Major Overhaul: Two European Airports to Shut Down for Months, All Flights Diverted!

TWO airports in Europe that see thousands of passengers through their doors are set to close for major upgrades.

During this time flights will be diverted and one airport will see flights cancelled during both the holidays and October half-term.

Almeria Airport will close for six days while it updates its runway Credit: Alamy Charleroi Airort in Belgium will close for 11 weeks with all flights diverted Credit: Getty

The first major airport closing its doors to passengers is in which each year handles around 800,000 passengers.

In February 2028, it will to upgrade its runway with all scheduled flights during that time to be

Airlines like , and Iberia which fly out of the airport have been notified by Spain’s airports operator Aena about the closure.

There will be further disruption too as the revamp is part of a 19-month €29million (£24.8million) project to upgrade the entire

During this period there will be work at night between 10:45pm and 7:10am the following day.

Between these hours, flights could be impacted as well.

Direct routes from Almeria Airport to the UK London Southend, , Bristol, Liverpool, Leeds Bradford and .

The airlines will have to reschedule flights or divert the routes.

The revamp will mark the first work on the runway in 20 years.

The second major European airport to close its doors is in which will close for almost three months.

Almeria Airport will experience disruption over 19-months Credit: Alamy

For 11 weeks, the runway will be closed for renovation and the interior airport revamped.

Flights will be impacted between August 15 and October 31 in 2028.

It will disrupt passengers heading to Brussels during the school summer and October half-term break.

Airlines that operate to and from the airport from the UK include and to cities Edinburgh, Manchester and Newcastle.

Airlines will need to reroute their flights to different airports during that time.

The airport is the second largest in – it sees 30,000 passengers each day and around 11.2million people every year.

On the development, the airport said: “A complete refurbishment of Charleroi airport’s sole runway, together with other major infrastructure modernisation works, has been scheduled by SOWAER (the company behind the works) for the second half of 2028.”