Sabena
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The '''''Société anonyme belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation aérienne (French; ), better known by the acronym Sabena or SABENA', was the national airline and flag carrier of Belgium from 1923 to 2001, with its base at Brussels Airport. After its bankruptcy in 2001, SN Brussels Airlines was formed through a takeover of former subsidiary Delta Air Transport and took over part of Sabena's assets in February 2002. SN Brussels Airlines merged with Virgin Express in 2007 to form Brussels Airlines. The airline's corporate headquarters were located in the Sabena House on the grounds of Brussels Airp
Key facts
- Airline.airline
- Sabena
- Airline.logo
- Sabena Logo.svg
- Airline.logo_size
- 200
- Airline.caption
- Airbus A330-200
- Airline.IATA
- SN
- Airline.ICAO
- SAB
- Airline.callsign
- SABENA
- Airline.headquarters
- Zaventem, Belgium
- Airline.hubs
- Brussels Airport
- Airline.frequent_flyer
- Qualiflyer
- Airline.image
- A330-200 OO-SFR BRU 2000 PL DIA1.jpg
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- airline
- Country
- Belgium
- Headquarters
- Brussels
- Subsidiary
- Sobelair
- Country of origin
- Belgium
- Official website
- www.sabena.be
- Image
- Boeing 747-129(M), Sabena AN1340214.jpg
- Significant event
- Sabena Flight 571
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- ICAO airline designator
- SAB
- airline hub
- Brussels Airport
- Commons category
- Sabena
- topic's main category
- Category:Sabena
- IATA airline designator
- SN
- inception
- 1923-05-23
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2001-11-06
- Commons gallery
- SABENA
- start of work period
- 1923-00-00
- end of work period
- 2001-00-00
- Merchant Category Code
- 3029
- reward program
- Qualiflyer
- item operated
- McDonnell Douglas MD-11
- name in native language
- Sabena
- archives at
- State Archives of Belgium
- floruit
- 1956-06-08
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- History
- 1923–1939: Beginnings
- Belgian Congo
- Expansion in Europe
- 1939–1946: Wartime
- 1946–1960: Transatlantic expansion
- 1960–1990: The jet age
- 1990–1995: Sabena World Airlines
- 1995–2001: Swissair control
- 2001: Bankruptcy
- Destinations
- Fleet
- Accidents and incidents
- Flights to or from Europe
- Flights in the Belgian colonies
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The '''''Société anonyme belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation aérienne (French; ), better known by the acronym Sabena or SABENA', was the national airline and flag carrier of Belgium from 1923 to 2001, with its base at Brussels Airport. After its bankruptcy in 2001, SN Brussels Airlines was formed through a takeover of former subsidiary Delta Air Transport and took over part of Sabena's assets in February 2002. SN Brussels Airlines merged with Virgin Express in 2007 to form Brussels Airlines. The airline's corporate headquarters were located in the Sabena House on the grounds of Brussels Airport in Zaventem.
==History==
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