Brussels Airlines: pilot interview prep

The essentials

Management

Lorenza Maggio, appointed in July 2026 (succeeding Dorothea von Boxberg)

Group

Lufthansa Group (100% since 2017)

Hub

Brussels Zaventem

Alliance

Star Alliance (since 2009)

Fleet

48 aircraft mid-2026: 37 A320 family and 11 A330-300, 5 A320neos on order

The fleet

• Short/medium-haul: Airbus A319, A320 and A320neo (13 + 16 + 8 mid-2026)
• Long-haul: Airbus A330-300 (11), mainly to Africa and North America

Key dates

• 2006-2007: merger of SN Brussels Airlines (born after Sabena's bankruptcy) and Virgin Express; first flights as Brussels Airlines on 25 March 2007.
• 2009: joins Star Alliance, Lufthansa takes 45%.
• 2017: Lufthansa owns 100% of the airline.
• 2014-2015: keeps serving West Africa during the Ebola outbreak.

Good to know

• SN code inherited from Sabena, callsign "BEE-LINE".
• Extensive African network: its big speciality.
• All-Airbus fleet being renewed with the A320neo.

How to prepare

• Know the Sabena heritage and the airline's place in the Lufthansa Group.
• Be able to talk about the African network and its constraints (weather, airfields, long rotations).
• Prepare the interview in English; French and Dutch are a real plus in Belgium.

Questions to prepare

• Why Brussels Airlines rather than another airline?
• What do you know about Brussels Airlines's fleet and how it is changing?
• Where do you see yourself in 5 years at Brussels Airlines?
• What do you know about Brussels Airlines' African network?

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