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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Government of Burundi mulls a new carrier: Burundi Airlines
CH-Aviation discovered that the Government of the Republic of Burundi unveiled plans to launch a new national carrier in 2021 under the brand name...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Christian Vanbuggenhout: “Sabena could have been saved”
Christian Vanbuggenhout, who is still managing the curatorship of Sabena, strongly believes that with extra money, a good restructuring and lower wages, the airline...
[Pictures] Exclusive visit of Sabena Boeing 747-300 OO-SGC, currently stored at Pinal Airpark, Arizona
Old lady Sabena (Société Anonyme Belge d’Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne) has left a remarkable history behind, the defunct airline was an internationally renowned...
[movie] Sabena – Delta Air Transport (DAT) Embraer E-120ER Brasilia test flight
In 1997 former DAT (Delta Air Transport) started to phase out its Embraer E-120ER Brasilia aircraft, and the new AVRO RJ-85 jets entered the...
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:...
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...
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...
This morning OO-DWL (Avro RJ100) performed its last commercial flight for Brussels Airlines
This morning OO-DWL performed its very last commercial flight for Brussels Airlines, operating flight SN2050 from Birmingham (BHX) to Brussels (BRU).
OO-DWL - a British...