Airport gears up for Wednesday, no road problems anticipated
Brussels Airport is gearing up for a busy week, with 44,000 passengers expected tomorrow and 45,000 on Friday, 4.5% more than the same week last year
More travellers mid-week
The week’s figures are 4.5% higher than the same period last year. One notable change is that holiday-makers no longer tend to wait until the weekend before taking off, leading to the high midweek figures this year.
Elsewhere, motoring organisations Touring and VAB said they expect no particular problems on the roads this weekend, despite a predicted large number of motorists heading for the south.
This year the start of the school holidays is followed by the beginning of the annual holiday for the construction industry in Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde and Walloon Brabant – a period joined by other sectors. In addition, the forecast is for fine weather could lead to tailbacks on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning in the direction of the coast and, to a lesser extent, on the E411 direction Ardennen and E19 and E17 direction Paris. The latter route will also be affected by the start of school holidays in the north of the Netherlands.
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