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Airline News February 2021 Monthly review on Passenger trafficw Network developmentsw Airline support & new routesw Traffic growth initiatives w Operations & travel restrictions w Passenger freighters w Covid-19 update Belgiumw Passenger traffic 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 Passengers (000) Passengers 19% 21% 16% 18% 500 16% 13% 12% 4% 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2019 2020 2021 January YTD growth growth '20 2021 2020 '20 vs '19 2021 2020 vs '19 Passengers Originating 84,516 651,079 -87.0% 84,516 651,079 -87.0% Transfer 33,277 180,409 -81.6% 33,277 180,409 -81.6% Transit 2,708 9,622 -71.9% 2,708 9,622 -71.9% Total Departing Passengers 120,501 841,110 -85.7% 120,501 841,110 -85.7% Arriving pax (excl Transit) 162,663 884,045 -81.6% 162,663 884,045 -81.6% Total number of passengers 283,164 1,725,155 -83.6% 283,164 1,725,155 -83.6% Movements Passenger flights 3,112 14,364 -78.3% 3,112 14,364 -78.3% Cargo flights 1,686 1,198 +40.7% 1,686 1,198 +40.7% Non-commercial flights 882 1,323 -33.3% 882 1,323 -33.3% Total Movements 5,680 16,885 -66.4% 5,680 16,885 -66.4% Cargo (tons) Full Freighter 16,343 9,475 +72.5% 16,343 9,475 +72.5% Integrator 23,424 17,044 +37.4% 23,424 17,044 +37.4% Belly cargo 6,018 11,382 -47.1% 6,018 11,382 -47.1% Total flown cargo 45,785 37,902 +20.8% 45,785 37,902 +20.8% Trucked cargo 12,526 11,345 +10.4% 12,526 11,345 +10.4% Total cargo 58,311 49,247 +18.4% 58,311 49,247 +18.4% Figures are indicative, subject to change and are provided for information purposes only 1 Network development Week 07 Week 08 Week 09 March Notes Winter LY Short haul 8-14 Feb 15-21 Feb 22-28 Feb weekly 2019/2020 0B Blue Air 2 2 2 4 OTP, BCM 8 3O Air Arabia Maroc 11 11 10 13 CMN, FEZ, TNG, NDR 14 A3 Aegean Airlines 3 3 3 3 14 A9 Georgian Airways Restart to be confirmed 2 AH Air Algerie Restart to be confirmed 3 AT Royal Air Maroc 9 10 10 13 CMN, TNG, NDR, RAK, AGA 15 AY Finnair 4 4 4 4 24 AZ Alitalia 9 9 9 9 FCO, LIN 31 BA British Airways Restart to be confirmed 36 BT airBaltic 2 RIX 15 EI Aer Lingus 5 16 EW Eurowings Restart to be confirmed 17 FB Bulgaria Air 2 6 FI Icelandair Winter season suspended 5 FR Ryanair 17 17 16 17 134 IB Iberia 14 13 13 14 26 JU Air Serbia Season suspended 4 KL KLM 14 16 16 18 28 KM Air Malta 3 3 3 2 8 LH Lufthansa 15 14 14 14 FRA, MUC 89 LO LOT Polish Airlines 7 7 7 7 WAW 30 LX Swiss 1 1 2 2 32 LY El Al 1 2 5 ME Middle East Airlines 1 2 2 2 3 MS Egyptair 1 1 1 2 5 OK CSA Czech Airlines Restart to be confirmed 12 OS Austrian Airlines 5 5 5 6 26 OU Croatia Airlines 2 2 2 2 12 PS Ukraine International Restart to be confirmed 7 RO TAROM 2 2 2 3 12 SK SAS 4 4 4 6 ARN, CPH 53 SN Brussels Airlines 42 42 42 42 Provisional March 610 SU Aeroflot 1 1 1 1 21 TB TUI fly 9 8 9 10 Provisional March 65 TP TAP Air Portugal 4 4 4 6 LIS 28 TK Turkish Airlines 12 12 12 13 IST, SAW 32 TU Tunisair 1 1 1 1 7 U2 easyJet 5 6 2 2 GVA, NCE 36 UX Air Europa Restart to be confirmed 14 VY Vueling 1 2 1 2 BCN, ALC, VLC 29 XQ SunExpress 0 2 Network development Week 07 Week 08 Week 09 March Notes Winter LY Long haul 8-14 Feb 15-21 Feb 22-28 Feb weekly 2019/2020 AC Air Canada 3 2 2 2 7 DL Delta Air Lines Restart to be confirmed 10 EK Emirates 7 7 7 7 14 ET Ethiopian Airlines 7 7 7 7 7 EY Etihad Airways 3 3 3 4 7 HU Hainan Airlines 2 2 2 2 7 KF Air Belgium Launch MRU in S21 0 NH ANA All Nippon Airways 1 7 QR Qatar Airways 5 5 5 5 8 SN Brussels Airlines 22 21 23 23 57 TB TUI fly Long haul to be confirmed 11 TG Thai Airways Intern. Restart to be confirmed 6 UA United Airlines 10 9 9 12 EWR, IAD 21 WB Rwandair 1 1 1 1 3 Week 07 Week 08 Week 09 March Winter LY 8-14 Feb 15-21 Feb 22-28 Feb weekly 2019/2020 Sub-total short haul 199 202 198 229 1534 Sub-total long haul 60 57 59 64 165 Total 259 259 257 293 1699 Figures are indicative, subject to change and are provided for information purposes only 3 Airline support & new routes RECOVERY INCENTIVE JUL20 - MAR21 Incentive package for airlines from 1 July 2020 until 31 March 2021. The incentive is a rebate of €2 for departing passengers and €1 for transfer passengers for a period of nine months. This will automatically be deducted from the bi-monthly aeronautical charges invoice. RECOVERY INCENTIVE APR21 - DEC21 The consultation on aeronautical charges for April 2021 – March 2026 has been postponed with two years. Therefore charges as from April 2021 will only go up with CPI. Brussels Airport will thus neutralize this increase for nine months, from April 2021 until December 2021 with a new recovery incentive of €0,30 for departing passengers and €0,15 for transfer passengers. This will automatically be deducted from the bi-monthly aeronautical charges invoice. The consultation will be launched January 2022, with implementation as from April 2023. The current new destination incentives and growth incentives remain valid for these extra two years. PLANNED NEW ROUTES & AIRLINES 34 Traffic growth initiatives TRAVEL INTENTIONS SURVEY Willingness to travel by plane among the travellers of 2019 52% of Belgian residents took a flight in 2019. 100% Brussels Airport launched a regular online survey in 90% November 2020 to register the willingness to travel 80% 70% again in 2021. In November 2020 already 61% of 60% 65% 65% 61% the travellers in 2019 wished to return to the skies 50% 40% in 2021. In January and February this share has 30% increased to 65%. 20% 10% 0% November 2020 January 2021 February 2021 MARKETING To promote all airlines and their destinations we use 4 different websites. Everybody knows our main Brussels Airport website but some of you may forget we also have a website called BRUXX, that focusses on Belgian residents between 18 and 34 years. On BRUXX we show some of the cheaper European and North African flights from Brussels Airport. Apart from that we also maintain dedicated websites for The Netherlands and for France. Do you know we also develop travel guides to promote destinations and to inspire travellers? We have over 40 travel guides introducing destinations all around the world. These guides can be found on our different websites. Curious? Check out the travel guides for Dubai, Tangier and Rome! 54 Operations & travel restrictions TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS All information on the latest restrictions and mandatory requirements is available on the COVID-19 information website. Please note that Belgium follows the colour code provided in the ECDC map. From 27 January to 1 March, only essential travel to and from Belgium is allowed. Every passenger needs to be in the possession of a declaration of honour during their trip. All arriving passengers in Belgium still have to fill in the Passenger Locator Form before boarding the aircraft. All non-Belgian passengers need to be in COVID-19 TEST CENTRE the possession of a negative PCR test before boarding the plane as well. • Location: curb departure (for departing passengers), arrivals hall (for Belgian passengers need to take 2 PCR tests when arriving passengers) returning home from a red zone after a stay longer • Covid-19 Test Centre open for: than 48 hours: one upon arrival and one 7 days » Departing passengers that require a after arrival in Belgium. All passengers coming from negative Covid-19 test certificate a red zone have to follow the quarantine measures. » All persons that require testing following Exceptions are made for residents and visitors with contact tracing business travel reasons, that can be registered via » All arriving passengers from red zones that the Business Travel Abroad form. require testing and quarantine measures » Flight crew Allowed arrivals without test and quarantaine in • Testing with activation code is free for Belgian Belgium from non EU countries: Australia, New residents affiliated to a Belgian health Zealand, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Uruguay insurance fund. If the passenger has an and Rwanda. activation code but is not affiliated to a Belgian health insurance fund he/she needs to pay €46,81 for a standard PCR test. Without activation code a standard test costs 67€, a rapid test is 135€. OPERATIONAL MEASURES • T-zone (Pier A) will be closed off at border control until further notice, except at peak days. • Airport closure for passenger flights between 23h00 and 06h00 local time till 27 March. Operational delays will be accepted.