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Brussels Airlines and Deutsche Bahn to launch high‑speed rail‑air codeshare linking Cologne and Brussels Airport from Sept 2026

From September 2026 Brussels Airlines and Deutsche Bahn will offer combined high‑speed rail‑plus‑air tickets connecting Cologne with Brussels Airport. The DB service will link Cologne to Brussels in roughly two hours, providing German travellers access to more than 180 direct Brussels Airport destinations.

Discovered 2026-03-01T00:12:36.107725-08:00 | 2026-03-01T00:12:36.107725-08:00

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  • The agreement launches in September 2026 as an intermodal codeshare offering combined train+air tickets, with the DB link shaving Cologne–Brussels travel time to about two hours and feeding passengers to 180+ direct Brussels Airport destinations.
  • The move expands Brussels Airlines’ feed and route access from Germany and takes advantage of recent passenger growth at Brussels Airport (see source:98cfdd1d-efdc-4644-bf06-4a4b3be242a2).
  • This commercial tie-up is relevant to Brussels Airlines’ positioning within the Lufthansa Group and its network strategy (see source:c771c528-690f-4440-881b-c31e8f315ab6).

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2026-03-01T00:12:36.107725-08:00
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2026-03-01T09:53:57.121441-08:00
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