Traffic
Brussels Airlines transported 4.89 million passengers (passengers of charter flights are not included) in 2010, this is a 4.4% increase compared to the 4.7 million in 2009. Brussels Airlines had 5.46 million passengers in 2008 and in the first year of operations (2007) as Brussels Airlines (after the merger between SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express), they carried 5.9 million passengers. 2011 proved to be a very successful year with a total of 5.69 million passengers, an increase of 16.3% compared to 2010, representing the best result achieved by the company since 2007.
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