Brussels Airlines was given a warm welcome by the CEO of the Star Alliance member airlines at an official ceremony that was held in Brussels' historic Grand-Place on December 9.


Brussels Airlines is the Belgian airline providing the widest choice of flights to and from Brussels. With a fleet of 51 aircraft, Brussels Airlines operates nearly 200 daily flights to 55 European airports as well as 14 African destinations. With the inclusion of Brussels Airlines, clients on the Star Alliance network can now select from more than 19,700 daily flights to get to 1,077 destinations in 175 countries. New to the network are supplementary links from Brussels Airport, which has presently become a Star Alliance hub.These include 4 destinations in Africa which are presently not being served by other Star Alliance member carrier.11 Star Alliance member carriers presently serve 81 destinations in 40 countries across Africa.


Belgium has currently developed into a home market for the Star Alliance network, thereby improving the customer proposition for both business and leisure clients.. Hence, Star Alliance can from now onwards offer an improved portfolio of flight connections from Brussels, together with a huge increase in nonstop flights, to the benefit of many multinational companies and various political institutions residing in Belgium.

On the fares side, Brussels Airlines is getting involved in 3 of the alliance's fare products: the Round the World fare, Europe Airpass and Africa Airpass. For the Star Alliance Round the World fare, customers can make use of Brussels Airlines flights when planning their itineraries, specifically for flights within Europe and to and from Africa.

For visitors to Europe, the wide-ranging network from Brussels creates new potential to travel on the Europe Airpass. For the Africa Airpass, Brussels Airlines provides frequent connections to Africa, from where customers can initiate their travel.