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SN Brussels Airlines is the Belgian full-service airline based in Brussels offering its customers a gateway to Europe, Africa and the States. The company, which employs more than 2.164 people, guarantees more than 285 punctual flights a day to 58 European, 14 African cities, 1 destination in the Gulf Region as well as 3 direct flights to the Americas and many US destinations beyond.

SN Brussels Airlines modern fleet consists of 38 aircraft configured in business and economy class. The complete fleet consists of six BAe146s, fourteen RJ 85s and twelve RJ 100s. With these 32 aircraft SNBA is the largest European operator of BAe and AVRO RJ aircraft. Furthermore the SNBA fleet consists of three Airbus A-319s and an other three Airbus A-330-300s.

Read also "Passionate about you - In the air with SN Brussels Airlines " in the "News & Reports" section

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VLM Airlines started its activities in 1993. It offers flights to London City Airport from Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, Isle of Man, Jersey, Liverpool, Luxemburg, Manchester and Rotterdam. There are also daily flights between Rotterdam and Hamburg. During the summer, flights are offered from Rotterdam to the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey. VLM Airlines also organises charter flights to various European destinations. In 2005 the company recorded its eighth consecutive year of profit. VLM Airlines currently employs 400 people. In 2005 the number of passengers on VLM Airlines’ regular flights rose by 12% compared to 2004 to 625,300 passengers.

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The marriage between SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express has resulted in the birth of Brussels Airlines, a new generation of airline. The new product line-up of Brussels Airlines meets the real needs of a new generation of both business and low-cost travellers : flexibility, service and timesaving for the former, and the lowest fare guarantee for the latter. The first Brussels Airlines flight toke to the skies on the 25 March 2007.

The new name is a perfect description of Brussels Airlines’ activities, because, from its home base at Brussels Airport, the airline connects the capital of Europe with over 50 European destinations as well as several intercontinental networks.

The logo, a « b » in a contemporary design style, symbolises both Brussels and Belgium.
In graphic terms, the « b » is made up of a series of ellipses that represent the extended network of the airline, as well as the ground lights on an airport runway.

The blue is a reminder of the values that are carried forward from SN Brussels Airlines while the red recalls the « low cost » colours of Virgin Express. In the airline sector, blue is generally reassuring and reliable while red is youthful and dynamic.

Today’s Brussels Airlines fleet consists of 4 Airbus 330-300 aircraft, 3 Airbus A 319, 10 Boeing 737 and 32 AVRO RJ/BAe aircraft.

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Brussels Airport, May 2, 2007.

Jet Airways announced today the creation of its European hub in Brussels, which will provide enhanced connectivity between India and Europe, Africa and North America. Jet Airways will work closely with Brussels Airlines and will offer its customers seamless connections to/from Europe, USA, Canada, Africa and India.

Jet Airways will launch daily non stop services from Brussels to Mumbai, New York (Newark), from August 5th, 2007 and later this year will also offer daily non stop services from Brussels to Delhi and Toronto. In the future, Jet Airways plans to operate a total of ten daily flights via Brussels connecting cities in India and cities in USA and Canada.

On Monday April 30th, the airline celebrated the delivery of the first of ten 777-300ER airplanes. The airplane was delivered in Jet Airways' new paint scheme, that features a new design, colors and typeface. The airplane will enter service on May 5th, commemorating the airline's 14th anniversary of operations.
Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 62 aircraft with 49 classic and next generation Boeing 737-400/700/800/900 aircraft, 3 Airbus A340-300E aircraft, 2 Airbus A330-200 aircraft and 8 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 5.3 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleet in the world.
Jet Airways operates over 340 flights daily and since inception in May 1993 until end-March 2007, Jet Airways has flown over 71 million passengers.

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Brussels Airport, April 26th 2007

On April 26th easyJet, Europe's leading low-fares airline, toke delivery of its 100th Airbus A-319 aircraft at a special handover ceremony at the Airbus factory in Hamburg before the special-branded aircraft embarked for a tour through Europe.
After the inaugural flight to Berlin, the A 319 continued to Brussels, Paris and Madrid.

In October 2002 easyJet placed a record-breaking order for up to 240 aircraft from Airbus, with the first aircraft delivered a year later. In November 2006 the order was expanded and now comprises 315 aircraft.
In just 11 years easyJet expanded from a two leased aircraft company to an airline now operating 130 aircraft to 75 airports across 20 countries.

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Brussels Airport, June 4th, 2007

The American airline company US Airways inaugurated today the start-up of a daily direct service between Brussels and Philadelphia. The flights will be carried out with Boeing 757 aircraft.

US Airways is the fifth largest domestic airline employing more than 36,000 aviation professionals worldwide. US Airways, US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express operate approximately 3,800 flights per day and serve more than 240 communities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. The new US Airways -- the product of a merger between America West and US Airways in September 2005 -- is a member of the Star Alliance network, which offers our customers 16,000 daily flights to 855 destinations in 155 countries worldwide.

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