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Brussels Airport

Airport information
IATABRU
ICAOEBBR
Airport typePublic & Military
OperatorThe Brussels Airport Company
ServesBrussels
LocationZaventem
Diegem, Machelen
Hub
*Brussels Airlines *Eva Air Cargo *Jet Airways *Jetairfly *Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo *Singapore Airlines Cargo *Thomas Cook Airlines
Elevation56 m (184 ft)
Statistics2009
Passengers16999618
Freight (tonnes)449100
Aircraft movements231600

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Brussels Airport (also called Brussel Nationaal/Bruxelles-National (Brussels National)) is an international airport 6 NM northeast of Brussels, Belgium. The airport is partially in Zaventem and partially in the Diegem area of Machelen.

The airport is home to around 260 companies, together directly employing 6,000 people.

In 2005, the airport was awarded Best Airport in Europe by Airports Council International/International Air Transport Association (ACI/IATA), based on a survey conducted with over 100,000 passengers worldwide.

The company operating the airport is known as "The Brussels Airport Company N.V./S.A."; before 19 October 2006, the name was BIAC (Brussels International Airport Company).

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EC launches new air passenger rights campaign - Airport Business Tweet this news
Airport Business--The launch took place at -Brussels Airport- and coincided with the increased traffic of the summer holiday season. The Regulation on air passenger rights came ... - Date : Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:08:18 GMT+00:00
Transport Commissioner congratulates Brussels Airport for carbon achievement ... - IEWY News Tweet this news
IEWY News--European Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas, responsible for transport, today commended -Brussels Airport- for its commitment to reducing future carbon ... - Date : Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:43:39 GMT+00:00
White House considers appeal of ruling on gays in military, leaving Pentagon ... - Newser Tweet this news
Newser--(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool) (Associated Press) Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrives at -Brussels- National -Airport- in -Brussels-, Wednesday, Oct. 13, ... - Date : Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:16:31 GMT+00:00
Calleary defends use of government jet to Knock - Mayo News Tweet this news
Mayo News--FIANNA Fáil Minister Dara Calleary has strongly defended his use of the government jet to return him to Knock -Airport- from -Brussels- at noon last Friday. ... - Date : Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:28:25 GMT+00:00
Anti-austerity protests sweep across Europe - Atlanta Journal Constitution Tweet this news
Atlanta Journal Constitution--A man makes a phone call in front of the flight departures timetable, at -Brussels Airport- , Belgium, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Over 100 flights were canceled ... - Date : Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:52:32 GMT+00:00
Brussels airport wins marketing award - Opodo Tweet this news
Opodo--The World Routes -Airport- Marketing Awards are reportedly unique in the industry as they are voted for by airlines. Companies were invited to assess ... - Date : Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:06:21 GMT+00:00
Row over mackerel war talks - Aberdeen Press and Journal Tweet this news
Aberdeen Press and Journal--As he left Aberdeen -Airport- for -Brussels-, Mr Lochhead said: “The Scottish position is very clear. We remain committed to getting back to the negotiating ... - Date : Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:58:13 GMT+00:00
Auckland Airport Wins Global Airport Marketing Award - Voxy Tweet this news
Voxy--Other global winners were -Brussels Airport- for the European region, Edmonton International Airport for the Americas and Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International ... - Date : Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:40:36 GMT+00:00
Airport Carbon Accreditation reports latest progress at Aviation & Environment ... - Travel Daily News International Tweet this news
Travel Daily News International--In the past 3 months, four new participants have become Airport Carbon Accredited: these are -Brussels Airport- in Belgium, Ankara Esenboga Airport and ... - Date : Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:21:31 GMT+00:00
Airport's arrival revival - Herald Sun Tweet this news
Herald Sun---...- MAp reporting a record double-digit month at its airport in Copenhagen, Denmark and strong long-haul traffic numbers at Belgium's -Brussels airport-. ... - Date : Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:19:06 GMT+00:00

Airlines Destinations
3rdcoltitle=Pier
Adria AirwaysLjubljana
Aegean AirlinesAthens
Aer LingusDublin
AeroflotMoscow-Sheremetyevo
Afriqiyah AirwaysTripoli
Air AlgérieAlgiers
Seasonal : Oran
Air Arabia MarocCasablanca [begins 2 November], Fez [begins 2 November], Oudja [begins 4 November]
Air CanadaMontréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson
Air France operated by Régional Compagnie Aérienne EuropéenneRégional
Air MaltaMalta
Air TransatSeasonal : Montréal-Trudeau
AirBalticRiga
AlitaliaMilan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino
Seasonal : Alghero
American AirlinesChicago-O'Hare, New York-JFK
Austrian AirlinesVienna
Austrian operated by Tyrolean AirwaysVienna
Blue AirBucharest-Băneasa, Constanţa
Blue1Helsinki
BMI operated by BMI RegionalEast Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford
British AirwaysLondon-Heathrow
British Airways operated by Sun Air of ScandinaviaBillund
Brussels AirlinesAthens, Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel, Bilbao, Bologna, Budapest, Catania, Copenhagen, Faro, Florence, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Geneva, Hamburg, Kraków, Lisbon, Lyon, Madrid, Málaga, Marseille, Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Naples, Nice, Oslo-Gardermoen, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Porto, Prague, Rome-Fiumicino, Seville, Stockholm-Bromma, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Turin, Venice-Marco Polo, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw
Brussels AirlinesAbidjan, Accra, Banjul, Birmingham, Bujumbura, Conakry, Cotonou, Douala, Dakar, Entebbe, Freetown, London-Heathrow, Kigali, Kinshasa, Lomé, Luanda, Manchester, Monrovia, Moscow-Domodedovo, Nairobi, Ouagadougou, Tel Aviv, Yaoundé
Brussels Airlines operated by Augsburg AirwaysHanover
Brussels Airlines operated by BMI RegionalBristol, Newcastle upon Tyne
Bulgaria AirSofia
Bulgarian Air CharterSeasonal : Burgas, Varna
Continental AirlinesNewark
Croatia AirlinesZagreb
Seasonal : Split
Cyprus AirwaysLarnaca
Czech AirlinesPrague
Delta Air LinesAtlanta, New York-JFK
EasyJetBerlin-Schönefeld, Lyon, Milan-Malpensa, Nice
EasyJet SwitzerlandGeneva
EgyptAirCairo
El AlTel Aviv
Estonian AirTallinn
Ethiopian AirlinesAddis Ababa
Etihad AirwaysAbu Dhabi
FinnairHelsinki
FlybeManchester, Southampton
Freebird AirlinesSeasonal : Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, İzmir
Hainan AirlinesBeijing-Capital, Shanghai-Pudong
Iberia AirlinesIberia
Iberia operated by Air NostrumAsturias
IcelandairSeasonal : Rekjavík-Keflavík
Jat AirwaysAmsterdam, Belgrade
Jet AirwaysChennai, Delhi, Mumbai, New York-JFK, Newark, Toronto-Pearson
Jet4you operated by JetairflyTangier
JetairflyAjaccio, Alicante, Almería, Araxos, Athens, Bastia, Burgas, Brindisi, Catania, Chania, Corfu, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Heraklion, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Kos, Lamezia Terme, Lanzarote, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Lesbos, Lourdes, Málaga, Minorca, Mykonos, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Tenerife-South, Thessaloniki, Toulon, Zakynthos, Zaragoza
JetairflyAgadir, Aqaba, Boa Vista, Cairo, Cancún, Colombo [begins 30 October], Dubrovnik, Djerba, Enfidha, Hurghada, Liberia, Luxor, Malé [begins 30 October], Marrakech, Mombasa, Montego Bay, Nador, Oujda, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Sal, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tabarka, Tangier, Tunis, Varadero, Varna, Zanzibar
KLM operated by KLM CityhopperAmsterdam
LOT Polish AirlinesWarsaw
LufthansaFrankfurt, Munich
Lufthansa Regional operated by Augsburg AirwaysMunich
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLineMunich, Stuttgart
Lydd AirSeasonal : Lydd
Malév Hungarian AirlinesBudapest
Middle East AirlinesBeirut
NouvelairSeasonal : Djerba, Monastir
Olympic AirAthens
Onur AirSeasonal : Antalya
Ostfriesische LufttransportBremen, Leipzig/Halle
Pegasus AirlinesIstanbul-Sabiha Gökçen
Seasonal : Antalya, Bodrum
Qatar AirwaysDoha [begins 31 January]
Royal Air MarocCasablanca, Marrakech, Nador, Oujda, Tangier
Seasonal : Al Hoceima
Royal JordanianAmman-Queen Alia
Scandinavian AirlinesCopenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda
Sky AirlinesSeasonal : Antalya
Sky Work AirlinesAngers [begins 14 February], Bern [begins 14 February]
Swiss International Air LinesZürich
Swiss operated by Swiss European Air LinesBasel/Mulhouse, Zürich
Syrian AirAleppo, Beirut, Damascus
TAP PortugalLisbon, Porto
TAROMBucharest-Henri Coandă
Thomas Cook Airlines BelgiumAlicante, Almería, Athens, Barcelona, Burgas, Cagliari, Catania, Chania, Chios, Corfu, Enfidha, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gerona, Heraklion, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Kos, La Palma, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Lesbos, Lisbon, Málaga, Malta, Minorca, Mykonos, Naples, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Palermo, Rhodes, Rimini, Reus, Santorini, Tenerife-South, Venice-Marco Polo, Zakynthos
Thomas Cook Airlines BelgiumAgadir, Antalya, Bodrum, Burgas, Cairo, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Hurgada, İzmir, Larnaca, Luxor, Marrakech, Marsa Alam, Monastir, Oujda, Paphos, Sharm el-Sheikh, Split, Taba, Tunis, Varna
TNT AirwaysSeasonal : Chania, Heraklion, Rhodes
TNT AirwaysSeasonal : Agadir, Antalya, Bodrum, Marrakech
TunisairDjerba, Monastir, Tunis
Turkish AirlinesEskişehir, Istanbul-Atatürk, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen
Turkish Airlines operated by AnadoluJetAnkara
Ukraine International AirlinesKiev-Boryspil
United AirlinesChicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles
US AirwaysPhiladelphia
VuelingBarcelona, Valencia, Vigo
Seasonal : Seville
Wind JetSeasonal : Forlì
XL Airways FranceSeasonal : Cancún, Phuket, Punta Cana, Varadero

Airlines Destinations
AerologicBahrain, Hong Kong
Air AlgérieAlgiers, Casablanca
Aryan Cargo ExpressMumbai
Asiana Airlines#CargoAsiana Cargo
Atlas Air
[[Cathay Pacific#Cargo
Demavia AirlinesKinshasa
DHL International
EgyptAir Cargo
EVA Air#EVA Air CargoEVA Air Cargo
European Air TransportLondon-Heathrow
FedEx Feeder operated by Air ContractorsDublin, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Global Aviation & Services GroupTripoli-Mitiga
Kalitta AirBahrein, New York-JFK
Korean Air#CargoKorean Air Cargo
Royal Air MarocCasablanca
Royal Jordanian#CargoRoyal Jordanian Cargo
Saudi Arabian AirlinesSaudi Arabian Airlines Cargo
Singapore Airlines CargoAmsterdam, Atlanta, Bangalore, Bogotá, Campinas, Chennai, Chicago-O'Hare, Dhaka, Dallas/Fort Worth, Dubai, Kolkata, Los Angeles, Mumbai, Quito, Sharjah, Singapore
TNT AirwaysHelsinki

Airport Runways
DirectionLength ft(m)Surface
02/209,800 (2,987)Asphalt
07R/25L10,535 (3,211)Asphalt
07L/25R11,936 (3,638)Concrete

Belgian airports

Civil featuring scheduled flights: Antwerp International Airport * Brussels Airport * Brussels South Charleroi Airport * Liège Airport
Civil without scheduled flights: Balen-Keiheuvel Aerodrome * Grimbergen Airfield * Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport * Ostend-Bruges International Airport * Saint-Ghislain Airport * Spa-La Sauvenière Airport
Military : Beauvechain Air Base * Chièvres Air Base * Florennes Air Base * Jehonville Air Base * Koksijde Air Base * Kleine Brogel Air Base * Melsbroek Air Base * Moorsele Airport * Weelde Air Base



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