Air Belgium
Air Belgium is a Belgian airline offering quality intercontinental air services worldwide. Air Belgium operated its first flight in 2018 and provides both passenger and cargo long-haul flights. The airline’s headquarters are located in Mont-Saint-Guibert, Walloon Brabant, and operates from all major Belgian airports.
Currently, its activities focus on passenger and cargo ACMI/wet lease, freighter, and on-demand charters. The airline operates for many other carriers, including legacy airlines. Air Belgium’s fleet is a combination of 9 aircraft. For passenger operations, Air Belgium acquired two A330-900neo in 2021 (a first under Belgian flag) and two A330-200ceo. For cargo operations, the airline operates three Boeing 747-8F as well as two A330-200F.
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ASL Airlines Belgium
ASL Airlines Belgium operates worldwide using B737, B757 and wide body Boeing 747-400ERF freighters on scheduled flights under its own brand and for major express integrator customers. The global network includes major hubs in China and the United States.
The airline operates an extensive European narrow-body freighter network for FedEx-TNT based out of the Eurohub in Liège Airport, Belgium. In addition to its own fleet, the airline also manages various third-party airlines providing aircraft for this network.
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Brussels Airlines
Brussels Airlines is the largest Belgian airline and one of the four network airlines of the Lufthansa Group. It connects the European capital from Brussels Airport with over 85 destinations, including 17 in Sub Saharan Africa. The company counts 3,200 employees and operates 41 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. In 2023 and 2024, Brussels Airlines welcomes five state-of-the-art Airbus A320neo allowing the airline to significantly lower its CO2- and noise-emissions on its medium-haul network. On January 1st of 2023, Brussels Airlines operated its first flights with Sustainable Aviation fuel (SAF).
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 honor a Belgian iconic person, team or event to promote Belgian culture worldwide.
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DHL Aviation
DHL Aviation provides a comprehensive airport-to-airport service to DHL International. In addition, DHL Aviation makes available the services of its network to a wide range of logistics service providers. By ensuring that the aircraft is fully used, DHL Aviation is able to create an expanding Network of routes able to meet its customers changing requirements. From Track&Trace right through to proof of delivery (POD), every shipment receives the same high level of secure management.
From its Brussels Zaventem hub, DHL operates modern freigter aircraft such as the last generation Boeing 777F and the new Airbus A330F.
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TUI fly Belgium
TUI fly Belgium is part of the world's leading leisure company, TUI Group. With a fleet of state of the art Boeing 737s and Embraer 190s for medium-haul and Boeing 787 Dreamliners for long-haul, TUI fly is offering flights to the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Asia and Central America. TUI fly flies out of Antwerp, Brussels, Charleroi, Liège and Ostend-Bruges.
TUI is a well-known holiday firm for which sustainability is a core value. During the entire journey of a TUI-passenger (from the flight to the hotel and the excursions), everything is taken into account to limit the ecological footprint to an absolute minimum without affecting the customer experience, which is key for the company.
The airline is known to be a true early adopter. In 2013, TUI fly was among the first airlines in the world to take delivery of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. In 2018, the Boeing 737 MAX was introduced as well as one of the first in Europe. For its regional operations out of Antwerp Airport, the new Embraer E195-E2 was specially added to the fleet.
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