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Posted on March 4, 2026
1 min readLast updated: April 2, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleBelgium’s Brussels Airport has confirmed that all departing passenger flights on **March 12, 2026** will be cancelled due to a nationwide strike involving security, baggage handling and air traffic control staff. Arrivals may also face disruptions.
BRUSSELS, March 4 (Reuters) - Belgium's Brussels Airport will have no departing passenger flights on March 12 due to a national strike that some security staff will participate in, the airport said on Wednesday.
"To ensure the safety of passengers and staff, we have decided, in consultation with the airlines, not to operate any departing flights on 12 March," the airport said, adding that cancellation of some arriving flights that day is also possible.
(Reporting by Charlotte Van Campenhout, Editing by Makini Brice)
Brussels Airport will not operate any departing passenger flights on March 12 due to a national strike involving some security staff.
Yes, the airport indicated that some arriving flights may also be cancelled on March 12 due to the strike.
Some security staff at Brussels Airport will participate in the national strike on March 12.
To ensure the safety of passengers and staff, the airport decided not to operate any departing flights on March 12 in consultation with airlines.
The article does not specify when normal operations will resume; only that departures on March 12 are cancelled.
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