In January 2022, Brussels Airport welcomed 183% more passengers than in 2021, but still 52% less than in record year 2019
800,000 passengers at Brussels Airport in January
Freight transport continues to rise with a 4% increaseDuring this first month of 2022, Brussels Airport...
Airbus, Brussels Airport and many others welcome the Declaration of Toulouse on future sustainability and decarbonisation of aviation
With this landmark Declaration, Europe becomes the first region worldwide to have reached an agreement between public authorities and private stakeholders on a broad...
Ethiopian Airlines employees hide on flights to Belgium and the United States
In the morning of 4 December, two ground technicians - working for Ethiopian Airlines - climbed the storage section of a converted cargo Airbus...
Eurowings to launch flights from Pristina, Kosovo, to Brussels on 29 March
On 29 March, with the new summer season, Eurowings will resume its twice-weekly flights from its base in Pristina, Kosovo, to Brussels. Last year,...
LOT Polish Airlines Embraer E-195 between Warsaw and Brussels suffers decompression, diverts to Dusseldorf
In the afternoon of 24 January, a LOT Polish Airlines Embraer E195LR (registered SP-LND) operated flight LO233 between Warsaw, Poland, and Brussels, Belgium. About 40...
Nippon Express (Belgium) acquires GDP certification for facility in Brussels Airport’s cargo area
Nippon Express (Belgium) N.V./S.A. (hereinafter "NX Belgium"), a company of the Nippon Express Holdings, Inc. Group, has obtained Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification, effective...
Brussels Airlines adds Munich to its network from Summer 2022 season
Brussels Airlines will start flying to Munich in the 2022 summer season. The airline will take over the morning and evening flights to and...
[Update] Brussels Airlines flight to Yerevan, hit by lightning strike, returns to Brussels Airport
On 28 December, Brussels Airlines flight SN2899 to Yerevan, Armenia, returned to Brussels Airport due to a lightning strike on the aircraft (Airbus A320...
9.4 million passengers at Brussels Airport in 2021 (+39% vs 2020, but -64% vs 2019) – Record growth in cargo business
In 2021, Brussels Airport welcomed almost 9.4 million passengers, that is 39% more than in the crisis year 2020, but a decline of 64%...
Like several neighbouring countries, Belgium will introduce an aviation tax from April
Initially intended to discourage air travel on distances of less than 500 kilometres in order to encourage alternatives like the train, the proposed tax...
Travellers with false PCR tests at Brussels Airport receive sentences of up to a year in prison
The criminal court of Brussels on Wednesday imposed prison terms of up to one year on 16 travellers who had presented a false certificate...
Brussels Airlines and Wizz Air suspend Brussels-Ljubljana flights from 10 January to 28 February
The Slovenian capital will have no flight connection from Brussels Airport between 10 January and 28 February as Brussels Airlines is suspending flights on...
Brussels Airlines flight to Kigali diverts to Dubrovnik for sick passenger
Brussels Airlines flight SN465 to Kigali, Rwanda, operated by Airbus A330-300 registered OO-SFD, diverted to Dubrovnik, Croatia, after a passenger needed urgent medical assistance.The...
Emirates increases services to Brussels from 10 to 12 weekly flights as of February
Emirates has announced it will increase services to Brussels to offer customers 12 weekly flights to the Belgian capital, starting from 2 February 2022. The...
TUI fly Belgium makes maiden flight to Havana
TUI fly Belgium today inaugurated its Brussels-Havana route, which comes in addition to the airline's scheduled return to the Cuban resort of Varadero.Before the...
Brussels Airport is expecting more than 527,000 passengers during the Christmas holiday
For the start of the holiday, Brussels Airport is expecting around 36,000 passengers this Friday, 21,000 of which are departing passengers. During the entire...
Transavia launches four sunny destinations from Brussels Airport in Summer 2022
Next summer, Transavia will offer four destinations from Brussels Airport: Alicante and Ibiza in Spain, Heraklion-Crete in Greece and Faro in Portugal. Tickets departing...
Sky Alps launched the Brussels-Bolzano route
On 13 December 2021 at 12:11, the first Sky Alps flight (BN1911) departing from Bolzano landed at Brussels Airport. It was operated by DHC...
Brussels Airport Company accelerates its transition to green mobility by focusing on alternative transport and an all-electric company car fleet
For many years now, Brussels Airport has been working on its green mobility credentials, both for its passengers and for its staff. The initiatives...
A small fire at Brussels Airport (Brucargo) quickly extinguished by rescue services
In the evening of Tuesday 14 December, a small electrical fire caused a lot of smoke in restaurant cargo M in building 706 in...