Brussels International Airport - Definition and Overview

Brussels International Airport, also called Brussels Airport, is located in Zaventem, near Brussels, Belgium. The airport is a hub to SN Brussels Airlines, Virgin Express and DHL Aviation, has the IATA Airport Code BRU and the ICAO Airport Code EBBR.

The airport was created during World War II by the German occupying force. There is an urban legend about the airport creation in Zaventem. According to this legend, the Germans would have built the airport after asking locals what was the best place to build it, and Belgians then would have pointed them this location because they knew it was an often foggy place.

The following airlines fly to Brussels International Airport:

• Adria Airways
• Aegean Aviation
• Aer Lingus
• Aero Services
• Aeroflot
• Aerosvit Airlines
• Afrigiyah Airways
• Air Alfa
• Air Algerie
• Air Anatolia
• Air Atlantique
• Air Atlas
• Air Botnia
• Air Dolomiti
• Air Exel
• Air France
• Air Littoral
• Air Luxor
• Air Malta
• Air Mauritius
• Air Nostrum
• Air Rose
• Air Transat
• Air UK
• Air-Via
• Alitalia
• Alitalia Express SPA
• American Airlines
• Austrian Airlines
• BMIBaby
• Balkan Air
• Baklan Air Tour
• Berlin Jet
• Bimian Bangladesh
• Birdy Air
• Brit Air
• British Airways
• British Airways Citiexpress
• British European
• British Midland
• Cameroon Airlines
• China Eastern
• Cirrus Airlines
• Condor Flugdienst
• Continental Airlines
• Croatia Airlines
• CSA Czech
• Cyprus Airways
• Delta Air Lines
• Egyptair
• El Al
• Electra Airlines
• Estonian Air
• Eurocypria Airlines
• Eurodirect
• Eurowings
• Finnair
• Fly Air
• Freebird Airlines
• Futura Airlines
• Gambia International
• Gandalf Airlines
• Germania Airlines
• Hahn Shuttle
• Heli Shuttle
• Helios Airways
• Hellas Jet
• Hewa Bora Airways
• Iberia Airlines
• Iberworld
• Icelandair
• Islandsflug
• Istanbul Airlines
• Jetmagic
• Jugoslovenski Air Transport
• KLM Cityhopper
• Kenya Airways
• Kartago Airlines
• LTE Airlines
• LTU International
• Lauda Air
• Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises
• Lithuanian Airlines
• LOT Polish
• Lufthansa
• Luxair
• Maersk Air
• Mahan Air
• MALEV Hungarian
• Malmo Aviation
• Middle East Airlines Liban
• Minerva Airlines
• MNG Airlines
• NAS Air
• Nouvelair Tunisie
• Olympic Airways
• Onur Air
• Ostfriesische Lufttransport
• Pegasus Airlines
• Portugalia Airlines
• Regional Airlines
• Royal Air Maroc
• Royal Jordanian
• Rwanda Airlines
• Saudi Arabian Airlines
• Scandinavian Airlines System
• Schreiner Airways
• Scottish European
• Scribe Airlift Zaire
• Servicios Areos do Vale Amazo
• Skyways
• SN Brussels Airlines
• Spanair
• Sunexpress
• Swiss International Airlines
• Syrian Arab Airlines
• TAAG Angolan
• TAP Air Portugal
• TAROM
• Thai Airways International
• Thomas Cook Airlines
• Titan Airways
• Trans Jet Airways
• Transavia
• Tunisair
• Tyrolean
• Turkish Airlines
• Ukraine International
• United Airlines
• US Airways
• Virgin Express
• VLM Airlines
• Volare Airlines

Defunct airlines

Defunct airlines with a homebase at Brussels (incomplete list):

• Sabena
• Sobelair

See also

• Transportation in Belgium

External links

• Brussels International Airport Homepage (http://www.brusselsairport.be/)