Civil aviation news
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August 26, 2026
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Three weekly services would connect Belgium and the Netherlands with Copenhagen and southern Sweden European Sleeper is preparing to launch a new night train linking Brussels with Copenhagen and…
Ryanair has named Athens, Trapani and Podgorica as its three most popular destinations among Belgian passengers during summer 2026. Athens is served from both Brussels Airport and Brussels South…
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August 25, 2026
Transavia strengthens its operations in Belgium with the opening of a crew base at Brussels Airport. The low-cost airline landed at Brussels Airport in 2022…
Transavia will strengthen its operation between Portugal and Belgium by launching a new direct route between Ponta Delgada, in the Azores, and Brussels, during the summer of 2027. The new…
Transavia announced it is taking another step in Belgium, where it recently established a fully operational local crew base at Brussels Airport. After having announced…
Low-cost airline Transavia, part of the Air France-KLM group, announced on Tuesday, August 25, that it will launch, in summer 2027, a route between the city of Brussels, Belgium…
A trial phase for the use of an autonomous, electrically powered ramp tractor in the cargo area has begun at Brussels Airport. The trial is being conducted as part of the European…
Brussels Airport is currently trialling an autonomous electric tow tractor for transporting cargo trailers within its cargo zone. This pilot project is being carried out as part of the European…
August 24, 2026
Brussels Airport has begun a practical trial of an autonomous electric tug for cargo transport. The vehicle is meant to move trailers between warehouses and the apron. According to…
Brussels Airport has begun testing an autonomous electric tow tractor for transporting cargo trailers between warehouses and aircraft aprons. It is the first real-life trial of autonomous cargo…
August 21, 2026
Air Congo has operated its first flight between Kinshasa and Paris, opening its second European destination after Brussels. The Congolese airline plans five weekly…
Transavia (Netherlands) opened a base for its crews in Brussels. Four aircraft are also based there. «Since our beginnings at Brussels Airport [in 2022, editor's note…
A first stone was laid yesterday morning at the heart of a military base in southern Belgium, a symbolic step in another strand of the Franco-Belgian CaMo partnership: the construction…
August 20, 2026
Socialist union BBTK demands that Tuifly Belgium's management urgently clarify the future direction of flight operations, fleet size and…
August 19, 2026
Seven helicopters and two water-bombing aircraft were operating over the High Fens on Wednesday as firefighters sought to consolidate the perimeter around Belgium’s largest recorded wildfire. The…
August 18, 2026
The socialist trade union BBTK is demanding urgent clarity from TUI fly Belgium over the future of its Belgian fleet, operations and employment, following recent comments by TUI Group CEO Sebastian…
The TUI group is considering reducing the number of its aircraft based in Belgium following the increase in the passenger departure tax announced by the Belgian government, […]…
Airline Etihad Airways will expand its route offering between Brussels Airport and its Abu Dhabi hub starting December 15, 2026. In addition to the existing daily scheduled flight…
August 17, 2026
Brussels Airlines is adding scheduled flights to Evenes (Norway), Kemi and Kittilä (Finland) to its winter 2026-27 program from Brussels, turning into scheduled routes what until…
Brussels Airlines adds scheduled flights to Evenes (Norway), Kemi and Kittilä (Finland) to its winter 2026-27 schedule from Brussels, turning what until now operated mainly as charters to the Arctic…
Virgin Trains has taken a major step towards launching international rail services from London after Britain’s rail regulator approved a framework agreement allowing it to operate trains through the…
Belgian carrier Brussels Airlines is expanding its winter schedule route network with three destinations in northern Europe. From December, the airline will serve the destinations of Kittilä and…
Brussels Airlines announced on August 17, 2026, a significant increase in the capacity it offers to Europe’s far… The post Brussels Airlines expands Arctic network with services to Norway and…
Brussels Airlines is expanding its offering in the far north, adding Evenes in Norway as well as Kemi and Kittilä in Finland as regular scheduled destinations for the winter timetable. Kittilä will…
Five pilots were targeted by laser beams while approaching Brussels Airport last Friday evening, August 14, according to Belgian media outlets VTM Nieuws and Het Laatste Nieuws. The incidents…
Brussels Airlines is expanding its winter leisure network with scheduled services to Evenes in Norway and Kemi and Kittilä in Finland, responding to growing demand for winter holidays in the Arctic…
Brussels Airport recorded passenger traffic of nearly 2.6 million in July 2026, an increase of 2.8 percent compared to the same month last year. This represents the…
Travel group Tui is reviewing the capacity of its Belgian airline Tuifly Belgium and is considering reducing the number of aircraft stationed in the country. Group CEO Sebastian…
Belgium is receiving international support to fight a major fire in the Hautes Fagnes. By Saturday evening around 2,000 hectares of vegetation had been affected. Reports say this makes it…
August 16, 2026
Etihad Airways will further strengthen its presence at Brussels Airport by increasing its Brussels–Abu Dhabi service from seven to 11 weekly flights from 15 December 2026. In addition to its…