| During the upcoming winter season at Brussels Airport, passengers will have a choice of 135 direct destinations. Besides the typical winter sports destinations, there are also several additional routes, including to Egypt. Moreover, we welcome two new airlines. The terminal is decorated in the Belgian Treasures theme, which puts our Belgian specialities, from Magritte and the Smurfs to Belgian delicacies, under the spotlight.
54 airlines offer 135 destinations from Brussels Airport during this year's winter season. In addition, two new airlines will start operations at Brussels Airport this winter. Royal Jordanian offers three flights a week to Amman, and flynas will fly to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia for the first time in December, also with three flights a week.
The intercontinental network is further enhanced with higher frequencies. Qatar Airways expands its frequency to Doha from 7x to 10x a week, and Etihad Airways ups the number of flights to Abu Dhabi from 5x to 7x a week. Brussels Airlines will again increase its flight frequency to West Africa this winter. Hainan Airlines continues the flights launched this summer to Shenzhen.
TUI fly has already greatly increased the number of destinations and flights in North Africa this summer and will again be adding Algiers and Tunis this winter. This means that TUI offers no less than 10 destinations in Morocco, 5 in Algeria and 3 in Tunisia. Winter sports enthusiasts will also have plenty of choice from December onwards with flights to Innsbruck and Salzburg in Austria, and Kittila and Kuusamo in Finland.
For those looking for a bit of sun in winter there is a growing offer to Egypt, with no less than 5 destinations: Cairo, Hurghada, Marsa Alam, Sharm-El-Sheikh and Luxor, and to the Cape Verde Islands. Banjul in Gambia is also a popular winter destination, as are the usual sunnier destinations including the Canary Islands, with a choice of Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. TUI fly also flies to the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Mexico this winter.
Other airlines that will increase the number of flights significantly this winter are Transavia, Swiss, SAS, Vueling, SunExpress and Brussels Airlines.
Autumn holidays start with the spotlight on our Belgian Treasures The first weekend of the autumn mid-term break, with the start of the holiday in French-speaking schools, has already gone smoothly, and next Friday 27 October will be the busiest day (with 76,000 passengers), with the start of the holiday in Dutch-speaking schools. Almost 1.1 million passengers are expected over the entire holiday period (from Friday 20 October to Sunday 5 November).
To welcome passengers at the start of the winter season, Brussels Airport has had the terminal decorated in the Belgian Treasures theme. Our Belgian specialities and ambassadors, from Magritte and the Smurfs to the typical delicacies such as our Belgian beers, waffles, fries and chocolates are put under the spotlight. The specialist Belgian shops, Magritte and Urban Therapy, will also highlight their products.
Brussels Airport recommends that passengers arrive at the airport well in time, two hours in advance for a Schengen flight and three hours in advance for a non-Schengen flight. In addition, it is also advisable to select your means of transport in advance (train, bus, car, taxi, car-sharing) and, for those arriving by car, reserve a parking space. BRUce, the virtual assistant at Brussels Airport, will send you any updates about your flight via Whatsapp or Messenger thanks to the "Follow Your Flight" function, after registration on the website. | 
