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Brussels South Charleroi ATC strikes · updated 19 September 2026
Charleroi ATC strike: airport confirms 46 Saturday cancellations as nightly action continues
Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) has confirmed 46 flight cancellations for Saturday 19 September as nightly air traffic control industrial action continues. The airport's official update lists 10 morning departures and 10 morning arrivals cancelled, plus 13 afternoon/evening departures and 13 corresponding arrivals. The Skeyes stoppages are planned every night from 22:00 to 08:00 through 10 October, and disruption can extend beyond the strike hours when aircraft rotations are broken. Passengers should check their operating airline before travelling because the airport says the figures can still change.
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Check my affected flight →What happened
Brussels South Charleroi Airport's official update, published 18 September at 18:20, confirms 46 Saturday cancellations: 10 morning departures, 10 morning arrivals, 13 afternoon/evening departures and 13 afternoon/evening arrivals. The airport warns that these figures may evolve and directs passengers to their airline for flight-specific status. Earlier disruption included around 40 cancellations on Thursday and further Friday cancellations. Skeyes has separately estimated around 832 flight movements could be affected across the full strike period; AeroDue treats that as an exposure estimate rather than a confirmed cancellation total.
Operational conditions can change quickly. Check the airline and airport for live status before travelling.
Compensation is only one part of your rights
For flights within EU261 scope, an air traffic control strike external to the operating airline can be relevant to the extraordinary-circumstances assessment for fixed compensation, so fixed compensation should not be assumed. The airline still needs to establish the actual cause affecting the individual flight and the applicable legal conditions. Refund, rerouting and care rights are separate from fixed compensation and can remain available for a covered cancellation or substantial delay even where extraordinary circumstances apply.
Refund or rerouting
A cancellation can create travel-remedy rights even where an extraordinary circumstance prevents fixed compensation.
Care and expenses
Where the applicable rules provide a duty of care, reasonable meals, accommodation or transport can remain separate from compensation.
What to do now
If you are due to fly from or to Charleroi on 19 September or during the continuing strike period, check the operating airline's flight status before travelling, including for flights outside the 22:00–08:00 strike window. Do not infer that your flight is cancelled solely from the airport-wide figures. If your airline confirms a cancellation, follow its rerouting or refund instructions and keep your booking, airline messages, stated disruption reason, rerouting offers, actual arrival time and itemised receipts for reasonable care costs.
Check the facts of your flight
AeroDue separates the cause, itinerary and operating airline so passengers do not confuse an airport-wide incident with an automatic compensation result.
Check my affected flight →Sources used for this briefing
Brussels South Charleroi Airport — official Skeyes industrial-action update
Anadolu Agency — latest cancellation impact
The Brussels Times / Belga — Skeyes estimate across the strike period
Your Europe — EU air passenger rights
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