Ebola strengthens Brussels Airlines' reputation as Africa specialist

The mere fact that the various international medical organisations have to keep getting medical equipment and medicines into the affected areas has already caused a backlog in Brussels, says Cargo Manager Herman Hoornaert. On the other hand, the restrictions resulting from the epidemic have thrown society’s classic triangular schedule into considerable disarray, he admits. “Combining Brussels-Dakar-Conakry-Dakar-Brussels is no longer possible. We also no longer let the crews change and stay overnight in the countries concerned. Therefore, all flights now do a technical stop in Dakar, where crews are changed but passengers stay on board. So we fly Brussels-Dakar (with crew change)-Conakry-Freetown-Brussels, on days 2 and 7.”