The flat land where Brussels Airport is situated today was first utilized for aviation purposes by the Germans during World War I. They set up small sheds in this area in 1918 as a beginning to a possible air field. The Belgian air force looked to this same piece of land in 1939, but the Germans seized it once more and built a completely new airport. Fourteen air raids were made here during the course of the war, including one on April 10, 1944 which caused extensive damage and killed 17 people. At the close of the war, the Belgian Civil Aeronautics Department took over and began reconstructing what remained. Melsbroek, a new terminal building, was opened in December of 1948. Ten years later, a greater part of the airport was completed. Between 1974 and 1976 the main terminal building was extended once more. Further extensions on the terminal to aid in the separation of European and international traveler flows and to cope with new regulations began in 1993.

 

Terminal A is the newest Terminal in Brussels Airport and was opened on 15 May 2002. This terminal was destined to support flights from and to the Schengen countries (A-gates). However, since 15 October 2008 all Brussels Airlines flights to African destinations are also handled at this pier. Therefore, border control was installed towards the end of the pier in order to create a new pier. As a result, gates A61-72 were renamed T61-72. Later, Brussels Airlines' daily flight to New York was also moved here from pier B.

 

Terminal B
Terminal B is the oldest terminal still in use at Brussels Airport and is only used for flights outside the Schengen Area.

In 2019 the airport served over 26 million passegers with over 234,000 aircraft operations.

 

The Following Airlines Fly Passengers from Brussels Airport:

Aegean Airlines
Aer Lingus
Aeroflot
Air Algérie
Air Arabia
airBaltic
Air Belgium
Air Canada
Air Europa
Air France Hop
Air Malta
Air Serbia
Air Transat
Alitalia
All Nippon Airways
AnadoluJet
Austrian Airlines
Blue Air
British Airways
Brussels Airlines[39]
Bulgaria Air
Corendon Airlines
Croatia Airlines
Czech Airlines
Delta Air Lines
easyJet
EgyptAir
El Al
Emirates
Ethiopian Airlines
Etihad Airways
Eurowings
Finnair
Georgian Airways
Hainan Airlines
Iberia
Icelandair
KLM
LOT Polish Airlines
Lufthansa
Middle East Airlines
Nouvelair
Onur Air
Qatar Airways
Qeshm Air
Royal Air Maroc
RwandAir
Ryanair
Scandinavian Airlines
Sky Express
SunExpress
Swiss International Air Lines
TAP Air Portugal
TAROM
Thai Airways
TUI fly Belgium[52]
Tunisair
Turkish Airlines
Ukraine International Airlines
United Airlines
Vueling