Brussels Airport

The flat land where Brussels Airport is situated today was first utilized for aviation purposes by the Germans during World War I. They set up small sheds in this area in 1918 as a beginning to a possible air field. The Belgian air force looked to this same piece of land in 1939, but the Germans seized it once more and built a completely new airport. Fourteen air raids were made here during the course of the war, including one on April 10, 1944 which caused extensive damage and killed 17 people. At the close of the war, the Belgian Civil Aeronautics Department took over and began reconstructing what remained. Melsbroek, a new terminal building, was opened in December of 1948. Ten years later, a greater part of the airport was completed. Between 1974 and 1976 the main terminal building was extended once more. Further extensions on the terminal to aid in the separation of European and international traveler flows and to cope with new regulations began in 1993.

Terminal A is the newest Terminal in Brussels Airport and was opened on 15 May 2002. This terminal was destined to support flights from and to the Schengen countries (A-gates). However, since 15 October 2008 all Brussels Airlines flights to African destinations are also handled at this pier. Therefore, border control was installed towards the end of the pier in order to create a new pier. As a result, gates A61-72 were renamed T61-72. Later, Brussels Airlines' daily flight to New York was also moved here from pier B.

Terminal B Terminal B is the oldest terminal still in use at Brussels Airport and is only used for flights outside the Schengen Area.

In 2019 the airport served over 26 million passegers with over 234,000 aircraft operations.

The Following Airlines Fly Passengers from Brussels Airport:

Aegean Airlines Aer Lingus Aeroflot Air Algérie Air Arabia airBaltic Air Belgium Air Canada Air Europa Air France Hop Air Malta Air Serbia Air Transat Alitalia All Nippon Airways AnadoluJet Austrian Airlines Blue Air British Airways Brussels Airlines[39] Bulgaria Air Corendon Airlines Croatia Airlines Czech Airlines Delta Air Lines easyJet EgyptAir El Al Emirates Ethiopian Airlines Etihad Airways Eurowings Finnair Georgian Airways Hainan Airlines Iberia Icelandair KLM LOT Polish Airlines Lufthansa Middle East Airlines Nouvelair Onur Air Qatar Airways Qeshm Air Royal Air Maroc RwandAir Ryanair Scandinavian Airlines Sky Express SunExpress Swiss International Air Lines TAP Air Portugal TAROM Thai Airways TUI fly Belgium[52] Tunisair Turkish Airlines Ukraine International Airlines United Airlines Vueling