Brussels Airport hires 500 seasonal staff, opens extra security lanes ahead of record 20 July peak
Flanders to levy €180 regional processing fee on all Single-Permit applications from 1 September 2026
Brussels Airport hires 500 extra summer staff and installs 60 EES pre-registration kiosks
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Frontex surge teams and biometric waivers proposed for Schengen airports facing EES bottlenecks
A leaked Commission draft proposes that airports overwhelmed by the new EES can ask Frontex for rapid-response officers and temporarily skip biometric capture. Brussels Airport is listed as a priority site, promising faster queues but reigniting privacy debates.
Brussels Airport suffers more than 100 flight delays in single morning
Seven cancellations and more than 100 delays hit Brussels Airport on 6 July, mostly on short- and medium-haul European routes. The knock-on effect jeopardised connections at London, Paris and Rome and left corporate travellers facing schedule chaos and potential compensation claims.
Five-hour queues for non-EU passengers as new border system bites at Belgian airports
GrenzEcho reports queue times of up to five hours for non-EU passengers at Brussels and Charleroi as the EU’s Entry/Exit System faces its first peak-season test. Belgian police have twice suspended parts of the biometric process to ease congestion, but airlines warn of cascading delays.
EU pledges rapid support to Brussels and other hubs amid industry call to ‘pause’ biometric border checks
A leaked letter shows EU migration chief Magnus Brunner pledging rapid technical and financial aid to airports, including Brussels, struggling with the new EES border checks. The commitment comes after industry bodies called for permission to suspend biometric capture at peak times.
Eurostar warns of delays on Belgian rail network after ‘animal on the line’ incident
Eurostar is advising passengers of delays on 6 July after an animal on the tracks disrupted services on the Belgian network. The incident adds to a series of summer rail challenges and underscores the need for extra connection buffers for business travellers.