Update on operations to Tel Aviv

Brussels, February 22, 2024 - After careful consideration within all relevant departments, Brussels Airlines has decided to restart its flights to Tel Aviv as from March 24, 2024, under a defined set of precautionary measures.

The Belgian airline will start with operating three flights per week on Monday, Thursday and Sunday from Brussels. Our booking system has been updated with this flight schedule as of today.

These flights will take place until the end of April. In a later stage, frequencies and timings may be adjusted, in cooperation with all carriers of Lufthansa Group.

The security of both crew and passengers remains our priority. Brussels Airlines will keep on monitoring the situation in the region very closely and remain in contact with all concerned authorities. If circumstances would change, we will act accordingly.

Extra background:

In December 2023, Lufthansa Group's security department decided that flights to Tel Aviv could be restarted, subject to the necessary security measures. Lufthansa, Austrian and Swiss resumed flights to Tel Aviv on January 8, 2024.

Brussels Airlines decided not to resume flights at that moment as amongst others the seat load factor was still very low. The booking numbers are now slowly evolving and - after careful consideration and under a defined set of precautionary measures – the airline decided to restart its operations with three weekly flights.

 

Nico Cardone

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Brussels Airlines is the home carrier of Belgium and one of the four network airlines of the Lufthansa Group. It connects the European capital from Brussels Airport with over 90 destinations, 18 of which are in Sub Saharan Africa. The company employs more than 3,500 people and operates 44 aircraft.

Brussels Airlines aims to emit 50% less CO2 by 2030 compared to 2019 and plans to be carbon neutral by 2050. The airline is participating in the Stargate Project led by Brussels Airport and is therefore part of the testing ground for sustainable aviation at its home base. In addition, the airline signed the Circular Economy agreement of the Antwerp Management School in 2021. The airline was the first to transport Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) through the CEPS-pipeline connecting Brussels Airport early 2023. By end 2024, Brussels Airlines will have welcomed five state-of-the-art Airbus A320neo allowing the airline to significantly lower its CO2- and noise-emissions on its medium-haul network.

As an ambassador of its country, Brussels Airlines brings the world to Belgium and the best of Belgium to the world, among others through collaborations with Belgian Star Chefs, Belgian culinary products and the Belgian Icons, specially painted aircraft that honour a Belgian iconic person, team or event to promote Belgian culture worldwide.

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Overall, the Star Alliance network currently offers more than 17,500 daily flights to over 1,150 airports in almost 190 countries.

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