Police unions cause delays at Brussels Airport

Brussels Airport today is filled with holiday-goers on their way out of the country before the start of the school holiday next week. However, the airport is bogged down with delays caused by members of the federal police, who are taking twice as long to check passengers, in part to look for young people playing hooky on this last day of school before the holidays, and in part to protest against the raised retirement age for police officers, from 58 to 62 years.

“Expect it to take two minutes to check each passenger, instead of one," a spokesperson for one of the police unions told Het Laatste Nieuws. The unions are also calling for a solution to the shortage of staff at the airport.

All travellers are advised at to get to the airport at least an hour earlier than usual.