Overview
- Brussels Airport will operate no departing passenger flights on Thursday, 12 March, and warns arriving services could still be canceled.
- Brussels Charleroi Airport has canceled both departures and arrivals for 12 March, citing a lack of staff to ensure safe operations.
- The 24-hour national action is organized by major unions FGTB/ABVV, CSC/ACV, and CGSLB/ACLVB, with large numbers of security and ground-handling staff participating.
- Airports say the cancellations were agreed with airlines to protect safety and avoid long queues, and passengers are urged not to travel to the airports and to check with their carriers.
- Brussels Airlines says its own unions will not join the action but expects handling disruptions and is offering free rebooking for travel between 11 and 19 March; rail services in Belgium are also running on limited timetables with some Eurostar adjustments.