Brussels Airlines
IATA SN	ICAO DAT	Callsign ESTAIL
Founded		1967
Hubs		Brussels Airport
Frequent flyer program		Privilege
Member lounge		Business Centre
Fleet size		38
Destinations		90
Parent company		SN Airholding
Headquarters		Zaventem (Brussels), Belgium
Key people		Neil Burrows (CEO); Etienne Davignon, chairman
Website: http://www.flysn.com/

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History

The airline was founded in 2002, when a group of Belgian investors (companies, financial institutions and regional investment companies, as well as the Brussels and Walloon governments), set up SN Airholding, headed by Etienne Davignon. After the 2001 bankruptcy of Sabena, Belgium's flag carrier airline, Belgium was left without a national airline. In February 2002, SN Airholding took over the Belgian airline DAT, a subsidiary of Sabena that had survived the bankruptcy, and changed its trading name to SN Brussels Airlines. Also see: 2002 (number). ... For other places with the same name, see Brussels (disambiguation). ... Wallonia (French: Wallonie, German: Wallonien, Walloon: Walonreye, Dutch: Wallonië) or the Walloon Region (French: Région Wallonne, Dutch: Waals Gewest) is the predominantly French-speaking region that constitutes one of the three federal regions of Belgium, with its capital at Namur. ... Étienne Davignon (born October 4, 1932) is a Belgian politician, businessman, and former vice-president of the European Commission. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Flag carrier (disambiguation). ... Delta Air Transport was an airline based in Belgium. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

From this point, a huge financial and strategic reorganization started lead by the former CEO Peter Davies and his consultant-adviser Prof. Jean Frederic Mognetti.

The deal was to transform the company into a cash generator which wasn't an easy bet. Thanks to many tools and a lot of work the company achieved its transformation in three years.

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The decision of the merger was lead by financial interests and actually the result of an overwhelming pressure coming from shareholder leader : Etienne Davignon. As a result, the team who had win the first bet decided to quit the company due to a conflict of interest with Mister Davignon.

In 2007, one must acknowledge that Davies and Mognetti were right, Virgin wasn't a good affair for SNBA. In spite of being sold to a major such as BA, Luf or AF, Brussels airlines stock holders saw the branch where they were seated and burned all the cash generated by the former team.

SN Brussels Airlines Avro RJ85

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Destinations and codeshare agreements

For a full list of the airlines destination see SN Brussels destinations. Africa Angola Luanda (Quatro de Fevereiro Airport) Cameroon Douala (Douala Airport) Yaoundé Côte dIvoire Abidjan (Port Bouet International Airport) Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa (Kinshasa International Airport) The Gambia Banjul (Banjul International Airport) Guinea Conakry (Conakry International Airport) Liberia Monrovia (Roberts International Airport) Kenya Nairobi (Jomo Kenyatta...

• SNBA has signed a codeshare agreement with American Airlines allowing it to offer its passengers flights to the United States.
• In July 2005, SN Brussels Airlines announced that they would offer flights to Toronto and Abu Dhabi in agreement with Abu Dhabi-based airline Etihad Airways.
• In March 2006, SNBA announced that they would be code-sharing on the new Brussels-Beijing flight operated by Hainan Airlines which began in August 2006.

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Fleet

As of August 2006 the SN Brussels Airlines fleet included ^[2] : Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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As of April 2006, the average age of the SN Brussels Airlines fleet was 9.8 years.

Livery

The airline had various color schemes before finally settling on a uniform scheme for the fleet. The upper fuselage is white, while the belly and engines were painted lilac. An orange cheat line runs between the white and lilac parts of the fuselage. The tail shows the old Sabena "S". The website address is near the end of the fuselage. There are differences in livery between the Avro planes and the Airbus planes: most notably, the company name is written on the white part of the fuselage for the Airbus planes, but on the lilac part on the Avro. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

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Gallery

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

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• Quand la Belgique redécolle : L'express Magazine Français

• SN Brussels Airlines Website
• Corporate website SN Brussels Airlines
• Videos of Brussels Airlines

• SN Brussels Airlines Fleet Age
• SN Brussels Airlines Airbus Fleet Detail

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References

1. ^ Airliner World January 2007
2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

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