Brussels South Charleroi Airport publishes its figures for October 2021 today.
| Monthly report | |||||
| October 2021 | |||||
| Passengers | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 vs 2021 | 2019 vs 2021 |
| Departures | 285,674 | 75,363 | 360,375 | 279% | -21% |
| Arrivals | 290,425 | 78,938 | 369,695 | 268% | -21% |
| Total | 576,099 | 154,301 | 730,070 | 273% | -21% |
Mediterranean countries were popular with travellers in October. The top 5 destination countries were Spain, Italy, France, Morocco and Greece.
Fourteen new routes have been launched and will be running during the 2021-2022 winter season:
– Stockholm (Sweden)
– Billund (Denmark)
– Essaouira (Morocco)
– Paphos (Cyprus)
– Helsinki (Finland)
– Trapani (Italy)
– Genoa (Italy)
– Trieste (Italy)
– Lourdes (France)
– Suceava (Romania)
– Poznan (Poland)
– Tetouan (Morocco)
– Sibiu (Romania)
– Debrecen (Hungary)
The Hungarian airline Wizz Air has announced that it will be launching a route between Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, and Brussels South Charleroi Airport, offering two flights a week from 19 December. This adds Ukraine to the countries available via a direct flight from Brussels-Charleroi airport.