He is suspected of links to activities of terrorist groups, terrorist assassination and attempted murder relating to terrorist plots, prosecutors said.
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Belgian media say he is Faycal Cheffou, the man in the light vest and hat pictured on security video with two men who blew themselves up at the airport.
Faycal C was detained outside the prosecutor’s office Thursday officials said in a statement.
On Saturday, Belgian authorities said they arrested someone named “Rabah N.” in connection with the investigation into Kriket.
Meanwhile, organizers cancelled a “March Against Fear” rally planned in Brussels for March 27 after authorities urged citizens not to attend due to security concerns.
Another man identified as Aboubakar A has also been charged with terrorist activities.
Harrowing stories continued to emerge from survivors of the attacks, in which people of around 40 nationalities were killed or wounded. His home had been searched though no weapons or explosives had been found.
Prosecutors have said another suspected participant in the airport attack is at large, a man in a hat seen in surveillance images who has not been publicly identified.
Belgian state media is reporting that two explosions have been heard and one person has been detained in police raids in the Brussels neighborhood of Schaerbeek.
There are also reports in French and Belgian media that police suspect a second attacker may have been working with Khalid El Bakraoui in the attack on the metro station.
In a gesture of solidarity with Brussels on Saturday, the Lebanese capital Beirut – itself often the target of bombings – lit up one of its landmarks in the colours of the Belgian flag.
He noted that 66 countries, including Belgium, had joined the coalition fighting Islamic State.
“This week, we, Belgian citizens have been attacked, in how we live, our customs, our rights, our liberty”, a statement said.
“We understand fully the emotions”, Interior Minister Jan Jambon told reporters.
Authorities have wrapped up their investigation of the crime scene at the airport, and engineers were let in to check the building’s structural safety and information technology systems – and to see whether any damage can be repaired quickly.
Belgium’s ageing nuclear power plants have also come under scrutiny as a possible terror risk, with the EU’s anti-terror chief Gilles de Kerchove telling La Libre Belgique newspaper they face the threat of a terrorist cyber-attack over the next five years.
The Easter weekend is normally one of the busiest of the year, with thousands of holidaymakers jetting off from Brussels to destinations worldwide.
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Brussels Airport said on Saturday it would not reopen for passenger flights before Tuesday following the terror attacks.
