Brussels Air has moved aircraft and crews used for inter-continental flights to Frankfurt and Zurich to maintain links with the US and a number of African destinations where it's the main European carrier. Authorities had no information on specific targets, but based on the weaponry, the attack would have been "extremely serious", Molins said.
A religious service involving all major faiths has been held at the Brussels cathedral to commemorate the victims of last week's attacks that killed 35 people. One has been charged in relation to a plot to attack Paris which was thwarted on Thursday.
The inquiry into the attacks has been dogged by accusations that Belgium missed a series of leads in cracking down on a jihadist network linked to the Brussels bombings as well as the November 13 Paris attacks that killed 130 people.
Tuesday, Airport authorities inspected the construction and fire safety of the temporary constructions and airport staff tested the temporary arrangements and infrastructure for the check-in procedure.
"When terrorists plan an attack, they will do it no matter what", Alderweireldt said, "even if there are dozens or hundreds of soldiers or police on the street".
"There will be no passenger flights into or out of #brusselsairport today 30 March. We already know that we have a huge amount of work ahead of us".
"The evaluation of the trial is still ongoing and will take at least till tomorrow afternoon".
- Mr. Van der Sijpt told New York Times following the Brussels Attacks. Talks aimed at reaching a deal were underway.
Photographs taken inside Brussels airport one week after bombings which left dozens dead have revealed the extent of the damage, as officials warned it may not reopen "for months".
Much of Belgium, like France, remained on edge.
The metro trains through the Belgian capital are less frequent and only stop at about half the stations. The station was evacuated due to a suspicious vehicle a week ago.
The Maelbeek station hit by a suicide bomber in the morning rush hour remains closed.
"Nothing indicates... preparations for an attack on the government of Charles Michel", officials with the Belgian federal prosecutor's office told VTM.
Prosecutors had charged the suspect, named by media as Faycal Cheffou, with "terrorist murder" and were investigating whether he was the third airport attacker who fled after his bomb did not detonate.
White House: Money isn't there to fight the Zika virusTim Frieden, the director of the CDC. "Congress needs to act and do its job", said White House Homeland Security Advisor Amy Pope. This year, Zika has been recorded in five Pacific countries, with more than 400 cases detected in American Samoa .
Source: Brussels airport delays reopening, attacks toll 32
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