The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Région Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijke Gewest;
Location of affected unit(s)
Zaventem
Sector
Transportation / Storage Land, Water And Air Transportation Air Transport 51.10 - Passenger air transport
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 August 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Brussels Airlines, a Belgian airline, announced its plans to open up a new connection between Mumbai and Brussels. In view of the number of flights and passengers this new connection will introduce, the company announced that approximately 200 new employees are required. Operations on the new service begin in March 2017 but ticket sales begin in September 2016. An additional tenth Airbus 330 airplane will be added to the fleet of the company.
Sources
11 August 2016: De Morgen
11 August 2016: De Standaard
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Brussels Airlines, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 88402, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88402.
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