This August, 11% more people flew on Brussels Airlines than in August of last year. The markets in Europe, Africa, and North America all had good growth rates. The seat load factor went up by 2.8%, so it is now at 85%.

Brussels Airlines had 6,810 scheduled flights last month, and 825,157 people got on board. That's more than the number in August 2016. The number of people taking flights in Europe went up by 10.5%, to 662,869. African flights went up by 5.9%, while North American flights went up by 8.7%. The route to Tel Aviv grew by 11.2%.

The number of passengers going up also caused the seat load factor to go up by 2.8 percentage points. In August, Brussels Airlines sold 85% of all the seats it had to offer.

In August, there was also an increase in the amount of freight that Brussels Airlines' passenger flights carried. The cargo load factor went up by 9%, and the revenue tonne kilometres went up by 16.1%.

These numbers don't include the people on the many charter flights that Brussels Airlines runs for tour operators.

Follow the press conference of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Brussels Airlines, and SN Airholding live starting at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 15.

The press conference is in Diegem, Belgium, at b.house.

Speakers:

Viscount Etienne DAVIGNON

President of SN Airholding

Carsten SPOHR is the head of Deutsche Lufthansa AG's board of directors and CEO.

Bernard GUSTIN is the head of the company.

Karl Ulrich GARNDT is a member of Deutsche Lufthansa AG's Executive Board and the Chief Executive Officer of Eurowings and Aviation Services.

At 10:30, the livestream starts on this page.

In July, 11.3% more people flew on a Brussels Airlines flight than in June. 85.3% of the seats were being used. The airline has never before had such a high number of seats filled.

Even though competition was very tough, Brussels Airlines looks back on July as a very good month. The Belgian airline had a total of 876,717 passengers on its 7,279 flights, which is an increase of 11.3% (+88,000) compared to 2016.

There were 11.3% more passengers on the short- and medium-haul routes. In July, many people took flights to sunny places like Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and France. Brussels Airlines can also point to a rise in passengers in Scandinavia, Great Britain, and Tel Aviv.

The number of people taking flights to and from Africa went up by 6%, while the number of people going to and from North American destinations went up by 2.4%.

Because of the higher number of passengers, the seat load factor has gone up by 2.6 percentage points to 85.3%, which is a record for Brussels Airlines.

In terms of revenue tonne kilometers, Brussels Airlines' freight business grew by 15.2%, and the cargo load factor went up by 10.7%.

These numbers don't include the people on the many charter flights that Brussels Airlines runs for tour operators.