8 new routes and 5 new airlines
Brussels Airport kicks off the summer season on 29 March with an offer of direct flights to 180 destinations. Travellers can choose from eight new destinations this summer, both within and outside Europe. The intercontinental network will be expanded to a total of 41 destinations, including São Paulo (Brazil), Halifax (Canada), Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) and Chengdu (China). In addition, there are also five new airlines. Thanks to the new routes and additional flights, travellers will have even more opportunities to fly direct to major international airports and cities this summer. This further reinforces Brussels Airport's role as a major international hub, connecting the country with the rest of the world.
Eight new destinations this summer
From 2 June, LATAM Airlines will start three weekly non-stop flights to the Brazilian metropolis of São Paolo, the first direct passenger service to South America in 26 years. In the same month, Brussels Airlines will launch two weekly flights to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Air Canada will begin offering three flights a week to Halifax. The Asian network is also expanding: Air China will fly to the megacity of Chengdu three times a week from 26 March onwards.
Within Europe, LOT Polish Airlines will offer four weekly flights to Gdansk from April, while Volotea will fly to Asturias (Oviedo) in northern Spain three times a week this summer. This summer's list of destinations also includes the Chinese metropolis of Chongqing (Hainan Airlines) and the Cypriot port city of Larnaca (AEGEAN), which were already launched in the winter season.
Five new airlines
The number of airlines operating at Brussels Airport rises to a total of 70. The most notable newcomers in passenger flights this summer are Air China and LATAM Airlines.
On March 24, Air China launched direct flights to Beijing, and from March 26 to Chengdu. With Chengdu, the Asian network will be expanded to include direct flights to nine destinations.
From June, Brussels Airport will also welcome LATAM Airlines. The airline had been operating at the airport's cargo area for some time, but is launching passenger flights to São Paolo this summer, aimed at business travellers, tourists and the Brazilian community in Belgium wanting to visit family and friends. With São Paolo as a new anchor point, passengers can continue travelling to the whole of South America.
In addition to Air China and LATAM Airlines, three other new airlines will be offering flights from Brussels Airport. These include Volotea (three flights a week to Asturias) and, since last winter, Air Senegal (three flights a week to Dakar) and Smartwings (twelve weekly flights to Prague).
Further expansion of established values
Passengers flying from Brussels Airport will also benefit from a wider range of flight options served by the airlines already operating out of the airport. Transavia is expanding its Brussels base with a fourth aircraft and will offer more flights to the Mediterranean. Vueling will start flights to Palma and further increase frequencies to popular summer destinations such as Barcelona, Alicante and Malaga. Royal Air Maroc will offer Tétouan starting this summer, and TUI fly will also fly to Kayseri from now on.
Finally, Delta Air Lines will offer daily flights to Atlanta, up from the previous three flights per week. This offers travellers even more opportunities to travel on to the southern and western United States.
Intercontinental network continues to grow
With the addition of the new routes, the intercontinental network at Brussels Airport will include direct flights to 41 destinations.
- 8 destinations in North America: Atlanta, Chicago, Halifax, Montreal, Newark, New York, Washington and Toronto
- 1 destination in South America: São Paolo
- 4 destinations in the Gulf region: Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai and Jeddah
- 9 destinations in Asia: Tokyo, Bangkok, Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Singapore
- 19 destinations in sub-Saharan Africa: Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Banjul, Bujumbura, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar, Douala, Entebbe, Freetown, Kigali, Kilimanjaro, Kinshasa, Lomé, Monrovia, Nairobi, Ouagadougou, Yaoundé
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