Brussels Airways on Friday stated that it will cancel the vast majority of its flights scheduled for October 1 attributable to a nationwide strike by safety personnel in Belgium. The airline, based mostly at Brussels Airport, is without doubt one of the key hub carriers inside the Lufthansa Group.
The nation’s major airport, Brussels Airport, had requested airways to evaluate their flight schedules in anticipation of decreased safety screenings on account of the strike.
Based on a Brussels Airways spokesperson, the airline should cancel 80% of its 203 scheduled flights for the day. Affected passengers shall be supplied with various flight choices, together with the likelihood to journey on an earlier or later date, or to fly on the identical day by way of one other Lufthansa Group hub.
The airport authorities predicted that numerous safety employees would participate within the strike, inflicting a considerable disruption to airport operations on that day. Within the earlier month, Brussels Airport dealt with roughly 2.4 million passengers and 18,600 flights, as per the airport’s knowledge.
The upcoming strike in October follows carefully on the heels of current disruptions at Belgium’s Charleroi airport, a major hub for the low-cost provider Ryanair, the place a number of days of strikes by airport workers prompted appreciable flight delays and cancellations.
(With inputs from companies)
The nation’s major airport, Brussels Airport, had requested airways to evaluate their flight schedules in anticipation of decreased safety screenings on account of the strike.
Based on a Brussels Airways spokesperson, the airline should cancel 80% of its 203 scheduled flights for the day. Affected passengers shall be supplied with various flight choices, together with the likelihood to journey on an earlier or later date, or to fly on the identical day by way of one other Lufthansa Group hub.
The airport authorities predicted that numerous safety employees would participate within the strike, inflicting a considerable disruption to airport operations on that day. Within the earlier month, Brussels Airport dealt with roughly 2.4 million passengers and 18,600 flights, as per the airport’s knowledge.
The upcoming strike in October follows carefully on the heels of current disruptions at Belgium’s Charleroi airport, a major hub for the low-cost provider Ryanair, the place a number of days of strikes by airport workers prompted appreciable flight delays and cancellations.
(With inputs from companies)
