What is Brussels Airlines?
{{Infobox airline | airline = Brussels Airlines | image = | IATA = SN<ref name=iata>{{cite web|title=IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search|url=http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx|website=iata.org|access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> | ICAO = BEL | callsign = BEELINE | aoc = | hubs = [[Brussels Airport]] | focus_cities = | frequent_flyer = <div> *[[Miles & More]] *LOOP<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brusselsairlines.com/en-be/loop/about-loop.aspx|title=About LOOP - Brussels Airlines|website=brusselsairlines.com|access-date=31 May 2017|archive-date=2 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702040147/https://www.brusselsairlines.com/en-be/loop/about-loop.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> </div> | alliance = [[Star Alliance]] | fleet_size = 58 | destinations = 120 | company_slogan = ''We go the extra smile.'' | parent = [[Lufthansa|Lufthansa Group]] | num_employees = | logo = Brussels Airlines.svg | logo_size = 250px | founded = 7 November 2006 | commenced = 25 March 2007 | headquarters = {{nowrap|[[Diegem]], [[Machelen]], Belgium}} | key_people = <div> * {{nowrap|Christina Foerster, [[CEO]]}} * Dieter Vranckx, [[CFO]] </div> | subsidiaries = | website = {{url|brusselsairlines.com}} }} '''Brussels Airlines''' is the main [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[airline]]. It flies from [[Brussels Airport]] to destinations in [[Europe]], [[Africa]] and [[North America]]. == History == Brussels Airlines was created as the result of the merger of [[SN Brussels Airlines]] and [[Virgin Express]] in March 2006. SN Brussels Airlines had been created from [[Sabena]], the former Belgian [[flag carrier]], that had ceased operations on 7 November 2001. SN Brussels Airlines started its operations only five months later. Virgin Express was a [[Budget airline|low-cost airline]], owned by the [[Virgin Group]]. In 2004, SN Airholding took over Virgin Express, and in 2006 it was announced that both companies would merge and fly under the ''Brussels Airlines'' brand. In 2008, the [[Lufthansa]] group bought 45% of Bruss