Air Rail solutions Multiple ways of connecting flights with national and international train services NMBS/SNCB November 2017
1. National train service Connecting Brussels Airport 2
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
2. International train service Overview of possible ways to address the international market 4
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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
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
Air Display 9 Interline AN15FEBAMSFIH ** AMADEUS AVAILABILITY - AN ** FIH KINSHASA.CD 96 SU 15FEB 0000 1 *9B9208 C9 M9 /AMS BRU 0650 0849 E0/TRN SN 359 J9 C9 D9 Z0 P0 I0 Y9 /BRU FIH 1030 2120 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 0000 1 SN9208 C9 M9 /QRH BRU 1 0705 0849 E0/TRN SN 357 J4 C4 D4 Z4 P0 I0 Y9 /BRU FIH 1025+1 1835+1E0/333 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!
3. Accessibility of the airport How to connect the airports via international rail connections 10
Brussels Airport 11 1 2 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
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
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
AirRail, probably the best solution to combine Air & Rail 14
15 Thank you
Contact details 16 Accesrail info@accesrail.com SNCB brecht.vanhee@b-rail.be
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