List of defunct airlines of Belgium

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This is a list of defunct airlines of Belgium.[1][2]

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced operations Ceased operations Notes
A
Abelag Airways Abelag Airways Boeing 707-351C Volpati-1.jpg 1979 1980 Renamed to Air Belgium. Operated Boeing 707[3]
Abelag Aviation Abelag Aviation, OO-GPE, Dassault Falcon 900LX (29635789514).jpg W9 AAB ABG 1983 2016 Renamed to Luxaviation Belgium[4]
ACE Belgium Freighters X7 FRH 2018 2020 Renamed to Challenge Airlines[5]
AWG 2001 2002 Founded by Henri Fabri. Operated DC-10[6]
Air Antwerp Antwerp Fokker F50 Air Antwerp OO-VLS 08.jpg WP ATW DEVIL 2019 2021
Air Belgium Boeing 737-3Q8, Air Belgium AN0355306.jpg AJ ABB VY 1979 2000
Air Charter Express 9G-AXB 1 DC-8-63PF Air Charter Exp MAN 24.AUG.08 (5578164518).jpg 2007 2009 Renamed to Meridian Airways. Ghana registered aircraft[7]
ACH 1997 2002 [8]
1947 1949 [9]
1996 2002
DN BXL EXEL COMMUTER 1988 1991 Operated Saab 340[10]
Air Meuse Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia, Air Meuse AN0204564.jpg AMZ AIR MEUSE 1990 1997 Merged into Delta Air Transport
Boeing 707-365C, AMI - Air Mercury International AN0199431.jpg MX MIA AMI CARGO 1990 1992 Operated Boeing 707
1946 1950 Operated Airspeed Consul, Lockheed Lodestar, Percival Proctor, Short Stirling[11]
1946 1954 Operated Mráz Sokol, ERCO Ercoupe, Noorduyn Norseman, Piper Cub[12]
1990 1992 Operated Fairchild Metro[13]
RVE VENTURE LINER 2004 2006 Operated Embraer Xingu[14]
1986 1986 Subsidiary of Hawa Air. Operated CASA C-212 Aviocar[15]
1958 1960 Operated Vickers VC.1 Viking[16]
B
1949 1949 Operated Avro Anson[17]
BWA 1998 1999 Founded by Luke Mellaerts. Operated Boeing 767-300[18]
BelgiumExel BelgiumExel Boeing 767-300ER Verkuringen.jpg HXL 2004 2005
BFS International OO-DOK Falcon 20 Benulux FalconService CVT 05-0684 (40733489114).jpg CQ BFS MOONRUN 1981 1995 Operated Boeing 757-200, Dassault Falcon 20[19]
Boeing 707-365C, BIAC - Belgian International Air Cargo AN0199432.jpg 1988 1991 Operated Boeing 707-365C
Belgian International Air Services Caravelle Volpati.jpg AP ALPHA PAPA 1959 1972 Founded by Charles van Antwerpen and George Richardson. Renamed to . Operated de Havilland Dove, de Havilland Heron, DC-3, DC-4, DC-6, DC-8, Fokker F27, Sud Aviation Caravelle[20]
1972 1973 Established as BIAS. Rebranded as Operated Douglas DC-8, Sud Aviation Caravelle[21]
AP 1974 1976 Established as BIAS. Operated Douglas DC-8, Sud Aviation Caravelle[22]
Birdy Airlines 4V BDY BEL-BIRD 2002 2004 Merged into SN Brussels Airlines
TV VEX 2007 2008 Merged into Brussels Airlines
Brussels International Airlines Airbus A321 KvW.jpg BX 2000 2001 Established as in 1999. Operated Airbus A321[23]
C
Cargo B Airlines Boeing 747-228F(SCD) Cargo B Airlines OO-CBA, BRU Brussels (Bruxelles) (National-Zaventem), Belgium PP1221920503.jpg BB CBB CARGO-BEE 2007 2009
1953 1960 Operated Avro Anson[24]
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, ChallengAir JP5922510.jpg 1I CHG BELGOCHALLENGE 1994 1998 Operated DC-10
Chartair Boeing 737-4Y0; OO-VDO, August 1993 DWG (5288666428).jpg 1993 1994 Operated Boeing 737-400[25]
CityBird 101ac - City Bird MD-11; OO-CTB@ZRH;01.08.2000 (5135351702).jpg H2 CTB DREAMFLIGHT 1996 2001 Went bankrupt
1947 1950 Operated Douglas DC-3, Lockheed Hudson[26]
Constellation Airlines Constellation International Airlines Airbus A320 Gilliand.jpg CQ CIN CONSTELLATION 1995 1999 Went bankrupt
D
DAT Belgian Regional Airline 1996 2001 Rebranded DAT Plus
DAT Delta Air Transport Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia, Delta Air Transport - DAT AN0214411.jpg QG DAT DELTAIR 1967 1996 Rebranded as DAT Belgian Regional Airline
DAT Plus 2001 2002 Rebranded SN Brussels Airlines[27]
1990 1991 Merged into . Operated Embraer Brasilia[28]
Delsey Airlines IV FVG NICO 2002 2002 Established as VG Airlines
Delta International 1973 1973 Operated Boeing 720[29]
EO ALX DA 1993 ? Operated McDonnell Douglas MD-11
E
EAT European Air Transport Swearingen SA-226TC Metro II, European Air Transport - EAT AN0205336.jpg QY BCS EUROTRANS 1971 2010 Merged into European Air Transport Leipzig
EBA EuroBelgian Airlines Boeing 737-33A, Euro Belgian Airlines (EBA) JP51629.jpg BQ 1991 1996 Rebranded as Virgin Express
1987 1992 To provide capacity in Europe for DHL Aviation[30]
1994 1995 Established as . Rebranded [31]
1990 1994 Operated Boeing 707[32]
European Airlines Boeing 737-3M8; OO-LTE, September 1992 CRU (5288399617).jpg 2H FRO FROBISHER 1991 1995 Operated Airbus A300, Boeing 707[33]
1989 1992 Operated Beech 99, Convair 580[34]
F
Boeing 707-331C, First International Airlines - FIA AN0017338.jpg 1997 2006 Operated Boeing 707[35]
Fokker F-27-100 Friendship, Flanders Airlines AN0209896.jpg FLN 1989 1992 Formed by the merger of Frevag Airlines and . Operated Fokker F27, Embraer Bandeirante, Fairchild Metro[36]
Frevag Airlines 1989 1992 Merged with to form [37]
H
Hawa Air Hawa.Cesna.Fair.CitationCar.png 1959 1988
I
DC-6 OO-IFA International Freight Airways F145-32-b.jpg FW IFA 1977 1978 Operated Douglas DC-6[38]
J
1996 1997 Operated Boeing 707-324C[39]
Jetairfly Boeing 737-8K5 JetairFly OO-JAV, BRU Brussels (Bruxelles) (National-Zaventem), Belgium PP1374519739.jpg TB JAF BEAUTY 2005 2016
1948 1954 Operated Avro Anson, Beech D18S, de Havilland Dragon Rapide, de Havilland Dragonfly, C-47, Lockheed Hudson, Avro 504[40]
L
Lamda Jet 1995 1995 Acquired by Abelag Aviation. Renamed to Luxaviation Belgium[41]
1980 1981 Regional services for Sabena. Operated Fairchild Metro II[42]
M
Meridian Airways Meridian Airways Douglas DC-8 Heisterkamp-1.jpg MAG MERID AIR 2009 2010
O
1987 1990 Founded by Luc Mallaerts and Pierre Vandenbrouke. Operated Boeing 707[43]
P
1971 1974 Established as in 1970. Operated Douglas DC-6, Douglas DC-8[44]
S
Sabena Sabena Boeing 747-100 Marmet.jpg SN SAB SABENA 1923 2001 Was the Belgian national carrier until Brussels Airlines took over the role after Sabena's bankruptcy
1986 1989 Founded by Yves Carpentier. Merged with Frevag Airlines to form [45]
SETA Société d'Etude et de Transports Aériens 1946 1946 Charter division of Sabena. Rebranded as Sobelair. Operated Douglas DC-3[46]
Sky Service Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante, Sky Service AN0428759.jpg S3 SKS SKY SERVICE 1983 2005 Merged with Abelag Aviation. Operated Beech King Air, Cessna Citation, Fokker F27, Embraer Bandeirante[47]
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, SkyJet AN0195063.jpg SKT GREENBIRD 1990 1998 Founded by Henri Fabri and Pierre Vandenbrouke. Rebranded . Operated Boeing 727, Douglas DC-8, DC-10[48]
SKS SKY SERVICE 1998 2001 Established as . Cargo carrier. Operated DC-10[49]
SN Brussels Airlines BAE Systems Avro 146-RJ85 - SN Brussels Airlines - OO-DJQ - LEMD.jpg SN DAT S-TAIL 2002 2006 Merged with Virgin Express to form Brussels Airlines
SNETA 1919 1923 Renamed Sabena
Sobelair Sobelair Boeing 737-329; OO-SBZ, September 1987 (5702288027).jpg Q7 SLR SOBELAIR 1946 2004
Sunrise 2002 2003 Rebranded TUI Airlines Belgium. Operated Boeing 737-400[50]
T
TEA Trans European Airways Airbus A300B1, TEA - Trans European Airways AN0653598.jpg HE TEA BELGAIR 1971 1991
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium OO-TCH Thomas Cook Belgium (5005245204) (2).jpg HQ TCW THOMAS COOK 2002 2017
TO TRS 1982 1992 Operated Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II[51]
TNT Airways Boeing 747-4HAERF, TNT Airways JP7011398.jpg 3V TAY QUALITY 1999 2016 Merged into ASL Airlines Belgium
1946 1947 Acquired by . Operated Handley Page Halifax, Short Stirling[52]
LU 1981 1983 Livestock carrier. Operated Boeing 727-100C[53]
DC-6 OO-CTK Transpommair F 65-7-b.jpg 1970 1971 Founded by Charles Pomme. Renamed to . Operated Douglas DC-6
1993 1994 Founded by Jacques Bruynooghe. Operated Ilyushin Il-76[54]
TUI Airlines Belgium Boeing 767-38E-ER, TUI Airlines Belgium AN2110102.jpg TB TUB 2003 2005 Rebranded as Jetairfly. Operated Boeing 737-400
U
Unijet (Belgium) 1978 1981 Renamed to BFS International[55]
V
VG Airlines Airbus A330-223, VG Airlines AN0273146.jpg IV FVG NICO 2002 2002 Later became Delsey Airlines
Virgin Express Virgin Express Boeing 737-36N.jpg TV VEX VIRGIN EXPRESS 1996 2006 Merged with SN Brussels Airlines to form Brussels Airlines
VLM Airlines OO-VLO-Fokker 50-VLM-2001.11.28.jpg VG VLM RUBENS 1993 2018
VLM Airlines (Antwerp) Antwerp Fokker 50 VLM OO-VLR 02.JPG 2017 2018 Founded by Freddy Van Gaever. Operated Airbus A320-200, Fokker 50[56]
Y
Young Cargo Bristol 175 Britannia 253 Volpati-1.jpg CB 1974 1979 Operated Boeing 707, Bristol Britannia, Canadair CL-44

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