Cathay Pacific will be returning to Brussels Airport in August 2025 after a long Covid pandemic induced break.
The airline first started connecting Hong Kong with the Belgian capital in March 2018, but had to interrupt its services when the health crisis started, which will finally restart in August 2025 with four direct passenger flights a week, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The route will be flown with an energy-efficient Airbus A350-900, providing customers with fully flat beds in Business, spacious seats in Premium Economy and comfort in Economy cabins.
“We are very excited to be returning to Brussels next year, a city steeped in history and also an important political centre. These flights will provide our customers with a direct connection between our home city – a world-class international financial, commercial and aviation hub – and the heart of Europe. We look forward to welcoming many customers onboard this flight to experience our signature products and services”, said Lavinia Lau, Cathay Chief Customer and Commercial Officer.
Both Brussels and Hong Kong will benefit from the resumption of the connection, and so will their travellers. Hong Kong is a major added value for Brussels Airport’s intercontinental network, both for business and tourism travellers. In 2024, the destination attracted some 35,000 travellers from Belgium.
“We are delighted to welcome Cathay Pacific back to Brussels Airport. This direct route to Hong Kong reinforces our role as a European hub and provides our passengers with even more travel opportunities to Asia. For travellers from Hong Kong, our airport offers direct access to the capital of Europe and also serves as an excellent gateway to destinations across Europe. We look forward to a successful partnership,”, said Arnaud Feist, CEO of Brussels Airport.
At the other end of the route, people travelling from Europe to Hong Kong can also connect to the Cathay Group’s extensive network of destinations in Asia-Pacific via its home hub, including 19 destinations in the Chinese Mainland served by Cathay Pacific and low-cost carrier HK Express. Within 2025, it is projected that the Cathay Group’s extensive passenger network will reach 100 destinations worldwide, including also the inauguration of a connection between Hong Kong and Munich, bringing the number of European destinations to 11.
“The landmark Three-Runway System at Hong Kong International Airport commissioned on November 28 is set to reinforce the Hong Kong status as an international aviation hub, increasing passenger capacity by 50% to 120 million annually, and doubling cargo handling volume to 10 million tonnes, also allowing flexibility to airlines to expand the city’s destination network”, Fiona Li, Deputy Representative of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in Brussels told Travel Tomorrow.
In summer 2025, Cathay Pacific will be operating up to 93 return passenger flights per week to Europe, up from the current 78 flights per week. In addition to four weekly return flights to Brussels and Munich, the Hong Kong flag carrier will operate five daily flights to London, daily flights to Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Manchester, Milan, Paris and Zurich, and four weekly flights to Madrid and Barcelona each, the latter being a summer seasonal service.
