Thought leadership

A step-by-step journey to improve airport performance.

Data is one of the vital elements in an airport operations centre (APOC). Another key to a great future? People. Listen to our team talk about their successful set up of an APOC and explain how it has helped future proof Brussels Airport.

On Saturday 18 May 2019, a large-scale emergency drill was organized at Brussels Airport to test and evaluate the response of our airport emergency services in the event of an incident.

An airport Operations Plan (AOP), a plan with which we map out all of the processes at the airport and link them together. This ensures smoother flows through the airport while we keep the operations safe and secure.

In 2017 Brussels Airport Company joined forces with 11 other airports and 2 air navigation services providers in order to coordinate and jointly elaborate an AOP in each airport. The subsidies were granted to this joint group in September 2018.