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Brussels Airlines Unveils René Magritte-Themed A320

Aircraft Airlines March 21, 2016

Named ‘Magritte’, the A320 is the second in a series of theme-liveried aircraft Brussels Airlines is planning to commemorate Belgian cultural icons.

Brussels Airlines to Add Nantes to Its Network

Airlines Airports Destinations February 19, 2016

Using 50-seat Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets operated by a partner regional airline, Brussels Airlines will launch 12-times-weekly service between Brussels and the French port city of Nantes on June 14.

Expansion Sees Brussels Airlines Add Toronto and Study New Africa, India Routes

Airlines Airports December 18, 2015

Brussels Airlines is strengthening its long-haul network, in a move that will see it add two more Airbus A330s to its fleet within the next 15 months.

Brussels Airlines Adds Five European Destinations for Summer 2016

Airlines Airports October 19, 2015

Brussels Airlines will add five new European destinations and will schedule extra flights to eight existing European destinations for its summer 2016 operating season.

Brussels Airlines Announces Accra Service but Ends Nairobi Flights

Airlines Airports June 10, 2015

Accra, which Brussels Airlines will serve four times a week from its Brussels Airport hub with its fleet of Airbus A330s, will become the carrier’s 16th destination in West Africa. However, the carrier will stop serving Kenya’s capital Nairobi at the end of October.

ANA Plans to Launch Tokyo Narita-Brussels Service This Fall

Airlines Airports June 2, 2015

Subject to receiving the required governmental approvals, Star Alliance member ANA will introduce its new route from Narita International Airport to the Belgian capital in its 2015 winter schedule, which will begin in the fall.

Brussels Airlines Unveils A320 with Tintin-Themed Livery

Aircraft Airlines March 16, 2015

The livery makes the aircraft look like a 37-meter long black shark, based on Professor Calculus’ shark submarine from the Tintin adventure, ‘Red Rackham’s Treasure’.

Innovate to Resonate: Brussels Airlines Confronts Competition

Airlines Travel Technology February 8, 2015

As one of two growing airlines actually based at Brussels Airport, Brussels Airlines must constantly evolve its network and its service offering carefully in order to compete sensibly with the sizable forces now ranged against it at its only hub.

Serving the Ebola Crisis Nations ‒ an Involved Airline’s Viewpoint

Airlines Destinations November 15, 2014

As the only European airline still serving all of the three West African nations in which the 2014 outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever first reached crisis proportions, Brussels Airlines is uniquely qualified to discuss reasons for maintaining service to those countries throughout the course of the outbreak.

Lufthansa Group Restructuring On Course: CEO

Airlines January 30, 2014

Dr. Christoph Franz, Lufthansa Group’s executive board chairman and CEO, says the SCORE restructuring program the group’s supervisory board launched in 2012 “is on course, despite massive headwinds: We are very confident we will achieve our targets.”

United Airlines to Be First User of New Heathrow Terminal 2

Airlines Airports Sustainable Tourism January 21, 2014

A United Airlines service from Chicago landing early on the morning of June 4 will be the first flight to use London Heathrow Airport’s new Terminal 2. United Airlines will be alone for two weeks as the first user of the new Terminal 2 main building.

Brussels Airlines Begins Brussels-Washington Service with Full Flights

Airlines Airports June 21, 2013

Brussels Airlines began non-stop flights between Brussels and Washington, D.C. on June 18, with promising signs for the success of the new service. Flights in both directions on the first day were full and advance bookings for the five-days-a-week service are very strong, some even sold out.

Brussels Airlines Expects Sizable Market Demand for New Washington D.C. Service

Airlines Airports Destinations May 30, 2013

Brussels Airlines will begin non-stop service on June 18 from Brussels to Washington, D.C. its second U.S. destination in little more than a year, part of a concerted long-haul expansion strategy. The airline says it picked Washington D.C. for its second transatlantic route because of the large market demand for flights between the U.S. and European capitals.

SIA to Codeshare on Brussels Airlines’ Barcelona, London, Milan Flights

Airlines Airports June 21, 2011

From June 23, Singapore Airlines’ customers from the Belgian city of Brussels can fly to Singapore and beyond via three European hubs through a codeshare agreement with SIA’s Star Alliance partner Brussels Airlines.

Brussels Airlines and Continental to Codeshare on Each Other’s Flights

Airlines August 4, 2010

Star Alliance partners Continental Airlines and Brussels Airlines are to codeshare on Continental’s transatlantic flights between New York and Brussels, as well as on selected flights operated by each carrier on both sides of the Atlantic.

Into Africa: Brussels Airlines Builds on Sabena’s Legacy

Airlines Destinations January 18, 2010

Brussels Airlines expects to expand its already-extensive services to Africa, a move which would bring additional connecting possibilities for Star Alliance passengers at its growing hub at Brussels Airport.

Brussels Airlines Puts Star Alliance in the Driving Seat in Belgium

Airlines Airports January 11, 2010

Brussels Airlines’ induction into the Star Alliance on December 9, 2009 may not have brought the heft of recent inductee Continental Airlines, but it brings the alliance some exceedingly valuable assets.