Air Rail solutions. Multiple ways of connecting flights with national and international train services. NMBS/SNCB November 2017

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1 Air Rail solutions Multiple ways of connecting flights with national and international train services NMBS/SNCB November 2017

2 1. National train service Connecting Brussels Airport 2

3 3 Brussels Airport is at the heart of our national train service 1 Direct connections towards all major cities within Belgium 2 High number of trains leaving and arriving at Brussels Airport Brussels Antwerpen Brugge Gent Charleroi Brugge Namur Leuven Mons Mechelen Aalst Hasselt 8 trains/hour towards Brussels 6 trains/hour to Brussels downtown 2 trains/hour to Brussels Schuman 2 trains/hour towards a high number of cities, such as Antwerpen, Gent, Mechelen, Leuven 83 cities are directly connected Easy accessibility of large number of hop-on/hop-off trains

4 2. International train service Overview of possible ways to address the international market 4

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7 USP s Booking horizons of air & rail aligned No seat allotments required Airline only pays for passengers travelled Seat reservation on board of high speed trains One stop shop for the customer & travel agent Extend catchment area of the airlines No transfer taxes Instant access to 100k TA s & OTA s worldwide Settlement via BSP/ICH Link to airline DCS Multicarrier solution (Thalys, ICE, InterCity) 7

8 How does the integrated offering work? 8 Example: End-2-End Value Proposition what Amsterdam The Hague Rotterdam direct connections Brussels Airport Complete carrier offer Mumbai Dakar Beijing Hanoi how 1. GDS / airline website proposes end-2-end ticket (ex. Rotterdamà Shanghai) 2. Customer buys entire ticket via travel agency or airline website (one payment) 3. Customer receives e-ticket 4. Customer checks in online for both rail & air (no payment) 5. Customer receives pdf tickets to board the train 6. Customer takes international trains towards/from Brussels Airport

9 Air Display 9 Interline AN15FEBAMSFIH ** AMADEUS AVAILABILITY - AN ** FIH KINSHASA.CD 96 SU 15FEB *9B9208 C9 M9 /AMS BRU E0/TRN SN 359 J9 C9 D9 Z0 P0 I0 Y9 /BRU FIH E1/333 B9 M9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 E9 K9 X0 Codeshare AN15FEBRTMFIH ** AMADEUS AVAILABILITY - AN ** FIH KINSHASA.CD 96 SU 15FEB SN9208 C9 M9 /QRH BRU E0/TRN SN 357 J4 C4 D4 Z4 P0 I0 Y9 /BRU FIH E0/333 B9 M9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 E9 L9 K9 X5 European mandate to show connections including a Rail Segment on the first page of the primary Air Display!

10 3. Accessibility of the airport How to connect the airports via international rail connections 10

11 Brussels Airport Direct connections by InterCity from the cities below Amsterdam Central Station Amsterdam Schiphol Airport The Hague Rotterdam Breda (2018) 3 cities are directly connected High number of trains directly leaving from and arriving at Brussels Airport IC-train: 16 direct connections between Amsterdam and Brussels Airport Hop-on/hop-off (open access train) Travel time: AMS C. BRU : 2h55 (or 2h27) Breda BRU : 1h06

12 Schiphol Amsterdam Airport 12 1 Offer to/from AMS by InterCity train IC-train: 16 direct connections between Brussels (+Airport), Mechelen, Antwerp <-> Schiphol Amsterdam Airport 2 Offer to/from AMS by Thalys (high speed) : 14 direct connections between Brussels, Antwerp <-> Schiphol Amsterdam Airport Hop-on/hop-off (open access train) Travel time: BRU AMS : 3u05 (or 2u31) ANR AMS : 2u05 (or 1u36) With seat reservation Travel time: BRU AMS : 1u32 ANR AMS : 0u54

13 Frankfurt Airport 13 1 Direct connections by ICE from the cities below Brussels-South (2h44) Brussels-North (2h35) Liège-Guillemins (1h55) 2 High number of trains directly leaving from and arriving at Frankfurt Airport 6 trains daily from/to Belgium to Frankfurt Airport 3 Travel experience Always a guaranteed seat Real schedules uploaded in GDSs MCT will be taken into account 3 cities are directly connected Easy accessibility on a larger number of trains Accessing a new and bigger market

14 AirRail, probably the best solution to combine Air & Rail 14

15 15 Thank you

16 Contact details 16 Accesrail SNCB

17 Ticketing + Check-in 17 Ticketing Ticket issued as a regular airline e-ticket including rail segments Desk Check-in Railway Desk Airlines Desk Web Check-in On Railway Website or On Airline Website