Passengers In November Brussels Airport welcomed
1,351,000 passengers, down 1.9% on the corresponding period last year.
This decrease is largely due to a general decline in the economy.
Contrary to the overall slightly downward trend we notice a steady
general increase of intercontinental traffic, in particular on the
routes operated by Brussels Airlines and other Star Alliance carriers.
Low fare equally continues to grow strongly.
Movements In November, Brussels Airport
registered 19,000 flights, a decrease by 4.6% on pcp. Again we notice
that the number of flights is growing at a slower pace or decreasing
more rapidly than the number of passengers. The increasing average
number of passenger per flight is explained by an improved load factor
and the use of larger aircraft.
Cargo With 34,608 tonnes carried, cargo traffic
was down 17% on the corresponding month last year. For the first time
this year, Brussels Airport records a decrease in all cargo segments
(full freighter, belly cargo and integrator traffic). These figures are
entirely in line with the negative trend in cargo traffic elsewhere in
Europe.
New routes On 3 December, Air Europe started a
two daily service to Madrid. Demavia / Fly Congo launched a direct
full-freighter service to Luanda and Kinshasa.
On top of earlier
announcements, Vueling is to open routes to Alicante and Malaga in
addition to its flights to Barcelona and Valencia. Thomas Cook Airlines
opens four new routes: Bastia, Biarritz, Nice and Reykjavik. Brussels
Airlines is to resume its service to Palermo and Aegean Airlines is
adding a service to Rhodes to its current flight offer to Athens,
Iraklion and Corfu.
