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Flights with COVID-19 vaccines from Brussels Airport ​ to more than 40 destinations worldwide

Since the end of November, flights to more than 40 destinations have been carried out to distribute Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine from our country. This includes shipments via DHL Express and on commercial flights. As the most important hub serving the pharmaceutical industry in Europe, Brussels Airport has fully deployed its expertise in the transport of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products to support pharmaceutical manufacturers such as Pfizer in the transport of the vaccines.

In the last few months, an increasing number of flights with Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine COMIRNATY® have been carried out from Brussels Airport. There are almost daily flights within the DHL network via DHL Express carrying smaller shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, there are also larger shipments on commercial flights, from partners such as Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways, Emirates, El Al, Virgin Atlantic and United Airlines. From Brussels Airport, the vaccine has already been shipped to more than 40 destinations through more than 100 flights.

"We are very proud to be part of the solution to the pandemic by fully deploying our network and expertise in the transport of pharmaceutical products. The partnership with Pfizer-BioNTech to further distribute the COVID-19 vaccine from our country is particularly important for Brussels Airport. With our logistics partners we have invested a lot in the preparation of this essential transport and we can therefore offer a streamlined chain to get the vaccine to its destination in optimal conditions", says Arnaud Feist, CEO of Brussels Airport.

“Brussels Airport has been an integral partner for us in the rollout of COMIRNATY®. The Brussels Airport team and the Brucargo community ensured a high-quality approach to handling the vaccine, as well as to the expected upscaling of transport needs via the airport over coming months,” says Danny Hendrikse, Vice President of Intercompany Operations, Pfizer.

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About Brussels Airport

Brussels Airport is one of the most important airports in Europe. In 2024, Brussels Airport welcomed 23.6 million passengers and transported 733,000 tonnes of cargo through the airport. Brussels Airport caters for the specific needs of business travellers and holidaymakers alike, on both intra-European and long haul flights. In 2025, the airport offers direct connections between Belgium and 210 destinations worldwide, with flights operated by 80 airlines.   

The airport also offers a leading cargo platform, specialised in the transport of pharmaceutical products, perishable goods, e-commerce and live animals. Brussels Airport is the most important pharmaceutical hub in Europe with the largest area of temperature-controlled warehouses.  

With its SHIFT 2027 strategy, launched in 2022, Brussels Airport Company intends to strengthen its position as a major European hub, accelerate its ambitious sustainability goals, e.g. through the European Green Deal project Stargate, and continue to diversify its activities by focusing on innovation and cooperation.

Brussels Airport is the second most important economic engine in Belgium, good for 64,000 direct and indirect jobs and is owned and operated by Brussels Airport Company. The shareholders are a consortium of private investors (75%) and the Belgian State (25%).

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