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Brussels Airport
Brussels Airport (French: l'Aéroport de Bruxelles, Dutch: Luchthaven Brussel), also called Brussels National Airport or Zaventem Airport, is an international airport located in Zaventem, near Brussels, Belgium. The airport is a hub to SN Brussels Airlines, Virgin Express and DHL Aviation, has the IATA Airport Code BRU and the ICAO Airport Code EBBR.
The airport was created during World War II by the German occupying force. There is an urban legend about the airport creation in Zaventem. According to this legend, the Germans would have built the airport after asking locals what was the best place to build it, and Belgians then would have pointed them this location because they knew it was an often foggy place.
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Airlines
- Adria Airways
- Aegean Airlines
- Aer Lingus
- Aero Services
- Aeroflot
- Aerosvit Airlines
- Afrigiyah Airways
- Air Alfa
- Air Algerie
- Air Anatolia
- Air Atlantique
- Air Atlas
- Air Botnia
- Air Dolomiti
- Air Exel
- Air France
- Air Littoral
- Air Luxor
- Air Malta
- Air Mauritius
- Air Nostrum
- Air Rose
- Air Transat
- Air UK
- Air-Via
- Alitalia
- Alitalia Express SPA
- American Airlines
- Austrian Airlines
- BMIBaby
- Balkan Air
- Baklan Air Tour
- Berlin Jet
- Bimian Bangladesh
- Birdy Air
- Brit Air
- British Airways
- British Airways Citiexpress
- British European
- British Midland
- Cameroon Airlines
- China Eastern
- Cirrus Airlines
- Condor Flugdienst
- Continental Airlines
- Croatia Airlines
- CSA Czech
- Cyprus Airways
- Delta Air Lines
- Egyptair
- El Al
- Electra Airlines
- Estonian Air
- Eurocypria Airlines
- Eurodirect
- Eurowings
- Finnair
- Fly Air
- Freebird Airlines
- Futura Airlines
- Gambia International
- Gandalf Airlines
- Germania Airlines
- Hahn Shuttle
- Heli Shuttle
- Helios Airways
- Hellas Jet
- Hewa Bora Airways
- Iberia Airlines
- Iberworld
- Icelandair
- Islandsflug
- Istanbul Airlines
- Jetmagic
- Jugoslovenski Air Transport
- KLM Cityhopper
- Kenya Airways
- Kartago Airlines
- LTE Airlines
- LTU International
- Lauda Air
- Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises
- Lithuanian Airlines
- LOT Polish
- Lufthansa
- Luxair
- Maersk Air
- Mahan Air
- MALÉV Hungarian Airlines
- Malmo Aviation
- Middle East Airlines Liban
- Minerva Airlines
- MNG Airlines
- NAS Air
- Nouvelair Tunisie
- Olympic Airlines
- Onur Air
- Ostfriesische Lufttransport
- Pegasus Airlines
- Portugalia Airlines
- Regional Airlines
- Royal Air Maroc
- Royal Jordanian
- Rwanda Airlines
- Saudi Arabian Airlines
- Scandinavian Airlines System
- Schreiner Airways
- Scottish European
- Scribe Airlift Zaire
- Servicios Areos do Vale Amazo
- Skyways
- SN Brussels Airlines
- Spanair
- Sunexpress
- Swiss International Airlines
- Syrian Arab Airlines
- TAAG Angolan
- TAP Air Portugal
- TAROM
- Thai Airways International
- Thomas Cook Airlines
- Titan Airways
- Trans Jet Airways
- Transavia
- Tunisair
- Tyrolean
- Turkish Airlines
- Ukraine International
- United Airlines
- US Airways
- Virgin Express
- VLM Airlines
- Volare Airlines
Defunct airlines
Defunct airlines with a homebase at Brussels (incomplete list):
- Sabena
- Sobelair
- CityBird
- VG/Delsey Airlines
- Challengair
- European Airlines
- Benelux Falcon Services
- Air Belgium
- Constellation Airlines
See also
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