405,000 passengers are expected to travel through Brussels Airport during the Carnival holidays. Sun destinations are particularly popular.
During the ten days of the Carnival school break, from Friday 25 February to Sunday 6 March, more than 405,000 travellers are expected at Brussels Airport. That is over 65% of the number of passengers in the same period before the Covid crisis (620,000 passengers in 2020) and the share of holidaymakers is even higher, since there is mainly a decrease in the number of business travellers and transfer passengers.
The Carnival break is thus again a real holiday period after the difficult Carnival holidays in 2021 when non-essential travel was not allowed (57,000 passengers). The large number of last-minute bookings with our airlines shows that a lot of people feel the need for sun and relaxation.
With 125 direct destinations, offered by 50 airlines, there is something for everybody during this holiday period. Popular destinations are sun destinations in Spain and the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Islands and Egypt.
Morocco, Tunisia, the Caribbean Islands, Mexico and Dubai are also popular among those who like to travel farther, as are new destinations Mauritius, Curaçao and Havana.
For snow and winter sports lovers, there are direct flights to Innsbruck (Austria), Bolzano (Italy) and Kittila (Finland).
It will be pleasantly busy again in the terminal!