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Brussels Airport
The Brussels Airport Company is the limited company to which the Belgian State has granted the licence to operate Brussels Airport.
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On 4 August 1914 the German troops invaded Belgium. Their search for a suitable location to build an airship hangar brought them to a plain on the territory of Haren and Evere. In February 1915 the Berlin-based company Arthur Müller Ballonhallenbau finished the construction of a zeppelin hangar. On 7 June 1915 Flight Sub-Lieutenant J.S. Mills bombed the hangar and destroyed the LZ 38 airship that had been forced to return to the airfield with technical problems. The zeppelin hangar that was partly consumed by fire was repaired within two months, but it would never again be used to shelter the vulnerable airships. After the armistice of 11 November 1918 the Belgian military started to use the airfield and the remaining infrastructure. The zeppelin hangar that was not pulled down until 1923 was used to park the aircraft the Germans had left behind. A few of these aircraft would later be used to take civilians up on their first flight from Haren.
75% of the company's shares are held by a consortium of Australian investors led by Macquarie Airports (MAp). The Belgian State has an interest of 25% of the shares.
The Brussels Airport Company SA is the successor of the société anonyme de droit public Brussels International Airport Company (BIAC) that came into being after the merger between the ground activities of the Belgian Airways and Airports Agency and the Brussels Airport Terminal Company SA (BATC).
BIAC was renamed The Brussels Airport Company SA at the general shareholders' meeting of 4 October 2006.
Their aim is to become one of the best - and yes, why not, the best - airport company in Europe and that in every respect: a dynamic, innovative and customer focused company.
Mission
- To operate and develop Brussels Airport as an intermodal crossroads connecting the Capital of Europe with the rest of the world.
- In doing so, they will facilitate international business, travel and trade, thereby contributing in a major way to the national economy.
- They strive for a balance between the interests of all stakeholders: their employees, their business partners, their shareholders and the public at large.
Vision
- They are the most successful airport company in Europe.
- They deliver outstanding performance year-in year-out
- Their customers rate their airport, its facilities and services consistently among the best in Europe.
- They are a leader of the Brussels Airport community.
- They work together in a spirit of true partnership.
- They are a high performance organization.
- They set stretching goals and achieve breakthrough results driven by individual leadership and great teamwork.
- They are proud to be part of Brussels Airport.
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Location
The Brussels Airport Company Brussels Airport
Zaventem BE-1930Belgium
Bruxelles National Weather info
- Clear sky
- Temperature: -7 °C
- Wind: North-Northeast, 5.6 km/h
- Pressure: 1035 hPa
- Rel. Humidity: 79 %
- Visibility: 10 km
4.2 km East-Northeast
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