Brussels Airlines Unveils Largest Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa

Brussels Airlines has published its long-haul network for summer 2025, with more capacity to sub-Saharan Africa than ever before. The Belgian carrier will operate 56 weekly flights to the region, an increase of 10% compared to summer 2024.

With the 11th long-haul aircraft joining its fleet in June 2025, Brussels Airlines will increase flight frequencies to several destinations in Africa.

Flights to Nairobi and Accra will become daily. Banjul, Freetown, and Conakry will see additional frequencies. While Dakar and Abidjan will be served with more direct flights instead of triangular flights.

Kinshasa will get daily direct flights as from March 2025. Up until now the Congolese capital was connected five times weekly with a direct flight and twice weekly with an intermediate stop in Luanda. Brussels Airlines will offer a more attractive flight schedule for passengers traveling to Kinshasa.

In order to operate all flights to Kinshasa non-stop, connections to Luanda are consolidated within Lufthansa Group. Lufthansa will operate three weekly direct flights between Luanda and Frankfurt, to ensure connectivity to Angola. The last Brussels Airlines flight to Angola's capital will be on March 25. All passengers will be rebooked to Lufthansa flights which means all flights to Luanda will be non-stop from now on.

Brussels Airlines' long-haul network also consists of two destinations in the United States: New York (JFK) and Washington DC (IAD).

In the coming years, Brussels Airlines will grow its long-haul fleet to 13 aircraft. By 2027, the Belgian airline will introduce a brand-new cabin interior, featuring a new Business Class, Premium Economy and Economy Class.