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Brussels Airport Begins €25 Million Boarding Bridge Renovation

Brussels Airport begins a €25 million upgrade of all 33 boarding bridges in Pier A, with phased works scheduled through 2031 to limit passenger disruption.

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Brussels Airport expects record summer with 5.2 million passengers

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Brussels Airport and Safran break ground on engine MRO facility expansion

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Brussels Airport completes five-year Stargate sustainability programme

Brussels Airport has presented the results of Stargate, a five-year European programme that tested more than 30 projects aimed at decarbonising airport operations, improving local quality of life and encouraging sustainable transport. Working with 22 partners and support from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, the airport accelerated the introduction of electric ground-handling equipment. Electric fuel […]

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Brussels Airport Begins €25 Million Boarding Bridge Renovation

Brussels Airport begins a €25 million upgrade of all 33 boarding bridges in Pier A, with phased works scheduled through 2031 to limit passenger disruption.

TTravelWires•Jake Adams22 Sept

Brussels Airport begins €25 million renovation of Pier A boarding bridges

Brussels Airport has launched a €25 million programme to renovate all 33 passenger boarding bridges at Pier A, which primarily handles Schengen flights. The phased project is scheduled for completion in 2031. The oldest bridges date from Pier A’s opening in 2002 and have been in intensive daily use for nearly 25 years. Each bridge […]

Aviation24.be•André Orban21 Sept

Brussels Airport handles 2.5 million passengers in August 2026

Brussels Airport handled 2,521,985 passengers in August, an increase of 1.3% compared with the same month last year. More than 5.1 million passengers travelled through the airport during the July and August summer holiday period. The increase was partly driven by new destinations introduced during the past year, including São Paulo with LATAM, Kilimanjaro with […]

Aviation24.be•Bart Noëth15 Sept

Second drone detected near Brussels Airport, this time with digital detection record

A drone was detected near Brussels Airport for the second consecutive evening on Saturday, September 12, with Skeyes confirming that the unmanned aircraft was not only visually observed but also digitally detected by its drone-detection equipment. The new incident occurred at around 20:00 local time, according to Skeyes spokesperson Kurt Verwilligen. “There was indeed another […]

Aviation24.be•Bart Noëth13 Sept

skeyes confirms drone was visually spotted at Brussels Airport, triggering safety procedure

skeyes has confirmed that a drone was actually observed at Brussels Airport on Friday evening, September 11, contradicting the initial impression that the reported drone had not been detected. The incident briefly disrupted operations at Brussels Airport between approximately 21:45 and 22:10 local time. According to Skeyes spokesperson Kurt Verwilligen, the drone was visually observed […]

Aviation24.be•Bart Noëth12 Sept

Transavia adds destinations from Amsterdam and Brussels for summer 2027

Transavia is expanding its summer 2027 network with new and returning routes from Amsterdam and Brussels. From Amsterdam Schiphol, the airline will add Murcia and Pula, restore flights to Reus and transfer its Trieste service from Rotterdam. Pula will continue to be served from Rotterdam as well. From Brussels Airport, Transavia will add Heraklion, Thessaloniki […]

Aviation24.be•André Orban10 Sept

Aer Lingus deploys Airbus A330 widebody to Brussels

Brussels Airport welcomed an unusual Aer Lingus widebody on Wednesday, 9 September, when the Irish carrier deployed an Airbus A330-300 on its morning service between Dublin and the Belgian capital. The long-haul aircraft operated the Dublin–Brussels rotation and returned to Ireland as flight EI631. It left Brussels at 11:39 and arrived in Dublin at 11:50 […]

Aviation24.be•André Orban10 Sept

Air Cairo to launch Brussels flights from Cairo and Luxor in December 2026

Air Cairo will launch three weekly flights to Brussels Airport from 18 December 2026, adding new capacity between Belgium and Egypt alongside the existing EgyptAir service. The programme includes two weekly Cairo–Brussels return flights and a third triangular operation linking Cairo, Brussels and Luxor. The two regular Cairo rotations will operate on Thursdays and Fridays […]

Aviation24.be•André Orban9 Sept

Deutsche Bahn Restores High-Speed Rail Service to Brussels Airport

Deutsche Bahn has restored a direct high-speed rail connection to Brussels Airport, with the first ICE train from Cologne arriving on Sept. 7, 2026. The service marks the return of international high-speed rail to Brussels Airport for the first time since 2015. It also allows passengers travelling from western Germany to combine their train and […]

Travel Radar•Andreea Georgescu9 Sept

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Brussels Airport launches major renovation of Sheraton hotel

Brussels Airport will carry out an extensive renovation of the four-star Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel over the next two years. The hotel will remain open throughout the phased works, which are expected to be completed by the end of 2028. Façade renovation began during summer 2026, while the main structural work is scheduled to start […]

Aviation24.be•André Orban9 Sept

ICE high-speed trains return to Brussels Airport as Brussels Airlines expands air-rail network

High-speed rail has returned directly to Brussels Airport after more than a decade, with the first Deutsche Bahn ICE arriving from Cologne on Monday morning as part of a new air-rail partnership with Brussels Airlines. The ICE departed Cologne at 06:11 and travelled via Aachen, Liège and Leuven before arriving at Brussels Airport at 08:29. […]

Aviation24.be•Bart Noëth7 Sept

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Turkish Airlines flight canceled at Brussels Airport after co-pilot tests positive for alcohol

A Turkish Airlines flight from Brussels Airport to Istanbul was canceled on Thursday, August 27th, after the airline alerted Belgian authorities that its co-pilot was suspected of being under the influence of alcohol. The incident involved Turkish Airlines flight TK1940, scheduled to depart Brussels Airport at 11:10 local time on August 27 for Istanbul. The […]

Aviation24.be•Bart Noëth27 Aug

Athens, Trapani and Podgorica top Ryanair’s Belgian summer destinations

Ryanair has named Athens, Trapani and Podgorica as its three most popular destinations among Belgian passengers during summer 2026. Athens is served from both Brussels Airport and Brussels South Charleroi Airport, while the routes to Trapani in Sicily and Podgorica in Montenegro operate from Charleroi. The airline highlighted Athens as a leading city-break destination, Trapani […]

Aviation24.be•André Orban26 Aug

Brussels Airport tests autonomous electric tow tractor in cargo operations

Brussels Airport has begun testing an autonomous electric tow tractor for transporting cargo trailers between warehouses and aircraft aprons. It is the first real-life trial of autonomous cargo transport at a Belgian airport. The project is being conducted with WFS Cargo and Charlatte Autonom, a joint venture between Charlatte Manutention and Navya Mobility, under the […]

Aviation24.be•André Orban24 Aug

Transavia turns Brussels into a fully fledged base as competition for leisure passengers intensifies

Transavia is strengthening its position at Brussels Airport, turning what started as a limited operation in 2022 into a fully fledged local base with four aircraft and locally based crews. The Dutch leisure carrier has now opened a fully operational local crew base at Brussels Airport, marking another step in its expansion on the Belgian […]

Aviation24.be•Bart Noëth20 Aug

Five Brussels Airport flights hit by laser beams during approach

Five pilots were targeted by laser beams while approaching Brussels Airport last Friday evening, August 14, according to Belgian media outlets VTM Nieuws and Het Laatste Nieuws. The incidents occurred between 20:45 and 02:45 the following morning, with the pilots reporting that laser beams were directed into their cockpits while on short final approach. Skeyes […]

Aviation24.be•Bart Noëth17 Aug

Etihad Airways to increase Brussels–Abu Dhabi service to 11 weekly flights

Etihad Airways will further strengthen its presence at Brussels Airport by increasing its Brussels–Abu Dhabi service from seven to 11 weekly flights from 15 December 2026. In addition to its existing daily service, the Abu Dhabi-based carrier will introduce four additional weekly rotations on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. The additional flights will be operated […]

Aviation24.be•André Orban16 Aug

Brussels Airport records busiest month since 2019 with 2.6 million passengers

Brussels Airport welcomed 2.58 million passengers in July 2026, an increase of 2.8% compared with July 2025 and its highest monthly passenger total since 2019. The busiest day was 20 July, when more than 92,000 passengers passed through the airport, also making it the busiest day of 2026 so far. Brussels Airport attributed the peak […]

Aviation24.be•André Orban14 Aug

Brussels Airport starts work on €15 million quieter aircraft engine testing facility

Brussels Airport has begun construction of a new ground run-up enclosure (GRE) designed to significantly reduce noise from full-power aircraft engine tests following maintenance. The facility, representing an investment of more than €15 million, is scheduled for completion by the end of March 2027. The U-shaped enclosure will feature 15-metre-high noise barriers, reducing noise levels […]

Aviation24.be•André Orban13 Aug