21% is collected, uncollected items donated to charities
As many as 22.2 million passengers passed through Brussels Airport in 2023. All departing passengers (half of them) also have to pass the security screening. Both in the bins at this checkpoint and elsewhere at the airport, 21,230 items we1
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New Brussels Airport Fund awards support to 18 projects in the local area
The first projects that will receive support from the Brussels Airport Fund, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation, have been selected. This Fund was set up in 2023 to support local organisations to set up sustainable projects. Brussels Airport has long supported charities that make a positive1
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22.2 million passengers at Brussels Airport in 2023, up 17% on 2022 - 701,000 tonnes of cargo transported through the airport
No less than 22.2 million passengers travelled through Brussels Airport in 2023, up 17% on 2022. 2023 was the year in which the post-covid recovery continued, whereby the leisure segment, both holiday traffic and visits to family and friends, almost fully recovered. In terms of cargo, there was a1
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Brussels Airport encourages the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) thanks to federal government support
One year ago, Brussels Airport announced the first delivery of sustainable aviation fuel via the NATO pipeline. However the high price of SAF remains an obstacle and slows down its use by airlines. To accelerate the sustainable development of the aviation sector and encourage the use of sustainable1
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The magic of the end of year festivities has arrived at Brussels Airport
850,000 passengers will be travelling to the sun or the snow during the holidays
For several weeks now, Brussels Airport has been adorned with a thousand lights creating a magical end of year atmosphere. This way, the more than 850,000 passengers expected during the Christmas break are welco1
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Over 1.6 million passengers passed through Brussels Airport in November
57,000 tons of air cargo carried
During the month of November, Brussels Airport welcomed 1.6 million passengers, an increase of 10% compared to the same month in 2022. For the first time since the COVID pandemic, the 20-million passenger mark was passed again.Meanwhile, air cargo volumes wer1
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Brussels Airport puts sustainability first in its environmental permit renewal application
Noise impact decreases: number of potentially highly impacted residents expected to decrease by 12% by 2032
The public enquiry for the renewal of Brussels Airport's environmental permit has officially begun. The application file also includes an environmental impact assessment (EIA) p1
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Two years of Stargate, Brussels Airport’s project for a greener aviation: on-site electrification, Digital Green Lane rollout and modal shift initiatives
The Brussels Airport Stargate project, which is being implemented in collaboration with a consortium of 21 partners, has now been up and running for 2 years. The aim of this European Green Deal project is to come up with concrete solutions for improving the sustainability of aviation and airports1
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Five partners of choice will move into new buildings after redevelopment of the central cargo zone of Brussels Airport
One year after the start of the redevelopment of Brucargo Central, an 83,500 m² area located in the heart of the Brussels Airport cargo zone, the five users of the future warehouses and offices combining modernisation, innovation and sustainability are now known. Nippon Express, Deny Cargo, Ha1
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Large-scale emergency exercise at Brussels Airport with some 450 participants
On Saturday 18 November, Brussels Airport held a large-scale emergency exercise. The exercise was overseen by the Governor of the Province of Flemish Brabant and is part of the provincial disaster plan. It meets the safety requirements of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which ev1
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