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  • BRU Airport Overview
    Brussels Airport BRU, located outside the historic City of Brussels, Belgium, is a very busy Airport due to its location and the fact that Brussels is Europe's Capital City. The European Union and NATO are headquartered there, as well as many other organizations and corporations. 18.5 million people traveled through the Airport in 2008. BRU Airport offers all the amenities of a world-class airport, putting services and security on top of its priorities.

    Belgium is known as one of the prime locations for international conferences and is placed world-second in the category of International Meetings. Brussels offers 93 conference centers with a combined capacity of 450 meeting rooms. It also serves as the staring point for vacation travelers to European countries.

    A multitude of domestic and international airlines serve the airport with non-stop flights throughout Europe and non-stops as well as connecting flights overseas.

    NOTE: Flight information is not announced over the airport loudspeakers within the terminal. Travelers are informed about check-in rows, departure and arrival times, gates, baggage carousels and other operational facts through hundreds of monitors located throughout the terminals. This is part of an endeavor to reduce stress by reducing unnecessary noise, thereby making it a more pleasant environment.

    FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS--The construction of an underground rail link:
    In October 2007 work has started on the construction of an underground rail link between the train station at the airport and the new railway line Schaarbeek - Mechelen that is to be constructed on the central reservation of the E19 motorway. Travelers from the Antwerp - Mechelen region will be able to travel non-stop to the airport without the inconvenience of first having to pass through Brussels. This new link requires major construction works, including the boring of two tunnels under the runway, and will be taken into service in 2012.


  • Main Terminal / Concourses at Brussels BRU Airport
    BRUSSELS MAIN TERMINAL is a huge building with four levels. Level 2 is for Arrivals; level 3 is for Departures. It also has Pier A and Pier B. Services at each level are outlined in the individual headings of this site.