BRUSSELS, Sept. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- No decision was reached on the DHL crises on Tuesday after a long and tense day of discussion, when a Belgian parliamentary deadline had been laid down.

    Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt expressed his regret that his compromise proposal on the expansion of the US-based courier company at Brussels's Zaventem airport had failed.

    The federal government coalition of liberals and socialists back the courier company's demand for more night flights.

    The Brussels regional government, however, opposes this following many complaints of noise pollution from those living in Brussels and the areas surrounding Zaventem airport. It refuses to allow more night flights over the capital.

    Prime Minister Verhofstadt's government was re-elected with a pledge to create 200,000 new jobs. DHL provides direct and indirect employment for around 5,800 people.

    The courier company has threatened to relocate if it is not allowed to expand at Zaventem.

    Aircraft noise pollution is a hot political issue in Belgium. Plans to spread night flights over a series of flight paths drawn up last year still remain unsettled. Enditem