Who owns Brussels Airlines?
Brussels Airlines is owned by Lufthansa Group (Germany, XETRA: LHA).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Deutsche Lufthansa AG Annual Report 2025, 12 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Deutsche Lufthansa AG reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Cologne
- Origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium, Brussels
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Parent ticker
- XETRA: LHA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Brussels Airlines
Brussels Airlines is a network airline of the Lufthansa Group, listed with Lufthansa Airlines, SWISS and Austrian Airlines among the Passenger Airlines segment in the group's annual report. It operates from a hub at Brussels, and the 2025 report names it again among the group's passenger airlines alongside Discover Airlines and Edelweiss.
Ownership timeline of Brussels Airlines
- Current owner Lufthansa Group [1] reported
Where Brussels Airlines sits in Lufthansa Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Lufthansa Group ownership tree →
See the full Lufthansa Group brand portfolio (14) →
Other brands owned by Lufthansa Group
Lufthansa Group controls 14 brands on Brandtree, 14 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in airlines, and who owns them
Lufthansa Group has more brands in airlines on Brandtree than any other owner: 10 of 509.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| China Southern Airlines | China Southern Airlines | 🇨🇳 China |
| Air China | Air China | 🇨🇳 China |
| Aer Lingus | IAG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Air France | Air France-KLM | 🇫🇷 France |
| AirAsia | AirAsia X | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Calm Air | Exchange Income | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Beibu Gulf Airlines | Hainan Airlines Holding | 🇨🇳 China |
About the owner: Lufthansa Group
Lufthansa Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Cologne, Germany, founded in 1953. Brandtree records 14 brands under its control, and it is listed as XETRA: LHA.
Lufthansa Group owns the national airlines of Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium, and took a stake in Italy's ITA Airways in 2024. Four flag carriers that once represented separate countries now report to Cologne.
Lufthansa Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇧🇪 Brussels Airlines and other Belgian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 53 brands that began in Belgium. 19 of them (36%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Brussels Airlines among them.
- Bpost — Bnode 🇧🇪
- Brussels Airport — Brussels Airport Company 🇧🇪
- CMB.Tech — CMB.Tech 🇧🇪
- Challenge Airlines BE — Challenge Group 🇮🇱
- EXMAR — Exmar 🇧🇪
- TUI fly Belgium — TUI 🇩🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Brussels Airlines?
The parent company of Brussels Airlines is Lufthansa Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Germany.
Is Brussels Airlines Belgian or German?
Brussels Airlines originated in Belgium, but it is owned today by Lufthansa Group, which is headquartered in Germany. So Brussels Airlines is a Belgian-origin brand under German ownership.
Is Brussels Airlines still owned by Lufthansa Group?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Brussels Airlines is still owned by Lufthansa Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Deutsche Lufthansa AG Annual Report 2025 — Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Annual report, published 12 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.