Brussel South Charleroi, or sometimes called Gosselies Airport, is the second busiest airport in Belgium, after Zaventem International Airport, with over 7 million passengers a year. South Charleroi is a popular airport with low-cost / budget airlines and is a major base for Ryanair, Wizz Air en Tui.
Before the arrival of Ryanair in 1997, connecting Charleroi with Dublin, the airport was hardly used at all. The decision of Ryanair in 2001 to make Charleroi its first continental hub has seen in surge in passengers and building activity at Charleroi Airport.
Brussels South Charleroi Airport is not a large airport so there are not many flights departing here. There are only a few destinations that you can reach from Brussels South Charleroi Airport, most of these are operated by Ryanair. Many people take a flight to Madrid and transfer to another flight there.
Madrid (MAD)