BIAC has decided to make Brussels Airport 100 % smoke-free. Smoking is no longer allowed in any of the public areas of the airport buildings. Restaurants, bars and lounges are smoke-free too. The few dedicated…
BIAC has decided to make Brussels Airport 100 % smoke-free. Smoking is no longer allowed in any of the public areas of the airport buildings. Restaurants, bars and lounges are smoke-free too. The few dedicated smoking areas for passengers and visitors that remained after the introduction at the start of the year of the general smoking ban in public places, have now also been put out of use. As a result ashtrays are no longer available in any of the public areas of the airport.
This measure by airport operator BIAC is based on the strict application of the Royal Decree of 13 December 2005 which prohibits smoking in public places.
Although the airport community sympathizes with the smoking passenger who from now on will have to do without a smoke even longer, most travellers applaud the new measure.
All public areas of the airport are now 100 % smoke-free. This measure also applies to the non-public areas intended for common use by the airport staff such as corridors and staircases. The smoking ban in offices and working spaces at the airport is based on the separate legislation with regard to smoking at work that applies to every company in our country. This legislation guarantees a smoke-free working environment to all employees.
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