Brussels Airport to partially reopen after bombings

April 01, 2016 15:46

Passenger flights could take off again from Brussels Airport on Friday for the first time since two deadly bomb attacks hit the check-in area on March 22.

Despite widespread damage caused by the blasts, Zaventem is now ready to run a service at 20 per cent of normal capacity, said the company who runs the airport in a statement.

The fire service and aviation authorities have given the airport the all-clear to partially reopen less than two weeks after attacks on the Belgian capital, which killed more than 30 people and injured hundreds at the airport and Maelbeek Metro station.

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