"All flights to Luanda will be consolidated within the Lufthansa Group; Lufthansa continues to fly three times a week non-stop to Luanda to allow Brussels Airlines to operate non-stop to Kinshasa," a spokesperson for the Belgian airline confirmed.
In statements to Lusa, this spokesperson stated that, in December, this change in flights was decided and announced, which leaves passengers boarding in Luanda without a direct connection to Brussels, forcing them to make a stopover in Frankfurt, and from there to Brussels.
"It has been decided to operate direct and daily flights [from Brussels] to Kinshasa from March 2025," the spokeswoman said, referring to the announcement in December last year of the purchase of another long-haul aircraft.
"Until then, the Congolese capital was served five times a week with a direct flight and twice a week with an intermediate stop in Luanda," says Brussels Airlines.
With this new aircraft, "routes to Nairobi and Accra will be improved to daily flights", while Banjul, Freetown and Conakry will have more frequent flights, and Dakar and Abidjan "will be served with more direct flights, instead of triangular flights".
In a search carried out this Monday on the Brussels Airlines website, the last direct flight between Brussels and Luanda, lasting 8 hours and 45 minutes, takes place on March 25, leaving the Belgian capital at 10:30 am and arriving at 7:15 pm in Luanda.
From the next day onwards, there is at least one stop in Frankfurt, or two stops, in Munich and Frankfurt, which increases the journey time to 10 hours and 35 minutes or 13 hours and 35 minutes, depending on whether there is one or two stopovers.
