List of defunct airlines of Belgium
This is a list of defunct airlines of Belgium.[1][2]
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes | |
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A | ||||||||
Abelag Airways | 1979 | 1980 | Renamed to Air Belgium. Operated Boeing 707[3] | |||||
Abelag Aviation | 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 | WP | ATW | DEVIL | 2019 | 2021 | |||
Air Belgium | AJ | ABB | VY | 1979 | 2000 | |||
Air Charter Express | 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 | AMZ | AIR MEUSE | 1990 | 1997 | Merged into Delta Air Transport | |||
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 | HXL | 2004 | 2005 | |||||
BFS International | CQ | BFS | MOONRUN | 1981 | 1995 | Operated Boeing 757-200, Dassault Falcon 20[19] | ||
1988 | 1991 | Operated Boeing 707-365C | ||||||
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 | ||||
BX | 2000 | 2001 | Established as in 1999. Operated Airbus A321[23] | |||||
C | ||||||||
Cargo B Airlines | BB | CBB | CARGO-BEE | 2007 | 2009 | |||
1953 | 1960 | Operated Avro Anson[24] | ||||||
1I | CHG | BELGOCHALLENGE | 1994 | 1998 | Operated DC-10 | |||
1993 | 1994 | Operated Boeing 737-400[25] | ||||||
CityBird | H2 | CTB | DREAMFLIGHT | 1996 | 2001 | Went bankrupt | ||
1947 | 1950 | Operated Douglas DC-3, Lockheed Hudson[26] | ||||||
Constellation Airlines | CQ | CIN | CONSTELLATION | 1995 | 1999 | Went bankrupt | ||
D | ||||||||
DAT Belgian Regional Airline | 1996 | 2001 | Rebranded DAT Plus | |||||
DAT Delta Air Transport | 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 | QY | BCS | EUROTRANS | 1971 | 2010 | Merged into European Air Transport Leipzig | ||
EBA EuroBelgian Airlines | 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] | ||||||
2H | FRO | FROBISHER | 1991 | 1995 | Operated Airbus A300, Boeing 707[33] | |||
1989 | 1992 | Operated Beech 99, Convair 580[34] | ||||||
F | ||||||||
1997 | 2006 | Operated Boeing 707[35] | ||||||
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 | 1959 | 1988 | ||||||
I | ||||||||
FW | IFA | 1977 | 1978 | Operated Douglas DC-6[38] | ||||
J | ||||||||
1996 | 1997 | Operated Boeing 707-324C[39] | ||||||
Jetairfly | 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 | 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 | 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 | S3 | SKS | SKY SERVICE | 1983 | 2005 | Merged with Abelag Aviation. Operated Beech King Air, Cessna Citation, Fokker F27, Embraer Bandeirante[47] | ||
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 | SN | DAT | S-TAIL | 2002 | 2006 | Merged with Virgin Express to form Brussels Airlines | ||
SNETA | 1919 | 1923 | Renamed Sabena | |||||
Sobelair | Q7 | SLR | SOBELAIR | 1946 | 2004 | |||
Sunrise | 2002 | 2003 | Rebranded TUI Airlines Belgium. Operated Boeing 737-400[50] | |||||
T | ||||||||
TEA Trans European Airways | HE | TEA | BELGAIR | 1971 | 1991 | |||
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium | HQ | TCW | THOMAS COOK | 2002 | 2017 | |||
TO | TRS | 1982 | 1992 | Operated Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II[51] | ||||
TNT Airways | 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] | |||||
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 | TB | TUB | 2003 | 2005 | Rebranded as Jetairfly. Operated Boeing 737-400 | |||
U | ||||||||
Unijet (Belgium) | 1978 | 1981 | Renamed to BFS International[55] | |||||
V | ||||||||
VG Airlines | IV | FVG | NICO | 2002 | 2002 | Later became Delsey Airlines | ||
Virgin Express | TV | VEX | VIRGIN EXPRESS | 1996 | 2006 | Merged with SN Brussels Airlines to form Brussels Airlines | ||
VLM Airlines | VG | VLM | RUBENS | 1993 | 2018 | |||
VLM Airlines (Antwerp) | 2017 | 2018 | Founded by Freddy Van Gaever. Operated Airbus A320-200, Fokker 50[56] | |||||
Y | ||||||||
CB | 1974 | 1979 | Operated Boeing 707, Bristol Britannia, Canadair CL-44 |
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