The volume of cargo flown at Brussels Airport increased by 6 percent in July compared to July of 2023, for a total of 51,000 tonnes. Overall cargo volumes also increased by 6% to approximately 61,000 tonnes.
The full-cargo segment has fallen by 3 percent, while belly cargo has significantly increased, by 36 percent. Express services fell slightly, by 2 percent, but was countered by trucked volumes, which were up by approximately 9 percent.
Brussels Airport’s major import regions are Asia, Africa and North America, while the major export regions are, again, Asia, followed by North America and Africa.
Flight movements increase
There were 19,212 flight movements in July, a rise of 3 percent compared to the same month last year. The number of passenger flights also increased by 3 percent compared to July 2023. There were, on average, 152 passengers travelling per flight that month, an increase of two passengers per flight compared to the same period in 2023. That is an all-time record number of passengers per flight. The number of cargo flights also recorded an increase of 3 percent, mainly due to an increase within the full-cargo segment (+19 percent).
Passenger numbers up
This July, 2,450,771 passengers travelled through Brussels Airport, up 5 percent from July 2023. That is the highest number of passengers at the airport since 2019. The main driver for the numbers was the start of the summer holidays. It was also the reason why there were more departures than arrivals in July.
Transfer passengers made up 10 percent of the share. Due to a decrease in intra-European transfers and the usual high number of Belgian holiday travellers in summer, this share is lower than last year.
The ten most-visited countries in July were Spain, Türkiye, Greece, Italy, Germany, Morocco, the United States, Portugal, France and the United Kingdom.
