Brussels Airport

8 Flight routes to & from Brussels (BRU)

Flight Edinburgh (EDI) - Brussels (BRU)
Brussels Airlines (SN2064, SN2066), Deutsche Lufthansa (LH5625, LH5627), ANA All Nippon Airways (NH5138), bmi regional (BM6064, BM6066), Hainan Airlines (HU8570)
£175.02
Flight Birmingham (BHX) - Brussels (BRU)
Brussels Airlines (SN2048, SN2050), Deutsche Lufthansa (LH5555, LH5609), ANA All Nippon Airways (NH5128), bmi regional (BM6048, BM6050), Etihad Airways (EY7230)
£164.39
Flight London (LON) - Brussels (BRU)
British Airways (BA404, BA398, BA396, BA392), Japan Airlines (JL7705, JL6527, JL7769), American Airlines (AA6425)
£95.83
Flight Manchester (MAN) - Brussels (BRU)
Brussels Airlines (SN2174, SN2184, SN2178), ANA All Nippon Airways (NH5162), Air Canada (AC6373), bmi regional (BM6178), Aegean Airlines (A33011), Hainan Airlines (HU8557)
£129.41
Flight Bristol (BRS) - Brussels (BRU)
bmi regional (BM6058, BM6056, BM6060, BM2001), Brussels Airlines (SN2056, SN2058, SN2060), United Airlines (UA9888)
£223.86
Flight London Heathrow (LHR) - Brussels (BRU)
British Airways (BA404, BA398, BA396, BA392), Japan Airlines (JL7705, JL6527, JL7769), American Airlines (AA6425)
£95.83

Brussels Airport

Brussels Airport, also known as Luchthaven Brussel-Zaventem or Aéroport Bruxelles-National, is the most important and largest airport in Belgium. The airport is one of the 20 largest airports in Europe with a total of 17 million checked in passengers a year. Brussels airport is served by scheduled and charter airlines offering cheap flights from many destinations in Europe and worldwide.
  • URL: Brussels (BRU)
  • Time zone: GMT 1
  • Service telephone: +32 2 753 77-53
  • Address: Brussels International Airport, BE - 1930 Zaventem, België
  • Operating company: Brussels International Airport Company
  • Parking: Yes; paid parking, about 12500 short and long term spaces.
  • Nearby cities: Brüssel (11 km), Antwerpen (35 km), Charleroi (54 km), Namur (55 km), Gent (56 km), Breda (77 km), Lüttich (82 km), Maastricht (84 km), Tilburg (85 km), Eindhoven (92 km)
  • Directions by car: From Brussels orbital motorway R0 onto the A201 which leads to the airport. The airport is then signposted.
  • Stations: Take the train either to Brussel-Centraal, -Noord or -Zuid and then use the "Airport City Express" train which goes to the airport terminal.
  • Flight distribution on the days of the week: Monday (15.54%), Tuesday (14.33%), Wednesday (14.45%), Thursday (14.95%), Friday (15.39%), Saturday (11.89%), Sunday (13.46%)
  • Alternative spelling: Zaventem Airport, Bruxelles-National, Brussel Nationaal Luchthaven, Brussels Airport, Brusel, Bréissel, Bruksela, Brüsszel, Brisel, Bruxelles, Bryssel, Bruselas, Брисел, Bruxelas, Brüksel, Briuselis, Brussele, Brussell, Bruselj, Брюссель, Брусель, Брюксел, Бруссел, Βρυξέλλες, ব্রাসেলস, બ્રસેલ્સ, ಬ್ರಸೆಲ್ಸ್, பிரசெல்சு, ဘရပ်ဆဲလ်မြို့, בריסל, ბრიუსელი, Բրյուսել, บรัสเซลส์, ब्रसेल्स, برسلز, بروكسل, ブリュッセル, 브뤼셀, 布鲁塞尔, 布魯塞爾

Most popular destinations from Brussels (Flights per week )

  1. Madrid Barajas (142, 3,76 %)
  2. London Heathrow (124, 3,28 %)
  3. Frankfurt-Main (114, 3,02 %)
  4. Munich (108, 2,86 %)
  5. Barcelona El Prat (104, 2,75 %)
  6. Vienna (102, 2,70 %)
  7. Geneva (98, 2,60 %)
  8. Lisbon (96, 2,54 %)
  9. Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci (94, 2,49 %)
  10. Copenhagen (84, 2,22 %)
  11. other (71.78 %)

Top airlines (percentage of departures and arrivals)

  1. Brussels Airlines (2899, 38,42 %)
  2. Ryanair (540, 7,16 %)
  3. TUI fly Belgium (426, 5,65 %)
  4. British Airways (328, 4,35 %)
  5. Lufthansa (326, 4,32 %)
  6. Italia Trasporto Aereo (288, 3,82 %)
  7. United Airlines (192, 2,54 %)
  8. SAS Scandinavian Airlines (170, 2,25 %)
  9. Vueling Airlines (132, 1,75 %)
  10. KLM (128, 1,70 %)
  11. other (28.04 %)

Location
Opened in 1940, the airport is about 11 km or 8 miles north east of the city centre near the town of Zaventem. Passengers arriving by car please take the Brussels orbital motorway R0 and then turn off onto the A210 motorway that leads to the airport.

The airport has its own train station. Passengers travelling by train please head for Brussels Centraal Station and then change for the "Airport City Express" train. This also goes from Brussel Noord Station and Brussel Zuid Station.

Numerous buses also serve the airport: from Central Station, the Bus nr. 471 operated by "De Lijn"; from the nearby metro station Luxembourg/Luxemburg, the bus number 12 that runs at 30 minuten intervals (Airport Line). The "Airport Line" also runs from Schuman metro station (line 11). Bus numbers 272, 282, 359, 471, 616, 621, 651, 652, 659, 681, 682, 683, 820, 821 and 823 also stop at the airport.


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