ... TUI seems to be doing well in Belgium but others seem to have failed or are not in a good shape. Pity that Antwerp has no proper connections either with such a convenient location and large population areas.
It’s not a belgium airline! It’s a CHINESE airline as most of the capital is chinese!
Antwerp is great and all but its just too easy to get to Brussels or even Amsterdam. the few flights out of ANR are quite nice like the London one though.
I always try to look at the bright side. As I look out my window at the recent fallen snow, it's 81 degrees in Mauritius.
German leisure carrier Condor had a Wet Lease agreement with Smart Lynx. But after too many customer complaints about the product, they ended this agreement and replaced it with Air Belgium instead. Sounds very promising now…
900 euros. It depends on when you booked it and maybe there was enough demand for that flight on that day to justify the pricing. Saying this from someone who's working in revenue management. If they go for a load factor strategy where the goal is to fill the flight, they'll charge lesser and vice versa. Also its a one way nonstop flight, which come with hefty costs on their own anyways.
How much an airline charge depends on the demand for each flight and how they think their inventory is best utilized to recover their costs per sector. Not from what they think their onboard service is worth. As long as people are willing to pay that much (a concept we call 'willingness to pay') that price tag is justified as the trends in the data may have told them to expect that sorta demand. Also, not everyone has paid that price. Someone could have the exact same ticket as you, same baggage allowance, etc sitting in the seat next to you could have paid 400 euros.
Take your point though, on board looked pretty bad. Nice video.
Really enjoy your content. Thank you for honest travel opinions.
I may have commented on another video, but I just came back from Dubai last week and my experience with Emirates was AMAZING. I took advantage of an upgrade to business for $1800 (on a 14.5hr overnight non-stop). It was well worth it. Didn’t have the option on the way back so it was 16.5hrs in coach. Very different experience. I definitely didn’t sleep as well but the in-flight service was still better than most airlines I’ve flown domestically.
A fantastic trip overall.
Legit question. Where are you getting a 14.5/16.5 non-stop flight from Dubai? Only possible one can think of would be DBX-AUK on the 380 but top of my head I don't think even that on would hit those times. No argument that that upgrade was an absolute steal for such a LH flight & you'd have to be mad not to take that kinda deal even if it was a bit of a push to afford it.
@@C2K777 Miami to Dubai
@@C2K777 777-300ER
@@C2K777 Dubai to Miami was longer than the Miami to Dubai flight
@@DannyA3579 Totally forgot that was an active route - doh! thanks
3：18 is an airline based in Taiwan. It's a complicated background but you were specifically mentioning about which China so...
@7:55 they looks like give each passenger a life jacket in red color on the seat 😂😂😂😂
Happy New Year Josh. Stay healthy, happy and safe. I won’t comment on Air Belgium but wish to share something. In the days when my brother in law was still working his employer insisted that, when possible, he fly SABENA. He did not enjoy that and insisted that SABENA stood for “Such A Bad Experience Never Again”.
can anyone explain what are these red curtains for?
Crew rest are just behind in those back row seats on right hand side
18:37 The food look like jail food how could an airline serve food like that to people after pay all that money you need to get some money back Josh
wats that red curtain thing behind u
Hello Josh C., and or anybody else who could answer my question?
I noticed in your inflight video that behind u is a red curtain wich u can unfold and close up a large area. Do u know what this was for?
That converts into the Crew Rest Area when the curtain is closed.
I'm Belgian. Never heard of Air Belgium.
Before boarding josh said RUclipsrs can’t review Chinese airlines but Hong Kong airlines or Cathy Pacific’s hub is in Hong Kong so they are technically Chinese airlines and also operate outside china:)
How do you pay for all these trips??
With money usually
Hi Josh you are one of the people I admire the most on RUclips and maybe the most.
I would be happy if you could make subtitles for the videos in French, Hebrew, Arabic, Russian
This will help more people to see the videos and also understand
Thanks in advance🌎🌏
as a person living in Belgium this is what belgium is pay a lot of money and only get some or nothing in return!
My only experience flying on a Belgian carrier was a few years ago on a Sabena 737. Soon after climbing to cruising altitude there was a loud whistling from the rear door near to where we were seated. Clearly the door seal was faulty and after being visited by one of the flight crew a stewardess grabbed a huge pile of paper tissues and stuffed them into the door seal area. That stopped the whistling which was obviously cabin pressure being released, but that was a safety issue and even so they carried on to the destination which was a fairly short 2 hour flight. Needless to say I never flew with them again.
Josh, you know that pricing is set competitively in this industry. You cannot get a direct flight to Mauritius from BRU airport by any other ailrine. They basically have a monopoly on many long haul destinations direct from Brussels. That is their business model.
Another great review! Just wondering what happens behind the red curtains behind you, that on the other side of the plane were closed for part of the flight.
Josh, when are you flying Air Algerie?
Didnt they also fly for BA and LOt?
Hey josh....i love and look forward to your reviews. They are always very informative and entertaining to watch. Btw I was wondering if you can review Caribbean Airlines? It's an airline that operates within the Caribbean but based in Trinidad and Tobago.
4:04 this aged poorly really quick! Really glad it did, China is a big market and needed to come into 2023 instead of being stuck where everyone else was in 2020.
I have seen better food being sold at the gas station
Glad you are still flying economy. Please keep up the balance
Well damn, i’m from Belgium and never heard of Air Belgium before… i must have been living under a rock…
Same for me
Well know you both know that they are rubbish 😂
Yeah, seems like we didn’t miss much by not knowing them!
Btw, Josh, i’m going to Tuvalu in the pacific later this year, maybe an idea for you to go there too some day to tell the story about the airport tarmac turning into a giant playground and social gathering place for the islanders every evening.
@@JoshCahill ,you really don't know how much damage you bring to airlines,to the crew.They are human and they work hard .Travelled also for many years,even air Kazachstan was nice,adventure.Just review private jets than
Josh! Can you review ZipAir, Japan’s newest long haul LCC, which is also a subsidiary of Japan Airlines? They fly from Tokyo Narita to Los Angeles, San Jose, CA, Singapore, and other surrounding countries. I’d like to hear your opinion on ZipAir as they just were founded in 2018! I’ll be flying on them in July.
No worries, Josh, I am currently waiting for my 700 Euro return flight in economy on Cathay Pacific from Hong Kong. 4 hours from Hong Kong to Singapore for that rate is completely overpaid. Actually ridiculous, luckily paid by the company. ;)
I don’t understand the criticism on ET all the time. They are a reliable, safe and decent airline. Tell me another carrier in Africa with a comparable network of destinations and a overall good service? New aircraft, decent food and nice crew - what’s wrong with that!
I'm Belgian and I don't even know this airline! Go for SNbrussels if you need a Belgian one
Thanks at least being kind about the crew. This, for me, is paramount. they have no control on your experience until you are aboard.
Food from Belgium has never been great. Belgiim itself also has a high cost economy so this may explain a few things.
What was the cost of the other carriers ?
stay strong and safe, Josh..
Never been great? Where the hell do you eat?
There are no other carriers because AB is the only non stop flight on those days.
AF and LH are way more expensive from their home ports, non stop