From “Jumbolino” to firefighting aircraft: the extreme makeover of OO-DWA
OO-DWA, the British Aerospace Avro RJ100 regional jet that has been flying from Brussels Airport for almost twenty years, has reached another career level:...
The Belgian Post issues 5 new stamps to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the creation of SABENA
The Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne, in short SABENA, was created on 23 May 1923 at the instigation of King Albert...
Passenger record for Brussels Airport: 21,637,003 !!! And counting…..
Today, Brussels Airport broke its standing record of 21,637,003 passengers, which dated from 2000.
A balloon arch and a red carpet were waiting for passengers...
Do you remember? 42 years ago, a Sabena Boeing 707 crashed during landing at Tenerife North Airport
On 15 February 1978, a Sabena Boeing 707 (OO-SJE and leased to Sobelair) operated a flight between Brussels Airport, Belgium and Tenerife North Airport,...
Sabena was founded on 23 May 1923, exactly 100 years ago
Exactly 100 years ago, on 23 May 1923, Sabena was founded by the Belgian government. The national carrier of Belgium took over the fleet...
Sixty years ago: crash of Sabena flight SN548 (Boeing 707) in Berg, Belgium, killing 73 people
On 15 February 1961, a Sabena Belgian World Airlines Boeing 707-329 aircraft registered OO-SJB operating flight SN548 crashed en route from New York City...
An invitation from Sabena Aerospace for a Sabena day at the Atomium
This year, Sabena Aerospace wishes to invite all ex-Sabeniens, as well as anyone who is attached to the Sabena of yesterday and today, as...
Final landing for Brussels Airlines’ Airbus A319 OO-SSC (Star Alliance livery) at Twente Airport
In the morning of 31 August, a Brussels Airlines Airbus A319 (registered OO-SSC) departed Brussels Airport, Belgium, with destination Twente Airport, The Netherlands, on...
An Air France flight with a crew almost exclusively Belgian!
On 25 February, an Air France Boeing 777 departed Paris CDG airport destination Taipei. Nothing special but for the crew: 14 crew members of...
Brussels Airlines dresses flight attendants smart with new scarves and ties + collection of my Sabena ties
For the start of 2017, Brussels Airlines has introduced new scarves and ties for its flight attendants, in line with the Brussels Airlines brand colors....
After 25 years of commercial service, Brussels Airlines’ OO-SFN is leaving for Pinal Airpark
This morning (13 November), one of the oldest Airbus A330 aircraft left Brussels Airport for her final destination. On 28 October 2018, the 25-year-old...
Temporary exhibition in the Atomium: Sabena – travel in style
In a time of low cost, we would almost forget there was a time when traveling by airplane belonged to the top of glamour....
When Sabena comes back to life in Italy…
When Belgium's national football team, the Belgian Red Devils, fly to a foreign destination to play a qualifying game on their road to the...
On this day 70 years ago a Sabena Douglas DC-4-1009 crashed into a forest near Libenge, Congo
The crash happened exactly 70 years ago, on 12 May 1948 at 11:00. The Douglas DC-4, OO-CBE, operated on a flight from Léopoldville (now...
73 years after the crash of a Sabena DC-3, the ghost of a passenger looking for his lost briefcase still haunts Heathrow Airport
The "1948 Heathrow Disaster" was the crash of a Douglas DC-3C registered OO-AWH of the Belgian airline Sabena at Heathrow Airport on 2 March...
In Exit Sabena kijkt Histories (Canvas) terug op de groei, de glorie en het verval
In Exit Sabena kijkt Histories terug op de groei, de glorie en het verval van de Belgische luchtvaartmaatschappij. Deze documentaire omspant een periode van...
The Royal Mint of Belgium issues silver coin to commemorate 100th anniversary of Sabena
The Royal Mint of Belgium issues a silver 20-euro coin on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the former airline Sabena.Sabena was born...
SABENA memorabilia up for sale, including the iconic logo
The receiver in bankruptcy has ordered Troostwijk Auctions (Belgium) to put up quite a lot of Sabena relics for sale. Next to the many...
Do you remember? a Sabena Airbus A330 collides with a Sobelair 737
On 1 September 1998, a Sabena Airbus A330-301 was being towed from a gate to a maintenance facility at Brussels Airport when the driver...
Do you remember? 11 years ago a fire destroyed Sabena Technics Hangar 40
On 5 May 2006, just past midnight a fire broke out in the Sabena Technics Hangar 40. Fire services from around the airport rescued...