Brussels Airport

The UK discount carrier will now operate at around 87% of pre-Covid capacity in three months ending June 30, increasing to about 90% for its fiscal fourth quarter through September, a statement said

Laachraoui, 24, was one of 2 suicide bombers who struck the airport, while a third attacker blew himself up at on a metro train

The militant cell behind bombings in Brussels had been plotting to hit France again after carrying out the Paris attacks in November, but was forced to strike closer to home as police closed in, Belgian prosecutors said on Sunday.Investigations into the Islamic State attacks in Paris, which killed 130 people, showed that many of the perpetrators lived in Belgium, including surviving suspects who managed to evade police for more than four months.Prime suspect Salah Abdeslam was arrested on March 18 in the Belgian capital. Four days later, suicide bombers killed 32 people in Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train."Numerous elements in the investigation have shown that the terrorist group initially had the intention to strike in France again," Belgium's federal prosecutor said in a statement."Surprised by the speed of progress in the investigation, they took the decision to strike in Brussels."Belgian intelligence and security forces had been criticised abroad for not doing more to

Partial resumption of services at the airport will start with the three flights to Faro, Athens and Turin

An empty apartment block on a quiet street turned out to be the perfect place for the three suspected Brussels attackers to prepare the home-made nail bombs used in Tuesday's airport and metro attacks that killed at least 31 people.In a building undergoing renovation, there were no near neighbours to notice them taking in large quantities of strong-smelling household chemicals, as well as a suitcase of nails, to concoct an unstable white explosive powder known as TATP, or triacetone triperoxide, that they later used in their attacks.Having moved in two months ago, the Belgian brothers Khalid and Brahim El Bakraoui used the apartment in the largely middle class borough of Schaerbeek as a laboratory-cum hideout, from where Brahim and two other men took a taxi on Tuesday morning to the airport to commit their attacks.Their choice of low-cost explosives - among ingredients are drain cleaner and nail varnish remover - apparent knowledge of chemistry and ability to set up in an apartment 15

The Belgian authorities also announced that three men had been arrested in Brussels on Friday

EU and justice ministers were to hold emergency talks on a joint response to Tuesday's bombings in Brussels

A third name has emerged as a key suspect. Apart from the brothers el-Bakraoui

The missing employee has been identified as Raghavendran Ganesh

Raghavendra Ganeshan has been missing after the attacks in Belgium

Media reports say he was taken into custody in the Anderlecht district of Brussels

Airline receives threat call about bombs on domestic flights

Islamic State group claims responsibility for the blasts at airport and a metro station

13 lives were snuffed out at the airport and 15 others at a metro station