Recent surveys show that tour operators select more carefully their European gateway airport.
Some of the criteria of this selection are:

-	the airline selected by the tour operator must operate a daily service to the airport,
-	the airport must be located at a convenient point to begin or end a European tour,
-	the airport terminals must be of recent construction,
-	baggage delivery must be rapid,
-	customs and immigration formalities must be simple and quick,
-	the airport must feature a selection of tax free shops with a wide range of items,
-	there is ample ample parking space for tour buses in front of arrival terminal,
-	people in the airport must be multilingual.

Based on these specifications, Brussels Airport meets all the requirements of the overseas tour operators.

Brussels is linked on a daily basis with the following gateway and hub airports in the USA and Canada: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Montréal, New York, Philadelphia, Washington

By the following carriers:
American Airlines
site: http://www.aa.com/

Continental Airlines
site: http://www.continental.com/

Delta Air Lines
site: http://www.delta.com/

United Airlines
site: http://www.united.com/
timetable : http://www.united.com/
commercial :