5 million passengers use Brussels Airport during summer holidays
In July and August, around 5 million passengers travelled through Brussels Airport. The number is 3 per cent higher than last summer, the airport announced on Monday.
The airport processed 2.5 million passengers in both July and August. Due to the end of the summer holidays, there were 200,000 more passengers arriving than departing. With a total of 5 million passengers in the summer, the airport is closing in on the record of 5.3 million set in 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Last August, there were an average of 152 passengers per flight, one more than in August 2024. The total number of flight movements also increased, by 2 per cent, thanks to an equal increase in passenger flights.
The 10 most important countries in the past month were Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Morocco, Portugal, Germany, France, the US and the UK.
The number of cargo flights fell by 1 per cent. Total cargo volumes, however, rose by 3 per cent compared to August last year, with 57,994 tonnes transported last month. The volume of flown cargo increased by 13 per cent to a53,606 tonnes.
On the other hand, there was a 5 per cent decline in the full-freight segment, while belly cargo remained stable compared with last year. Express services saw an increase of 38 per cent, while trucked cargo volumes declined by 51.5 per cent. The main import and export regions were Asia, Africa and North America.
Illustration © BELGA PHOTO BENOIT DOPPAGNE
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