Airports of Brussels

2003 - 2006 - 2007- 2008 - 2009

Airports of Brussels

   

Brussels airport has a new airport building opened around 2002. With pier A gates for the Schengen countries (European destinations).

In 2002 at Brussels airport, a new carrier was formed, called sn Brussels airlines. They had 32 avro jet aircraft and engaged a selection of the staff of the Belgian national carrier Sabena which was bankrupted in 2001 after a take-over by Swiss.

In 2002 Virgin Express had a fleet of mainly Boeing 737-300 flying from Brussels to Nice, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Milan, Copenhagen, ...  They were competitors to Sabena and sn Brussels airlines. Later Virgin Express was taken over by Brussels airlines.