Brussels airport �back to full capacity in June�

AFP, BRUSSELS: Brussels airport will fully re-open in June, its chief executive said, after suffering extensive damage when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the departures hall last month killing 16.
“We will be 100 percent operational again in June,” Brussels airport chief executive Arnaud Feist told Belgian newspaper Le Soir published Saturday.
“But it will be a basic service, the facilities will not be fully renovated. We will... reflect on the terminal’s future and therefore probably won’t restore it identically.
“Starting in May we are going to open 100 check-in counters in the part of the departures hall that was least damaged, which will permit us to increase our capacity to 70 percent and give us more flexibility.” The damage from the double blasts on March 22 was severe, with pictures from the scene showing the building’s shattered glass-fronted facade, collapsed ceilings and destroyed check-in desks.
The airport was completely closed to passengers for 12 days following the attack.
The airport was only able to reopen partially thanks to two large white tents that served as temporary check-in facilities, initially allowing 20 percent of flights o operate as normal.

 

Brussels airport �back to full capacity in June�

AFP, BRUSSELS: Brussels airport will fully re-open in June, its chief executive said, after suffering extensive damage when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the departures hall last month killing 16. We will be 100 percent operational again in June, Brussels airport chief executive Arnaud Feist told Belgian newspaper Le Soir published Saturday. But it will be a basic service, the facilities will not be fully renovated. We will... reflect on the terminals future and therefore probably wont restore it identically. Starting in May we are going to open 100 check-in counters in the part of the departures hall that was least damaged, which will permit us to increase our capacity to 70 percent and give us more flexibility. The damage from the double blasts on March 22 was severe, with pictures from the scene showing the buildings shattered glass-fronted facade, collapsed ceilings and destroyed check-in desks. The airport was completely closed to passengers for 12 days following the attack. The airport was only able to reopen partially thanks to two large white tents that served as temporary check-in facilities, initially allowing 20 percent of flights o operate as normal.