SN Brussels was already in existance when Sabena went bust. The shell assets of the remains of Sabena were then merged into SN Brussels with new investment to start the new company. This new company then also merged with Virgin Express. However, I am pretty sure that in 2008, Lufthansa bought 45% of the stock with guaranteed options to buy the rest of the company. I understood they would buy the rest before 2010. I will look into it and confirm, but I am pretty sure there was investment. My best mate is a Captain in BMI and they too are now part of Lufthansa.. and there was a mention of this in the literature at the time Lufty exercised their options to buy BMI.
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