# Brussels Airlines Cargo (IATA SN · ICAO BEL)

> Brussels Airlines Cargo is the freight division of Belgium's Brussels Airlines NV (IATA SN, ICAO BEL); it uses no AWB prefix of its own, as SN freight travels on Lufthansa Cargo air waybills with prefix 020. The company has been wholly owned by the Lufthansa Group since January 2017 and works as a pure belly carrier without freighters of its own. Lufthansa Cargo has marketed its lower-deck capacity since 1 September 2018. For freight forwarders, Brussels Airlines Cargo is the route to 18 destinations in Sub-Saharan Africa from the Brussels pharma hub. Booking, tracking and invoicing go through Lufthansa Cargo under prefix 020.

## Quick facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Legal | Brussels Airlines NV |
| IATA | `SN` |
| ICAO | `BEL` |
| Country | BE |
| Group | Lufthansa Group (Deutsche Lufthansa AG) |
| Tracking | https://www.lufthansa-cargo.com/en/eservices/etracking |

## Overview

Brussels Airlines Cargo is the freight division of Brussels Airlines NV, the Belgian network airline of the Lufthansa Group. The company is registered at Avenue des Saisons 100-102 in 1050 Brussels and runs its operations from b.house at Brussels Airport in Diegem. Brussels Airlines has been wholly owned by the Lufthansa Group since January 2017.

The operating model is pure belly freight: Brussels Airlines Cargo runs no freighters of its own and instead uses the lower-deck capacity of the passenger fleet. Since 1 September 2018 Lufthansa Cargo has marketed that capacity. Freight booked this way flies on Lufthansa Cargo air waybills, identifiable by the number sequence 020. For freight forwarders this means booking, tracking and invoicing run through Lufthansa Cargo, while the flights operate under the SN flight number with Brussels Airlines NV as the operator.

According to the Lufthansa Group fleet overview (as of 31 July 2026) the fleet comprises eleven Airbus A330-300 for long-haul services plus 16 Airbus A320, eight Airbus A320neo and 13 Airbus A319 for the European network. Eight new A320neo were taken over between November 2023 and June 2026.

The hub is Brussels Airport (BRU), one of the world's leading pharma gateways and home to the Brucargo freight community, the first to be CEIV Pharma certified as a whole. Brussels Airlines connects Brussels with more than 90 destinations, 18 of them in Sub-Saharan Africa; West, Central and East Africa form the cargo focus. Kilimanjaro was added in June 2026 as the fifth East African destination.

The codes are IATA SN, ICAO BEL, callsign BEELINE. The IATA airline code is 082, yet air waybills for SN freight are issued under Lufthansa Cargo's prefix 020, which is why the AWB prefix field is left empty. Brussels Airlines Cargo holds IATA CEIV Pharma certification and offers the perishables product "Fresh to Shelf", "Cargo Premium" for time-critical small shipments, and carriage of valuables and live animals.

## Hubs

- BRU

## Fleet

- Airbus A330-300 × 11

- Airbus A320neo × 8

- Airbus A320 × 16

- Airbus A319 × 13

## Sources

- [IATA Current Airline Members - Brussels Airlines](https://www.iata.org/en/about/members/airline-list/brussels-airlines/327/)

- [Lufthansa Group - Brussels Airlines Fleet](https://www.lufthansagroup.com/en/company/fleet/brussels-airlines.html)

- [Brussels Airlines Cargo - Product and Services](https://www.brusselsairlines.com/en-be/b2b/info-and-services/cargo/products-and-services.aspx)

- [Lufthansa Cargo Pressemitteilung 15.08.2018 - Lufthansa Cargo and Brussels Airlines Cargo start close cooperation](https://www.lufthansa-cargo.com/en/-/lufthansa-cargo-and-brussels-airlines-cargo-start-close-cooperation)

- [Brussels Airlines Pressemitteilung 28.10.2025 - Kilimanjaro added to the network](https://press.brusselsairlines.com/brussels-airlines-adds-kilimanjaro-tanzania-to-its-network)

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