Hundreds of flight departures have been cancelled from Brussels Airport on 29APR due to a nationwide general strike. The smaller Brussels South Charleroi Airport has cancelled both departures and arrivals, Belga News Agency reports.
BRU posted On X/Twitter: “Departing flights will unfortunately be cancelled due to participation from security & handling staff to the [strike] action. We ask passengers not to come to the airport today. We apologise for the inconvenience.”
An Air Canada spokesperson tells Open Jaw that flights between Montreal and Brussels have been cancelled – outbound on the evening of 29APR and inbound on 30APR. Air Canada is allowing free rebooking of all flights into Brussels in anticipation of further delays or cancellations.
The Brussels Times reports that 470 flights were expected into and out of Brussels Airport on 29APR, representing 66,000 passengers. Several scheduled flights are departing from Rotterdam’s The Hague Airport and Maastricht Aachen Airport instead. Ten trains have ground to a halt on the Brussels-Paris Eurostar route. Public transit has also been severely disrupted.
