Brussels Airlines (SN, Brussels National) will add a fifth ex-Malaysia Airlines (MH/Kuala Lumpur Intl) A330-300 to its fleet this summer and is also considering leasing a fifth A319-100. It has launched four times daily Brussels Ntl-London Heathrow service on January 11 replacing its own London Gatwick route and services on the same route previously operated by sister carrier bmi british midland (BD/East Midlands). It has wet-leased two ERJ-145s from bmi regional (BD/Aberdeen) for its routes from Brussels to Bristol and Newcastle. Brussels Airlines has started codesharing with Star Alliance partners Adria Airways (JP/Ljubljana), EgyptAir (MS/Cairo), Spanair (JK/Palma de Mallorca) and TAP Portugal (TP/Lisbon) covering routes between Brussels Ntl and the home countries of the other carriers. Brussels Airlines is planning to set-up Korongo (Lubumbashi) with a single B737-300. The new carrier is planning to operate domestic services in the Democratic Republic of Congo and also offering connections to the Kinshasa N'Djili-Brussels Ntl services operated by Brussels Airlines on a daily basis. It had previously planned to set-up airDC as a joint venture with HBA - Hewa Bora Airways (EO/Kinshasa N'Djili) but that plan had failed.