{"id":122546,"date":"2016-12-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/lufthansa-announced-the-full-acquisition-of-brussels-airlines\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T15:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T13:26:09","slug":"lufthansa-announced-the-full-acquisition-of-brussels-airlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/lufthansa-announced-the-full-acquisition-of-brussels-airlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Lufthansa announced the full acquisition of Brussels Airlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Lufthansa airline will fully take over Brussels Airlines and intends to integrate the Belgian company&#8217;s short-haul routes into its low-cost division, Eurowings.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Lufthansa purchased 45% of Brussels Airlines&#8217; shares, and on December 15, it announced it would acquire the remaining shares for the sum of EUR 2.6 million.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The integration of Brussels Airlines into the Lufthansa Group will bring annual benefits of over EUR 10 million, although, in the short term, the costs of the operation could affect profits.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Brussels Airlines will continue to operate long-haul flights to Africa.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Lufthansa owns Germanwings, Eurowings, Swiss Airlines, Austrian Airlines, and the air freight transport company Lufthansa Cargo.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economica.net\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Economica<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is the cost of the Brussels Airlines acquisition?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lufthansa is acquiring the remaining 55% stake for 2.6 million EUR, having already owned 45% of the company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How will the integration affect the Lufthansa Group?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The integration is expected to generate annual benefits exceeding 10 million EUR, despite potential short-term impacts on profit due to operational costs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will Brussels Airlines keep its long-haul routes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, Brussels Airlines will continue to operate its long-haul flights to Africa independently of the Eurowings integration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lufthansa airline will fully take over Brussels Airlines and intends to integrate the Belgian company&#8217;s short-haul routes into its low-cost division, Eurowings. Lufthansa purchased 45% of Brussels Airlines&#8217; shares, and on December 15, it announced it would acquire the remaining shares for the sum of EUR 2.6 million. The integration of Brussels Airlines into the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122546"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}