Any news about the expansion plans of Brussels Airport?

[HighInTheSky]

Hi everybody,
what is the status today of the low cost terminal? Is it still suspended/ delayed?

And were there no plans to build a new terminal on the DHL site? Is there some news about that?

And finally, now that SN will join Star A. they are speaking of a dedicated terminal. Will that be the A terminal?

This should be enough food for a discussion

[Atlantis]

Nothing certain at this moment, nothing final yet. The expected investments and construction works for 2009 are again under investigation due to the economical crisis. Or in other words: The budget for 2009 will be a lot lower then expected.

Cargo will be hit very hard in 2009. CX is holding some freighters on the ground and there is a big question about SQ. If they also ground some of their freighters then we will see a serious drop in the total cargo figures.

Nothing is certain these days

[itami]

This should be enough food for a discussion

HighInTheSky, you might soon be crowned 'The Luchtzak discussion launcher of 2009' !

And finally, now that SN will join Star A. they are speaking of a dedicated terminal. Will that be the A terminal?

I wonder who will use that terminal besides SN and the *A members already operating at BRU ? It looks, due to the global economical slowdown, we should not expect commitments from e.g. AC, NH, OZ, SQ, SA, TG and others to include BRU in their networks soon. Simply not the best time for installing an alliance hub !

[Conti764]

I wonder who will use that terminal besides SN and the *A members already operating at BRU ? It looks, due to the global economical slowdown, we should not expect commitments from e.g. AC, NH, OZ, SQ, SA, TG and others to include BRU in their networks soon. Simply not the best time for installing an alliance hub !

Even more so since the A-pier is not build for 'international' operations. The trick they have to pull with the SN Africa flights should be implemented throughout the entire concourse in case of a non-shengen function and that's way too complicated. For intra-European hub functions (SN in cooperation with SN, LH, LX,...) though the A-concourse is a dream to work with...

If there will ever be a *A-only terminal, it will have to be a completely new one and like you say, times are not in favor of such a major investment. I guess we won't see such development untill Diabolo is ready.

[Zealot]

I wonder who will use that terminal besides SN and the *A members already operating at BRU ?

lets wait and see

[Atlantis]

Hi everybody,
what is the status today of the low cost terminal? Is it still suspended/ delayed?

The status of today is that the LCT will be finished by the end of this year and ready for operations.

[HighInTheSky]

Hi everybody,
what is the status today of the low cost terminal? Is it still suspended/ delayed?

The status of today is that the LCT will be finished by the end of this year and ready for operations.

Thnx for the info Atlantis!
I've heard that the old departure terminal with check in rows 11 and 12 (now used for SN Africa OPS) will be closed soon and that they will construct a check in row 0, where there is now the gift shop in front of row 1. Is this true?

Any idea of when they will start the construction works of the LCT? Even 11 months to construct a terminal and get it fully ready isn't a lot of time...

[Conti764]

Thnx for the info Atlantis!
I've heard that the old departure terminal with check in rows 11 and 12 (now used for SN Africa OPS) will be closed soon and that they will construct a check in row 0, where there is now the gift shop in front of row 1. Is this true?

Any idea of when they will start the construction works of the LCT? Even 11 months to construct a terminal and get it fully ready isn't a lot of time...

I've heard the same rumors about the construction of an extra row in the 1995 terminal.

Now, in the old terminal, some things already have been changed:

- They tore down the provisional grey wall on the left side when you enter the old terminal. The '50-ish' metal wall has been replaced by a wooden wall, painted white. Only a small portion of the provisional wall (with the boxes for border control) has been maintained.

- Roughly halfway the empty space between row 12 and the outer wall of the terminal, a new check-in row with 12 desks is being built. It is separated from row 12 with a wooden wall, which spans the entire width of the terminal, and about 3 or 4 meters high (I guess). There is a gate at the end.

- In the old terminal air side (where the Skyhall is) there has been a lot of demolishing. Roughly everything that isn't a part of the structure itself and what could be removed, is removed. The shops are torn down, escalators, doors,... The last time I have seen it, there was not so much progress. But depending on what they want to do with it, I assume they can have it up and running by the end of the year.

- At arrivals level, belt 4 has been cut in half, a new belt is under construction adjacent to it. To bring the bags to this new belt, they have made a plain ugly construction (which I assume will be covered). The bags for this new belt, come out of conveyor once used for belt 4, turn right, go up over a walkway and down again to the new belt (5?). This entire construction is visible, but as I said, I suppose they are going to cover it up.

I don't know the purpose of this new belt since I guess the bags of the LC passengers will arrive at the arrivals level of the old terminal (?).

I think 2009 will be an interesting year for everyone who is interested in Brussels Airport.