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Following the acquisition of SN Brussels Airlines
and Virgin Express by SN Airholding, Brussels Airlines
is the largest airline in Belgium and
is based in Zaventem, Belgium.Lufthansa owns
45% of the airline and has an option over the remaining
55%.
Brussels Airlines operates as a subsidiary of Lufthansa
and became a member of Star
Alliance in
Dec-2009. Using a fleet which includes Boeing 737, Airbus 319/320/330
and Avro RJ85/100 aircraft, Brussels Airlines' network
includes
services within Europe as well as the Middle East,
Africa and the USA.
Brussels Airlines is a member of the Star Alliance. Capa
Aviation.
Brussels Airlines is
excited for 2017 with new route
Christophe Allard, Director, North America, Brussels
Airlines
Friday, December 16, 2016
TORONTO — Travelweek
boarded a Brussels Airlines plane as it was
getting ready for a flight to Brussels to talk
with Christophe Allard, Director, North America,
about what he is excited about for the new year.
The airline’s biggest news is
that it will be launching a Mumbai route on March 6,
2017. The service will be the first-ever route to
India for the carrier, with flights departing during
the day to Mumbai on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
Fridays and Sundays, and will arrive late in the
evening at Chattrapathi Shivaji International
Airport. Upon return, flights depart Mumbai from the
modern terminal 2 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays nights, arriving in Brussels
early the next morning.
Thanks to this flight schedule,
passengers can connect smoothly from Toronto, New
York and Washington, and travel onward to Brussels
Airlines’ European and African destinations.
Allard is also excited about
airline’s Economy Privilege class, which gives
clients a chance to upgrade from economy for
Cdn$149. The upgrade will give clients more legroom,
double the seat recline, a position at the front of
the cabin, amenity kit, better headset, fleece
blanket, hot towel, upgraded dinning, a glass of
Laurent-Perrier champagne and a small box of Neuhaus
chocolate. Clients can upgrade when booking their
ticket or at the counter.
Allard also wants Canadian’s to
know that Brussels Airlines is the gateway to
Africa with two north African destinations and 17
sub-Saharan destinations. Allard is also no stranger
to Africa, having spent five years as the Special
Project Manager Africa for the airline and,
following that, another five years as CEO of Korongo
Airlines in Congo. He returned to Brussels Airlines
as Director, North America. We asked Allard for his
list of favourite destinations to visit in Africa,
all of which are accessible via Brussels Airlines.
If you have clients who may be
interested, make sure to share the videos on
Facebook to encourage them to book.
For more information, go to brusselsairlines.com
‘OLD
NEW FACE‘ REJOINS BRUSSELS AIRLINES’ SALES TEAM
8th January 2017
Responding to new market developments and to
further enhance relations with the travel trade,
Brussels Airlines reinforced its commercial
structure as of January this year. Mr. Emmanuel
Menu re-joins the company and will be in charge
of Sales for Europe, the US and India. Meanwhile
will Mr. Frédéric Dechamps focus entirely on the
Benelux market and Mr. Patrick Artiel will lead
the corporate sales team for the home market in
Belgium.
More than ever does Brussels Airlines want to
position itself as the partner of the travel
trade and corporate customers in its Benelux
home market, especially now that the Lufthansa
Group has confirmed that it will acquire the
remaining shares in SN Airholding, the parent
company of Brussels Airlines. With the launch of
five weekly flights to Mumbai, India’s
commercial capital, a new continent is added to
the worldwide network of the Belgian national
airline. In anticipation of these new
opportunities has the commercial structure of
Brussels Airlines been reviewed accordingly.
With Mr. Emmanuel Menu, who is as of today
responsible for Sales Europe, North America and
India, Brussels Airlines has attracted a sales
manager with a vast experience and appreciation
in the respective markets. Emmanuel started his
career in 1996 as Corporate Sales Manager
Benelux for Sabena, before moving to the
position of VP Global Sales Sabena/Swissair.
After his involvement with the launch of
Brussels Airlines, he moved to the Indian
airline Jet Airways to take up the role of
General Manager Benelux. In that position he
laid the groundwork for Jet Airways’ launch in
the Belgian market. At Jet Airways he evolved
into the position of Regional Vice President
Continental Europe and America. Now Emmanuel
Menu joins again Brussels Airlines.
(Emmanuel Menu returns to Brussels Airlines)
‘His
many years of sales experience and innovative
insights, as well as his extensive network and
knowledge of the Indian, European and North
American markets will without a doubt be of
great value for Brussels Airlines‘
says Christina Foerster, Brussels Airlines Chief
Commercial Officer before adding: ‘At
the same time, Emmanuel’s arrival allows us to
direct Frédéric Dechamps’ full attention onto
our very important home market, where we want to
further reinforce our sales activities. In
parallel, Patrick Artiel will, in his new role,
strengthen our relationship with our corporate
clients. The new organization is a clear
illustration of the importance that Brussels
Airlines attaches to its relation with the
travel trade and corporate customers‘.
In charge of Africa sales remains Mr. Philippe
Saeys who holds the position of Vice President
Sales Africa.
Brussels Airlines flies to 16 West African and 3
East African destinations including Entebbe
(five times a week), Kigali (six times a week)
and Bujumbura (once a week).
BRUSSELS AIRLINES
LAUNCHES "AFRICA IS NOT EBOLA" CAMPAIGN
AND MAINTAINS A PROUD AIRLINE TRADITION
Brussels Airlines, the ‘little airline that
could’ with an heroic effort during the
Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, has
launched a campaign it hopes will help the
continent recover from the lingering and
devastating economic impact of the epidemic.
Today, at the Residence of the Belgian
Ambassador in Washington DC, Belgium-based
Brussels Airlines launched an initiative
called “Africa is not Ebola”.
As the airline says, although the virus is
by now present in only three out of 56
African countries, tourists, investors, and
consumers still avoid regions even far from
the affected countries. And March and April
are peak tourist season months.
“For Africa to be able to flourish again,
it’s time to remind the world of the beauty
and economic potential Africa has to offer,”
Brussels Airlines says.
Brussels Airlines has already provided a
huge service to those West African countries
that suffered the brunt of the epidemic. As
I wrote in this blog
in December, Brussels Airlines is the
only European carrier still serving Sierra
Leone. Other carriers suspended services
after the Ebola outbreak, but Brussels
Airlines has continued a twice-weekly Airbus
A330-300 service, providing an essential
aircraft bridge for medical equipment and
health workers.
Today at the ambassador’s residence,
Brussels Airlines’ CEO Bernard Gustin
explained the story of his company’s
involvement in the campaign to the Belgian
ambassador and a group of African
ambassadors and other dignitaries. He was
joined by representatives of the
International Rescue Committee, which has
joined forces with Brussels Airlines in this
initiative.
The first thing to note is that, one after
another, African ambassadors expressed their
profound thanks to Gustin and Brussels
Airlines for the lifeline it maintained.
Gustin said the reason he remained committed
to this cause was because, as bad as the
epidemic was, the even more dangerous threat
to Africa is the international
hysteria crisisthat followed. “The Ebola
crisis has to be solved by Africans
supported by Americans and Europeans. The
hysteria crisis has to be solved by
Americans and Europeans supported by
Africans,” he said.
By Geert
Noels - Economist and co-founder of
Econopolis
"Africa has the size of
the US, China, India, Germany, France, Italy,
Japan, the whole Eastern Europe, The UK ànd
Belgium combined. Ignorance about its size is
only surpassed by ignorance about the presence
of Ebola in this beautiful continent. This
terrible disease is only present in a small part
of this huge content. Furthermore, the outbreak
has passed its peak, and new cases are falling
rapidly. The probability to be run over by a car
in Belgium is many times higher than to be a
victim of this terrible disease in Africa.
Ignorance feeds fear. Knowing the facts gives
you confidence to drive a car, take a plane, and
visit a beautiful continent like Africa. Because
Africa is not Ebola."
BRUSSELS AIRLINES CELEBRATES FIVE YEARS STAR
ALLIANCE
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Exactly five years ago, on 9 December 2009,
Brussels Airlines became member of Star Alliance,
the world’s largest global airline alliance . Thanks
to its adherence, Brussels Airlines expanded its
network with several new destinations and Brussels
Airport became an important Star Alliance hub.
With an inaugural event in the Brussels
townhouse, Brussels Airlines officially became a
member of Star Alliance on 9 December 2009. The
membership in the world’s largest global airline
alliance was not only considered an acknowledgement
of quality and service for Brussels Airlines, but it
was also a promise for many additional advantages
for the passenger, including network expansion, an
improvement of the loyalty program, access to
airport lounges all over the world, new commercial
products and services, to name a few. Five years
later Brussels Airlines can look back and say it has
delivered this promise. The airline added many new
destinations over the last five years, on its short
haul network (Basel, London Heathrow, Edinburgh,
Hannover, Vilnius, Riga, Dubrovnik, Krakow, St.
Petersburg, Alicante, Malta, Milan Linate, Catania,
Olbia, Bastia, Figari, Marrakech and Agadir) as well
as on its long haul network (New York, Washington,
Cotonou, Ouagadougou and Lome). Since the entrance
of Brussels Airlines in the Star Alliance, Brussels
Airport has become a strategic hub. Several members
of the alliance who before didn’t offer flights from
the European capital, have now launched scheduled
flights out of Brussels Airport. Other airlines have
increased their flight frequencies or have expanded
connection possibilities with Brussels Airlines
flights.
Source: Brussels Airlines
BRUSSELS AIRLINES ADDS MORE NEW DESTINATIONS
FOR SUMMER 2015
By
Poppy Marello January 2015
THE AIRLINE HAS ADDED
AND ADDITIONAL TWO DESTINATIONS TO ITS
SUMMER 2015, INCLUDING BORDEAUX IN SOUTHWEST
FRANCE AND ZAGREB IN CROATIA
The announcement comes after the airline
added six new European destinations for its
summer 2015 schedule including Dubrovnik, Calvi,
Lourdes, Olbia, Billund and St. Petersburg.
The Bordeaux route will commence at the end
of March 2015, operating four-times weekly,
whereas the Zagreb route will begin operation on
September 20, 2015, operating six-times weekly.
Bordeaux will become the Star Alliance
member’s twelfth French destination, offering
Brussels Airlines customers easy access to the
Unesco World Heritage city. The route will be
operated using the airline’s Airbus A319
aircraft, and will be timed conveniently for
both business and leisure travellers with a
flight time of 1h 35 minutes.
The Zagreb route will become the airline’s
18th European capital connecting to Brussels,
and the third capital in Easter Europe after
Warsaw and Riga.
The flights will operate during the afternoon
every day of the week apart from Saturday. The
flight will depart Brussels at 14:05pm, arriving
into Zagreb at 16:10pm, with the return flight
departing Zagreb at 16:40pm, arriving into
Brussels at 18:45pm.
The city is known for its cultural wealth,
with more than 20 theatres, three concert halls
and 60 museums and art galleries. The city is
also home to one of Europe’s oldest universities
– the University of Zagreb which was founded in
the 17th century
October 2014 By Brussels AirlinesOlivier
Prévot, a Brussels Airlines representative in
North America, recently spoke at the Africa
Travel Association’s (ATA) Presidential Forum on
September 22, 2014 in New York City and covered
a variety of subject matters. Brussels Airlines
is the official carrier of the ATA’s 29th Annual
World Congress taking place in Kampala this
November.
Mr. Prévot spoke of the airline’s partnership
with the ATA, and the discounted rates being
offered to those who wish to book a trip to
Kampala for the Congress in November. Brussels
Airlines flies three times a week to Kampala
from Brussels and offers daily non-stop
connections from New York’s JFK Airport, as well
as other points of origin within the U.S. with
partner United Airlines.
Beginning March 29, 2015, Mr. Prévot stated
that the airline’s flights out of Washington,
D.C. will be retimed to connect with most of
their African destinations from Brussels. For
those who do not live in the Washington, D.C.
area, those travelers will be able to connect to
the WAS-BRU flight from more than 60 U.S.
destinations.
Mr. Prévot also touched on the subject of the
Ebola virus, noting that Brussels Airlines is
maintaining its operations to outbreak countries
such as Liberia and Guinea as long as their
daily risk-assessments allow the airline to do
so.
“We herewith follow the guidance of, amongst
others, the World Health Organization as to not
leave these countries without connections with
the outer world,” said Mr. Prévot.
“I can assure you that Brussels Airlines, as
we have always done in the past, will maintain
its operations as long as possible ensuring the
humanitarian bridge between these countries and
the rest of the world, allowing the conveyance
of medical supplies and humanitarian personnel
to those affected by the Ebola virus.”
Brussels Airlines is a longstanding partner
of Africa and believes strongly in the future of
the region, so when asked about servicing new
destinations in Africa, Mr. Prévot noted that
while they are constantly exploring new
opportunities, at this stage it is still very
premature to make any announcement.
October 2014 By
Brussels Airlines
Olivier Prévot,
a Brussels Airlines representative in North
America, recently spoke at the Africa Travel
Association’s (ATA) Presidential Forum on
September 22, 2014 in New York City and covered
a variety of subject matters. Brussels Airlines
is the official carrier of the ATA’s 29th Annual
World Congress taking place in Kampala this
November.
Mr. Prévot
spoke of the airline’s partnership with the ATA,
and the discounted rates being offered to those
who wish to book a trip to Kampala for the
Congress in November. Brussels Airlines flies
three times a week to Kampala from Brussels and
offers daily non-stop connections from New
York’s JFK Airport, as well as other points of
origin within the U.S. with partner United
Airlines.
Beginning March
29, 2015, Mr. Prévot stated that the airline’s
flights out of Washington, D.C. will be retimed
to connect with most of their African
destinations from Brussels. For those who do not
live in the Washington, D.C. area, those
travelers will be able to connect to the WAS-BRU
flight from more than 60 U.S. destinations.
Mr. Prévot also
touched on the subject of the Ebola virus,
noting that Brussels Airlines is maintaining its
operations to outbreak countries such as Liberia
and Guinea as long as their daily
risk-assessments allow the airline to do so.
“We herewith
follow the guidance of, amongst others, the
World Health Organization as to not leave these
countries without connections with the outer
world,” said Mr. Prévot.
“I can assure
you that Brussels Airlines, as we have always
done in the past, will maintain its operations
as long as possible ensuring the humanitarian
bridge between these countries and the rest of
the world, allowing the conveyance of medical
supplies and humanitarian personnel to those
affected by the Ebola virus.”
Brussels
Airlines is a longstanding partner of Africa and
believes strongly in the future of the region,
so when asked about servicing new destinations
in Africa, Mr. Prévot noted that while they are
constantly exploring new opportunities, at this
stage it is still very premature to make any
announcement.
BRUSSELS AIRLINES ADDS MORE FLIGHTS TO NAIROBI,
KIGALI AND BUJUMBURA
04th
September 2014)
With the start of the traditional winter schedule on
26th of
October will East Africa see more of Brussels
Airlines flights according to the now available
details.
Nairobi / Kenya will
get additional capacity with a further two weekly
flights bringing the overall number to five per
week. Kigali too will get another weekly flight
upping weekly frequencies from four to five while
Burundi’s capital Bujumbura will get one more weekly
departure making it three overall.
This represents a
significant capacity increase in both seats and
cargo spaces, the latter important for exporters of
freshly cut flowers and produce from East Africa to
Europe’s main consumer markets and the former of
course boosting the tourism potential in the three
countries. Philippe Saeys, Brussels Airlines’ VP for
Africa, echoed this observation when he said in a
media release:
‘The nine
percent increase in our flight offer clearly
illustrates that we continue to
invest in Africa and that we are even more
responsive to market demand. This is not only good
news for our customers who will have more travel
possibilities, but also for all freight forwarders
who can transport their goods on more flights
operated by Brussels Airlines’.
There has been some
disappointment though in Uganda where the current
number of three flights will be maintained. However,
Brussels Airlines has been chosen by the Africa
Travel Association as their partner for the upcoming
ATA World Congress which will be held in Kampala
later this year as repeatedly reported here.
For travelers using
Brussels Airlines for onward flights to the United
States it is important to note that the seasonal
summer service to Washington DC will be discontinued
effective 26th
of October – resuming 29th
of March 2015 – while the daily flights to
New York will continue.
Brussels Airlines
Brussels
Airlines, member of the Lufthansa Group, is the Belgian
airline that offers the widest choice of flights to and
from its hub at Brussels Airport. The company counts
more than 3.500 employees and 44 aircraft operating some
250 flights daily, connecting the capital of Europe to
over 70 premium European and African destinations as
well as to New York JFK and Washington Dulles Airport.
Brussels Airlines is owned by SN Airholding and is
backed up by more than 80 years of aviation experience.
Europe - Economy fares for business travellers
Next to a dedicated
Business Class, called "b.business", Brussels Airlines
offers an Economy Class on its European network that's
designed to give business travellers all the flexibility
they need, but at economy fares. "b.flex economy+" is a
fully flexible fare, which includes flight changes,
refunds and fast-lane access - ideal for passengers who
want to save time and need comfort and flexibility but
at economy prices. The airline also offers very
attractive "b.light economy" leisure fares.
The Africa specialist
Brussels Airlines operates about 65 weekly scheduled
flights to Africa, connecting 19 business and leisure
destinations to and via Brussels. With the intra-African
operations of its partner airline Korongo Airlines out
of its hub Lubumbashi, Brussels Airlines confirms its
positions as a key player connecting Africa to the
world.
Brussels Airlines flies to New York
and Africa with a brand-new Business and Economy Class
Flying to New York JFK,
Washington Dulles or to one of the numerous African
destinations on the Brussels Airlines network has become
even more comfortable than ever. The airline recently
invested 30 million euro in comfortable flatbed seats in
Business Class, generous seating comfort in Economy
Class, trendy design and revolutionary entertainment
technology.
Miles & More
Miles & More is Europe's leading airline loyalty
program, offering Brussels Airlines passengers a
fantastic range of benefits and advantages when flying
throughout the world. With direct access to a huge
choice of Miles & More airlines and numerous ground
partners, Brussels Airlines' frequent flyers can now
earn miles faster than with any other program.
Awards and recognition
Brussels Airlines'
consistent drive for excellence has been reflected in
the awards it has won over the years. Winner for the 9th
year in a row of the Belgian Travel Industry’s
short-haul airline of the year, Brussels Airlines has
also won the long-haul airline of the year on numerous
occasions and the airline is consistently in the top 5
in terms of European punctuality ratings.
In
2013, the Belgian airline has been rewarded by The
Brussels Airport Company with the “Network Development
Award Long-Haul Airline” for the introduction of its new
daily operations to New York JFK and for the increase of
frequencies to Africa.
In
addition, the Belgian carrier has received the European
Commission’s 2013 GreenLight Award for having upgraded
its maintenance hangar in Brussels that resulted in a
reduction of energy consumption by nearly 70% while the
lighting quality was raised.
The new
long haul product of Brussels Airlines has also received
numerous awards. During the Apex Expo, the international
trade fair for in-flight product in the US, top
professionals from the aviation industry and the
specialized press awarded Brussels Airlines with the
prestigious Avion award ‘Best Single Achievement in the
Passenger Experience'.
Also in
terms of service on board, Brussels Airlines was awarded
by the leading American business traveller magazine
"Global Traveler". At a tasting contest of wines being
offered by airlines from all over the world, the airline
won the first prize in the category ‘best wines in
Business Class’. In the category of best champagnes,
Brussels Airlines ended in the top 3.
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