British European moved quickly to take over some of the route which had been flown by bankrupt Belgian airline SABENA. On 7 November, the day after SABENA suspended operations, British European began services to Brussels from Newcastle, Birmingham, and Edinburgh. Both the Newcastle and Birmingham services are operated by some […]
Belgian national airline SABENA suspended all operations on 6 November. Since 5 October, SABENA had been operating under ‘Judicial Composition’, a status similar to that of US Chapter 11 bankruptcy that gave it time to attempt to re-organize. The European Commission agreed to allow the Belgian government to provide a […]
Belgian national airline SABENA filed for protection from its creditors on 3 October. The status, known as ‘Judicial Composition’, gives the struggling carrier time to attempt to re-organize. Swissair, which owns 49.5 per cent of SABENA, had been due to inject Euro 130 million (US$90 million) into the Belgian carrier, […]
Avro RJ100 OO-DWB (msn E3315) of Delta Air Transport (DAT) ran off the runway onto the grass after landing at Newcastle on 25 September on the afternoon SABENA service from Brussels. The airport was closed for ninety minutes, until OO-DWB was able to taxi back onto the runway and onto […]
Avro RJ85 OO-DJQ (msn E2289) of Delta Air Transport (DAT) was the first RJ painted in SABENA‘s new ‘Qualiflyer Group’ colors, with a blue bottom.
Aer Lingus cancelled the majority of its flights on 6 to 8 February because of a strike by the IMPACT union which represents its cabin crew. The union is seeking pay increases. Aer Lingus Commuter operates eight BAe 146-300s on routes from Dublin to UK regional airports. Flights at SABENA […]
Avro RJ100s OO-DWF (msn E3332) and OO-DWE (msn E3327) of SABENA were damaged in a ground collision at Brussels on 3 September. OO-DWF was being pushed back from the terminal when the tug disconnected before the pilot had started the engines, and she rolled into OO-DWE. The hydraulic circuits had […]
SAir Group subsidiary Flightlease announced an US$80 million order for 3 Avro RJ100s on 9 September. The aircraft are due to be delivered in July, September, and October 1999, and will be leased to SABENA for operation by Delta Air Transport (DAT). DAT already operates 14 Avro RJ85s, 5 RJ100s, […]
SABENA took delivery on 1 April of an Avro RJ100 painted in a special color scheme to commemorate the airline’s 75th Anniversary. The special design consists of sixty Sabena “S” symbols in three different sizes and five colors (yellow, red, green, blue, and silver). The special scheme was designed by […]
SABENA took delivery of its first Avro RJ100, OO-DWA (msn E3308), on 27 June. This is the first of 9 RJ100s the airline ordered on 21 September 1996 by exercising an option to convert part of its order for 23 RJ85s. Like the RJ85s, the RJ100s will be operated by […]
