Sobelair Bankrupt

Its sad for another airline to be gone… lets hope we don’t see too many more

They don’t lol

whats going to happen to all the custermers who are on holiday and going on holiday how are they getting out/back????

Originally posted by Bmused55
Its funny how they look like a carbon copy of Sabena, any relation 😉

What gives you that idea?

AND AIR WALES STILL FLY STRONG!

Like someone still believed it could be saved… SN will also go banckrupt within the next two years. It’s a shame for the people who worked there and the Belgian economy in general, but Sobelair was a temporary solution set up by the Belgian gov’t after the demise of Sabena.

Same fate as for French ailines those days (Aeris , airLib , Air Littoral etc….).

Weird …

Sobelair were Sabena’s charter airline in the later years. They survived the Sabena bankruptcy, but now they too have gone.

Originally posted by Comet
Sobelair
BELGIUM – OO

ICAO CODE: SLR

CALLSIGN: Sobelair

WEBSITE:

Sobelair began on 30 July 1946 as ‘Societe Belge de Transports Par Air SA’ and began operations the following year using, a Douglas DC-3. The airline intended to fly charter flights to the Belgian Congo using DC-4s but in 1948 SABENA acquired a controlling interest in the airline and domestic routes within the Congo were set up using Cessna 310 twins flying on behalf of SABENA.

Sobelair operated a DC6 with Caravelle jets coming later from the SABENA fleet. Boeing 707s were used in the 1970s and 1980s but were replaced with Boeing 737-200 jets with the last 707 retiring in 1988. By 1996 Boeing 767-300ERs were introduced. The airline introduced a new livery in 1993.

Sobelair owns a 35 percent share in Air Belgium.

DESTINATIONS: Mediterranean, Canary Isles, North Africa, California, Caribbean, Thailand.

FLEET:Boeing 767-300ER, Boeing 737-400, 737-300, 737-200.

Those are all the details about Sobelair.

Its funny how they look like a carbon copy of Sabena, any relation 😉

Sobelair
BELGIUM – OO

ICAO CODE: SLR

CALLSIGN: Sobelair

WEBSITE:

Sobelair began on 30 July 1946 as ‘Societe Belge de Transports Par Air SA’ and began operations the following year using, a Douglas DC-3. The airline intended to fly charter flights to the Belgian Congo using DC-4s but in 1948 SABENA acquired a controlling interest in the airline and domestic routes within the Congo were set up using Cessna 310 twins flying on behalf of SABENA.

Sobelair operated a DC6 with Caravelle jets coming later from the SABENA fleet. Boeing 707s were used in the 1970s and 1980s but were replaced with Boeing 737-200 jets with the last 707 retiring in 1988. By 1996 Boeing 767-300ERs were introduced. The airline introduced a new livery in 1993.

Sobelair owns a 35 percent share in Air Belgium.

DESTINATIONS: Mediterranean, Canary Isles, North Africa, California, Caribbean, Thailand.

FLEET:Boeing 767-300ER, Boeing 737-400, 737-300, 737-200.

Those are all the details about Sobelair.

What’s their history, have they been around for a long time????