How to get to | Belgium

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Belgium

Source: Marie-Claire Lefebure

Belgium is easily reached by train, bus or car. There are also a few ferry services. Many airlines fly to Brussels including:

• Star Alliance – Adria, Aegean, Austrian, bmi, Continental, Croatia, EgyptAir, LOT, Lufthansa, Swiss, SAS, TAP, Turkish, United, US Airways
• Oneworld – American, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Malev, Royal Jordanian
• Sky Team – Aeroflot, Air France, Alitalia, Czech, Delta, KLM, TAROM
• Other selected – most major European and northern African airlines, most European and northern African low cost airlines (note some fly to Charleroi airport instead of Brussels), Jet Airways (Brussels is a hub for India to North America flights)

TIP Longhaul fares to or from Belgium are not particularly cheap, except for trans-Atlantic.

TIP Intra-europe air fares to & from Belgium are generally low on routes served by low cost airlines and otherwise high. If cheap fares for Brussels have sold out check out nearby airports as well – eg Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Dusseldorf.

UPDATED November 2009 – Continental switch from Sky Team to Star Alliance. No change to advice.
UPDATED August 2010 – Updated for TAM and Aegean joining Star Alliance, Shanghai leaving Star Alliance, Vietnam Airlines and TAROM joining Sky Team. No change to advice.

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