In this first month of the new year, Brussels Airport welcomed more than 1.3 million passengers, an increase of 66% compared to January 2022, and 80% of the passenger volume in January 2019. Thanks in part to the second week of Christmas holidays, the year is starting with a strong result. For ca1
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Lagardère Travel Retail Belgium, in partnership with Atos, inaugurates the first automated point of sales at Brussels Airport
Based on their acquired experience, Lagardère Travel Retail Belgium and Atos have joined together in order to develop a fully automated point of sales, offering the passengers travelling from Pier A at Brussels Airport a unique and original shopping experience.
This new technological conc1
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19 million passengers at Brussels Airport in 2022, twice as many as in 2021 - 776,000 tonnes of cargo transported
Passenger traffic in 2022 was up 102% on 2021 with almost 19 million passengers travelling through Brussels Airport or 72% of pre-crisis numbers. Following a first half-year impacted by Covid travel restrictions, passenger numbers showed a strong recovery in the second half-year with several mont1
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Brussels Airport and Brussels Airlines start new year with very first delivery of Sustainable Aviation Fuel through NATO pipeline
As of today, January 1, 2023, the NATO pipeline supplying Brussels Airport with kerosene will be opened for the transport of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Brussels Airlines will transport the very first batch of sustainable aviation fuel transported via this route today to Brussels Airport. Th1
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New airport charges with even larger environmental component at Brussels Airport
Share of aircraft in the loudest categories three times lower since 2016
Airport charges rise due to high inflation
Brussels Airport’s new airport tariffs have been set for the next five years: the loudest aircraft will pay up to 20 times more than the quietest from April 2023 onwar1
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Brussels Airport is expecting over 824,000 passengers during the Christmas break
When the Christmas break begins this Friday, Brussels Airport expects around 60,000 passengers, making it the busiest day of this festive period. 824,000 passengers will be travelling through the airport during the entire Christmas break. The airport is once again decked out in the magical festiv1
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Nearly 1.5 million passengers at Brussels Airport in November
64,000 tons of cargo handled
In November, Brussels Airport welcomed nearly 1.5 million passengers, or 74% of the 2019 traffic. After four months above 80%, the month of November traditionally has fewer holidaymakers. The trade union actions of 9 November also had an impact on passenger numbe1
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Circularity in practice within demolition works at Brucargo Central
second life for warehouse from Brussels Airport cargo area at new location, acoustic ceilings and concrete reused
This summer, Brussels Airport began the redevelopment of the central zone at Brucargo to meet the growing demand for storage capacity. In a first stage, outdated warehouses are bein1
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Brussels Airport Stargate project for greener aviation running for 1 year
Electric ground operations tested on site,
first version of Digital Twin ready for use
Brussels Airport’s Stargate project, which has received funding from the European Green Deal, has now been running for 1 year. Brussels Airport is working with a consortium of 21 partners on some1
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Brussels Airport becomes the majority shareholder of Jetpack, a company specialising in big data and artificial intelligence
Today, Brussels Airport Company has acquired a majority stake (80%) in Jetpack, a young Belgian company specialising in data analysis and artificial intelligence. Jetpack transforms data into information by combining data science and artificial intelligence to improve business processes and acceler1
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