Talks were held between trades unions representing airport police, the airport management and the Interior Office yesterday. No accord was reached yet, but it could be heard that the main proposal now is to stop checking travellers systematically even before they enter the airport building for the normal check-ins.

Waiting times for the pre-check-in, a security measure taken in the aftermath of the 22 March bomb blasts, climbed to 2 hours and even more yesterday as more passengers were coming in, now that the airport is back at 80 percent capacity.

This means that, classic check-ins included, passengers lost 3 hours and more. Brussels Airport went as far as to ask travellers to come 4 hours in advance to avoid missing their flight.

Everyone agreed that this situation is untenable for everyone involved: the airport police, the airport itself and passengers in the first place. Today, waiting times were still one hour and a half and more.