Brussels Airport cancels all departing flights as Belgium workers strike
A general strike in Belgium has seen Brussels Airport (BRU) cancel all its scheduled departing flights and warn of possible cancellations for aircraft set to arrive.
On April 29, 2025, security staff and handling service providers walked out as part of nationwide strikes in Belgium over government budget cuts.
In response to industrial action by staff, Brussels Airport said that it had “decided, in consultation with the airlines, not to operate any departing flights” on April 29, 2025.
“As departing passenger flights are cancelled, cancellations are also possible on arriving flights,” a spokesperson for the airport said.
Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) went further and cancelled all flights that were scheduled to depart and arrive.
This is what Brussels Airport looked like one day before the announced strike. https://t.co/yX7KdfT2R9— Theresa Fallon (@TheresaAFallon) April 29, 2025 “Due to the national day of action planned for Tuesday 29 April as a common trade union front and the lack of staff present to ensure safe operations, all flights scheduled to and from Charleroi airport on that day will be cancelled,” a spokesperson for CRL said.
They added: “We regret the impact of this national strike on our passengers’ travel plans and apologize for any inconvenience caused.”
Responding to the strikes Iberia, which is already scrambling to return to normal service following power cuts in Spain, said it would not be flying to Brussels today.
Due to national strike, there are no passenger flights departing Brussels Airport today and arriving flights are significantly impacted as well. Airlines are ferrying aircraft out of BRU this morning. https://t.co/OLQicQWAWT pic.twitter.com/w4tDaGwV1j— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) April 29, 2025 Flightradar24 reported that carriers including Brussels Airlines, Correndon Airlines, Turkish Airlines and Transavia were detected ferrying aircraft out of BRU this morning.
The strikes in Belgium are being led by the trade unions CVC/ACV and FGTB/ABVV and are the fourth time that workers have taken industrial action against government reforms this year.
According to The Brussels Times, strikes have left the Port of Antwerp-Bruges completely hamstrung and only one metro line is running with bus and tram services also canceled.
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