DALLAS — Belgian flag carrier Brussels Airlines (SN) announced today that it will expand its Summer 2025 operations by adding a new destination, increasing capacity on certain routes, operating new aircraft, and widening its workforce.
This will increase the carrier’s capacity by 18% compared to the Summer 2024 season.
More Planes Means More People
Brussels Airlines operated 44 aircraft in the summer 2024 season. From April 2025 to October 2025, SN’s fleet consisted of 11 Airbus A330-300s and 35 Airbus A319/20s.
In addition, during the Summer season, four Airbus A220s from airBaltic (BT) will operate on behalf of Brussels Airlines. SN will also welcome its 11th Airbus A330-300, meaning that for Summer 2025, SN will fly 50 aircraft to 91 global destinations.
To complement the increased fleet size, the Lufthansa Group airline will aim to recruit 370 more employees: 190 Cabin Crew, 60 Ground Staff, 50 Pilots, 40 Maintenance and Engineering, and 20 Office staff.
Expanded Capacity in Europe and Beyond
The airline’s newest European destination is Funchal, the capital of Portugal’s popular tourist destination of Madeira. From April 2025, weekly SN flights will depart Brussels (BRU) and fly nonstop to Funchal (FNC).
Brussels Airlines will add a new Portuguese destination and add extra frequencies to Faro (FAO) and Porto (OPO).
Capacity to Portugal’s neighbor, Spain, will be increased on routes to Malaga (AGP), Barcelona (BCN), Madrid (MAD), and Valencia (VLC). Flights to Fuerteventura (FUE) will continue from the Winter 2024-2025 season into the Summer 2025 season, which brings the total number of SN’s Spanish destinations to 11.
Brussels flies to nine Greek destinations, two of which, namely Samos (SMI) and Lesbos (MJT), will see added capacity. Vilnius (VNO) in Lithuania and Tanger (TNG) in Morocco will also receive higher frequencies.
Birmingham (BHX) will serve as SN's year-round destination, no longer a winter-only destination.
Lufthansa Group Swaps
SWISS (LX) flights between BRU and Geneva (GVA) and Zurich (ZRH) will be transferred to SN. This is also the case with most of Lufthansa’s (LH) daily flights between BRU and Munich (MUC) and BRU to Frankfurt (FRA), which will be switched to SN.
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