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Airport, founded in 1919, served mainly by budget airlines, with bus & rail links to nearby cities.
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Reviews — 4
Never again! Worst experience so far. Long queue to get to security. Even longer queue to get to passport control. Airport look like a joke!! You need to paid in order to use the toilet. Even if fly is cheaper will never use Charleroi as airport when travelling to Brussels! Very unhelpful staff. Worst airport I ever been!
THE USE OF THE TOILETS FOR PASSANGERS AT ARRIVALS AND BEFORE SECURITY CHECKS IS NOT FOR FREE - 1 EURO CHARGED
Very low quality services inside the airport, not suitable for the number of flights it hosts.
On top, they charge for toilets before security controls and at arrivals! 1 euro per person only by card! This is a scandal and I wonder if it is legal. Passengers travelling through the airport, who paid airport taxes, having to pay to use the toilets. Pictures of toilets at arrivals, where the bags belts are located.
Very low quality services inside the airport, not suitable for the number of flights it hosts.
On top, they charge for toilets before security controls and at arrivals! 1 euro per person only by card! This is a scandal and I wonder if it is legal. Passengers travelling through the airport, who paid airport taxes, having to pay to use the toilets. Pictures of toilets at arrivals, where the bags belts are located.
My first experience with this airport:
1) express parking is too expensive (they say 3€ for 30 min, but they charge 3€ for every 5 minutes). Tip: always to a parking ticket to the apparat when leaving the airport. The barrier opens automatically but if you don’t put the ticket it will “think” that you are still at the parking area and you get to pat for it.
2) no carts at the airport at all. Tip: In case you travel with a big box, take your own cart (one you use for shopping may work).
3) come to the airport a bit early, at least (1-1,5 hours before the flight) otherwise you may miss the flight. The lines seems quite long.
4) it’s a bit far. it takes 1h ride on the car to get from Brussels. (You then go back, so in total two hours only on the road).
Honestly, I would have bought a flight ticket at the Zaventem airport and saved my time, money and nervous system 😅.
1) express parking is too expensive (they say 3€ for 30 min, but they charge 3€ for every 5 minutes). Tip: always to a parking ticket to the apparat when leaving the airport. The barrier opens automatically but if you don’t put the ticket it will “think” that you are still at the parking area and you get to pat for it.
2) no carts at the airport at all. Tip: In case you travel with a big box, take your own cart (one you use for shopping may work).
3) come to the airport a bit early, at least (1-1,5 hours before the flight) otherwise you may miss the flight. The lines seems quite long.
4) it’s a bit far. it takes 1h ride on the car to get from Brussels. (You then go back, so in total two hours only on the road).
Honestly, I would have bought a flight ticket at the Zaventem airport and saved my time, money and nervous system 😅.
Small airport, just for budget airlines, but with a good geographic location. From here you can easily reach different cities in Belgium, France or Netherlands. Crowded and not very smart as designed layout, need improvement on the parking area and signs.
