The 31st of March is the official start of the summer season at Brussels Airport. A season that looks set to be busy with no fewer than 202 destinations on offer for our avid globetrotters. Whether city breaks, summer sun, distant or exotic destinations, travellers really will be spoilt for choice.
Only a few days before the Easter holidays kicked in, Brussels Airport launched the summer season with new destinations, but also new routes and increased capacity on some destinations.
Three new destinations
Since the 31st of March, Ryanair is taking us to two new destinations that are both a first for Brussels Airport. The Irish company is flying to Pisa four times a week and continues its twice-weekly flights to Amman, which it started this winter. TUI fly, for its part, adds a twice-weekly service to Puerto Plata to its portfolio, another destination launched this winter.
For those heading to the UK, the flights to Newcastle have been taken over by the regional English airline Loganair with 11 weekly flights.
Six new routes
For some destinations, the offer is broadened since the 31st of March. For example, Ryanair is flying to Girona three times a week and is continuing to operate a thrice-weekly service to Marrakesh, a route it launched this winter. airBaltic is flying passengers to Tallinn three times a week. TAP Air Portugal carroes out 14 flights a week to Porto, while LOT Polish Airlines is operating 12 flights a week to the city of Budapest. Finally, Brussels Airlines continues to fly to Kiev four times a week just like it did this winter.
Increased capacity
On the intercontinental network, Brussels Airlines is laying on more flights to Africa, increasing in particular the frequency to Kinshasa to offer a daily flight.
Some airlines are operating larger planes on intercontinental destinations. ANA and Etihad Airways, for example, are now using a B787-9 for the daily flights to Tokyo and Abu Dhabi, while United Airlines introduced a B787-10 for its daily service to Newark.
On European and medium-distance destinations, some airlines have increased the frequency or seating capacity. This is notably the case for Aeroflot, AirBaltic, Air Europa, CSA Czech Airlines, Egyptair, Georgian Airways, Icelandair, SunExpress and Vueling.