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BRUSSELS AIRLINES

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Public limited companyfounded 1966active for 60 yearsKompaslaan 26, 1831 Machelen (Brab.), BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0400.853.488
Summary

The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of BRUSSELS AIRLINES is 1.7% (moderate). The 2025 annual accounts show negative equity (-€156.9m) and a net result of -€18.9m. Equity is shrinking by about 14% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 19% of 218 sector peers (NACE 51, financial year 2025). The company has been active since 1966 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals.

Overview

Activity
Air transport
NACE 51100
Largest employer in Belgium, Air transport sector4 sites
Size
€1.70bnturnover 2025
Staff
2,831.9 FTE
Equity
-€156.9m
Loss
-€18.9m
Financial health
53 Fair Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
1.7%
Structure
Parent
SN AIRHOLDING · 100%
Holdings
1
Auditor: EY Bedrijfsrevisoren BVAccounts 14 days early133 of 148 deeds read
Why 53raises riskNegative equity -€156.9mLiquidity: current ratio 0.91, cash €39.8mlowers riskSize: turnover €1.70bn, 2,831.9 FTE, total assets €598.4mFigures for financial year 2025 (filed 17-07-2026)Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
53 / 100
Fair
Probability in this band: 1.5% to 4.2%
Financially better than 23% of its sector peers (all companies)
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Weak
Solvency 0=
equity -26.2% of total assets
Liquidity 9-3
short-term debt 88.3% · cash 6.7%
Profitability 51-12
return on assets -3.2%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
1.7% Moderate
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 2 in 100 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 1.7% (3 companies, NACE 51, large)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 0.5% 12-2024: 0.5%● unchanged vs 11-2024 01-2025: 0.5%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.5%● unchanged vs 01-2025 03-2025: 0.5%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: 0.5%● unchanged vs 03-2025lowest value 05-2025: 0.5%● unchanged vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.5%● unchanged vs 05-2025 07-2025: 0.8%▲ +0.3 percentage points vs 06-2025 08-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 07-2025 09-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 08-2025 10-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 09-2025 11-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 10-2025 12-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.9%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 06-2026 08-2026: 1.4%▲ +0.5 percentage points vs 07-2026 09-2026: 1.4%● unchanged vs 08-2026 10-2026: 1.7%▲ +0.3 percentage points vs 09-2026highest value
No credit on open account
Liquidity insufficient (current ratio 0.91, compared with 0.79 in 2024, below 1; short-term debt: 88.3% and cash: 6.7% of total assets), and equity is negative.
How it is calculated

The band follows from the bankruptcy probability, on a scale where 10 more points roughly halve it:

75-100 Excellent under 0.55%
60-74 Healthy 0.55% to 1.5%
45-59 Fair 1.5% to 4.2%
25-44 Weak 4.2% to 15.0%
0-24 Critical over 15.0%

Where the company stands within its band depends half on the bankruptcy probability and half on how it does against its sector peers (all companies): better than 3% on solvency, 8% on liquidity, 37% on profitability and 43% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 12-10-2026 by the bankruptcy model of 2 October 2026, which learns from Belgian bankruptcies and reads the registers, the annual accounts and the Belgian Official Gazette.

Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. Negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late hold it at Fair at most (59); two missing filings, at Weak (44). An ongoing judicial reorganisation or the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation) holds it at Critical at most (24).

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Signals

Six signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
raises risk · Negative equity -€156.9m
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Size: turnover €1.70bn, 2,831.9 FTE, total assets €598.4m
Companies of this size fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 0.91, cash €39.8m
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Figures for financial year 2025 (filed 17-07-2026)
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Negative equity
The 2025 annual accounts show negative equity and a net loss.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Equity per financial year
1819202122232425
2018 to 2025 · latest year -€156.9m
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 17-07-2026, 14 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
14 days early
2024
193 days late
2023
40 days early
2022
26 days early
2021
47 days early
2020
51 days early
2019
76 days late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 7 accounts on average 13 days after the deadline; the sector median (NACE 51) for financial year 2024 is 9 days before the deadline, and 36% of those companies filed late.

Searched, nothing found (2)
neutral · Next filing not due yet
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today. The company usually files around 5 July (4 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
13-10-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since 2021.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Registered office · Resignations & appointmentsRegistered-office move · Amendment of…
  2. Resignations & appointmentsDirector in office
  3. Resignation: Dorothea von Boxberg (director)Gazette deed

Key points

  • Risk: Negative equityfinancial year 2025: debts exceed assets -€156.9m View
  • Caution: From profit to loss in 2025after €32.7m in 2024 -€18.9m View
  • Caution: Among the weakest 5% on net resultsector median €5,937 · 218 companies -€18.9m View
  • Positive: 5 years of growth in a rowturnover 2025: €1.70bn 5 years View
  • Controlled by SN AIRHOLDINGultimately: Deutsche Lufthansa AG 100% View
  • Active since 1966founded 16-05-1966 60 years View
  • A director leftlatest change 31-08-2026 · 2 in office 1 left View

By topic

Financials

Financial year
2025
Turnover
€1.70bn
Loss
-€18.9m
Solvency
-26.2%
Turnover▲ 6.7%
Net result
20182025
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Board & ownership

Board
2 members
Parent
SN AIRHOLDING · 100%
Auditor
EY Bedrijfsrevisoren BV
  • Nina OewerdieckDirector
  • Filip AertsDirector
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Network & group

Group
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Holdings
1
Connected companies
16
Mergers and asset contributions
1

1 holding

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Timeline

Events
143
Since
1978
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 17-07-2026Annual accounts filed
  2. 07-07-2026Reappointment: EY Bedrijfsrevisoren BV (statutory auditor)
  3. 12-05-2026Capital & shares · Resignations & appointments
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Company details

Sites
4
Legal form
Public limited company
Activity
Air transportNACE 51100
Founded
16-05-1966
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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Articles of association

Provisions read
234
Purpose
“De naamloze vennootschap heeft tot voorwerp de uitbating van alle nationaal en…” (deed in Dutch)
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