Brussels Zaventem Airport resumed operation on Sunday, with three symbolic Brussels Airlines flights departing for Faro, Turin and Athens just 12 days after two bombs killed 14 people in the departure hall.
Departing passengers checked in through temporary structures leading to the screening area in the Connector Building.
In the coming days flights will gradually increase to the 800 passengers per hour maximum capacity of the temporary structure. Arriving passengers will follow normal routing, with the arrival hall only slightly damaged in the explosions.
Brussels Airport has started demolition work to remove all damaged elements in the departure hall. Management will focus on restoring several check-in desks in the departure hall, before working to re-establish maximum capacity before the start of the European summer holidays at the end of June.
Arnaud Feist, CEO of Brussels Airport Company has thanked airport staff and police for their bravery during the attacks.
“These people arrived very quickly at the scene. With risk for their own lives, they fearlessly went inside to help others,” he said. “I cannot call this anything but heroic, and I have the very deepest respect for these actions.”
With nearly 23.5 million passengers in 2015 Brussels Airport is one of the largest airports in Europe and the main airport in Belgium. Brussels Airport connects the capital of Europe to 226 destinations around the globe, served by 77 airlines.
(culled from www.aviationbusiness.com.au)
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