brutrends 2006

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Brutrends 2006

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BRUTRENDS 06

02 Movements

02 Per month (2005-2006)02 Evolution (1993-2006)03 Per type of traffic04 Per area: Europe vs. overseas04 Per area: Europe05 Per area: overseas05 Per area: EU vs. non-EU06 Per area: EU vs. non-EU (evolution)06 Per area: Schengen vs. non-Schengen07 Top ten intra-European passenger destinations07 Top ten intra-European cargo destinations08 Top ten overseas passenger destinations08 Top ten overseas cargo destinations 09 Top ten peak days vs. lowest days09 Movements per hour09 Day vs. night10 Per aircraft size10 Per noise category11 Noise quota survey

12 Passengers

12 Per month (2005-2006)12 Evolution (1990-2006)13 Per type of traffic13 Transfer and transit vs. O&D14 Transfer and transit vs. O&D (continued)14 Per area: Europe vs. overseas15 Per area: intra-European traffic15 Per area: overseas traffic16 Per area: EU vs. non-EU16 Per area: EU vs. non-EU (evolution)17 Per area: Schengen vs. non-Schengen17 Top ten intra-European destinations18 Top ten overseas destinations18 Top ten peak days vs. lowest days18 Number of passengers per hour19 Average passenger number per commercial aircraft movement19 Map of Brussels Airport

20 Cargo

20 Per month (2005-2006)20 Evolution (1996-2006)21 Per area: Europe vs. overseas21 Per area: Europe22 Per area: overseas22 Per area: EU vs. non-EU23 Top ten intra-European destinations23 Top ten overseas destinations23 Top ten peak days vs. lowest days

24 Other stats

24 City-Airport access by car24 Airport access by railway25 Airport access by bus25 Airport access by taxi26 In-flight catering27 Law enforcement28 Custom clearances28 Passenger profile29 Employment at Brussels Airport

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2006 18 844 18 762 21 757 20 501 23 181 23 015 22 828 21 597 23 005 22 243 20 729 18 310 254 772

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Intra-European commercial flights 204 125 203 948 -0.09%

West & Central European countries 62 992 65 697 4.29%

Mediterranean countries 72 029 72 062 0.05%

Great Britain & Ireland 33 516 33 119 -1.18%

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Eastern European countries 13 874 13 474 -2.88%

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Total number % of total of flights

Total commercial flights 231 872 100.00%

Europe 203 948 87.96%

of which EU 179 126 77.25%

Non-EU 24 822 10.71%

Overseas 27 924 12.04%

of which Africa 14 393 6.21%

North America 6 353 2.74%

Middle East 3 487 1.50%

Far East 3 004 1.30%

Central & South America 687 0.30%

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EU 179 126 77.25%

Non EU 52 746 22.75%

of which Europe Non EU 24 822 10.71%

Overseas 27 924 12.04%

Total EU Non-EU

Total comm. flights 231 872 179 126 77.25% 52 746 22.75%

Passenger flights 207 608 165 000 79.48% 42 608 20.52%

Scheduled 187 358 153 683 82.03% 33 675 17.97%

Non-Scheduled 20 250 11 317 55.89% 8 933 44.11%

Cargo flights 24 264 14 126 58.22% 10 138 41.78%

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Overseas commercial flights 26 963 27 924 3.56%

Africa 13 683 14 393 5.19%

North America 6 646 6 353 -4.41%

Middle East 3 106 3 487 12.27%

Far East 2 807 3 004 7.02%

Central & South America 721 687 -4.72%

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EU Non-EU Total

1996 191 51 242

1997 204 51 255

1998 221 56 277

1999 232 61 293

2000 242 63 305

2001 226 61 287

2002 184 53 237

2003 175 56 231

2004 176 55 231

2005 176 55 231

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of which Schengen EU 129 506 55.85%

Schengen non-EU 3 629 1.57%

Non-Schengen 98 737 42.58%

of which Europe non Schengen 70 813 30.54% Overseas 27 924 12.04%

Total Schengen non-Schengen

Total comm. flights 231 872 133 135 57.42% 98 737 42.58%

Passenger flights 207 608 122 422 58.97% 85 186 41.03%

Scheduled 187 358 111 764 59.65% 75 594 40.35%

Non-Scheduled 20 250 10 658 52.63% 9 592 47.37%

Cargo flights 24 264 10 713 44.15% 13 551 55.85%

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Total number Total number of flights 2005 of flights 2006 '06 vs '05

London 13 204 13 255 0.39%

Munich 6 416 6 885 7.31%

Frankfurt 5 926 6 765 14.16%

Madrid 6 779 6 665 -1.68%

Milan 5 884 6 074 3.23%

Vienna 5 185 5 332 2.84%

Rome 5 025 5 192 3.32%

Copenhagen 5 798 4 962 -14.42%

Amsterdam 4 158 4 751 14.26%

Barcelona 4 892 4 575 -6.48%

Total commercial Pax 63 267 64 456

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East Midlands Derby 1 739 1 714 -1.44%

London 1 489 1 307 -12.22%

Cologne 1 328 1 281 -3.54%

Milan 858 968 12.82%

Madrid 626 625 -0.16%

Basel Mulhouse 387 602 55.56%

Barcelona 579 569 -1.73%

Vitoria 598 522 -12.71%

Copenhagen 514 522 1.56%

Rome 515 516 0.19%

Total commercial Cargo 8 633 8 626

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New York 2 357 2 193 -6.96%

Casablanca 1 721 1 625 -5.58%

Monastir 1 196 1 311 9.62%

Djerba 1 155 1 143 -1.04%

Tel Aviv 1 054 1 125 6.74%

Hurghada 1 074 987 -8.10%

Marrakech 670 868 29.55%

Chicago 730 765 4.79%

Atlanta 730 726 -0.55%

San Francisco Int’l 721 693 -3.88%

Total commercial Pax 11 408 11 436

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Seoul Incheon Intern 660 841 27.42%

New York 990 825 -16.67%

Singapore 823 785 -4.62%

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Riyadh 498 623 25.10%

Casablanca 417 551 32.13%

Hong Kong 597 529 -11.39%

Lagos 477 515 7.97%

Tel Aviv 519 514 -0.96%

Taipei 514 366 -28.79%

Total commercial Cargo 5 909 6 199

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2005 2006 '06 vs '05

Day 228 688 230 011 0.58%

Night 24 567 24 761 0.79%

Total 253 255 254 772 0.60%

Peak days Movement

28 Jun 2006 896 30 Jun 2006 893 11 May 2006 887 28 Apr 2006 886 15 Sep 2006 883

Peak days Movements

16 Jun 2006 87419 May 2006 87315 Jun 2006 87206 Sep 2006 87129 Jun 2006 869

Top ten peak days vs. lowest days

Lowest days Movements

25 Dec 2006 236 01 Jan 2006 291 31 Dec 2006 303 24 Dec 2006 348 30 Dec 2006 383

Lowest days Movements

28 Jan 2006 39926 Dec 2006 40411 Nov 2006 42004 Feb 2006 42121 Jan 2006 424

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Per aircraft size 2005 2006 '06 vs '05

Wide Body 33 459 32 593 -2.59%

Narrow body 172 076 174 265 1.27%

Small body 25 553 25 014 -2.11%

General aviation 15 640 16 298 4.21%

Military 6 527 6 602 1.15%

Total 253 255 254 772 0.60%

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Europe Overseas Total 1990 6.5 1.8 8.3 1991 6.6 1.6 8.2 1992 7.4 1.9 9.2 1993 8.2 1.8 10.0 1994 9.3 1.9 11.2 1995 10.2 2.3 12.5 1996 11.1 2.3 13.4 1997 12.9 3.0 15.9 1998 14.9 3.5 18.4 1999 16.2 3.8 20.0 2000 17.5 4.1 21.6 2001 16.3 3.4 19.7 2002 12.5 1.9 14.4 2003 13.0 2.1 15.2 2004 13.1 2.5 15.6 2005 13.4 2.7 16.1 2006 13.7 2.9 16.6

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Total passengers on board 16 179 733 16 707 892 3.26% 100.00%

Commercial passengers 16 133 406 16 666 522 3.30% 99.75%

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Transit 55 377 78 027 40.90% 0.47%

Transfer 1 248 034 1 316 692 5.50% 7.88%

Non-commercial passengers 46 327 41 370 -10.70% 0.25%

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Military 3 447 688 -80.04% 0.00%

Commercial passengers: passengers travelling on board of scheduled or non-scheduled commercial aircraft.

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Total commercial passengers 16 666 522 100.00%

Europe 13 741 317 82.45%

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Non EU 1 980 903 11.89%

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Central & South America 157 002 0.94%

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2005 1 89 924 899 312 9.09% 90.91% 2005 2 80 408 927 972 7.97% 92.03% 2005 3 109 582 1 098 181 9.07% 90.93% 2005 4 92 871 1 275 968 6.78% 93.22% 2005 5 97 254 1 372 544 6.62% 93.38% 2005 6 134 020 1 364 701 8.94% 91.06% 2005 7 130 449 1 631 320 7.40% 92.60% 2005 8 134 129 1 519 085 8.11% 91.89% 2005 9 124 591 1 474 513 7.79% 92.21% 2005 10 112 221 1 308 958 7.90% 92.10% 2005 11 93 591 1 070 404 8.04% 91.96% 2005 12 109 930 927 805 10.59% 89.41%

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2006 1 102 663 912 744 10.11% 89.89% 2006 2 108 173 931 037 10.41% 89.59% 2006 3 123 381 1 134 668 9.81% 90.19% 2006 4 113 194 1 356 251 7.70% 92.30% 2006 5 111 823 1 440 523 7.20% 92.80% 2006 6 132 118 1 417 026 8.53% 91.47% 2006 7 122 794 1 663 101 6.88% 93.12% 2006 8 124 664 1 537 671 7.50% 92.50% 2006 9 133 030 1 496 410 8.16% 91.84% 2006 10 127 326 1 340 104 8.68% 91.32% 2006 11 96 487 1 105 722 8.03% 91.97% 2006 12 104 962 972 020 9.75% 90.25% 2006 Total 1 400 615 15 307 277 8.38% 91.62%

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Intra-Eur. commercial passengers 13 377 825 13 748 829 2.77%

Eastern European countries 686 127 769 945 12.22%

Great Britain & Ireland 1 645 425 1 584 660 -3.69%

Mediterranean countries 6 922 932 6 979 089 0.81%

Scandinavia 1 138 450 1 194 174 4.89%

West & Central European countries 2 984 891 3 220 961 7.91%

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Overseas commercial passengers 2 700 204 2 875 272 6.48%

Africa 1 623 726 1 744 499 7.44%

North America 759 772 763 640 0.51%

Middle East 147 325 163 828 11.20%

Far East 9 173 45 830 399.62%

Central & South America 160 208 157 475 -1.71%

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EU 11 760 414 70.56%

Non-EU 4 906 108 29.44%

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Total comm. pass. 16 666 522 11 760 414 70.56% 4 906 108 29.44%

On sched. flights 13 642 482 10 169 077 74.54% 3 473 405 25.46%

On non-sched. flights 3 024 040 1 591 337 52.62% 1 432 703 47.38%

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2004 15.6 10.9 4.7

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2006 16.7 11.8 4.9

Commercial passengers evolution (in millions)

PASSENGERS

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2006 % of total


Schengen 9 333 243 56.00%

Non-Schengen 7 333 279 44.00%

of which Europe non-Schengen 4 408 074 26.45%

Overseas 2 925 205 17.55%

Total Schengen Non-Schengen

Total comm. pass. 16 666 522 9 333 243 56.00% 7 333 279 44.00%

On sched. flights 13 642 482 7 828 593 57.38% 5 813 889 42.62%

On non-sched. flights 3 024 040 1 504 650 49.76% 1 519 390 50.24%

2005 2006 '06 vs '05

London 920 974 865 534 -6.02%

Madrid 637 384 658 064 3.24%

Barcelona 537 068 520 741 -3.04%

Milan 472 363 498 730 5.58%

Frankfurt 437 737 460 345 5.16%

Rome 443 870 458 187 3.23%

Lisbon 391 581 413 264 5.54%

Copenhagen 397 135 405 996 2.23%

Antalya 411 720 372 852 -9.44%

Vienna 329 882 355 829 7.87%

Total comm. pass. 4 979 714 5 009 542

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2005 2006 '06 vs '05

New York 382 929 361 038 -5.72% Monastir 170 112 185 448 9.02% Hurghada 167 088 155 855 -6.72% Djerba 152 664 155 118 1.61% Casablanca 154 181 152 874 -0.85% Chicago 131 984 139 018 5.33% Tel Aviv 131 768 126 769 -3.79% Kinshasa 105 432 120 703 14.48% Atlanta 118 505 118 315 -0.16% Marrakech 87 468 115 903 32.51% Total comm. pass. 1 602 131 1 631 041


Peak days Total passengers

30 Jun 2006 64 290 14 Jul 2006 62 705 28 Apr 2006 62 312 3 Jul 2006 61 203 15 Sep 2006 61 122

Peak days Total passengers

17 Jul 2006 60 79929 Jul 2006 60 56728 Jun 2006 60 53910 Jul 2006 60 28922 Sep 2006 60 216

Lowest days Total passengers

25 Dec 2006 17 220 31 Dec 2006 21 302 01 Jan 2006 23 707 14 Jan 2006 23 968 04 Feb 2006 24 379

Lowest days Total passengers

28 Jan 2006 24 659 21 Jan 2006 24 993 25 Nov 2006 26 104 02 Dec 2006 26 310 09 Dec 2006 26 577

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Average passenger number per commercial aircraft movement

Location Average

London Heathrow 143.41

Tenerife Reina Sofia 137.68

London Gatwick 129.66

London Stansted 123.39

Palma Mallorca 118.21

Paris Orly 111.50

Frankfurt 110.31

Berlin Schönefeld 109.04

Source: ACI 2006

Location Average

Amsterdam 108.94

Malaga 108.75

Paris Ch. de Gaulle 104.03

Manchester 101.67

Madrid 100.42

Milan Linate 96.72

Rome Fiumicino 93.10

Lisbon 88.73

Location Average

Barcelona 88.59

Milan Malpensa 85.59

Berlin Tegel 83.81

Düsseldorf 82.98

Stockholm 77.02

Munich 76.09

BRUSSELS 71.54

Vienna 69.28

Map of Brussels Airport

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Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

2005 54 559 55 590 63 442 61 258 55 829 58 023 58 887 51 510 60 006 60 831 61 559 61 325 702 819

2006 55 222 56 370 66 063 60 864 57 596 57 650 55 324 54 203 61 155 63 908 67 466 63 739 719 561

Evolution (1��6-2006)

Total cargo (tons) % vs. previous year

1996 464 277

1997 531 011 14.37%

1998 595 395 12.12%

1999 674 837 13.34%

2000 687 385 1.86%

2001 583 729 -15.08%

2002 536 826 -8.04%

2003 607 136 13.10%

2004 664 375 9.43%

2005 702 819 5.79%

2006 719 561 2.38%

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In tons % of total

Total cargo 719 561 100.00%

Europe 285 361 39.66%

of which EU 247 259 34.36%

Non-EU 38 102 5.30%

Overseas 434 200 60.34%

of which Africa 68 512 9.52%



Far East 158 434 22.02%

Central & South America 757 0.11%

2005 2006 '06 vs '05

Intra-European cargo in tons 281 766 285 361 1.28%

West & Central European countries 75 144 81 896 8.99%

Mediterranean countries 100 875 100 842 -0.03%

Great Britain & Ireland 51 733 48 585 -6.09%

Scandinavia 27 344 31 384 14.77%

Eastern European countries 26 670 22 654 -15.06%

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2005 2006 06 vs '05

Overseas cargo in tons 421 053 434 200 3.12%

Africa 61 098 68 512 12.13%

North America 134 522 117 686 -12.52%

Middle East 78 481 88 811 13.16%

Far East 146 580 158 434 8.09%

Central & South America 372 757 103.49%

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Total cargo in tons 702 819 719 561 2.38% 100.00%

EU 243 372 247 259 1.60% 34.36%

non-EU 459 447 472 302 2.80% 65.64%

of which Europe non-EU 38 394 38 102 -0.76% 5.30%

Overseas 421 053 434 200 3.12% 60.34%

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Total cargo Total cargo in tons 2005 in tons 2006 '06 vs '05

New York 68 537 63 068 -7.98% Singapore 51 337 51 933 1.16% Seoul Incheon Intern 40 045 51 188 27.83% Riyadh 30 653 38 180 24.56% Hong Kong 28 467 26 086 -8.36% Lagos 18 091 21 758 20.27% Taipei 24 619 20 892 -15.14% Addis Ababa Bole 10 636 20 450 92.27% Dubai 13 055 18 324 40.36% Jeddah 16 110 16 550 2.73% Total commercial cargo 301 550 328 429

Total cargo Total cargo in tons 2005 in tons 2006 '06 vs '05

Nottingham 29 064 29 612 1.89% Milan 19 953 23 997 20.27% Cologne 19 658 20 201 2.76% London 21 816 18 533 -15.05% Copenhagen 12 848 13 520 5.23% Rome 11 911 12 271 3.02% Madrid 11 387 11 192 -1.71% Athens 10 215 10 931 7.01% Basel Mulhouse 6 152 10 662 73.31% Vienna 8 672 10 174 17.32% Total commercial cargo 151 676 161 093

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09 Nov 2006 3 421 10 Nov 2006 3 133 02 Mar 2006 2 774 21 Sep 2006 2 763 13 Dec 2006 2 730

Peak days Cargo (tons)

01 Apr 2006 2 719 14 Dec 2006 2 687 23 Feb 2006 2 660 07 Dec 2006 2 648 23 Nov 2006 2 647

Lowest days Cargo (tons)

25 Dec 2006 633 01 Jan 2006 813 29 May 2006 862 10 Jul 2006 868 31 Jul 2006 870

Lowest days Cargo (tons)

09 Jan 2006 886 01 May 2006 912 18 Sep 2006 913 16 Jan 2006 938 24 Jul 2006 944

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Total 2288035 2264793 2211858

Source: Belgian Rail NMBS / SNCB

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Breakdown per day of the week 2006

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LSG 4 800 5 432 5 717 5 687 5 656

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Number of export documents

Source: Ministry of Finance

Passenger profile

15% 27%

22% 19%

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65+ years

SexMale

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PurposeTourism

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Employment at Brussels Airport

Top 10 - Number of staff 1 Brussels Airlines 2 DHL Aviation 3 Aviapartner Belgium 4 Flightcare 5 Belgian Air Force 15° wing Luchttransport 6 Sabena Technics 7 Belgocontrol 8 Securair 9 The Brussels Airport Company 10 Fedex Express

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Total number of companies surveyed: 261

Per area 2005 2006

15th Wing 1 050 1 150Canac 890 866Cargo 3 414 4 036General Aviation 125 138North 1 405 1 375South 22 20Technics North 3 236 3 407Technics South 1 634 1 309Terminal 8 115 7 921

Total 19 891 20 222

Per type of activity 2005 2006

Belgocontrol 783 773 Aircraft fueling 71 71 Airlines 2 790 3 106 Car rental, taxis, parking, train 477 574 Catering 596 585 Computer technology 108 10 Currency exchange & banks 14 16 Customs 250 267 Express courier 3 845 4 103 Food & beverage 432 394 Freight forwarders 1 302 1 286 General Sales Agents 65 86 Government agencies (incl.CAA) 23 21 Handling 2 901 2 785 Hotel 187 188 Mail & remail 280 200 Maintenance 1 939 1 776 Military 1 050 1 150 Others 249 239 Security 1 262 1 249 Shopping 450 489 The Brussels Airport Company 713 752 Tourism 46 48 Trucking 58 54

Total 19 891 20 222

OTHER STATS

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