Earlier this month, American dropped out of discussions on acquiring a large minority stake in Sabena, the Belgian national airline.

Brussels Airlines is the main Belgian airline.

The Belgian airline is currently being ranked as a 3 Star Airline by Skytrax.

Sabena, the Belgian airline that collapsed last year, had provided a crucial intercontinental link for its former colonies, in particular Congo.

Sabena, the Belgian airline, has four packages to Brussels in effect until March 31.

Swiss, American and Belgian airlines made regular flights to the airport.

The Belgian national airline used to be Sabena from 1923 to 2001, until it went into bankruptcy.

British Airways itself will soon own 20 percent of Sabena, the Belgian airline.

Today, if you wish to fly between Brussels and Washington, you can only travel with a US or Belgian airline.

But he added that British Airways had never said it would inject fresh cash into the Belgian airline.