Ryanair announces major winter flight cuts across Belgium due to tax hike. Irish budget airline confirmed it will shrink Belgian operations this winter season.
Charleroi Airport loses six aircraft, cutting two hundred jobs and thirteen routes.
Brussels Airport will close seven routes, keeping only the Dublin connection running. Chief executive Michael O'Leary blamed the federal government's rising aviation tax increase.
Tax will climb from two euros to seven per passenger next year. Ticket prices may rise up to twenty percent, fuel costs remain high.