Brussels Airlines is the result of the alliance between SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express – an alliance that has existed since 2005 when the shareholdings of both airlines were placed within the single ownership group SN Airholding. Towards the beginning of 2006, the shareholders and board of directors decided on the innovative step of taking the two brands and forming one single airline.
Brussels Airlines is a new generation airline for a new generation of passenger, and as such it has inherited all its parents’ best points. Values such as flexibility, punctuality, reliability, excellent service, a multi-lingual personnel, guaranteed low cost fares and top quality are the order of the day every day at Brussels Airlines.
Brussels Airlines is the Belgian airline that offers the widest choice of flights to and from its base in Brussels Airport. The group has around 3000 employees and 51 aircraft that operate some 300 punctual flights daily, connecting the Capital of Europe to some 70 premium European and African airports.
On its European routes, operated with AVRO, Airbus A319 and Boeing 737, Brussels Airlines offers the choice of a premium service on a very high level: b.business, an ultra-flexible product, which offers timesaving and comfort at reasonable prices: b.flex economy + and a low fare product: b.light economy. On medium- and long-haul flights, the airline operates traditional business or economy class. Long-haul flights are operated with Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
In addition to 16 destinations on the African continent, Brussels Airlines and its intercontinental partners also offer long-haul service to the United Arab Emirates, China, Thailand, India, Toronto and 33 other North American destinations via New York or Chicago.
Brussels Airlines is owned by SN Airholding and is backed up by more than 80 years of aviation experience in Belgium. On 15 September 2008, Lufthansa Group announced an equity investment in the Belgian airline. On 11 December 2008, Brussels Airlines was officially invited to join the commercial alliance Star Alliance.