Brussels Airlines

Flag carrier of Belgium; based in Brussels

"BEE-LINE" redirects here. For other uses, see Bee line.

Brussels Airlines S.A.

Brussels Airlines A319-111 in standard livery

| IATA | ICAO | Call sign

|
|

SN[1] | BEL  | BEE-LINE
Founded| 7 November 2006; 18 years ago (2006-11-07)
(amalgamation)
Commenced operations| 25 March 2007; 18 years ago (2007-03-25)
Hubs| Brussels Airport
Frequent-flyer program| Miles & More
Alliance| Star Alliance
Fleet size| 46
Destinations| 92[2]
Parent company| Lufthansa Group
Headquarters| Brussels Airport, Belgium
Key people| Dorothea von Boxberg (CEO)
Employees| 4,000
Website| www.brusselsairlines.com

Brussels Airlines is the flag carrier[3] and largest airline of Belgium, based and headquartered at Brussels Airport. It operates to over 100 destinations in Europe, North America and Africa and also offers charter services, maintenance and crew training. It is a member of the Star Alliance as well as the International Air Transport Association. The airline's IATA code SN is inherited from its predecessors, Sabena and SN Brussels Airlines. Brussels Airlines is part of the Lufthansa Group. The company slogan is ′You’re in good company′.[4]

## History

[edit]

### Early years (2005–2010)

[edit]

A former Brussels Airlines Avro RJ85 painted in an interim livery following the merger The former logo of Brussels Airlines

Brussels Airlines was created following the merger of Virgin Express and SN Brussels Airlines (SNBA), this company was subsequently created after the bankruptcy of Belgium's previous national carrier Sabena. On 12 April 2005, SN Airholding, the company behind SNBA, signed an agreement with Richard Branson, giving it control over Virgin Express. On 31 March 2006 SNBA and Virgin Express announced their merger into a single company. On 7 November 2006, the new name, Brussels Airlines, was announced at a press conference at Brussels Airport. Brussels Airlines began operations on 25 March 2007. Sometime between this period, the airline was forced to change its 13-dot logo to a 14-dot logo owing to superstitious passengers complaining about the logo.[5]

On 15 September 2008, it was announced that Lufthansa would acquire a 45% stake in Brussels Airlines with an option to acquire the remaining 55% from 2011. As a part of this deal, Brussels Airlines would join Star Alliance.[6][7] From 26 October 2008, the ICAO code was changed from DAT to BEL.

On 15 June 2009, Brussels Airlines announced that the European Commission had granted approval for Lufthansa to take a minority share in Brussels Airlines. As a result of this clearance by the EU, Brussels Airlines was able to join Star Alliance.[8] Lufthansa purchased 45% of the company in 2009, and acquired the remainder in January 2017.[9][10]

Since 25 October 2009, Brussels Airlines has been a member of Lufthansa's frequent flyer programme Miles & More. On 9 December 2009, Brussels Airlines became the 26th Star Alliance member during a ceremony at Brussels Town Hall. [citation needed]

On 15 December 2009, Brussels Airlines announced it was working on a new regional airline in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The name of the airline was Korongo. The main base of the airline was at Lubumbashi in Congo. The airline was launched in April 2012 and shut down in 2015. Brussels Airlines cancelled the airDC project, due to disagreements with Hewa Bora.[citation needed]

### Development since 2010

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A Brussels Airlines Airbus A330-300 in an interim livery Brussels Airlines aircraft lined up at their hub at Brussels Airport.

On 5 July 2010, a fifth Airbus A330-300 entered into service. Brussels Airlines increased its frequency to Abidjan (up to 6 weekly) and added Accra, Cotonou, Ouagadougou, and Lomé as new destinations. On 11 August 2010, Brussels Airlines and tour operator Club Med announced a new cooperation. As of April 2011, Brussels Airlines will transport 80% of all Club Med passengers out of Brussels, both on existing regular Brussels Airlines routes as on new charter routes operated by Brussels Airlines. Brussels Airlines also announced that it will lease 2 Airbus A320 aircraft from January 2011.[11]

On 26 August 2010, the company announced its new maintenance project. The contract with Sabena Technics for the A330 and Boeing 737 ended on 1 January 2011 and Brussels Airlines will then do the plane maintenance. To do this, the move from Building 117 to Hangar 41 was necessary. Also, 73 people from Sabena Technics joined the Brussels Airlines maintenance staff.

On 1 June 2012,[12] Brussels Airlines inaugurated the route to New York JFK, operating daily with an Airbus A330-300 fitted with the new interior. This is the first Belgian airline in 10 years to fly to New York, after Sabena and Delsey Airlines collapsed. Since 18 June 2013, they also fly 5 times a week to Washington Dulles.[13] Since April 2016, Toronto Pearson has been added to the North American network.[14] It has been announced that as of March 2017, a new service to Mumbai will commence with 5 flights per week operated by a new Airbus A330-200 arriving early 2017.

On 30 January 2014, Brussels Airlines added 9 seasonal destinations and returned to the Polish market after some years of absence. It also confirmed the permanent exit of its Avro RJ100 fleet by 2016.[15]

In April 2015, Brussels Airlines was praised by the White House for continuing its normal flying operation to Western African countries during the Ebola outbreak, allowing essential aid to be delivered.[16][17] All other airline companies, except Royal Air Maroc, suspended their flights to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.[18]

On 22 March 2016, members of the terrorist organization ISIL detonated two bombs in Brussels Airport, closing the airport until Sunday, 27 March 2016. Brussels Airlines shifted some long haul flights to Zurich and Frankfurt. They began Airbus A319/Avro RJ100 shuttle service between Liege/Antwerp and Zurich/Frankfurt, as well as providing contracted bus service from Brussels to Antwerp and Liege from where it served European destinations.[19]

On 28 September 2016, the supervisory board of Lufthansa announced that the airline would exercise the option to acquire the remaining 55% of Brussels Airlines' parent company SN Airholding. The modalities would be defined before the end of the year to conclude the transaction at the beginning of 2017.[20]

In March 2017, Thomas Cook announced its intention to sell its Belgian flight operations, Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium, which was shut down by November 2017 with two aircraft and all traffic rights being integrated into Brussels Airlines.[21][22] Brussels Airlines took over the 160 Thomas Cook Airlines crew members.

In February 2018, CEO Bernard Gustin and financial director Jan De Raeymaeker resigned after a meeting with the Lufthansa board over the airline's future. Gustin was replaced by Christina Foerster on 1 April 2018. On 1 May 2018, Dieter Vranckx joined the company as CFO.

In December 2019, it was announced that Dieter Vranckx would replace Christina Foerster as CEO of Brussels Airlines effective January 1, 2020.[23][24]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, Brussels Airlines suspended all flights from March 21 through April 19.[25] Additionally, Brussels Airlines cancelled its wet-lease contract with CityJet, leading to the termination of eight European destinations in the wake of the pandemic.[26] At the end of June 2020, Brussels Airlines also announced that they were cancelling several of flights scheduled for operation in September and October 2020.[27] Like many airlines Brussels Airlines did not refund affected customers in line with Flight Compensation Regulation timelines during the COVID pandemic and encouraged passengers to take credit vouchers or flights on alternative dates instead.[28][29]

In November 2021, Brussels Airlines announced a revision of their corporate design including a new logo.[30]

## Corporate affairs

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### Head office

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b.house, Brussels Airlines' head office, located on the grounds of Brussels Airport

The company is headquartered in the b.house (Building 26) in the General Aviation Zone on the grounds of Brussels Airport and in Diegem, Machelen, Flemish Brabant.[31][32][33]

### Ownership and structure

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Brussels Airlines is the operating name of Brussels Airlines SA/NV (previously Delta Air Transport SA/NV)[34] which has its registered office in Elsene-Ixelles, Brussels.[35]

Brussels Airlines is almost 100% owned by SN Airholding SA/NV (1,811,308 shares out of 1,811,309) a Belgian holding company.[36] Lufthansa owns 100% of SN Airholding SA/NV, having taken control of the remaining shares it did not own effective January 2017.[37]

Dieter Vranckx has been the CEO since 1 January 2020.[38] The executive committee consists of Dieter Vranckx (CEO & CCO) and Edi Wolfensberger (COO).[39] Dieter Vranckx was previously the CFO of the company.[38]

### Business trends

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Limited information on Brussels Airlines appears to be published by the company or the Lufthansa Group. However, accounts for all Belgian companies must be filed with the National Bank of Belgium, and key trends over recent years are shown below (for years ending 31 December):[40]

| Revenue
(€m)  | Net
profit
(€m)  | Number of
employees[a] | Number of
passengers[b]
(m)  | Passenger
load factor
(%)  | Number of
aircraft
| Notes/
references

|
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2009  | 849  | −40 |  | 4.6  |  |  |
2010  | 930  | 5  |  | 4.8  |  |  |
2011  | 1,036  | −80 | 2,418  | 5.6  | 66.5  |  | [41][42]
2012  | 1,113  | −61 | 2,479  | 5.7  | 68.7  |  | [41][42]
2013  | 1,138  | −22 | 2,393  | 5.8  | 69.2  |  | [41][43]
2014  | 1,224  | −4.2 | 2,395  | 6.6  | 72.0  |  | [43][44]
2015  | 1,330  | 41.3  | 2,427  | 7.5  | 74.4  | 47  | [45][46]
[47]
2016  | 1,271  | 15.0  | 2,480  | 7.7  | 74.9  | 49  | [48]
2017  | 1,326  | 3.6  | 3,400  | 9.1  | 78.5  | 50  |
2018  | 1,500  | 12.8  | 3,512  | 10.0  | 81.0  | 53  | [49][50]
2019  | 1,555  | −40.6 | 3,830  | 10.2  | 81.5  | 52  | [51]
2020  | 414  | −332[c] | 3,483  | 2.3  | 68.3  | 45  | [d][52]
2021  | 560  | −189 | 3,035  | 3.4  | 67.2  | 41  | [53]
2022  | 1,217  | −75 | 3,200  | 6.8  | 78.0  | 40  | [54]
2023  | 1,537  | 53  | 3,366  | 8.3  | 82.5  | 44  | [55]
2024  | 1,623  | 84  | 3,573  | 8.3  | 82.7  | 46  | [56]

1. ^ on average
2. ^ scheduled
3. ^ from 2020 onwards: Operating profit "EBIT"
4. ^ 2020: Activities and income in fiscal 2020 were severely reduced by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic

## Destinations

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Main article: List of Brussels Airlines destinations

### Alliances

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Brussels Airlines is a member of Star Alliance.[57]

### Codeshare agreements

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Brussels Airlines codeshares with the following airlines:[58]

* Aegean Airlines
* AirBaltic
* Air Canada
* All Nippon Airways
* Austrian Airlines
* Croatia Airlines
* Egyptair
* Etihad Airways
* Eurowings
* Hainan Airlines
* ITA Airways[59]
* KM Malta Airlines[60]
* Lufthansa
* Singapore Airlines
* SunExpress[61]
* Swiss International Air Lines
* TAAG Angola Airlines
* TAP Portugal
* Thai Airways International
* United Airlines

In October 2019, Brussels Airlines and Africa World Airlines announced an interline agreement to better connect passengers traveling through their respective hubs in Accra and Brussels.[62][63]

In December 2019, Brussels Airlines and Aeroflot announced a code-share agreement in effect January 20, 2020 between Moscow-Sheremetyevo and Brussels. (suspended)[64][65][66]

## Fleet

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### Current fleet

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As of March 2025[update], Brussels Airlines operates an all-Airbus fleet composed of the following aircraft:[67][68]

Aircraft  | In service  | Orders  | Passengers  | Notes

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B | E+ | E | Total
Airbus A319-100 | 14  | —  | —  | —  | 141  | 141  | Older aircraft to be replaced by Airbus A320neo.[69]
Airbus A320-200 | 16  | —  | —  | —  | 180  | 180  |
Airbus A320neo | 5  | 3  | —  | —  | 180  | 180  | Replacing older Airbus A319-100.
Airbus A330-300 | 11  | 2  | 30  | 21  | 242  | 293  | To be transferred from Lufthansa.[70]
Total  | 46  | 5  |

Airbus A319-100

Airbus A320-200

Airbus A320-200 in The Adventures of Tintin Belgian Icons special livery.

Airbus A330-300

### Fleet development

[edit]

Brussels Airlines previously operated six British Aerospace 146s which were withdrawn in 2008.[71]

During 2010, two Airbus A319-100s joined Brussels Airlines' fleet. The first Airbus A320-200 joined the fleet in February 2011 and made its first commercial flight on 23 April 2011. With improving financial performance, rising cash reserves and a desire to reduce costs more rapidly, Brussels Airlines accelerated its fleet replacement plan by ordering 12 aircraft in August 2011. Six A319s, four A320s and two A330-200s were added to the fleet. This has completed the exit of Boeing aircraft from the fleet and accelerated the replacement of the Avro RJ85.[citation needed]

Starting 2016, Brussels Airlines began phasing out its Avro RJ100s and replaced them with the Airbus A320 family and wet-leased Sukhoi Superjets.[72] This was completed by the end of 2017.[73] However, Brussels Airlines announced in July 2018 it would terminate the Superjet wet-lease contracts earlier than planned.[74] This is due to the longer downtimes of the aircraft in case of repairs compared to more common and less new types.[74] The Superjets have been phased out since January 2019.[75]

In mid-2021, Brussels Airlines announced that it will take delivery of three Airbus A320neo aircraft in 2023 to replace ageing A319-100's and aim to lower CO2 emissions amongst its fleet.[citation needed]

Brussels Airlines will put 3 more Airbus A320neo aircraft into service by the summer of 2026. Those modern aircraft will replace 2 older A319-100's. [76]

### Special liveries

[edit]

Brussels Airlines launched a series of Belgian Icon special liveries on its Airbus A320 fleet, all representing things that are typically Belgian, including Rackham (a Tintin themed aircraft), Magritte (an ode to the famous surrealist artist René Magritte), Trident (the aircraft for the Belgium national football team) and Amare (Tomorrowland Festival theme).[77] On 24 March 2018 the airline introduced an additional aircraft themed to The Smurfs.[78] In spring 2019 an additional aircraft was dedicated to the famous Flemish painter Bruegel.[79]

The Magritte special livery was repainted in a Star Alliance livery in May 2021[80] and as of 2024, of the formerly six Belgian Icons variants, only the special livery dedicated to Tintin remained as all other aircraft have been repainted since as well. However, an Airbus A320neo received a new version of the former Tomorrowland livery.[81]

## Services

[edit]

### Frequent-flyer programmes

[edit]

Brussels Airlines uses Miles & More, Lufthansa's frequent flyer programme. Miles can be earned on flights operated by airlines which are part of the programme, in addition to flights operated by Star Alliance airlines.[82] Miles can also be earned with Brussels Airlines' non-airline partners.[83]

On 19 October 2015, Brussels Airlines launched a new customer programme called LOOP, which was available for all flights in the airline's network. It was designed for the increasing number of customers who flew Brussels Airlines regularly and did not receive significant benefits from traditional frequent flyer programmes. The LOOP programme was discontinued on 1 February 2020.

### In-flight entertainment

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Brussels Airlines offers two in-flight magazines.[84] For the European network, there is b-there! which is a monthly magazine.[citation needed] On the African network, the magazine is named B Spirit Magazine,[85] which is published every two months.[citation needed] The magazines are also available as a freely downloadable application for Apple iPad.[86]

From November 2011 until the end of 2012 Brussels Airlines introduced a new interior on the A330 fleet. The new economy seats feature AVOD personal in-flight entertainment 9 inch screens. Additionally, business class has new lie-flat seats with an improved AVOD IFE system with 15 inch screens, supplied by the IMS-Company and known as "RAVE".

## Recognition

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### The world’s best airlines 2024

[edit]

The AirHelp Score Report 2024 named Brussels Airlines the top airline out of 109 evaluated. AirHelp, an EU-based claims processing agency, assessed airlines based on global customer claims, punctuality, and traveler feedback from 54 countries, focusing on factors such as food quality, seating comfort, and crew service.[87]

## See also

[edit]

* List of airports in Belgium
* Transport in Belgium

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Subsidiaries|

| Passenger airlines|

* Lufthansa
* Lufthansa City Airlines
* Lufthansa Regional
* Air Dolomiti
* Lufthansa CityLine
* Austrian Airlines
* Brussels Airlines
* Discover Airlines
* Eurowings
* Eurowings Europe
* ITA Airways (41%)
* Swiss International Air Lines
* Edelweiss Air

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Cargo airlines|

Lufthansa Cargo

50% joint venture airlines|

* AeroLogic (with DHL)
* SunExpress (with Turkish Airlines)

Non-airline subsidiaries|

* AirPlus
* Global Load Control
* LSG Group
* Lufthansa Consulting
* Lufthansa Aviation Training
* Lufthansa Systems
* Lufthansa Technik

Former|

* British Midland International
* Condor
* German Cargo
* Germanwings
* Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter
* Lufthansa Italia
* SunExpress Deutschland
* Swiss Global Air Lines
* Team Lufthansa

Incidents and accidents
(all subsidiaries, while owned)|

* DLH502 (1959)
* DLH005 (1966)
* DLH649 (1972)
* DLH615 (1972)
* 1973 Rome airport attacks and hijacking
* DLH540 (1974)
* DLH181 (1977)
* GEC527 (1979)
* CFG3782 (1988)
* DLH592 (1993)
* DLH2904 (1993)
* GEC8460 (2010)
* GWI9525 (2015)

Destinations|

* Austrian Airlines
* Brussels Airlines
* Eurowings
* Swiss International Air Lines

Key personnel|

* Carsten Spohr (Chairman and CEO)

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* Vizion Air

Cargo|

* ASL Airlines Belgium
* Challenge Airlines

Defunct|

* Abelag Airways
* Abelag Aviation
* ACE Belgium Freighters
* Air Antwerp
* Air Belgium
* Air Belgium (1979–2000)
* Air Charter Express
* Belgian International Air Services
* BelgiumExel
* BFS International
* Birdy Airlines
* Cargo B Airlines
* CityBird
* Constellation Airlines
* DAT Belgian Regional Airline
* DAT Delta Air Transport
* DAT Plus
* Delsey Airlines
* Delta International
* EAT European Air Transport
* EBA EuroBelgian Airlines
* Frevag Airlines
* Jetairfly
* Hawa Air
* Lamda Jet
* Meridian Airways
* Sabena
* SETA Société d'Etude et de Transports Aériens
* Sky Service
* SN Brussels Airlines
* SNETA
* Sobelair
* Sunrise
* Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium
* Trans European Airways
* Unijet
* VG Airlines
* Virgin Express
* VLM Airlines
* VLM Airlines (Antwerp)

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Members of Star Alliance

Current members|

| Founder members|

* Air Canada
* Lufthansa
* Thai Airways International
* United Airlines

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Full members|

* Aegean Airlines
* Air China
* Air India
* Air New Zealand
* All Nippon Airways
* Asiana Airlines
* Austrian Airlines
* Avianca
* Brussels Airlines
* Copa Airlines
* Croatia Airlines
* Egyptair
* Ethiopian Airlines
* EVA Air
* LOT Polish Airlines
* Shenzhen Airlines
* Singapore Airlines
* South African Airways
* Swiss International Air Lines
* TAP Air Portugal
* Turkish Airlines

Affiliate members|

* Air Canada
* Express
* Jetz
* Rouge
* Air India Express
* Air Japan
* Air New Zealand Link
* Airlink
* ANA Wings
* AJet
* Avianca
* Costa Rica
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Express
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Copa Airlines Colombia
* Lufthansa Regional
* Olympic Air
* TAP Express
* Uni Air
* United Express

Joint partners|

| Intermodal|

* Deutsche Bahn

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Connecting|

* Juneyao Air

Future members|

* ITA Airways

Former members|

* Adria Airways
* Ansett Australia
* Blue1
* British Midland International
* Continental Airlines
* Mexicana de Aviación
* Scandinavian Airlines
* Shanghai Airlines
* Spanair
* TAM
* Brasil
* Paraguay
* US Airways
* Varig

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Members of the International Air Transport Association

Africa and the Middle East Region

* Africa World Airlines
* AfriJet
* Air Algérie
* Air Arabia
* Air Botswana
* Air Burkina
* Air Cairo
* Air Mauritius
* Air Peace
* Air Seychelles
* Air Tanzania
* Airlink
* Allied Air
* AlMasria Universal Airlines
* ASKY Airlines
* Badr Airlines
* Camair-Co
* Congo Airways
* DHL International Aviation ME
* Egyptair
* Emirates
* Ethiopian Airlines
* Etihad Airways
* Fly Baghdad
* Flydubai
* Flynas
* Gulf Air
* Iran Air
* Iran Airtour
* Iran Aseman Airlines
* Jazeera Airways
* Jordan Aviation
* Kam Air
* Kenya Airways
* Kuwait Airways
* LAM Mozambique Airlines
* Madagascar Airlines
* Mauritania Airlines
* Middle East Airlines
* Nesma Airlines
* Nile Air
* Nouvelair
* Oman Air
* Overland Airways
* Precision Air
* Qatar Airways
* Royal Air Maroc
* Royal Jordanian
* RwandAir
* Safair
* Saudia
* South African Airways
* Syrian Air
* TAAG Angola Airlines
* Tassili Airlines
* Tunisair

Asia-Pacific Region

* Air Calédonie
* Air Cambodia
* Air India
* Air New Zealand
* Air Niugini
* Air Tahiti
* Air Tahiti Nui
* Aircalin
* All Nippon Airways
* Asiana Airlines
* Bamboo Airways
* Bangkok Airways
* Batik Air
* Batik Air Malaysia
* Biman Bangladesh Airlines
* Cebu Pacific
* Fiji Airways
* Garuda Indonesia
* IndiGo
* Japan Airlines
* Japan Transocean Air
* Jeju Air
* Jin Air
* Korean Air
* Lao Airlines
* Malaysia Airlines
* Myanmar Airways International
* Nippon Cargo Airlines
* Pakistan International Airlines
* Philippine Airlines
* Qantas
* Royal Brunei Airlines
* Scoot
* Singapore Airlines
* Solomon Airlines
* SpiceJet
* SriLankan Airlines
* T'way Air
* Thai Airways International
* Thai Lion Air
* VietJet Air
* Vietnam Airlines
* Virgin Australia
* Vistara

China and North Asia Region

* Air Changan
* Air China
* Air Guilin
* Air Koryo
* Air Macau
* Beijing Capital Airlines
* Cathay Pacific
* China Airlines
* China Cargo Airlines
* China Eastern Airlines
* China Express Airlines
* China Postal Airlines
* China Southern Airlines
* EVA Air
* Fuzhou Airlines
* GX Airlines
* Hainan Airlines
* Hebei Airlines
* Hong Kong Airlines
* Hong Kong Express
* Juneyao Air
* Kunming Airlines
* Loong Air
* Lucky Air
* Mandarin Airlines
* MIAT Mongolian Airlines
* Okay Airways
* Ruili Airlines
* SF Airlines
* Shandong Airlines
* Shanghai Airlines
* Shenzhen Airlines
* Sichuan Airlines
* Suparna Airlines
* Tianjin Airlines
* UNI Air
* Urumqi Air
* West Air
* XiamenAir
* YTO Cargo Airlines

Europe Region

* Aegean Airlines
* Aer Lingus
* Aeroflot
* Air Astana
* Air Austral
* airBaltic
* Air Caraïbes
* Air Corsica
* Air Dolomiti
* Air Europa
* Air France
* Air Malta
* Air Moldova
* Air Montenegro
* Air Nostrum
* Air Serbia
* AirBridgeCargo
* AlbaStar
* Amelia International
* APG Airlines
* Arkia
* ASL Airlines Belgium
* ASL Airlines France
* ASL Airlines Ireland
* Atlantic Airways
* Austrian Airlines
* Azerbaijan Airlines
* Azores Airlines
* Belavia
* Binter Canarias
* Braathens Regional Aviation
* British Airways
* Brussels Airlines
* Bulgaria Air
* Cargolux
* Carpatair
* Challenge Airlines IL
* CityJet
* Condor
* Corendon Airlines
* Corsair International
* Croatia Airlines
* Cyprus Airways
* Czech Airlines
* DHL Air UK
* Eastern Airways
* Edelweiss Air
* El Al
* EuroAtlantic Airways
* European Air Transport Leipzig
* Eurowings
* Finnair
* FlyOne
* Freebird Airlines
* French Bee
* Georgian Airways
* Hi Fly
* Iberia
* Iberojet
* Icelandair
* Israir
* ITA Airways
* KLM
* La Compagnie
* LOT Polish Airlines
* Lufthansa
* Cargo
* CityLine
* Luxair
* Martinair
* MNG Airlines
* Neos
* NordStar
* Nordwind Airlines
* Olympic Air
* Pegas Fly
* Pegasus Airlines
* PopulAir
* Portugália Airlines
* Poste Air Cargo
* Privilege Style
* Qazaq Air
* Rossiya Airlines
* RusLine
* S7 Airlines
* SATA Air Açores
* Scandinavian Airlines
* SCAT Airlines
* Silk Way West Airlines
* Smartavia
* Smartwings
* Somon Air
* SunExpress
* Swiss International Air Lines
* TAP Air Portugal
* TAROM
* TUIfly
* Turkish Airlines
* Ukraine International Airlines
* Ural Airlines
* Utair
* Uzbekistan Airways
* Virgin Atlantic
* Volotea
* Vueling
* Wamos Air
* White Airways
* Widerøe
* World2Fly

The Americas Region

* ABX Air
* Aerolíneas Argentinas
* Aeromar
* Aeroméxico
* Air Canada
* Air Transat
* Alaska Airlines
* American Airlines
* Atlas Air
* Avianca
* Avianca Costa Rica
* Avianca Ecuador
* Avianca El Salvador
* Azul Brazilian Airlines
* Bahamasair
* Boliviana de Aviación
* Cargojet
* Caribbean Airlines
* Copa Airlines
* Copa Airlines Colombia
* Cubana de Aviación
* Delta Air Lines
* Eastern Airlines
* FedEx Express
* Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes
* Hawaiian Airlines
* JetBlue
* LATAM Airlines Group
* LATAM Brasil
* LATAM Cargo Brasil
* LATAM Cargo Chile
* LATAM Colombia
* LATAM Ecuador
* LATAM Paraguay
* LATAM Perú
* Mas Air
* National Airlines
* Paranair
* Polar Air Cargo
* Ravn Alaska
* Sky Airline
* United Airlines
* UPS Airlines
* Voepass Linhas Aéreas
* Volaris
* WestJet

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Former members of the Association of European Airlines

* Aegean Airlines
* airBaltic
* Air France
* Air Malta
* Air Serbia
* Alitalia
* ASL Airlines Belgium
* Austrian Airlines
* Brussels Airlines
* Cargolux
* Croatia Airlines
* DHL Aviation
* Finnair
* Icelandair
* KLM
* LOT Polish Airlines
* Lufthansa
* Luxair
* Meridiana
* Scandinavian Airlines
* Swiss International Air Lines
* TAP Air Portugal
* TAROM
* Turkish Airlines
* Ukraine International Airlines

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* Germany

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