Strikes affecting Belgian airports in 2025

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Brussels Airlines announces that 50% of flights on Monday will be cancelled.

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Boeing767copilot wrote: 12 Jan 2025, 05:37 Brussels Airlines announces that 50% of flights on Monday will be cancelled.
The cancellations are only for European flights. All the Ryanair flights at Brussels are also cancelled.

All long-haul flights of Brussels Airlines are still scheduled at the time of writing.

Brussels South Charleroi Airport seems to be operating normally on Monday. No cancellation is currently announced.

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/luft ... or-monday/
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sn26567 wrote: 12 Jan 2025, 15:57
Brussels South Charleroi Airport seems to be operating normally on Monday. No cancellation is currently announced.
A subcontractor guaranteed that its staff would show up for work. Six out of ten staffers, however, opted to not show up for work. Nice subcontractor ;-)

All flights for the afternoon cancelled ...

https://www.aviation24.be/airports/brus ... sruptions/

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And a new national strike on 31.03. Highly that the airports has to close again. The Belgian reputation is already very bad regarding strikes. This will cause that new airlines or existing one will think twice to still fly or not

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Atlantis wrote: 12 Feb 2025, 17:33 And a new national strike on 31.03. Highly that the airports has to close again. The Belgian reputation is already very bad regarding strikes. This will cause that new airlines or existing one will think twice to still fly or not
Well, without ATC, it's not only "highly likely" that airports will not operate tomorrow...

I highly doubt new airlines will think twice or not because of a strike though :roll:

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Lux_avi wrote: 12 Feb 2025, 18:33
Atlantis wrote: 12 Feb 2025, 17:33 And a new national strike on 31.03. Highly that the airports has to close again. The Belgian reputation is already very bad regarding strikes. This will cause that new airlines or existing one will think twice to still fly or not
Well, without ATC, it's not only "highly likely" that airports will not operate tomorrow...

I highly doubt new airlines will think twice or not because of a strike though :roll:
If there are a few strikes in a row, I think it will have an influence

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Lux_avi wrote: 12 Feb 2025, 18:33
Atlantis wrote: 12 Feb 2025, 17:33 And a new national strike on 31.03. Highly that the airports has to close again. The Belgian reputation is already very bad regarding strikes. This will cause that new airlines or existing one will think twice to still fly or not
Well, without ATC, it's not only "highly likely" that airports will not operate tomorrow...

I highly doubt new airlines will think twice or not because of a strike though :roll:
BTW, I'm not talking about this one of tomorrow, I'm talking about the new national strike for next month, 31.03

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Atlantis wrote: 12 Feb 2025, 17:33 And a new national strike on 31.03. Highly that the airports has to close again. The Belgian reputation is already very bad regarding strikes. This will cause that new airlines or existing one will think twice to still fly or not Among Us
The strike will certainly affect airport operations and cause difficulties for passengers, but is there a solution to balance workers' rights and the stability of the aviation industry?

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salimbl wrote: 25 Mar 2025, 06:02
Atlantis wrote: 12 Feb 2025, 17:33 And a new national strike on 31.03. Highly that the airports has to close again. The Belgian reputation is already very bad regarding strikes. This will cause that new airlines or existing one will think twice to still fly or not Among Us
The strike will certainly affect airport operations and cause difficulties for passengers, but is there a solution to balance workers' rights and the stability of the aviation industry?
This isn’t about balancing worker’s rights, it’s about wanting to keep privileges which are becoming so expensive they’re jeopardising the future of the system.

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Hi all,

I see that tomorrow there will be extra flights to some intercontinental destinations: 2 flights to Bangkok, 2 flights to Abu Dhabi, 2 flights to Beijing ...

To pick-up pax that stranded today due to the strikes I guess ...

Cheers,
Danny

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And 3 flights to Dubai, I forgot ...
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DannyVDB wrote: 31 Mar 2025, 09:47 Hi all,

I see that tomorrow there will be extra flights to some intercontinental destinations: 2 flights to Bangkok, 2 flights to Abu Dhabi, 2 flights to Beijing ...

To pick-up pax that stranded today due to the strikes I guess ...

Cheers,
Danny
The one to Beijing is not really extra, it arrived this morning and will depart with a 24h delay.

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