1,734,174 passengers passed through Brussels Airport in March 2025, down 0.5% from the same month last year.
This downward trend can be explained by the national industrial action on March 31, a day on which no departing passenger flights and only around a third of arriving passenger flights could be operated.
With the mid-term holidays in Dutch-speaking schools ending in the first week of March, there were more arriving passengers than departing ones. The fact that only arriving flights were operated on March 31 also reinforced this trend.
Transfer passengers made up about 15% of departing passengers, primarily on routes to and from Africa and North America.
The top 10 countries were Spain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, France, the United States, Türkiye, Morocco and the United Kingdom, respectively.
Flown cargo volumes: +7.1% compared to March 2024
Total cargo volumes through Brussels Airport in March 2025 increased by 5.7%, reaching 68,427 tonnes. Flown cargo volumes grew by 7.1% to a total of 58,105 tonnes.
There was a 4.7% decline in the full-freighter segment. Belly cargo increased by 8.1%. Integrator services were up 18.2% compared to March 2024, while trucked volumes were down 1.7%.
The primary import regions were Asia, Africa and North America. The major export regions are again Asia, followed by Africa and North America.
Flight movements: +4.8% compared to March 2024
The number of flight movements in March rose by 4.8% compared to last year. The number of passenger flights saw a 2.9% increase. The number of cargo flights rose by 8.1% compared with March 2024.
For more detailed figures, please check the press release.