Brussels Airlines is the unhappy successor to SABENA and, not surprisingly a big player at Brussels Airport.
I suppose an airline cannot be blamed for the airport to serves but BRU is a deadly place and customer reps for Brussels Airlines are nowhere in sight.
Gate announcements change with bewildering regularity and what your boarding pass says has little do with where your connecting flight will depart. This is the fault both of the airline and the airport management.
The leg of our trip on United was satisfactory; love it or hare it, United is a real airline. Brussels Airlines is amateur hour: the loser in the TV show "Belgium's Got Talent". Who else would seat a husband and wife in different parts of the plane.
Message to Star Alliance: Exile Brussels Airlines along with Lot Polish Airlines that doesn't even fly its own planes and replace them with major league airlines. Shake up the lineup for heaven's sake. read more