Brussels Airlines ready to fly almost 270,000 passengers during the end-of-year holidays

Brussels Airlines is getting ready for a buzzing end-of-year period. Between December 24^th and January 8^th almost 270,000¹ passengers are flying around the world with Belgium’s national home carrier. Friday December 23^rd is the most popular departing day – with more than 20,000 passengers – closely followed by Monday December 26^th.

This is an overall year-on-year booking increase of 28%. Long-haul bookings are up by 31% and medium-haul by 27%.

For journeys starting in Brussels and when looking at the long-haul destinations New York, Dakar and Kinshasa flights have the most passengers on board. Malaga, Tenerife and Rome are the most popular European cities to fly to during the Christmas holidays.