First Ryanair flights from Zaventem sell like hotcakes
The low-cost Irish airline Ryanair will begin flying out of Brussels Airport in two weeks and have already sold 70% of their first sets of flights
Ryanair and Brussels Airlines add new destinations
Ryanair said that the first destination will account for 1.5 million new passengers a year for the airline, though the company is famous for exaggerating forecasts. Within five years, the airline foresees a doubling of its passenger numbers in Belgium, from the five million who flew out of Charleroi last year, to an eventual 10 million out of both locations.
In response to the arrival of Ryanair at Brussels Airport, Brussels Airlines added new destinations of its own, including Seville, Montpellier, Corsica, Malta and Athens, as well as additional flights to existing destinations. The company saw its passenger numbers go up by 12% in January compared to the same time last year to nearly 411,000 passengers.
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