Common... its easier to find quiet aircraft than noisy ones nowadays... it will not be hard at all for the airlines.airlines do not buy other aircraft just to serve BRU. It is easier to move to another airport.
Only a few airlines can't provide alternatives.
Yangtze is one of them, too bad. (but remember they already transfered a few flights to AMS months ago)
Saudia has 777f, no excuses. (saudia was already reducing a lot its operations even before the noise measures)
=> until now there is no evidence any airline will suffer.
The only game I see is playing calimero.It looks to me that the price of so many jobs we are going to pay is huge and only part of a political game between the regions.
For every problem, some politics can't do anything else than pointing to a single direction, adding fuel to the fire of hate and contempt.
Dont forget NIMBY's can vote. Many NIMBY's = many votes. Politics like votes. It's that simple.
Brussels is managed like a village. It was a very stupid idea to give them the power of a region, but thats another story.