Brussels Airport Spotters Day 2018
On Tuesday 24 July 2018, Brussels Airport will organize the fourth edition of the Brussels Airport Spotters Day.
After three very successful editions in 2015,...
Brussels Airport achieves carbon neutrality under the ACI Airport Carbon Accreditation Programme
Brussels Airport has obtained the carbon neutrality certification, the highest possible Airport Carbon Accreditation certificate from ACI, Airport Council International. This certification affirms that...
Brussels Airport celebrates 60 years of history
This year, Brussels Airport is celebrating its 60th anniversary. On the 5th of July 1958 to be precise, Brussels-National Airport officially opened its doors...
Brussels Airport welcomes more than 800 aviation representatives for the ACI World and ACI Europe Congress in Brussels
As host of the ACI World and ACI Europe Congress, Brussels Airport is receiving more than 800 aviation professionals from all over the world,...
A summer full of sports at Brussels Airport!
Brussels Airport is adopting its sportiest look in the months ahead. It supports the national soccer team at the FIFA World Cup in Russia...
Brussels Airport continues its momentum with more than 2.26 million passengers in May (+2.8%)
In May 2018, Brussels Airport welcomed more than 2.26 million passengers, an increase of 2.8% compared to the same month last year. This new...
HOP! to link Brussels Airport and Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport six times per week
HOP!, the subsidiary and regional flights operator for Air France, will launch a new route between Brussels Airport and France, Thibault Lapers announced in...
Plane spotters catch of the day at Brussels Airport: a U.S. Air Force Boeing E-4B “nightwatch”
This evening a flock of plane spotters rushed to the Brussels Airport spotters platforms to catch another special visitor: this Boeing E-4B "nightwatch". The Boeing E-4...
Special arrival at Brussels Airport: a Deerjet Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner BBJ
Spotters alert this Sunday morning at Brussels Airport with a special arrival: a Deerjet Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner BBJ, coming from Asturias Airport in Oviedo...
A World War II bomb found at Brussels Airport
Brussels Airport has just informed us that, during works to the airport stands on apron 3, a World War II bomb was found.The place...
150 to court against Brussels Airport torture
At least 150 inhabitants of the region of Brussels went to court against what they call Brussels Airport "torture"
Hundred fifty inhabitants, living near Brussels...
Ethiopian Airlines adds Manchester as an extension of Brussels flights from 1 December
MANCHESTER AIRPORT SECURES FLIGHTS TO ADDIS ABABA WITH ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES IMPROVING CONNECTIVITY FOR 400,000 PEOPLEFlights start 1st December and will operate 4 times...
Brussels Airport sets new record with more than 2.25 million passengers in April (+5%)
During the month of April 2018, Brussels Airport welcomed more than 2.25 million passengers, an increase of 5% compared with the same month last...
Brussels Airport fire brigade refuses to gas 20,000 chicks, but is forced by animal welfare
Last Sunday evening Dierenwelzijn Vlaanderen, the Flemish Animal Welfare Service, requested to gas around 20,000 little chicks at Brussels Airport. Two attempts to export...
Inadvertent slide deployment on Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777 at Brussels Airport
This morning a slide was inadvertently deployed on this Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777-200LR. The aircraft, registered ET-AQL, arrived from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia via Vienna...
SunExpress expands from Brussels to Turkey and evaluates further expansion
SunExpress further expands its capacity from Brussels Airport and has even bigger plans going forward. Besides existing three-weekly service to Izmir (ADB) and two-weekly...
Brussels Airlines extends its business lounge “The Loft” at Brussels Airport
Following the great success of The Loft and the company's rising passenger numbers, Brussels Airlines increases the capacity of its Brussels Airport lounge and...
Brussels Airport wins the Routes Europe 2018 Marketing Awards
Brussels Airport has been crowned the overall winner of the Routes Europe 2018 Marketing Awards. Leon Verhallen, the airport's head of aviation development, said:...
Macquarie to sell Brussels Airport stake
Brussels Airport is being prepared for a potential sale as Macquarie, one of its part-owners, is planning an exit from Belgium’s main hub.
In 2004...
[Trip report + static visit] Emirates Airlines Airbus A380 at Brussels Airport
On Thursday 19 April 2018, the largest commercial aircraft in the world visited Brussels Airport for a one-off operation to test the infrastructure and the...