Brussels
Airport (IATA: BRU, ICAO: EBBR) (also called Brussel-Nationaal /
Bruxelles-National (Brussels-National) or Zaventem) is an international
airport 6.5 NM (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) northeast of Brussels, the capital of
Belgium. In 2017, more than 24 million passengers arrived or departed at
Brussels Airport, making it the 23rd busiest airport in Europe. It is
located partially in Zaventem, partially in the Diegem area of Machelen,
and partially in Steenokkerzeel, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It
is home to around 260 companies, together directly employing 20,000
people and serves as the home base for Brussels Airlines and TUIfly
Belgium.
The
company operating the airport is known as The Brussels Airport Company
N.V./S.A.; before 19 October 2006, the name was BIAC (Brussels
International Airport Company), which was created by Belgian law through
a merger of BATC with the ground operations departments of the RLW/RVA.
Since 2011, the airport has been owned by the Toronto-based Ontario
Teachers' Pension Plan (39%), Macquarie Group (Macquarie European
Infrastructure Fund I and Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund III)
(36%) and the Belgian State (25%).
