ATC have now joined the nationwide strike planned in Belgium on Wednesday. A new Notam issued early on Feb 12 says that the entire EBBU/Brussels ACC is going to be closed on Feb 13 from 0545-2115z.
D0069/25 - BRUSSELS ACC CLSD DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS. EMERG FREQ ARE WATCHED. 13 FEB 05:45 2025 UNTIL 13 FEB 21:15 2025. CREATED: 12 FEB 07:23 2025.
The EBBU/Brussels ACC is the airspace over Belgium up to FL245 – this will be closed. Above FL245, Maastricht (MUAC) control the airspace, which will remain open.
We did receive a bunch of info from the major airports on Feb 11 saying what they expected the situation would be, but that’s all a bit academic now, given that the airspace is going to be closed and no flights will be able to operate!
But we’ll leave some contact info here in case you want to get in touch with any of them:
EBBR/Brussels: hostess.belgium@execujet.com
EBCI/Charleroi: general.aviation@charleroi-airport.com
EBOS/Ostende: info@nsac.aero
EBLG/Liege: handling@aslgroup.eu
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