Brussels Airlines is the smallest carrier in the Lufthansa Group. According to the Group’s quarterly statistics, it carried just over five million passengers between January and September 2022, equivalent to less than 7% of the Group’s total passengers. It has undertaken a considerable network purge as a part of its reorientation towards stronger financial performance. […]
February 23, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
With the difficult Covid years behind it, Brussels Airport expects a 90% return to its pre-pandemic form in 2023 and a full recovery of all key destinations within their network. “Traffic was quite low in the first half of 2022 due to travel restrictions, but the second half of the year was much better starting […]
February 20, 2023 | Air Service Event News
Situated in Belgium about 51 kilometres north of Brussels, Antwerp is one of five passenger airports serving the country. According to the airport’s own statistics, Antwerp – the world’s diamond capital – had 239,500 two-way passengers in 2022, the fourth best year on record. While 63% higher than in 2021, it remained at just 78% […]
January 9, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
There are more flights between European airports and South Africa this northern winter than between Europe and any other country in sub-Saharan Africa. According to Cirium schedules information data, there are 780,000 one-way seats. Europe-South Africa capacity is down by a quarter Even though it is now South Africa’s summer, Europe-South Africa seats remain down […]
December 7, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Brussels South Charleroi Airport celebrated the arrival of its 10th airline on Tuesday 29 June, when Eurowings began a weekly service from Pristina in Kosovo using an A319 (registration D-ABHN). The Belgian airport has been synonymous for many years with Ryanair, as the Irish carrier made Charleroi a base as long ago as 2001. Since […]
July 2, 2021 | Latest Route News +