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Sabena (Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne or Belgian Corporation for Air Navigation Services)
The national airline of Belgium. SABENA began operations on 23 May 1923. The airline was created by the Belgian government after its predecessor, SNETA (Syndicat national pour l'étude des transports aériens), ceased operations. The first commercial flight was operated between Brussels and London on 1 July 1923 via Ostend. Services to Rotterdam and Strasbourg were launched on 1 April 1924. The Strasbourg service was extended to Basle on 10 June 1924. Amsterdam was added on 1 September 1924 and Hamburg followed on 1 May 1929 via Antwerp, Düsseldorf, and Essen.
Expansion came during the 1930s, services to Copenhagen and Malmö began in 1931 and a route to Berlin was initiated in 1932. The airline's routes by then covered almost 6,000 km within Europe. While the Brussels Haren airport was Sabena's main base, the company also operated services from other Belgian airports and had a domestic network that was mainly used by businessmen who wanted to be in their coastal villas for the weekend. In 1936, the airline purchased the Savoia-Marchetti SM.83 with a cruising speed of about 400 km/h (250 mph). By 1939, SABENA operated a fleet of 20 aircraft (11 SM.83, 7 Junkers Ju-52/3m and 2 Douglas DC-3). SABENA started their first transatlantic route to New York City on 4 June 1946.
Current Fleet: 9x SM.83, 4x Douglas DC-3, 5x Fokker F.24-II, 4x Bloch MB.972 Transatlantique

Sobelair
Founded as a charter airline on 30 July 1946, originally as Société d'Etude et de Transports Aériens (SETA) during the initial few months. The first revenue flight using a Douglas DC-3 aircraft, which took place on 15 October, was a flowers transport to Nice via Paris.
Current Fleet: 1x Douglas DC-3