Things back to normal at Brussels Airport

Yesterday afternoon, it was announced that delays between 30 minutes and one hour had to be expected in the evening rush hour - some sources were even talking of possible delays of 1.5 hours. The situation didn't get that bad; flights were up to 35 minutes late though.

Belgocontrol are short of staff, trades unions say. Services are jeopardised when too many people are calling in sick or "unfit to work". One trades union member told Belga that "40 percent of staff" reported themselves ill or unfit to work.

However, this figure was not confirmed by the Guild of Traffic Controllers. This being said, Maryse Meulemans of the Guild said that personnel can hardly cope. "We are on our knees already due to a serious lack of workers." Yesterday, Belgocontrol just came one person short to have a full roster.