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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Abelag Airways |
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1979 | 1980 | Renamed to Air Belgium. Operated Boeing 707 [3] | ||||
Abelag Aviation |
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W9 | AAB | ABG | 1983 | 2016 | Renamed to Luxaviation Belgium [4] | |
ACE Belgium Freighters | X7 | FRH | 2018 | 2020 | Renamed to Challenge Airlines [5] | |||
Aerowings | AWG | 2001 | 2002 | Founded by Henri Fabri. Operated DC-10 [6] | ||||
Air Antwerp |
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WP | ATW | DEVIL | 2019 | 2021 | ||
Air Belgium |
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AJ | ABB | VY | 1979 | 2000 | ||
Air Charter Express |
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2007 | 2009 | Renamed to Meridian Airways. Ghana registered aircraft [7] | ||||
Air Charter Service | ACH | 1997 | 2002 | [8] | ||||
Air Congo CFL | 1947 | 1949 | [9] | |||||
Air Dakota | 1996 | 2002 | ||||||
Air Exel Belgique | DN | BXL | EXEL COMMUTER | 1988 | 1991 | Operated Saab 340 [10] | ||
Air Meuse |
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AMZ | AIR MEUSE | 1990 | 1997 | Merged into Delta Air Transport | ||
Air Mercury International |
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MX | MIA | AMI CARGO | 1990 | 1992 | Operated Boeing 707 | |
Air Transport AS | 1946 | 1950 | Operated Airspeed Consul, Lockheed Lodestar, Percival Proctor, Short Stirling [11] | |||||
Air Union Belge | 1946 | 1954 | Operated Mráz Sokol, ERCO Ercoupe, Noorduyn Norseman, Piper Cub [12] | |||||
Airlines 1992 | 1990 | 1992 | Operated Fairchild Metro [13] | |||||
Airventure BVBD | RVE | VENTURE LINER | 2004 | 2006 | Operated Embraer Xingu [14] | |||
Antwerp Air | 1986 | 1986 | Subsidiary of Hawa Air. Operated CASA C-212 Aviocar [15] | |||||
Aviameer Airlines | 1958 | 1960 | Operated Vickers VC.1 Viking [16] | |||||
B | ||||||||
Belgian Air Service | 1949 | 1949 | Operated Avro Anson [17] | |||||
Belgian World Airlines | BWA | 1998 | 1999 | Founded by Luke Mellaerts. Operated Boeing 767-300 [18] | ||||
BelgiumExel |
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HXL | 2004 | 2005 | ||||
BFS International |
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CQ | BFS | MOONRUN | 1981 | 1995 | Operated Boeing 757-200, Dassault Falcon 20 [19] | |
BIAC |
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1988 | 1991 | Operated Boeing 707-365C | ||||
BIAS Belgian International Air Service |
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AP | ALPHA PAPA | 1959 | 1972 | Founded by Charles van Antwerpen and George Richardson. Renamed to BIAS International. Operated de Havilland Dove, de Havilland Heron, DC-3, DC-4, DC-6, DC-8, Fokker F27, Sud Aviation Caravelle [20] | ||
BIAS International | 1972 | 1973 | Established as BIAS. Rebranded as BIAS Overseas Operated Douglas DC-8, Sud Aviation Caravelle [21] | |||||
BIAS Overseas | 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 | ||
Brussels Airlines Fly | TV | VEX | 2007 | 2008 | Merged into Brussels Airlines | |||
Brussels International Airlines |
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BX | 2000 | 2001 | Established as Red Air in 1999. Operated Airbus A321 [23] | |||
C | ||||||||
Cargo B Airlines |
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BB | CBB | CARGO-BEE | 2007 | 2009 | ||
CAT Coastal Air Transport | 1953 | 1960 | Operated Avro Anson [24] | |||||
ChallengAir |
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1I | CHG | BELGOCHALLENGE | 1994 | 1998 | Operated DC-10 | |
Chartair |
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1993 | 1994 | Operated Boeing 737-400 [25] | ||||
CityBird |
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H2 | CTB | DREAMFLIGHT | 1996 | 2001 | Went bankrupt | |
COBETA Compagnie Belge de Transports Aeriens | 1947 | 1950 | Operated Douglas DC-3, Lockheed Hudson [26] | |||||
Constellation Airlines |
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CQ | CIN | CONSTELLATION | 1995 | 1999 | Went bankrupt | |
D | ||||||||
DAT Belgian Regional Airline | 1996 | 2001 | Rebranded DAT Plus | |||||
DAT Delta Air Transport |
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QG | DAT | DELTAIR | 1967 | 1996 | Rebranded as DAT Belgian Regional Airline | |
DAT Plus | 2001 | 2002 | Rebranded SN Brussels Airlines [27] | |||||
DAT Wallonie | 1990 | 1991 | Merged into Air Meuse. Operated Embraer Brasilia [28] | |||||
Delsey Airlines | IV | FVG | NICO | 2002 | 2002 | Established as VG Airlines | ||
Delta International | 1973 | 1973 | Operated Boeing 720 [29] | |||||
Demavia Airlines | EO | ALX | DA | 1993 | ? | Operated McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | ||
E | ||||||||
EAT European Air Transport |
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QY | BCS | EUROTRANS | 1971 | 2010 | Merged into European Air Transport Leipzig | |
EBA EuroBelgian Airlines |
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BQ | 1991 | 1996 | Rebranded as Virgin Express | |||
EJI Eurojet International | 1987 | 1992 | To provide capacity in Europe for DHL Aviation [30] | |||||
Euro Direct België | 1994 | 1995 | Established as Sky Freighters. Rebranded Euro Direct [31] | |||||
European Airlift | 1990 | 1994 | Operated Boeing 707 [32] | |||||
European Airlines |
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2H | FRO | FROBISHER | 1991 | 1995 | Operated Airbus A300, Boeing 707 [33] | |
European Expedite | 1989 | 1992 | Operated Beech 99, Convair 580 [34] | |||||
F | ||||||||
First International Airlines |
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1997 | 2006 | Operated Boeing 707 [35] | ||||
Flanders Airlines |
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FLN | 1989 | 1992 | Formed by the merger of Frevag Airlines and Servisair. Operated Fokker F27, Embraer Bandeirante, Fairchild Metro [36] | |||
Frevag Airlines | 1989 | 1992 | Merged with Servisair to form Flanders Airlines [37] | |||||
H | ||||||||
Hawa Air |
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1959 | 1988 | |||||
I | ||||||||
* IFA International Freight Airways |
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FW | IFA | 1977 | 1978 | Operated Douglas DC-6 [38] | ||
J | ||||||||
Jason Air | 1996 | 1997 | Operated Boeing 707-324C [39] | |||||
Jetairfly |
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TB | JAF | BEAUTY | 2005 | 2016 | ||
John Mahieu Aviation | 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] | |||||
Lignes Aeriennes Wallones | 1980 | 1981 | Regional services for Sabena. Operated Fairchild Metro II [42] | |||||
M | ||||||||
Meridian Airways |
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MAG | MERID AIR | 2009 | 2010 | |||
O | ||||||||
ONA Overseas National Airways | 1987 | 1990 | Founded by Luc Mallaerts and Pierre Vandenbrouke. Operated Boeing 707 [43] | |||||
P | ||||||||
Pomair | 1971 | 1974 | Established as Transpommair in 1970. Operated Douglas DC-6, Douglas DC-8 [44] | |||||
S | ||||||||
Sabena |
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SN | SAB | SABENA | 1923 | 2001 | Was the Belgian national carrier until Brussels Airlines took over the role after Sabena's bankruptcy | |
Servisair | 1986 | 1989 | Founded by Yves Carpentier. Merged with Frevag Airlines to form Flanders Airlines [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 |
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S3 | SKS | SKY SERVICE | 1983 | 2005 | Merged with Abelag Aviation. Operated Beech King Air, Cessna Citation, Fokker F27, Embraer Bandeirante [47] | |
Skyjet Belgium |
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SKT | GREENBIRD | 1990 | 1998 | Founded by Henri Fabri and Pierre Vandenbrouke. Rebranded Skyjet Europe. Operated Boeing 727, Douglas DC-8, DC-10 [48] | ||
Skyjet Europe | SKS | SKY SERVICE | 1998 | 2001 | Established as Skyjet Belgium. Cargo carrier. Operated DC-10 [49] | |||
SN Brussels Airlines |
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SN | DAT | S-TAIL | 2002 | 2006 | Merged with Virgin Express to form Brussels Airlines | |
SNETA | 1919 | 1923 | Renamed Sabena | |||||
Sobelair |
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Q7 | SLR | SOBELAIR | 1946 | 2004 | ||
Sunrise | 2002 | 2003 | Rebranded TUI Airlines Belgium. Operated Boeing 737-400 [50] | |||||
T | ||||||||
TEA Trans European Airways |
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HE | TEA | BELGAIR | 1971 | 1991 | ||
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium |
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HQ | TCW | THOMAS COOK | 2002 | 2017 | ||
TIA Transport International Aerien | TO | TRS | 1982 | 1992 | Operated Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II [51] | |||
TNT Airways |
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3V | TAY | QUALITY | 1999 | 2016 | Merged into ASL Airlines Belgium | |
Trans-Air | 1946 | 1947 | Acquired by Air Transport AS. Operated Handley Page Halifax, Short Stirling [52] | |||||
Transjet | LU | 1981 | 1983 | Livestock carrier. Operated Boeing 727-100C [53] | ||||
Transpommair |
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1970 | 1971 | Founded by Charles Pomme. Renamed to Pomair. Operated Douglas DC-6 | ||||
Tubel Air | 1993 | 1994 | Founded by Jacques Bruynooghe. Operated Ilyushin Il-76 [54] | |||||
TUI Airlines Belgium |
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TB | TUB | 2003 | 2005 | Rebranded as Jetairfly. Operated Boeing 737-400 | ||
U | ||||||||
Unijet (Belgium) | 1978 | 1981 | Renamed to BFS International [55] | |||||
V | ||||||||
VG Airlines |
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IV | FVG | NICO | 2002 | 2002 | Later became Delsey Airlines | |
Virgin Express |
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TV | VEX | VIRGIN EXPRESS | 1996 | 2006 | Merged with SN Brussels Airlines to form Brussels Airlines | |
VLM Airlines |
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VG | VLM | RUBENS | 1993 | 2018 | ||
VLM Airlines (Antwerp) |
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2017 | 2018 | Founded by Freddy Van Gaever. Operated Airbus A320-200, Fokker 50 [56] | ||||
Y | ||||||||
Young Cargo |
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CB | 1974 | 1979 | Operated Boeing 707, Bristol Britannia, Canadair CL-44 |
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 |
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1979 | 1980 | Renamed to Air Belgium. Operated Boeing 707 [3] | ||||
Abelag Aviation |
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W9 | AAB | ABG | 1983 | 2016 | Renamed to Luxaviation Belgium [4] | |
ACE Belgium Freighters | X7 | FRH | 2018 | 2020 | Renamed to Challenge Airlines [5] | |||
Aerowings | AWG | 2001 | 2002 | Founded by Henri Fabri. Operated DC-10 [6] | ||||
Air Antwerp |
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WP | ATW | DEVIL | 2019 | 2021 | ||
Air Belgium |
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AJ | ABB | VY | 1979 | 2000 | ||
Air Charter Express |
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2007 | 2009 | Renamed to Meridian Airways. Ghana registered aircraft [7] | ||||
Air Charter Service | ACH | 1997 | 2002 | [8] | ||||
Air Congo CFL | 1947 | 1949 | [9] | |||||
Air Dakota | 1996 | 2002 | ||||||
Air Exel Belgique | DN | BXL | EXEL COMMUTER | 1988 | 1991 | Operated Saab 340 [10] | ||
Air Meuse |
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AMZ | AIR MEUSE | 1990 | 1997 | Merged into Delta Air Transport | ||
Air Mercury International |
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MX | MIA | AMI CARGO | 1990 | 1992 | Operated Boeing 707 | |
Air Transport AS | 1946 | 1950 | Operated Airspeed Consul, Lockheed Lodestar, Percival Proctor, Short Stirling [11] | |||||
Air Union Belge | 1946 | 1954 | Operated Mráz Sokol, ERCO Ercoupe, Noorduyn Norseman, Piper Cub [12] | |||||
Airlines 1992 | 1990 | 1992 | Operated Fairchild Metro [13] | |||||
Airventure BVBD | RVE | VENTURE LINER | 2004 | 2006 | Operated Embraer Xingu [14] | |||
Antwerp Air | 1986 | 1986 | Subsidiary of Hawa Air. Operated CASA C-212 Aviocar [15] | |||||
Aviameer Airlines | 1958 | 1960 | Operated Vickers VC.1 Viking [16] | |||||
B | ||||||||
Belgian Air Service | 1949 | 1949 | Operated Avro Anson [17] | |||||
Belgian World Airlines | BWA | 1998 | 1999 | Founded by Luke Mellaerts. Operated Boeing 767-300 [18] | ||||
BelgiumExel |
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HXL | 2004 | 2005 | ||||
BFS International |
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CQ | BFS | MOONRUN | 1981 | 1995 | Operated Boeing 757-200, Dassault Falcon 20 [19] | |
BIAC |
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1988 | 1991 | Operated Boeing 707-365C | ||||
BIAS Belgian International Air Service |
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AP | ALPHA PAPA | 1959 | 1972 | Founded by Charles van Antwerpen and George Richardson. Renamed to BIAS International. Operated de Havilland Dove, de Havilland Heron, DC-3, DC-4, DC-6, DC-8, Fokker F27, Sud Aviation Caravelle [20] | ||
BIAS International | 1972 | 1973 | Established as BIAS. Rebranded as BIAS Overseas Operated Douglas DC-8, Sud Aviation Caravelle [21] | |||||
BIAS Overseas | 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 | ||
Brussels Airlines Fly | TV | VEX | 2007 | 2008 | Merged into Brussels Airlines | |||
Brussels International Airlines |
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BX | 2000 | 2001 | Established as Red Air in 1999. Operated Airbus A321 [23] | |||
C | ||||||||
Cargo B Airlines |
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BB | CBB | CARGO-BEE | 2007 | 2009 | ||
CAT Coastal Air Transport | 1953 | 1960 | Operated Avro Anson [24] | |||||
ChallengAir |
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1I | CHG | BELGOCHALLENGE | 1994 | 1998 | Operated DC-10 | |
Chartair |
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1993 | 1994 | Operated Boeing 737-400 [25] | ||||
CityBird |
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H2 | CTB | DREAMFLIGHT | 1996 | 2001 | Went bankrupt | |
COBETA Compagnie Belge de Transports Aeriens | 1947 | 1950 | Operated Douglas DC-3, Lockheed Hudson [26] | |||||
Constellation Airlines |
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CQ | CIN | CONSTELLATION | 1995 | 1999 | Went bankrupt | |
D | ||||||||
DAT Belgian Regional Airline | 1996 | 2001 | Rebranded DAT Plus | |||||
DAT Delta Air Transport |
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QG | DAT | DELTAIR | 1967 | 1996 | Rebranded as DAT Belgian Regional Airline | |
DAT Plus | 2001 | 2002 | Rebranded SN Brussels Airlines [27] | |||||
DAT Wallonie | 1990 | 1991 | Merged into Air Meuse. Operated Embraer Brasilia [28] | |||||
Delsey Airlines | IV | FVG | NICO | 2002 | 2002 | Established as VG Airlines | ||
Delta International | 1973 | 1973 | Operated Boeing 720 [29] | |||||
Demavia Airlines | EO | ALX | DA | 1993 | ? | Operated McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | ||
E | ||||||||
EAT European Air Transport |
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QY | BCS | EUROTRANS | 1971 | 2010 | Merged into European Air Transport Leipzig | |
EBA EuroBelgian Airlines |
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BQ | 1991 | 1996 | Rebranded as Virgin Express | |||
EJI Eurojet International | 1987 | 1992 | To provide capacity in Europe for DHL Aviation [30] | |||||
Euro Direct België | 1994 | 1995 | Established as Sky Freighters. Rebranded Euro Direct [31] | |||||
European Airlift | 1990 | 1994 | Operated Boeing 707 [32] | |||||
European Airlines |
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2H | FRO | FROBISHER | 1991 | 1995 | Operated Airbus A300, Boeing 707 [33] | |
European Expedite | 1989 | 1992 | Operated Beech 99, Convair 580 [34] | |||||
F | ||||||||
First International Airlines |
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1997 | 2006 | Operated Boeing 707 [35] | ||||
Flanders Airlines |
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FLN | 1989 | 1992 | Formed by the merger of Frevag Airlines and Servisair. Operated Fokker F27, Embraer Bandeirante, Fairchild Metro [36] | |||
Frevag Airlines | 1989 | 1992 | Merged with Servisair to form Flanders Airlines [37] | |||||
H | ||||||||
Hawa Air |
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1959 | 1988 | |||||
I | ||||||||
* IFA International Freight Airways |
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FW | IFA | 1977 | 1978 | Operated Douglas DC-6 [38] | ||
J | ||||||||
Jason Air | 1996 | 1997 | Operated Boeing 707-324C [39] | |||||
Jetairfly |
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TB | JAF | BEAUTY | 2005 | 2016 | ||
John Mahieu Aviation | 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] | |||||
Lignes Aeriennes Wallones | 1980 | 1981 | Regional services for Sabena. Operated Fairchild Metro II [42] | |||||
M | ||||||||
Meridian Airways |
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MAG | MERID AIR | 2009 | 2010 | |||
O | ||||||||
ONA Overseas National Airways | 1987 | 1990 | Founded by Luc Mallaerts and Pierre Vandenbrouke. Operated Boeing 707 [43] | |||||
P | ||||||||
Pomair | 1971 | 1974 | Established as Transpommair in 1970. Operated Douglas DC-6, Douglas DC-8 [44] | |||||
S | ||||||||
Sabena |
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SN | SAB | SABENA | 1923 | 2001 | Was the Belgian national carrier until Brussels Airlines took over the role after Sabena's bankruptcy | |
Servisair | 1986 | 1989 | Founded by Yves Carpentier. Merged with Frevag Airlines to form Flanders Airlines [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 |
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S3 | SKS | SKY SERVICE | 1983 | 2005 | Merged with Abelag Aviation. Operated Beech King Air, Cessna Citation, Fokker F27, Embraer Bandeirante [47] | |
Skyjet Belgium |
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SKT | GREENBIRD | 1990 | 1998 | Founded by Henri Fabri and Pierre Vandenbrouke. Rebranded Skyjet Europe. Operated Boeing 727, Douglas DC-8, DC-10 [48] | ||
Skyjet Europe | SKS | SKY SERVICE | 1998 | 2001 | Established as Skyjet Belgium. Cargo carrier. Operated DC-10 [49] | |||
SN Brussels Airlines |
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SN | DAT | S-TAIL | 2002 | 2006 | Merged with Virgin Express to form Brussels Airlines | |
SNETA | 1919 | 1923 | Renamed Sabena | |||||
Sobelair |
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Q7 | SLR | SOBELAIR | 1946 | 2004 | ||
Sunrise | 2002 | 2003 | Rebranded TUI Airlines Belgium. Operated Boeing 737-400 [50] | |||||
T | ||||||||
TEA Trans European Airways |
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HE | TEA | BELGAIR | 1971 | 1991 | ||
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium |
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HQ | TCW | THOMAS COOK | 2002 | 2017 | ||
TIA Transport International Aerien | TO | TRS | 1982 | 1992 | Operated Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II [51] | |||
TNT Airways |
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3V | TAY | QUALITY | 1999 | 2016 | Merged into ASL Airlines Belgium | |
Trans-Air | 1946 | 1947 | Acquired by Air Transport AS. Operated Handley Page Halifax, Short Stirling [52] | |||||
Transjet | LU | 1981 | 1983 | Livestock carrier. Operated Boeing 727-100C [53] | ||||
Transpommair |
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1970 | 1971 | Founded by Charles Pomme. Renamed to Pomair. Operated Douglas DC-6 | ||||
Tubel Air | 1993 | 1994 | Founded by Jacques Bruynooghe. Operated Ilyushin Il-76 [54] | |||||
TUI Airlines Belgium |
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TB | TUB | 2003 | 2005 | Rebranded as Jetairfly. Operated Boeing 737-400 | ||
U | ||||||||
Unijet (Belgium) | 1978 | 1981 | Renamed to BFS International [55] | |||||
V | ||||||||
VG Airlines |
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IV | FVG | NICO | 2002 | 2002 | Later became Delsey Airlines | |
Virgin Express |
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TV | VEX | VIRGIN EXPRESS | 1996 | 2006 | Merged with SN Brussels Airlines to form Brussels Airlines | |
VLM Airlines |
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VG | VLM | RUBENS | 1993 | 2018 | ||
VLM Airlines (Antwerp) |
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2017 | 2018 | Founded by Freddy Van Gaever. Operated Airbus A320-200, Fokker 50 [56] | ||||
Y | ||||||||
Young Cargo |
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CB | 1974 | 1979 | Operated Boeing 707, Bristol Britannia, Canadair CL-44 |