In September 2008 , Lufthansa Group announced its intent to purchase a stake in Brussels Airlines ( SN ) . In June 2009 , the EU Commission granted regulatory approval and Lufthansa acquired 45 % of SN . In September 2016 , Lufthansa announced it would purchase the remainder of Brussels Airlines for € 2.6 million euros . The transaction was completed in early January 2017 . The decision was partially taken after the Brussels airport bombings of March 2016 , which caused SN to lose almost € 5 million euros per day until the 3rd of April
Brussels airport bombings of March 2016
2016 Brussels bombings
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