Brussels International Airport is once again flirting with a network of worldwide connections close to what it was in 2019. This summer, no fewer than 175 direct destinations are served from Brussels Airport by 58 airlines. Three years ago, however, the airport had almost 200.
The authorities are launching nine new destinations, mainly in Europe and on the Mediterranean route: Billund (Denmark), Seville (Spain), Kayseri (Turkey) and Monastir (Tunisia), as well as Bejaia, Constantine, Oran and Tlemcen (Algeria)..
On the intercontinental front, however, the development of the network is less spectacular. Only Toronto joins the airport's long-haul network. Air Canada is launching five weekly flights on 1 August.
35 long-haul destinations, including only 2 in Asia
Brussels is thus linked to 35 long-haul cities.
– 5 destinations in North America (New York, Newark, Chicago, Washington, Montreal, Toronto) by Brussels Airlines, Air Canada, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Air Transat
– 4 destinations in Central America with TUI fly (Punta Cana, Cancun, Varadero and Montego Bay)
– 21 sub-Saharan destinations including 17 by Brussels Airlines, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Mauritius by Air Belgium, Addis Ababa by Ethiopian Airlines and Kigali by Rwandair
– 3 destinations in the Gulf Abu Dhabi by Etihad, Doha by Qatar Airways and Dubai by Emirates.
Asia, however, continues to be conspicuous by its absence. Brussels only has two connections to the Asian continent this summer: Beijing with Hainan Airlines (daily flight) and Tokyo Narita with All Nippon Airways with two flights a week.
BangkokIndia, Hong Kong and Shanghai are still not accessible by non-stop flights from Brussels. As for the Singapore Airlines flight planned between Brussels and the financial metropolis of South-East Asia, it never got off the ground because of Covid. And for the moment there is nothing to suggest that it will be implemented any time soon...
Note that Brussels Airlines remains the largest operator on the Belgian airport platform. The carrier has added four extra aircraft to its European fleet. The airline is offering 92 destinations this summer, including 2 in North America and 17 in sub-Saharan Africa. On short and medium-haul routes, this summer it is offering new routes to Billund, Warsaw, Brindisi, Djerba, Monastir and Zurich.
