List of Airline Companies in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 916 airline companies in Belgium, one in every 2,607 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: nine in ten have one to four people, and only 9 firms employ 50 people or more. One in five airlines is based in Bruxelles, Zaventem, Machelen, Antwerpen and Gent. Below you find the largest airlines in Belgium, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our Belgian company database or through the KBO API.

916 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies9161 in2,607 Belgian companiesCities306Largest cityBruxelles 51Sole traders30%Employees1-4 (92%)Revenue< $100K (64%)Email20%Phone50%Website26%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Brussels Airlines	Belgium	Ixelles	Avenue Des Saisons 100-102, Internal Postal Box 30	Bruxelles Capitale	1050	*****.com	1966	$1,966,505,510	2,667	Corporation	708	BE0400853488
2	Tui Airlines Belgium	Belgium	Zaventem	Luchthaven Brussel Nationaal 40, Internal Postal Box 1	Vlaams Brabant	1930	*****.com	2003	$852,067,513	1,648	Corporation	1852	BE0861741466
3	Federal Express CORPORATION	Belgium	Machelen	Bedrijvenzone Machelen-cargo 711	Vlaams Brabant	1830	N/A	1989	$653,851,922	23	Foreign company	5267	BE0438663989
4	Flying Service	Belgium	Antwerpen	Luchthavenlei 1, Internal Postal Box 18	Antwerpen	2100	*****.aero	1983	$107,809,658	76	Corporation	10	BE0424612055
5	Abelag Aviation	Belgium	Wevelgem	Kortrijkstraat 345/d	West Vlaanderen	8560	*****.be	2012	$81,409,168	55	Corporation	7	BE0427155930
6	Air Service Liege	Belgium	Hasselt	Voogdijstraat 29	Limburg	3500	*****.be	2021	$55,448,307	39	Corporation	26	BE0461940625
7	The Aviation Factory	Belgium	Antwerpen	Luchthavenlei 1, Internal Postal Box 71	Antwerpen	2100	*****.com	2000	$43,525,612	9	Corporation	2	BE0472510556
8	Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen	Belgium	Oostende	Kalkaertstraat 101	West Vlaanderen	8400	*****.be	1997	$32,135,557	248	Corporation	9	BE0460718920
9	European Aircraft Private Club	Belgium	Charleroi	Rue Des Fusilles 21	Hainaut	6040	*****.be	2014	$26,578,789	35	Cooperative	2	BE0544499503
10	Helimo	Belgium	Kontich	Prins Boudewijnlaan 7, Internal Postal Box D20	Antwerpen	2550	*****.be	2014	$13,890,085	10	Corporation	3	BE0548812538
11	Pslab	Belgium	Antwerpen	Vorstermanstraat 3	Antwerpen	2000	*****.net	2000	$13,890,085	55	Corporation	17	BE0472423553
12	Eole Services	Belgium	Waterloo	Drève Richelle 161p, Internal Postal Box 31	Brabant Wallon	1410	*****.be	2020	$13,890,085	9	Corporation	3	BE0745589213
13	Acs Air Charter Brussels	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rond-point Robert Schuman 2-4, Internal Postal Box Lev.0.5.6	Bruxelles Capitale	1040	N/A	2025	$13,890,085	6	Corporation	3	BE1028867221
14	Sea-Air	Belgium	Gent	Skaldenstraat 1	Oost Vlaanderen	9042	N/A	1995	$13,890,085	5	Corporation	6	BE0455851401
15	Sporting Lokeren Academy	Belgium	Lokeren	Daknamstraat 91	Oost Vlaanderen	9160	*****.be	2007	$13,890,085	79	Corporation	7	BE0887906524
16	Blue Sky Aviation	Belgium	Hasselt	Voogdijstraat 29	Limburg	3500	N/A	2013	$10,671,313	1	Cooperative	N/A	BE0527924676
17	Middle East Airlines Liban	Belgium	Ixelles	Avenue Louise 271	Bruxelles Capitale	1050	*****.lb	2011	$2,032,000	4	Foreign company	N/A	BE0838741479
18	Diamond Flight	Belgium	Kortrijk	Marionetten 21	West Vlaanderen	8500	N/A	1996	$1,767,829	2	Corporation	2	BE0459454455
19	Citrus Fruit Company	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue de L'avant-port 2, Internal Postal Box 12	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	N/A	1950	$1,767,829	3	Corporation	2	BE0402787946
20	Trans World Airlines	Belgium	Zaventem	Luchthaven Brussel Nationaal 2434	Vlaams Brabant	1930	N/A	1968	$1,767,829	20	Foreign company	2	BE0403472488
21	Business Aviation C/O Of Tva Wsp	Belgium	Woluwe-saint-pierre	Rue Au Bois 370	Bruxelles Capitale	1150	N/A	1971	$1,767,829	7	Corporation	2	BE0411617718
22	Pakistan International Airlines CORPORATION	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue Ravenstein 22	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	N/A	1972	$1,767,829	7	Foreign company	2	BE0412813291
23	British Caledonian Airways LIMITED	Belgium	Machelen	Bedrijvenzone Machelen-cargo 706	Vlaams Brabant	1931	N/A	1974	$1,767,829	31	Foreign company	2	BE0414235926
24	Philippine Air Lines, INC	Belgium	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1978	$1,767,829	2	Foreign company	2	BE0418251132
25	Capitol Air, INC.	Belgium	Bruxelles	Boulevard Du Jardin Botanique 14	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	N/A	1979	$1,767,829	7	Foreign company	2	BE0419196287

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Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 751 Belgian airlines with a known headcount, 688 (92%) have one to four people, 23 have five to nine, 31 have ten to 49 and 9 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (399, 64%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 10711 95%
Small 10 to 4931 4%
Medium 50 to 2495 0.7%
Large 250+4 0.5%

Grey line: the share among all Belgian companies (98% have under ten staff).

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 16 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Airlines in Bruxelles

Bruxelles has 51 airline companies and airlines, <0.1% of all 60,636 Bruxelles companies and 119% above the national share. Three in five Bruxelles firms have fewer than five people; 3 have 50 or more. 0 new firms were entered in 2026, 32 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 20 · 63%
5-9: 5 · 16%
10-19: 2 · 6%
20-49: 2 · 6%
50+: 3 · 9%

Legal form

Sole traders: 5 · 10%
Partnerships: 0 · 0%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 7 · 14%
Other or none: 39 · 76%

Of the Belgian total: 5.6%
Of all Bruxelles companies: <0.1%
Against the national share: 2.2×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 0
Entered 2025: 2
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 0.0%

Old

Before 1990: 32 · 63%
1990 or later: 19 · 37%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 16.8%

Reachable

Email: 13 · 25%
Phone: 28 · 55%
Website: 17 · 33%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 8 · 35%
$100K-$500K: 8 · 35%
$500K-$1M: 0 · 0%
$1M and more: 7 · 30%

Largest

11,900
2629
3Foreign company25
4Foreign company20
5Foreign company10

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Largest airlines in Belgium

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Bruxelles. Click a name for the record.

Brussels Airlines is the largest airline in Belgium by headcount. 9 firms employ 50 people or more; 7 employ 100 or more.

1Ixelles2,667 staff
2Bruxelles1,900 staff
3Zaventem1,648 staff
4Bruxelles629 staff
5Ixelles417 staff
6Oostende248 staff
7Lokeren79 staff
8Antwerpen76 staff
9Antwerpen55 staff
10MachelenForeign company43 staff

By employee size · 751 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	688	92%
5-9	23	3%
10-19	16	2%
20-49	15	2%
50-99	2	0.3%
100-199	1	0.1%
200-499	2	0.3%
500-999	1	0.1%
1,000+	3	0.4%

92% have 1 to 4 people; 15 have 20 to 49; 9 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	399	64%
$100K-$500K	131	21%
$1M-$5M	77	12%
$10M-$50M	10	2%
$50M-$100M	2	0.3%
$100M-$500M	1	0.2%
$500M+	3	0.5%

64% under $100,000; 77 between $1M and $5M; 16 above $5M.

Where in Belgium?

Bruxelles has the most airline companies in Belgium (51), ahead of Zaventem (46), Machelen (37), Antwerpen (32) and Gent (21). Together the five hold one in five of them.

Cities by number of firms

306 Belgian cities have at least one airline; 9 have ten or more; 151 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

How many airline companies are there in Belgium?

Airline companies and airlines in Belgium

916

5 November 2026

There are 916 airline companies and airlines in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 2,607 Belgian companies. About 2 new firms are entered in the register every month this year (20 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 531 58%
Head offices: 91
Branch offices: 294

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 code 511, identical to NACE Rev. 2 511. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 511.

221 of the 916 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (24%); 275 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

20 airlines were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about 2 a month, after 34 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

312022
352023
292024
342025
202026 so far

5 of this year's 20 are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Oostende7 staff
2Saint-Gilles7 staff
3Oostende2 staff
4Foreign company2 staff
5Foreign company2 staff

Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

Three in ten Belgian airlines work as sole traders, against 32% of all Belgian companies. Only one firm in four is a BV/SRL or NV/SA.

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)27530%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)394%
BV/SRL and NV/SA22124%
No form on record or other38142%

Single-site: 58%
Head offices: 91
Branches: 294

All Belgian companies: 32% sole traders, 9% partnerships, 28% BV/SRL and NV/SA.

The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 0 Belgian airlines from before 1900, 7 from before 1950 and 190 from before 1990.

1919
1. BruxellesForeign company
1933
1. Brussel
1939
1. Dendermonde
1946
1. Ixelles
1946
1. Steenokkerzeel
1948
1. KraainemForeign company

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Belgian airlines date from before 1990

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How reachable are they?

Airlines are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 50% list a phone number and 26% a website.

Email184 20%
Phone456 50%
Website242 26%

Grey line: all Belgian companies (email 23%, phone 43%, website 27%).

The full list with these fields is in our Belgian company database.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 57 transport companies for every airline in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Transport Companies	52,656	22%	78%
Taxi Companies	7,352	15%	92%
Couriers	5,903	10%	88%
Storage Companies	2,351	36%	56%
Shipping Companies	1,670	17%	87%
Airline Companies	916	26%	75%

In other countries

Belgium has more airlines than Ireland or Italy.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The UK	2,215	0.3
Belgium	916	0.4
Ireland	196	0.5
Italy	24	0.0

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Frequently asked questions

How many airline companies are there in Belgium?

There are 916 airline companies and airlines in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 2,607 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest airline in Belgium?

Brussels Airlines in Ixelles, with 2,667 staff.

Which Belgian city has the most airline companies?

Bruxelles, with 51, ahead of Zaventem (46), Machelen (37), Antwerpen (32) and Gent (21).

How many airlines are there in Bruxelles?

51, which is <0.1% of all 60,636 Bruxelles companies and 119% above the national share.

How big is a typical airline?

Small. 92% of the 751 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 9 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian airline companies sole traders or companies?

Three in ten (275) are sole traders, 4% are partnerships and 24% (221) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many airlines started in 2026?

20 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 34 in 2025. 5 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest airline in Belgium?

KLM Lignes Aeriennes Royales Neerlandaises in Bruxelles, 1919, followed by Koninklijke Belgische Ballonvaart Federatie Van De Koninklijke Aeroclub Van Belgie - Federation Royale d'Aerostation DE in Brussel (1933) and Roxy Cinema En Schouwburg in Dendermonde (1939). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers airline companies?

Belgian airline companies are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 code 511, identical to NACE Rev. 2 code 511. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 511.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 916 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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