{"id":18675,"date":"2026-06-02T15:55:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/18675\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:55:23","slug":"all-flights-to-and-from-brussels-charleroi-airports-canceled-due-to-surprise-strike-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/18675\/","title":{"rendered":"All flights to and from Brussels, Charleroi airports canceled due to surprise strike \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFlights scheduled between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. will be delayed until after 9 p.m. if possible,\u201d the airport <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brusselsairport.be\/en\/passengers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> on its website.<\/p>\n<p>Brussels South Charleroi Airport <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brussels-charleroi-airport.com\/en\/air-traffic-controllers-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> the surprise action had already \u201cled to the cancellation of numerous flights between 6:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.\u201d The resumption of the strike in the afternoon is expected to disrupt most departures and arrivals until 9 p.m., according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brussels-charleroi-airport.com\/en\/flights\/live\/arrivals\/02-06-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">airport schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Belgian public broadcaster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrt.be\/vrtnws\/en\/2026\/06\/02\/air-traffic-to-and-from-belgium-at-a-standstill-from-2-pm-due-to\/?utm_source=vrtnws&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=vrt-nws-en&amp;utm_content=363241&amp;utm_term=21256861\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VRT<\/a>, the strike at Skeyes is linked to negotiations between management and trade unions over the new digital control center serving Charleroi and Li\u00e8ge&#8217;s cargo airport.<\/p>\n<p>Skeyes did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Ryanair said the strike had led to the cancellation of 100 of its flights, affecting almost 20,000 passengers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we respect the right to strike, it is unacceptable that airlines were given zero notice of today\u2019s Belgian air traffic control strike,\u201d said Ryanair CEO Michael O\u2019Leary <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.ryanair.com\/news\/ryanair-condemns-illegal-wildcat-strike-by-belgian-atc-controllers-on-tues-2-june\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Real-time data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightradar24.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Flightradar24<\/a> show that the strike is not affecting flights flying over Belgium en route to other destinations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cFlights scheduled between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. will be delayed until after 9 p.m. if possible,\u201d the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[1733,2971,7,18,3408,491,940],"class_list":["post-18675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brussels","tag-airlines","tag-airports","tag-belgium","tag-brussels","tag-cargo","tag-negotiations","tag-rights"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116681331368205192","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}