Airlines
Brussels Airlines To Trigger Major Downsizing
Lufthansa-owned Brussels Airlines remains locked in talks with the Belgian government over a €290 million bailout.
Brussels Airlines plans to shrink the size of its Airbus A330 fleet from 10 to eight. (Photo: Brussels Airlines)
Brussels Airlines plans to shrink the size of its Airbus A330 fleet from 10 to eight. (Photo: Brussels Airlines)

Brussels Airlines plans to cut its workforce and network by about one quarter by the end of the year and reduce its fleet by 30 percent, from 54 to 38 aircraft, as part of a turnaround plan. The airline’s CEO, Dieter Vranckx, said it “urgently” needs to survive the current crisis and to become structurally competitive in the future.


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