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Les nouvelles liaisons de Brussels Airport avec le Brésil et la Tanzanie changent-elles l’équation économique pour Zaventem ?

Brussels Airport a ajouté deux liaisons long-courriers la même semaine : le service Bruxelles-São Paulo de LATAM, opéré trois fois par semaine, et la nouvelle liaison directe de Brussels Airlines vers Kilimanjaro, en Tanzanie.

Belgium Impulse Editorial·30 June 2026·4 min read·
Établi· 2 sources primaires + 1 document officiel · Sources de contexte: 1

En 30 secondes

  • LATAM opère Bruxelles-São Paulo trois fois par semaine, rétablissant une liaison passagers Bruxelles-Amérique du Sud après environ 25 ans.
  • Brussels Airlines ajoute un service direct Bruxelles-Kilimanjaro, renforçant son réseau long-courrier centré sur l’Afrique.
  • Brussels Airport a déclaré 24,4 millions de passagers et 795 000 tonnes de fret en 2025, contre 26,4 millions de passagers en 2019.
  • LATAM est active dans le cargo à Brussels Airport depuis 2023 et y a établi un hub cargo européen.

Chiffre clé

000 tonnes Brussels Airport a déclaré 24,4 millions de passagers et 795 de fret en 2025, contre 26,4 millions de passagers en 2019.

Brussels Airport Pressroom

Le sujet est la dernière expansion du réseau intercontinental de

Lieu

Brussels Airport

airport adding new intercontinental routes and handling passenger and cargo traffic

Pourquoi c’est important

airport adding new intercontinental routes and handling passenger and cargo traffic

About

Brussels Airport is the main international airport of Belgium. It is located in the municipality of Zaventem in Flemish Brabant, 12 km northeast of Brussels. Also informally known as Brussels-National Airport or Brussels-Zaventem Airport, Brussels Airport handled more than 26 million passengers in 2019, making it the 26th-busiest airport in Europe.

. Les opérateurs nommés sont
Organisation

LATAM Airlines

named operator launching Brussels-Sao Paulo passenger flights

Pourquoi c’est important

named operator launching Brussels-Sao Paulo passenger flights

About

Aero 2000 S.A., d/b/a LATAM Airlines Argentina, formerly LAN Argentina, was an airline based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a member of the LATAM Airlines Group. It was the second-largest airline in Argentina at the time it was disbanded.

, qui lance des vols passagers Bruxelles-São Paulo avec des Boeing 787, et
Organisation

Brussels Airlines

operator adding the direct link to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

Pourquoi c’est important

operator adding the direct link to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

About

Brussels Airlines is the flag carrier and largest airline of Belgium, based and headquartered at Brussels Airport. It operates to over 100 destinations in Europe, West Asia, North America and Africa and also offers charter services, maintenance and crew training. It is a member of the Star Alliance as well as the International Air Transport Association. The airline's IATA code SN is inherited from its predecessors, Sabena and SN Brussels Airlines.

, le transporteur du
Organisation

Lufthansa Group

group owning Brussels Airlines

Pourquoi c’est important

group owning Brussels Airlines

About

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, trading as Lufthansa Group, is a German aviation holding company. Its principal airline, Lufthansa German Airlines is the flag carrier of Germany. Lufthansa Group is the second-largest airline group in Europe by passengers carried, as well as largest in Europe and fourth largest in the world by revenue.

basé à Brussels Airport, qui ajoute
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Kilimanjaro

destination added by Brussels Airlines

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destination added by Brussels Airlines

About

Mount Kilimanjaro is a large dormant volcano in Tanzania. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world, at 5,895 m (19,341 ft) above sea level and 4,900 m (16,100 ft) above its plateau base. It is also the highest volcano in the Eastern Hemisphere and the fourth most prominent peak on Earth.

en Tanzanie. L’opérateur de l’aéroport est
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Brussels Airport Company

private-public airport operator running Zaventem airport

Pourquoi c’est important

private-public airport operator running Zaventem airport

About

Brussels Airport Company, afgekort BAC, is de exploitant van Brussels Airport, de nationale luchthaven van België.

, la société privée-publique qui gère l’aéroport de Zaventem. La logique économique combine trois marchés : les loisirs sortants belges, le tourisme entrant et les voyages de diaspora, ainsi que le fret à plus forte valeur et les voyages d’affaires. São Paulo est la principale porte d’entrée brésilienne pour l’aviation d’affaires et un point de correspondance vers l’Amérique latine. Kilimanjaro est une route touristique et d’accès régional, avec des liens potentiels vers les safaris, les ONG et la mobilité d’affaires en Afrique de l’Est.

Contexte

BX1 a rapporté que Brussels Airport n’avait plus eu de liaison passagers directe avec l’Amérique du Sud depuis environ 2000. Cet écart compte parce que l’histoire du transporteur national belge a fortement changé après la faillite de

Organisation

Sabena

former Belgian flag carrier whose collapse affected Brussels’ long-haul network

Pourquoi c’est important

former Belgian flag carrier whose collapse affected Brussels’ long-haul network

About

The Société anonyme belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation aérienne, better known by the acronym Sabena or SABENA, was the flag carrier of Belgium from 1923 to 2001, with its hub at Brussels Airport. After its bankruptcy in 2001, SN Brussels Airlines was formed through a takeover of former subsidiary Delta Air Transport and took over part of Sabena's assets in February 2002. SN Brussels Airlines merged with Virgin Express in 2007 to form Brussels Airlines.

en 2001, laissant Bruxelles avec un réseau long-courrier plus sélectif que les grands hubs européens. La reprise aérienne post-pandémie a poussé les aéroports à reconstruire leur connectivité, mais avec davantage de discipline : les compagnies tendent désormais à ajouter des routes là où l’utilisation des avions, le fret, la demande premium et l’apport des alliances peuvent soutenir l’économie de la ligne.

Context & what happens next

Impact

Regional — L’impact régional direct est le plus fort autour de Zaventem, Bruxelles et le Brabant flamand, où se concentrent les emplois aéroportuaires, la manutention, le catering, la maintenance, les hôtels et les services liés aux voyages d’affaires. Bruxelles en bénéficie comme zone de chalandise commerciale et diplomatique, tandis que les entreprises wallonnes et flamandes gagnent un autre point de départ long-courrier sans devoir passer par des pays voisins.

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What the main actors are doing

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Brussels Airport Company et équipes de développement de routes

La direction de l’aéroport verra les ajouts du Brésil et de la Tanzanie comme la preuve que Bruxelles peut encore gagner des routes long-courriers sélectives malgré la concurrence de hubs plus grands. Leur argument est que les vols passagers, la capacité cargo et les voyages d’affaires se renforcent mutuellement, surtout là où Bruxelles dispose d’une zone de chalandise diplomatique, pharmaceutique, logistique et diasporique.

Riverains et groupes environnementaux

Les communautés autour de Zaventem et les organisations axées sur le climat sont susceptibles d’évaluer les nouveaux vols long-courriers à travers les préoccupations liées au bruit, aux émissions et aux opérations de nuit. Pour elles, l’équation économique doit être mise en balance avec les nuisances aéroportuaires et les engagements climatiques de la Belgique, en particulier si la croissance dépend de davantage de vols intercontinentaux.

Passagers et entreprises belges du voyage

Les voyageurs et les agences peuvent accueillir favorablement les options directes, mais resteront sensibles aux prix. Si les tarifs sont nettement plus élevés que les alternatives avec une escale via Amsterdam, Paris, Francfort, Lisbonne ou Istanbul, les routes pourraient servir davantage les voyageurs d’affaires et les acheteurs de confort que les familles attentives au budget.

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Brussels Airport is the main international airport of Belgium. It is located in the municipality of Zaventem in Flemish Brabant, 12 km northeast of Brussels. Also informally known as Brussels-National Airport or Brussels-Zaventem Airport, Brussels Airport handled more than 26 million passengers in 2019, making it the 26th-busiest airport in Europe.

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destination country for the new Kilimanjaro link

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operator of the Brussels-Sao Paulo service and cargo user at Brussels Airport

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operator of the Brussels-Sao Paulo service and cargo user at Brussels Airport

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Brussels Airlines

operator adding the direct link to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

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operator adding the direct link to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

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Brussels Airlines is the flag carrier and largest airline of Belgium, based and headquartered at Brussels Airport. It operates to over 100 destinations in Europe, West Asia, North America and Africa and also offers charter services, maintenance and crew training. It is a member of the Star Alliance as well as the International Air Transport Association. The airline's IATA code SN is inherited from its predecessors, Sabena and SN Brussels Airlines.

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destination added by Brussels Airlines

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Mount Kilimanjaro is a large dormant volcano in Tanzania. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world, at 5,895 m (19,341 ft) above sea level and 4,900 m (16,100 ft) above its plateau base. It is also the highest volcano in the Eastern Hemisphere and the fourth most prominent peak on Earth.

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LATAM Airlines

named operator launching Brussels-Sao Paulo passenger flights

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named operator launching Brussels-Sao Paulo passenger flights

Background

Aero 2000 S.A., d/b/a LATAM Airlines Argentina, formerly LAN Argentina, was an airline based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a member of the LATAM Airlines Group. It was the second-largest airline in Argentina at the time it was disbanded.

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Lufthansa Group

group owning Brussels Airlines

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group owning Brussels Airlines

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Deutsche Lufthansa AG, trading as Lufthansa Group, is a German aviation holding company. Its principal airline, Lufthansa German Airlines is the flag carrier of Germany. Lufthansa Group is the second-largest airline group in Europe by passengers carried, as well as largest in Europe and fourth largest in the world by revenue.

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Brussels Airport Company

private-public airport operator running Zaventem airport

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private-public airport operator running Zaventem airport

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Brussels Airport Company, afgekort BAC, is de exploitant van Brussels Airport, de nationale luchthaven van België.

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region connected through Sao Paulo

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Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish and Portuguese.

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Sabena

former Belgian flag carrier whose collapse affected Brussels’ long-haul network

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former Belgian flag carrier whose collapse affected Brussels’ long-haul network

Background

The Société anonyme belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation aérienne, better known by the acronym Sabena or SABENA, was the flag carrier of Belgium from 1923 to 2001, with its hub at Brussels Airport. After its bankruptcy in 2001, SN Brussels Airlines was formed through a takeover of former subsidiary Delta Air Transport and took over part of Sabena's assets in February 2002. SN Brussels Airlines merged with Virgin Express in 2007 to form Brussels Airlines.

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