(VOVworld)- A Brussels Airlines plane bound for the Portuguese city of Faro on Sunday became the first to take off from the reopened Zaventem airport since the terror attacks late in March.

Employees and government officials marked the departure with a minute's silence, remembering 32 killed and 300 injured people in the attacks at Zaventem airport and a Brussels metro station on March 22^nd. Two further flights, to Athens in Greece and Turin in Italy, were also scheduled for departure on Sunday. The number of flights will increase gradually.