Location Flanders

Transport

Airports

Belgium has one national airport (Brussels National Airport) and four regional airports (Antwerp – Deurne,  Ostend – Middelkerke, Charleroi – Gosselies (Brussels South) and Liege – Bierset).

Three of these are situated in Flanders:

  • Brussels National Airport
  • Antwerp – Deurne
  • Ostend – Middelkerke

For more information

Airlines operating from Brussels Airport

  • AEGEAN AVIATION
    www.aegeanair.com
    Frankfurt – Munich – Stuttgart
  • AER LINGUS
    www.aerlingus.com
    Desk at the airport: + 32 (0) 2 788 32 77
    Dublin
    Flights via Dublin to New York, Boston, Chicago O'Hare
  • AEROFLOT
  • www.belgium.aeroflot.aero/eng
    Desk at the airport: + 32 (0) 2 753 20 12
    Moscow Sheremetyevo
    Flights via Moscow to Tokyo, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Beijing, Mumbai, Dubai, Bangkok
  • AFRIQIYAH AIRWAYS
    www.afriqiyah.be
    Desk at the airport: + 32 (0) 2 753 20 28
    Tripoli (Libya)
    Flights via Tripoli to Abidjan, Accra, Bamako, Bangui, Benghazi, Cotonou, Dakar, Douala, Kano, Khartoum, Lagos, Lomé, N’Djamena, Niamey, Ouagadougou
  • AIR CANADA
    www.aircanada.ca
    City desk: + 32 (0) 70 220 100
    Frankfurt – London Heathrow – Munich
    Flights via London to Quebec, Sydney, Montreal, Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver
  • AIR FRANCE
    www.airfrance.be
    Desk at the airport: + 32 (0) 2 753 64 32
    Atlanta – Bordeaux – Clermont-Ferrand-Auvergne – Lyon – New York
    Flights via Bordeaux to Mulhouse, Marseille, Nice, Nantes and Strasbourg; Flights via Clermont-Ferrand to Biarritz, Metz, Montpellier, Marseille, Nice, Nantes, Strasbourg and Toulouse;
    Flights via Lyon to Ajaccio, Brest, Bastia, Biarritz, Caen, Calvi, Metz, Le Havre, Limoges, Lorient, Mulhouse, Montpellier, Marseille, Nice, Nantes, Pau, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulouse and Rouen
  • AIR ONE
    www.flyairone.it/en
    City desk: + 32 (0) 2 719 00 45
    Milan Malpensa – Rome – Thessaloniki
  • AIR TRANSAT
    www.airtransat.be
    City desk: + 32 (0) 3 239 00 65
    Montreal – Toronto
    Operating from Brussels between April and October
  • ALITALIA
    www.alitalia.com
    Desk at the airport: + 32 (0) 2 720 44 12
    Bologna – Milan Linate – Milan Malpensa – Rome – Turin – Venice VCE
    Flights via Rome to Tokyo, Beijing, Moscow, New York, Los Angeles
  • AMERICAN AIRLINES
    www.aa.com
    City desk: + 32 (0) 711 99 69
    Chicago O'Hare – New York 
    Flights via London to Los Angeles
    Flights via New York or Chicago to Toronto
  • AUSTRIAN AIRLINES
    www.aua.com
    Desk at the airport: + 32 (0) 2 753 52 75
    Edinburgh – Leeds – Lisbon - Vienna
  • BRITISH AIRWAYS
    www.british-airways.com
    Reservations and general inquiries: + 32 (0) 2 717 32 17
    Berne – Billund – London Gatwick – London Heathrow
    Flights via London Heathrow to New York, Moscow, St Petersburg, Montreal, Chicago O'Hare, Boston, Toronto, Baltimore, Washington, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Seattle, Denver, Mexico City, Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Dubai, Delhi, Abu Dhabi, Mumbai, Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Sydney, Beijing, Tokyo, Shanghai
  • BRITISH MIDLAND BMI
    www.flybmi.com
    Desk at the airport: + 32 (0) 2 753 21 59
    East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds, London Heathrow, Vienna
    Flights via London Heathrow to Cairo, Addis Ababa, Freetown, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Yerevan, Beirut, Tel Aviv, Abu Dhabi, Tehran, Almaty
  • BRUSSELS AIRLINES
    www.brusselsairlines.com
    Desk at the airport: + 32 (0) 2 753 49 27 / + 32 (0) 2 753 49 28
    City desk: + 32 (0) 2 723 23 45
    Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Addis Ababa, Athens, Banjul, Barcelona, Bazel Mulhouse, Beijing, Berlin Tegel, Bilbao, Billund, Birmingham, Budapest, Bucharest, Bologna, Bristol, Bujumbura, Cagliari, Casablanca, Catania, Chennai, Chicago O'Hare, Conakry, Copenhagen, Dakar, Delhi, Douala, Entebbe, Faro, Firenze, Frankfurt, Freetown, Geneve, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Helsinki, Kiev, Kigali, Kinshasa, Krakow, Larnaca, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Los Angeles, Luanda, Lyon, Madrid, Malaga, Malta, Manchester, Marseille, Milan Linate, Milan Malpensa, Milan Orio Al Serio, Monrovia, Moscow Domodedovo, Mumbai, Munich, Nairobi, Naples, New York, Newcastle, Nice, Oslo, Palma Mallorca, Paris, Porto, Prague, Rome, Sofia, Southampton, Split, Stockholm Bromma, Strasbourg, Tel Aviv, Toulouse, Turin, Vienna, Venice VCE, Vilnius, Warsaw, Yaounde, Zagreb, Zürich
  • CONTINENTAL AIRLINES
    www.continental.com
    Desk at the airport: + 32 (0) 2 753 53 30
    Amsterdam – New York/Newark
    Flies daily from Brussels to NY/Newark, offering connections to more than 230 destinations throughout the USA, Latin and South America, and the Caribbean
  • DELTA AIRLINES
    www.delta.com
    City desk: +32 (0) 2 711 97 99
    Atlanta – New York
    Flights via New York to Moscow, Cape Town, Dakar, Mumbai and Shanghai;
    Flights via Atlanta to Tokyo and Rio De Janeiro;
    Flights via NY or Atlanta to Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and Sao Paolo
  • ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES
    www.ethiopianairlines.com
    Desk at the airport: + 32 (0) 2 753 53 76
    Addis Ababa
    Three weekly flights from Brussels to Addis Ababa with connections to 38 African destinations, including Nairobi, Entebbe, Dar es Salaam, Johannesburg, Kilimanjaro, Lusaka, Kigali, Bujumbura, Brazzaville and Kinshasa
  • ETIHAD AIRWAYS
    www.etihadairways.com
    City desk: + 32 (0) 2 714 58 30
    Abu Dhabi
    Flights via Abu Dhabi to Beijing, New Delhi, Islamabad, Mumbai, Bangkok, Singapore, Sydney, Johannesburg, Toronto, New York
  • FINNAIR
    www.finnair.fi
  • Desk at the airport: + 32 (0) 2 753 50 60 Barcelona, Bilbao, Birmingham, Geneva – Helsinki – Lisbon – Lyon – Marseille – Milan Malpensa – Nice – Turin. Flights via Helsinki to Bangkok, Beijing, Delhi, Hong Kong, Mumbai, New York, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo
  • GULF AIR
    www.gulfairco.com
    London Heathrow
    Flights via London to Los Angeles, Chicago O'Hare, Miami, Abu Dhabi
  • HAINAN AIRLINES
    http://global.hnair.com
    City desk: + 32 (0) 2 712 64 33
    Beijing
  • IBERIA
    www.iberia.com
    City desk: + 32 (0) 70 70 00 50
    Barcelona – Madrid – Oviedo – Vilnius
  • JET AIRWAYS
    www.jetairways.com
    City desk: + 32 (0) 2 709 09 09
    Birmingham – Chennai – Delhi – Lyon – Madrid – Mumbai – New York – New York/Newark – Toronto
  • KLM
    www.klm.be
    Desk at the airport: + 32 (0) 70 22 27 47
    Amsterdam
  • LOT POLISH AIRLINES
    www.lot.com
    Desk at the airport: + 32 (0) 2 753 23 99
    Lisbon – Warsaw – Washington – Wroclaw
  • LUFTHANSA
    www.lufthansa.com
    Desk at the airport: + 32 (0) 70 35 30 30
    Berlin Tegel – Frankfurt – Hamburg – Hanover – London Heathrow – Munich – Nuremberg – Stuttgart - Washington
    Flights via Munich or Frankfurt to Sao Paolo, Singapore, Bangkok, Mumbai, Dubai, Beijing, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Johannesburg and Moscow;
    Flights via Washington to Los Angeles and New York
  • MALMO AVIATION
    www.malmoaviation.se
    City desk: + 32 (0) 2 712 64 36
    Copenhagen – Gothenburg – Stockholm Bromma
  • QATAR AIRWAYS
    www.qatarairways.com
    London Heathrow
  • SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS
    www.flysaa.com
    London Heathrow
  • SRI LANKAN AIRLINES
    www.srilankan.lk
    City desk: + 32 (0) 2 716 00 61
    London Heathrow
    Flights via London to Colombo
  • STERLING AIRLINES
    www.sterling.dk
    Copenhagen – Oslo – Stockholm Arlanda
  • SYRIAN AIRLINES
    www.syriaair.com
    City desk: + 32 (0) 2 218 12 12
    Beirut – Damascus
  • THAI AIRWAYS INT’L
    http://thaiair.com
    City desk: + 32 (0) 2 502 47 44
    Frankfurt – Munich
    Flights via Frankfurt or Munich to Bangkok
  • UNITED AIRLINES
    www.ual.be
    Desk at the airport: + 32 (0) 2 753 26 81
    Berlin Tegel – Chicago O’Hare – Copenhagen – Frankfurt – Hamburg – London Heathrow – Munich – Warschau – Washington
    Operates to more than 210 US domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago O'Hare and Washington DC. From Brussels, United operates a daily nonstop flight to Washington DC, offering connections to major US destinations, Canada and Mexico
  • US AIRWAYS
    www.usairways.com
    Reservation and information: +32 (0) 78 15 00 26
    Frankfurt – Lisbon – Philadelphia – Washington
    Flights via Philadelphia to Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, New York, Los Angeles
  • VLM
    www.flyvlm.be
    Desk at the airport: + 32 (0) 2 753 50 57
    London City
  • VIRGIN ATLANTIC
    www.virgin-atlantic.com
    London Heathrow

Travelling by train

Belgian Railways (SNCB/NMBS)

  • www.b-rail.be/main/E/index.php
  • For urgent enquiries or during weekends, see the information desks at the stations or call the customer information line on + 32 (0) 2 528 28 28(7am-9.30pm, 7 days a week) for information on domestic train travel.
  • For international journeys in Europe with Thalys, Eurostar, TGV, ICE and other international trains, call +32 (0) 70 79 79 79 (8am-8pm on weekdays, Sat-Sun and public holidays 9.30am-4.30pm). 

Thalys 

  • High-speed train to Amsterdam, Cologne and Paris
  • www.thalys.com/be/en
  • You can also purchase tickets at the main train stations with an international ticket window

TGV

  • High-speed train to France, with more than 230 destinations, including Bordeaux, Lyon, Paris and Montpellier
  • www.tgv-europe.be 
  • You can also purchase tickets at the main train stations with an international ticket window

Eurostar

  • High-speed train to Lille and London
  • www.eurostar.com
  • Telephone bookings: + 44 (0) 1233 617 575, 8am-7pm
    From Belgium: + 32 (0) 70 79 79 89
    (Mon-Fri: 8am-8pm / Sat&Sun 9am-4.30pm)

Travelling by bus

De Lijn: Flemish public transport by bus

  • www.delijn.be (in Dutch)
  • Tel: + 32 (0) 70 220 200 
  • Monday-Friday: 7am-7pm; Saturdays, Sundays and holidays: 10am-6pm

Eurolines (European travelling)

Travelling by car

Crossing the channel

Trans Europa Ferries (only with car)