Sabena Aerospace General Information Description. Sabena began operations on 23 May 1923 as the national carrier of Belgium. . Its services include component repair and overhaul, ground support test equipment, and airline service programs. Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne. Beginning in 3500 BC, we invite you to browse through the many contributions made to flight – right up to today’s most important developments. That was nineteen years ago, on November 6, 2001. SABENA. SABCA takes off alongside SABENA AEROSPACE within the first Belgian ecosystem in the aerospace industry. 1923. According to a company history, B/E's growth occurred through a combination of numerous acquisitions and internal growth. On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviets launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, into space. History. Unfortunately their second aircraft, SJB, became the first 707 to be written off in service when it crashed near Brussels in February 1961, killing the … Airline Full Name. SABENA was the first mainland European carrier to fly jets across the Atlantic when its first 707s arrived on December 4, 1959. Four years later on April 12, 1961, Russian Lt. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth in Vostok 1. Sabena was declared bankrupt. Sabena technics and ASL Airlines extend their ATR support agreement. Sabena Aerospace-Brussels Building 32 - First Floor Brussels National Airport 1930 Zaventem, Belgium Tel: 32-2-723-4958 Fax: 32-2-723-5995 Website: www.sabena-aerospace.com Email: customer@sabena-aerospace.com or Mr. Rik Van Den Haute: rik.vandenhaute@sabena-aerospace.com Our History. Airline Founded. Started Operations. 1920 1920 ... transferring the SABCA shares of Dassault Belgique Aviation to the new holding company BLUEBERRY, in which SABENA AEROSPACE and the Federal Holding and Investment Company are shareholders, is sealed. Provider of aircraft repairing services. The company provides aircraft repair, maintenance and overhaul services to civil and military operators. Take a tour through the entire history of aerospace. Belgium. In May 2014, Sabena technics Belgian branch has been bought out by a local company and renamed Sabena Aerospace by its new shareholder. Visit the newsroom. His flight lasted 108 minutes, and Gagarin reached an altitude of 327 kilometers (about 202 miles). Founded by Amin Khoury in 1987, B/E Aerospace evolved from a $3 million company to a firm with $2.6 billion in revenue, making it the world’s leading manufacturer of aircraft interior products and solutions for the commercial, business jet, and military markets. Click on the timeline accordion below to view decades of accomplishments. End of history, completely unimaginable at the time for an airline that […] Country. 23 May 1923. Flight SN690, an Airbus A340-311 registered OO-SCZ coming from Cotonou and Abidjan, was the last Sabena aircraft to land at Brussels on 7 November, with 266 passengers and 11 crew. The Belgian company evolves now independently under the steering of its new management and is no longer part of Sabena technics Group.. . Sabena technics Brussels is no longer part the Group. Barfield, Inc. is an aircraft maintenance company with a concentration in repair overhaul and support. Is an important milestone missing from our timeline? ASL Airlines Ireland Ltd has extended its strong partnership with the European MRO for the support of their fleet of four ATR 42-300F and twelve ATR 72-200F.