The Brussels airport which suffered damage following deadly blasts last month said it is ready for a “partial restart” of passenger flights.
Zaventem airport has received the go ahead from the fire services and the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority, but no flights will start until Friday evening at the earliest.
A provisional infrastructure has been completed which allows the airport to receive 800 departing passengers an hour, or 2.5 million departing passengers – around 20 per cent of the normal capacity.
Arriving passengers will go through the usual baggage reclaim and arrivals in the terminal. This zone was only slightly damaged and has since been restored for use.
The airport has been closed since March 22 when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the departure hall.
The final step for a full re-opening is formal political approval.
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