Brussels Airlines has announced new interventions in its operations in Liberia including an increase in the number of flights to Liberia from two to four times weekly (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays); while the airline's crew will now use Monrovia as a base (sleep over). There will also be a stop-over in Freetown en route to Monrovia and a non-stop flight from Monrovia to Brussels. These decisions, including the removal of Liberia from its Travel Advisory List, were taken last week by the Belgium authorities based on the country's "Ebola free status".

According to an Executive Mansion release, the Brussels Airlines' Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Bernard Gustin informed President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of these decisions when he paid her a courtesy call at her temporary office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, September 9, 2015. Mr. Gustin, who is also Chairman of the Management Board of Brussels Airlines, was accompanied by the airline's Country Manager, Federick Vloeberghs.

The Brussels Airlines' CEO expressed disappointment at the level of media coverage given the Ebola crisis in Liberia and the two other countries affected by the virus including the different restrictive measures which is not the same coverage when the good news of freedom from Ebola and the lifting of restrictions were announced. "Good news must be news just as the bad news," he pointed out.

Mr. Gustin further informed President Sirleaf that he joined the airline's Tuesday flight as a crew member to mark the resumption of the four weekly flights schedule and the use of Liberia as a crew base with the crew spending the night. "Madam President, I am pleased to inform you that all crew members on board Tuesday's flight including myself spent the night in Monrovia. We are very pleased to resume this operation because the aircraft was also filled to capacity," he informed the Liberian chief executive.