On 20 June, it was the turn of theBrussels airport to cope with a staff shortage, with major consequences for business travellers. The airport management has been forced to cancel all operations scheduled for Monday. The reason: a strike by security staff. " Brussels Airport has decided not to authorise any passenger flights to take off on Monday 20 June 2022 "says Brussels Airlines, adding: " This is a consequence of the national demonstration and the participation of a large part of the security personnel of G4S ".
" Because of the industrial dispute and the lack of security guards, no flights will depart from Brussels-National airport today, monday 20 june "confirms Brussels Airport. " This case of force majeure means that the safety of passengers and staff cannot be guaranteed. This decision is necessary to avoid chaotic situations. Brussels Airport asks passengers not to travel to the airport today but to contact their airline to change their flight ".
Ahead of the movement, Brussels Airlines had already cancelled more than 50 % of its flights scheduled for Monday, before the measure is rolled out across the board. The only exception: " certain flights on which there are mainly transfer passengers and for which security screening is not required. This concerns eight flights on which only passengers who are continuing their journey to another destination via Brussels airport will be accepted." says the airline.
Further disruption in store
The current social situation is likely to cause further disruption to business travel to and from Brussels in the - very - near future. In fact, another strike notice has been issued, this time by the company Brussels Airlines targets the dates of 23, 24 and 25 June. Three days during which the Lufthansa Group airline was theoretically to provide 525 flightsManagement does not yet know how many of these were cancelled. " We sincerely regret the impact of these actions on our customers. "says Maaike Andries, spokeswoman for Brussels Airlines. " For the time being, we do not yet know how many flights will be affected by industrial action and how many will be operated as planned. We are doing our utmost to review our flight schedule as soon as we have an idea of the participation rate of our crews in the strike action. ".
At the same time, Ryanair should also see its operations disrupted in Belgium. The notice period of 24, 25 and 26 June also applies to the Portugal. This European movement will also affect France (25 and 26 June), theSpain (24 June to 2 July) and theItaly on 25 June.
