This Main European Airport Will Be Closed on March 31 to Departing Flights—Right here’s Why

• Brussels Airport is advising passengers that will probably be closed to departing flights on account of a strike.
• The strike will happen on Monday, March 31, 2025. 
• Airways have printed advisories to assist vacationers re-book and discover various choices.

Vacationers might want to pack their persistence if flying to a preferred European airport. 

Brussels Airport just lately introduced it will be closed to departing flights on Monday, March 31, 2025 on account of a deliberate strike from a number of labor organizations together with safety workers. 

“As departing passenger flights are cancelled, cancellations are additionally attainable on arriving flights,” Brussels Airport said in an advisory on its web site. “We advise all passengers to verify the standing of their flight with their airline or on our web site or the app.”

The strike may have impacts all through Europe and international journey, as a number of worldwide carriers fly to and from the Brussels Airport, together with Air Canada, Austrian, British Airways, Delta Air Strains, easyJet, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Icelandair, Lufthansa, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airways, and Vueling.

Brussels Airways suggested vacationers that it has not but canceled any flights, however is offering free rebooking choices and refunds as a precautionary step to alleviate any potential journey congestion.

A number of American airways have additionally been publishing journey alerts. For instance, United Airways just lately printed an advisory for vacationers to Brussels between March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025 that they will reschedule their journey and not using a change payment. The airline can also be permitting passengers to fly into both Amsterdam (AMS) or Paris (CDG) and not using a distinction in fare. 

Various airports that vacationers may contemplate flying into embody Frankfurt and Cologne in Germany, or Zurich, Switzerland. A number of European rail suppliers present nonstop practice journey between Amsterdam and Brussels, and the journey takes roughly two hours and 7 minutes. 

Greater than 1.5 million passengers traveled by Brussels Airport in January 2025, which was an 8.2 % enhance from the identical time interval in 2024.