Airline News May 2021
Passenger traffic Network developments Airline support & new routes Traffic growth initiatives Operations & travel restrictions Covid-19 update Belgium Passenger traffic
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1,000 Passengers (000) Passengers 19% 21% 16% 500 16% 13% 18% 9% 11% 12% 10% 4% 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 2020 2021 vs 19
April January - April growth growth 2021 2019 '21 vs '19 2021 2019 '21 vs '19 Passengers Originating 92,741 964,703 -90.4% 298,377 3,064,269 -90.3% Transfer 31,392 195,267 -83.9% 116,387 714,364 -83.7% Transit 221 6,821 -96.8% 5,547 22,681 -75.5% Total Departing Passengers 124,354 1,166,791 -89.3% 420,311 3,801,314 -88.9% Arriving pax (excl Transit) 125,711 1,119,980 -88.8% 465,298 3,788,891 -87.7% Total number of passengers 250,065 2,286,771 -89.1% 885,609 7,590,205 -88.3%
Movements Passenger flights 2,959 17,252 -82.8% 10,273 60,839 -83.1% Cargo flights 1,924 1,158 +66.1% 7,250 4,572 +58.6% Non-commercial flights 996 1,300 -23.4% 3,846 5,174 -25.7% Total Movements 5,879 19,710 -70.2% 21,369 70,585 -69.7%
Cargo (tons) Full Freighter 27,650 11,448 +141.5% 84,029 46,004 +82.7% Integrator 25,092 16,257 +54.4% 100,716 64,921 +55.1% Belly cargo 7,139 13,357 -46.6% 24,696 52,109 -52.6% Total flown cargo 59,881 41,062 +45.8% 209,441 163,034 +28.5% Trucked cargo 16,752 12,751 +31.4% 59,421 59,492 -0.1% Total cargo 76,633 53,813 +42.4% 268,862 222,526 +20.8%
Figures are indicative, subject to change and are provided for information purposes only 1 Network development
Short haul Week 20 Week 21 Week 22 1-14 June Summer LY Notes 10-16 May 17-23 May 24-30 May Weekly S20 plan 0B Blue Air 4 4 3 7 10 3O Air Arabia Maroc 15 16 Morocco ban till 10 June A3 Aegean Airlines 4 5 6 8 16 AH Air Algerie 5 Restart to be confirmed AT Royal Air Maroc 10 16 Morocco ban till 10 June AY Finnair 4 4 4 6 24 AZ Alitalia 12 12 12 17 32 BA British Airways 37 Restart 7 June BJ Nouvelair 3 Restart 25 June BT airBaltic 2 1 2 4 18 EI Aer Lingus 14 Restart 21June EW Eurowings 15 Restart 13 September FB Bulgaria Air 3 6 Restart 1 June FHY Freebird (TUI) Restart 1 July FI Icelandair 1 7 Restart 5 June FR Ryanair 19 22 22 56 136 GQ SkyExpress 3 3 6 New airline IB Iberia 14 14 14 14 22 JU Air Serbia 1 1 1 2 4 KL KLM 14 14 14 18 28 KM Air Malta 2 2 2 5 9 LH Lufthansa 19 18 20 31 112 LO LOT Polish Airlines 9 9 9 9 21 LX Swiss 3 5 5 5 33 LY El Al 1 1 1 1 7 ME Middle East Airlines 1 1 1 2 3 MS Egyptair 1 1 1 2 6 OK CSA Czech Airlines 12 Restart to be confirmed OS Austrian Airlines 9 7 8 13 26 OU Croatia Airlines 3 3 3 5 11 PS Ukraine International 7 Restart to be confirmed RO TAROM 3 3 3 3 12 SK SAS 7 5 8 8 56 SN Brussels Airlines 113 124 140 170 800 Preliminary 400 - 14 June SU Aeroflot 2 2 2 3 21 TB TUI fly 56 65 81 100 170 Preliminary TK Turkish Airlines 15 18 20 17 40 TP TAP Air Portugal 10 10 10 15 33 TU Tunisair 3 2 3 5 11 U2 easyJet 5 32 Restart 11 June UX Air Europa 6 6 7 7 14 VY Vueling 15 13 11 12 40 XC Corendon 4 19 Preliminary, restart 3 June XQ SunExpress 1 3 3 4 10
2 Network development
Long haul Week 19 Week 21 Week 22 1-14 June Summer LY Notes 3-9 May 17-23 May 24-30 May Weekly S20 plan AC Air Canada 2 2 2 2 12 4 weekly 2nd half June DL Delta Air Lines 14 Restart JFK September EK Emirates 7 7 7 7 14 ET Ethiopian Airlines 7 7 7 7 7 EY Etihad Airways 3 3 3 3 7 HU Hainan Airlines 2 2 2 2 7 KF Air Belgium 0 Launch MRU 15 Oct21 NH ANA All Nippon Airways 1 1 1 1 7 QR Qatar Airways 4 4 4 4 8 SN Brussels Airlines 26 26 29 33 64 Preliminary 52 - 14 June TB TUI fly 11 Long haul to be confirmed TG Thai Airways Intern. 6 Restart 3 July 1w TS Air Transat 3 Restart 16 July 2w UA United Airlines 15 15 15 17 21 WB Rwandair 1 1 1 2 3
Total Week 19 Week 21 Week 22 1-14 June Summer LY 3-9 May 17-23 May 24-30 May Weekly S20 plan Sub-total short haul 353 378 419 593 1914 Sub-total long haul 68 68 71 78 184 Total 421 446 490 671 2098
Figures are indicative, subject to change and are provided for information purposes only 3 Airline support & new routes
PLANNED NEW ROUTES & AIRLINES
LONG HAUL AIRLINES SHORT HAUL AIRLINES
4 Traffic growth initiatives
TRAVEL INTENTIONS SURVEY
52% of Belgian residents took a flight in 2019. Brussels Airport launched a regular online survey in November 2020 to register the willingness to travel again in 2021.
In November 2020 already 61% of the travellers from 2019 wished to return to the skies in 2021. The first 3 months of the year the percentage fluctuated around 65%. This months survey shows that 70% of the travellers from 2019 are willing to fly again in 2021.
Willingness to travel by plane among the travellers of 2019
100% 90% 80% 70% 68% 70% 60% 65% 65% 64% 61% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% November 2020 January 2021 February 2021 March 2021 April 2021 May 2021
MARKETING EFFORTS
The travel intentions survey shows there’s an important pent-up demand for holidays and people are wanting to travel by plane in 2021. Therefore Brussels Airport has once again decided to heavily invest in marketing efforts to aspire consumers to book their travel.
We decided to seize this opportunity and put in effort to assure traffic Dare to dream at our premises, but also in an effort to support our airlines, we made a strategic decision to invest in a 360° marketing strategy to assure that Belgians are inspired to travel this summer season, and do so from Brussels Airport. Dare to book
The focus lies on three pillars: “Dare to Dream”, “Dare to Book” and “Dare to Fly”. Depending on decisions made by governments and the Dare to fly ease of travel, they can easily navigate between these three themes.
Furthermore, based on the usual traffic of the season, the airport has focused on four specific target groups. The Sun Seekers, The City Trippers, The +65 as well as specific VFR segments.
5 Traffic growth initiatives
The next few months our aviation development team will be very busy assuring a maximum of exposure and appropriate content towards these target groups. Not only will we focus on direct B2C communication, we will also implement a series of B2B efforts.
SEA - Google Search Engine Advertising
Brussels Airport website promotions
Advertising campaign: online, radio, out of home and print Focussed on the different target groups mentioned on the previous page. The first campaign to kick off will be the one targetting people older than 65.
Social Media Communication
Travel map It’s hard for both our passengers and the travel trade to keep track of the latest travel restrictions per country or even per region. We will develop a “one true travel map” that is up to date all the time.
Newsletters for consumers and trade
Online airline activations
Last month we developed an online activation with TUI fly, right now we have an activation with Vueling. The next months other collaborations will follow.
Travel guides
Influencer campaigns
Partnerships with selected tour operators
Webinars for trade and corporates Last month we collaborated with VVR and UPAV (Belgian travel organisations) to organise our first webinars for trade. Given the great interest, more webinars will follow.
For any further information, please contact the Brussels Airport Aviation Team at [email protected] 6 Operations & travel restrictions
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS COVID-19 TEST CENTRE
All information on the latest restrictions and • Location: curb departure (departing passengers), mandatory requirements is available on the bus station (for arriving passengers) COVID-19 information website. Please note that Bel- • Covid-19 Test Centre open for: gium follows the colour code provided in the ECDC » Departing passengers that require a negative map. Covid-19 test certificate » Persons that require testing following Travel to and from Belgium is allowed but still contact tracing discouraged by the government. » Arriving passengers from red zones that require testing and quarantine measures All arriving passengers in Belgium have to fill in the » Flight crew Passenger Locator Form before boarding their • Testing with activation code is free for Belgian aircraft. All non-Belgian passengers need to be in residents affiliated to a Belgian health insurance the possession of a negative PCR test before fund. If the passenger has an activation code but boarding the plane as well. is not affiliated to a Belgian health insurance fund he/she needs to pay €46,81 for a standard Belgian passengers need to take 2 PCR tests when PCR test. Without activation code a standard test returning home from a red zone after a stay longer costs 67€, a rapid test 135€. than 48 hours: one upon arrival and one 7 days after arrival in Belgium. All passengers coming from a red zone have to follow the quarantine measures. Exceptions are made for residents and visitors with business travel reasons, and for crew, that can be registered via the Business Travel Abroad form.
Allowed arrivals without test and quarantaine in Belgium from non EU countries: Australia, Israel, New Zealand, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore and Rwanda.
OPERATIONAL MEASURES
We installed 3 different entrance zones on the curb departure. At peak moments, the passengers will be divided into different zones on the curb. This way, they will gradually enter the terminal and the social distance in the departure hall can be guaranteed. The division only takes place when the APOC states it is busy in the airport building. At all other times, passengers can enter the terminal through any of the zones.
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RELAXATION OF LOCKDOWN MEASURES
• Expansion of allowed outdoor activities maximum 10 people together • Terraces of bars and restaurants are open, maximum 4 persons per table • All types of accomodation are open • Shops are open • Zoos and amusement parks are open • Schools are open
Number of daily new cases in Belgium continues to decrease.
COVID-19 EVOLUTION IN BELGIUM
Daily new cases 25,000
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VACCINATION IN BELGIUM
Number of vaccinated Belgian inhabitants 4,000,000
3,500,000 Belgium counts 11.5 million inhabitants of
3,000,000 which 2.5 million younger than 18. Inhabitants
2,500,000 younger than 18 years will not be vaccinated.
2,000,000 The vaccination of all other inhabitants
1,500,000 started early January 2021. 38% of the Belgian population above 18 year received at least 1,000,000 its first vaccination. All inhabitants should 500,000 have received their first vaccination mid July. 0 28/12/2020 28/01/2021 28/02/2021 31/03/2021 30/04/2021
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8 Your contacts
Léon Verhallen Betty van de Nobelen Director Aviation Development Market Development Manager B2C
Jan Van de Reyd Tania Ter-Ossepiantz Senior Manager Aviation Development Market Development Manager Central & Eastern Europe - Gulf - South East Asia B2B
Sonja Gehlen Karen Bulterys Senior Manager Aviation Development Market Development Specialist Western Europe - North America - South America B2C
Maarten Evenepoel Gitte Truijen Senior Manager Aviation Development Market Development Specialist Africa - Middle East - North East & South Asia B2B
e-mail: [email protected] website: www.brusselsairport.be/en/aviation-development
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