Brussels Airlines starts summer season with 26 new destinations

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 — Brussels Airlines launches the biggest network expansion in the company’s history. Thanks to the cooperation with tour operators Neckermann, Thomas Cook and Pegase, the company doesn’t only increase its flight frequencies to different leisure destinations, but also expands its network with 26 new leisure destinations.

Brussels Airlines launches 26 new destinations this summer. It is the biggest network expansion in the history of the company. Besides an increase in flight frequencies to different holiday regions, the airline also welcomes new leisure destinations in Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Macedonia, Greece, Montenegro, Morocco, Portugal and Spain to its summer schedule, which runs from the 25th of March until the 27th of October. The significant growth of the airline’s destination offer is mainly due to the integration of the Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium activities and two of their Airbus A320 aircraft and herewith the closer cooperation with tour operators Neckermann, Thomas Cook and Pegase, leading to almost 1,700 weekly flights to short-and medium-haul destinations (+9.67% seats compared to 2017) and over 200 weekly flights on the long-haul this summer (+1.53% seats compared to 2017).

Short- and medium-haul destinations

Within Europe, the company welcomes several new leisure destinations this summer. Brussels Airlines sets sail for Burgas and Varna (Bulgaria), Cyprus, Sharm-el-Sheikh, Hurghada and Marsa Alam (Egypt), several Greek destinations and Islands, Ohrid (Macedonia) and Tivat (Montenegro).

The flight offer to holiday regions in Spain, Morocco, Greece and Croatia also grows significantly thanks to the addition of, among others, Lanzarote, Agadir, Santorini, Zadar and Split. Besides new destinations there will also be an increase in flight frequencies to French cities Ajaccio, Bastia, Bordeaux and Nice, as well as to Athens, Tel Aviv, Florence and Malaga.

Find inspiration and tips about the new destinations on brusselsairlines.com.

NEW DESTINATIONS

Burgas (Bulgaria) 2 x week
Varna (Bulgaria) 2 x week
Boa Vista (Cabo Verde) 2 x week
Sal (Cabo Verde) 2 x week
Split (Croatia) 2 x week
Zadar (Croatia) 1 x week
Chania (Crete) 3 x week
Girona (Spain) 1 x week
Paphos (Cyprus) 2 x week
Corfu (Greece) 3 x week
Mikonos (Greece) 1 x week
Santorini (Greece) 1 x week
Kos (Greece) 3 x week
Kalamata (Greece) 1 x week
Zakynthos (Greece) 2 x week
Sharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt) 1 x week
Marsa Alam (Egypt) 1 x week
Hurghada (Egypt) 3 x week
Tivat (Montenegro) 1 x week
Agadir (Morocco) 3 x week
Ohrid (Republic of Macedonia) 1 x week
Lanzarote (Spain) 3 x week
Fuertaventura (Spain) 1 x week
Almeria (Spain) 2 x week
Menorca (Spain) 1 x week
Reus (Spain) 1 x week

INCREASED FLIGHT FREQUENCIES
Ajaccio (France) 2 x week
Bastia (France) 2 x week
Bordeaux (France) 6 x week
Nice (France) 21 x week
Athens (Greece) 5 x week
Tel Aviv (Israel) 14 x week
Florence (Italy) 7 x week
Malaga (Spain) 15 x week
Geneva (Switzerland) 38 x week