Emergency landing in action, but crash threatens for Brussels anyway…

Lufthansa is laying the strings on the Belgian government: if the state aid does not come soon, the curtain will be placed on Brussels Airlines. The restructuring plan proposed on Tuesday is just the harbinger of a much larger massacre. But support without a say? “Before we invest, we want guarantees,” says Finance Minister Alexander De Croo (Open VLD).

Thousands of the 4,000 workers have to leave, 16 of the 54 planes have to depart and 24 destinations are cancelled. Brussels Airlines cuts deep to save its own leaf…