A complete guide on how to inexpensively get to Brussels by air - we consider traditional airlines and low-cost airlines with flights from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Minsk, Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius and several other cities.
When planning a trip, we consider both classic airlines and low-cost airlines. We search (and recommend) tickets on the metasearch sites Skyscanner and Aviasales, which will find the cheapest tickets among all the popular airlines.
How to get to Brussels from Moscow?
The most attractive round trip tickets are from Brussels Airlines - prices start at 7,000 rubles. And this is a direct flight with luggage, meals on board and other conveniences of traditional airlines! You can visit spring Brussels for the May holidays:
Tickets for airlines UIA, KLM, AirBaltic, Estonian Air can be purchased for 10 thousand rubles and more. For the same price, there are roundtrip tickets for Aeroflot flights without transfers! Slightly more expensive flights from Swiss, SAS, Austrian and LOT (from 11 thousand rubles), as well as Finnair and Lufthansa - from 12 thousand rubles.
We fly from St. Petersburg
You can get to Brussels from St. Petersburg by Alitalia flights - they have cheap round-trip tickets (from 9 thousand rubles). This option is interesting in that you often come across flights with long connections in Rome. You can kill two birds with one stone: see Brussels and at the same time admire the delightful architecture of the Eternal City.
Petersburgers have a great opportunity to celebrate Christmas in Brussels: for example, the UIA airline offers tickets St. Petersburg - Brussels - St. Petersburg for the second half of December for only 10 thousand rubles! You can fly back until December 31 and celebrate the New Year at home, or you can stay in Brussels and return in early January. Here's an example from Aviasales:
Tickets for flights of Austrian, AirFrance, Estonian Air and Aeroflot are about the same - prices start at 11,000 rubles. LOT and Lufthansa offer tickets for 12 thousand and more, for the same price SAS and Lufthansa make joint flights with transfers in Munich and Copenhagen - if the transfers are long, you can have time to see these cities as well.
Among other things, you can get to Brussels from St. Petersburg on board the airlines KLM, Swiss and AirBaltic for about 13 thousand rubles and more. But it is better, of course, for residents of the northern capital to go to the nearest European city (Lithuania, Latvia, Finland) by bus and fly away from there on low-cost airlines - it will be much cheaper than flying from St. Petersburg. More on this below.
To Brussels from regions
It is extremely unprofitable to fly from the regions to Brussels - prices, to put it mildly, bite. So, from Ufa to the capital of Belgium you can get with the help of Turkish Airlines for 15 thousand and more. Tickets for Aeroflot flights cost from 16 thousand.
Turkish Airlines (from 13 thousand rubles) and Aeroflot (14 thousand) also fly from Rostov-on-Don to Brussels, from Mineralnye Vody - Pegasus Airlines with a transfer in Istanbul (round-trip tickets cost from 11 thousand rubles, but if get on the sale, which this airline has from time to time, it will come out much cheaper). If you wish, you can deliberately pick up tickets with a longer connection in Istanbul to get out into the city and take a walk (read our article with an overview of all the ways to get to Istanbul from Ataturk Airport).
From Novosibirsk for 20 thousand and more, S7 and Brussels Airlines make joint flights with a transfer in Moscow. For the same amount, Turkish Airlines offer tickets with a stopover in Istanbul. It is also not cheap to fly from Yekaterinburg: Turkish Airlines ticket prices start at 15,000, and a flight on board Aeroflot will cost 17,000 and more.
To Belgium from Belarus
It is expensive to fly from Minsk to Brussels - AirBaltic flights with a transfer in Riga cost from 210 euros (this is the cheapest way to get to Brussels from Minsk). Therefore, it is better for Minsk residents to get to the European cities listed below and fly from there, since it will not be difficult for them - Belarus is well located at the most European borders, and the country's residents have an excellent opportunity to travel very budgetary, using the airports of neighboring cities: Warsaw, Vilnius, Kaunas, etc. You can, for example, fly to Riga on board AirBaltic, and fly from the capital of Latvia on Ryanair - in total, tickets will cost you 190 euros. It turns out a little cheaper than using services exclusively AirBaltic, but still the amount is not the lowest. It is easier to travel from Minsk to Lithuania or Poland by bus, and from there fly to Brussels.
By the way, both low-cost airlines and traditional airlines often have tempting discounts and promotions - drop by here so as not to miss out on a great offer!
Low-cost airlines in Brussels
From Latvia
Direct flight Riga - Brussels is operated by low-cost airline Ryanair - a round-trip ticket costs only 40 euros! There are also flights with a transfer in Milan (Bergamo) - you can pick up one to have time to see the city. In addition, there are combined Wizz Air and Ryanair flights with connections in Barcelona - ticket prices start at € 100. You can also fly from Riga to Brussels directly on board AirBaltic - it will cost 140 euros or more.
From Finland
Ryanair also flies from Lappeenranta with connections of various durations in Milan, but tickets cost twice as much as from Riga - from 80 euros. It's not cheap to fly from Helsinki: a combined Norwegian and Ryanair flight costs from 140 euros, and AirBaltic flights start from 170 euros.
From Lithuania
To get from Vilnius to Brussels, it is best to use the services of Ryanair - the cost of a round-trip ticket for a direct flight starts from 40 euros. You can choose a flight with a long stopover to Bergamo and wander around the city or even take the train to Milan (an hour's journey, the price is 5 euros). It is more expensive to fly from Kaunas: the minimum price is 96 euros (Ryanair).
From Estonia
Ryanair flies to Brussels and from Tallinn - tickets cost from 90 euros. In addition, from the capital of Estonia you can get to Brussels using easyJet (from 135 euros), there are also direct combined flights from 180 euros (there - Air Lituanica, back - AirBaltic).
