The economy and The impact of the corona virus on the flights to and from Brussels Airport is very clear to see. It was in march, less than 10.888 flights, or 40 percent less than in march of last year. This is evident from the figures on the batc.be a web-site of the airport and the air traffic controllers, skeyes.
The number of flights during the first ten days of the month were comparable with last year, but as of mid-march, collapsed in the traffic, all rolled into one. This is due to the measures taken in Belgium and in other countries to prevent the spread of the corona virus from entering the system. Also, vliegverboden in a range of countries, including the US, have a role to play, just like the airlines, who have decided to make their fleet is mostly or all the way to the floor to keep up.
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From the 16th to the 31st of march, for example, there are still 2,800 of these flights take place to and from Brussels Airport, compared to more than 9,000 in the same period of the previous year. And for the past few days, there are more than 100 times a day, a year ago, each and every day of the week, around 600 were there.
The numbers of the batc.be include all of the flights at the airport, so it is not only regular passenger flights, but also, for example, repatriërings and service. And cargo, the airport is currently running at full capacity.
Some of the regular passenger separate, they have been the past couple of days continue to be reduced. One of the more than 470 flights were originally on the schedule, were there Wednesday, but, 20, said She Pierard, president of the Brussels Airport. That is, it is less than 5 percent of the time.
From about 60,000 to about 1,300 passengers use
in Terms of the number of passengers, the situation is even more striking: the airport is being processed currently, about about 1,300 passengers a day, compared to an average of about 60,000 a day, in the month of February. That’s 2 percent of the time.However, at the end, but only seventeen passagiersmaatschappijen, to a lesser or greater degree, is active on the airport, repatriëringsvluchten the exception). That is, there should be more than 60.
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