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2.1 million passengers at Brussels Airport in June
16.07.2024 - 10:26 / traveldailynews.com / Theodore Koumelis
In June, Brussels Airport recorded 2.1 million passengers, marking a 4% increase from June 2023. Throughout the first half of 2024, the airport saw nearly 11 million passengers, a 6% growth year-on-year.
In June, Brussels Airport welcomed 2.1 million passengers, a growth of 4% compared to June 2023. For the first half of the year, there were almost 11 million passengers. The total freight volume decreased by 9% in June, to a total of 54,000 tons.
In June, the airport welcomed 2,098,373 passengers. This is an increase of 4% compared to June 2023. With the beginning of the summer holidays at the end of June, there were more departing than arriving passengers.
Transfer passengers accounted for 15% of departing passengers. This is lower than last year due to a drop in the number of passengers travelling within Europe. The number of intercontinental transfer passengers continues to grow and thus supports the further development of the intercontinental network of Brussels Airport.
The ten most popular countries in June were Spain, Italy, Germany, Greece, Türkiye, the United States, Portugal, Morocco, France and the United Kingdom.
The network of Brussels Airport continues to expand. New routes starting up in June were Shanghai, operated by Hainan Airlines, Nairobi by Brussels Airlines, and Budapest by Wizzair.
For the first half of 2024, from January to June, there were almost 11 million passengers, 6% more than in 2023.
In June there were 17,406 movements, a decrease of 1% compared to the same period in 2023. The number of passenger flights increased by almost 2%. There were an average of 145 passengers per flight this month. That’s 2,8% more than in June 2023. The number of cargo flights has fallen by 10% due to a decrease in the full cargo segment (-10%) and express services (-11%).
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