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Microsoft will establish its offices at Brussels Airport

17.11.2016 - In category: others news

Computer giant Microsoft is going to open new Brussels offices in the Passport office complex at Brussels National Airport, which is currently under construction. Brussels Airport wants to promote itself as a prime location for businesses, and KPMG and Deloitte have also already chosen the airport for their new offices, writes Bruzz. The construction of […]

Brussels Airport will Get its Own SWAT Team in 2017

06.09.2016 - In category: others news

A rapid response team (SRT) of police agents will join the Brussels Airport security personnel at the beginning of next year. Police agents will be specially trained to intervene in the case of suspicious activity. The main objective of the new team will be to intercept and disable terrorists, write Het Laatste Nieuws and De […]

Busiest weekend in history for Brussels Airport

30.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Brussels Airport is expecting its busiest-ever weekend, with a record 253,000 passengers passing through the terminal over the next three days. Friday will be the busiest day in the airport’s history with an estimated 90,000 passengers – split evenly between arrivals and departures. It is the main weekend when July holidaymakers return home and August […]

Brussels Airport on road to recovery after attacks

16.06.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

The 22 March terror attacks in Brussels continue to weigh on the number of passengers coming in and out of Brussels Airport, but the figures are improving every week, according to the airport. In the last week of May, the numbers were close to those of the same period last year, writes De Standaard. According […]

Brussels Airport departure hall partially reopens to survivors and staff

28.04.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Brussels Airport has reopened its restored departure hall for the next few days to give people who work at the airport and victims and survivors of the 22 March attacks the opportunity to visit the hall before it reopens to the public in May. Victims and survivors of the attacks of 22 March are welcome […]

Belgian transport minister steps down

19.04.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Belgian transport minister Jacqueline Galant on Friday resigned after the disclosure of a critical European Union report on the security of Belgium’s airports. Galant is the first political victim of the 22 March terror attacks at Brussels Airport and Maelbeek metro station. The confidential EU report leaked the details of lapses in Belgium’s airport security. […]

First flight departs from Brussels Airport

03.04.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

The first passenger flight to operate from Brussels Airport since the deadly terror attacks there on 22 March departed this afternoon, the first of six return flights scheduled today from the airport. Another 20 flights are scheduled on Monday, writes VTM Nieuws. The Brussels Airlines flight SN1901 departed at 13.40 today with destination Faro, Portugal. […]

Return to normal at Brussels airport will take months

29.03.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

It will take months to return to normal says the CEO of the airport. He was interviewed on Tuesday (29 March) by the major Belgian newspapers. Today a test will be carried out as to whether operations can return to 20 % capacity on Wednesday after the damage to the airport caused by the terror […]

Brussels Airport closes out another record year

23.12.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

More than 23 million passengers have passed through Brussels Airport already this year, an absolute record. To celebrate, the airport today treated all passengers to Belgian chocolates. “We would like to say thank you to all passengers for deciding on Brussels Airport to jet off on holiday or for business travel,” said CEO Arnaud Feist. […]

Ryanair to add five new destinations from Belgium

24.09.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

From next summer, the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair will offer a total of 90 destinations from Belgium. Brussels Airport will get three new destinations, and Charleroi Airport two, announced Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary at a press conference in Brussels, writes De Morgen. The 90 routes to and from the two Belgian airports will serve […]