Brussels Airport handled nearly 1.7 million passengers in October, despite the economic recession still an increase of 3.3% on the corresponding period last year. For the first ten months of the year, Brussels Airport recorded a growth of over 10% on 2010. The strongest growth was recorded in the long haul and low-cost segments; the increase in leisure and intra-European was more limited. Once again, growth was largely driven by Brussels Airlines.
Cargo
With a growth of 1.8%, cargo is only slightly down on October 2010, which – given the worldwide decline in cargo traffic – is a satisfactory result. The decrease only applies to full-freighter traffic and cargo carried on board passenger aircraft; integrator traffic continues to show positive growth figures.
Aircraft movement
The small decrease in movements is explained by the fall in cargo traffic. However, the decrease in the number of movements is compensated by the use of on average larger aircraft.
Source : Brussels Airport press release
