BRU chiusa per l'inverno, se ne riparlerà foooorse a fine marzo 23.
Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, today (7th Sept) confirmed it will close its 2 aircraft Brussels Zaventem base on 29 Oct (a loss of $200M investment) for the Winter 2022 Season. Ryanair will continue to operate 12 routes to Zaventem on aircraft based outside Belgium.
Unlike other European airports who are lowering costs to recover traffic, Brussels Zaventem has chosen to increase prices, making it more uncompetitive with other European airports, including Brussels Charleroi who have implemented traffic recovery incentive schemes for all airlines.
In addition to rising costs at Zaventem, the Belgian Govt has introduced ludicrous new taxes including a €2 tax per departing passenger on EU routes and a fake “eco tax” of €10 for every passenger taking a flight less than 500km. At the same time, the most polluting long-haul (and connecting) flights continue to pay zero environmental taxes. If the Belgian Govt were serious about tackling climate change, why are they exempting connecting passengers (the biggest polluters of all) from the €10 eco tax?
Regrettably, all Brussels Zaventem based pilots and cabin crew have today been notified of the Zaventem base closure at the end of October 2022. All flight crew will be offered alternative positions within the Ryanair network (including some positions at Charleroi), since Ryanair is leading Europe’s post-Covid recovery as it accelerates growth (in jobs and traffic) with the full delivery of 210 next generation Boeing Gamechanger aircraft over the next 4 years.