About 40 percent of flights taking off or landing at Brussels airport -- Belgium’s largest -- were cancelled, as baggage handlers, security staff and other personnel downed tools, the company operating the terminal told AFP.
The operator of Charleroi airport, a major European hub for low-cost airline Ryanair, said significant delays were expected and cancellations possible.
Service was also disrupted in Brussels and the southern French-speaking Wallonia region.
The nationwide strike was called by Belgium’s three main unions to protest against pension cuts that might be enacted by the incoming government.
The five parties negotiating to strike a coalition deal plan to raise the retirement age for railway workers and others who are now allowed to retire early, according to CSC, a trade union.
The unions plan to hold a demonstration in Brussels during the day.
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