A313-Sabena-OO-SCC-007
The Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne better known internationally by the acronym SABENA, was the national airline of Belgium from 1923 to 2001 when the company went into liquidation on November 6th, 2001. During 1984 2 Airbus A.310-200s were introduced on routes that had high passenger density (a third plane was later leased), followed few year later by 2 of the series -300.
OO-SCC (c/n 437 series -322) was the third Airbus A.310, the first of the series -300, delivered to SABENA in March 1987. Retired in 1997, the plane was sold to leasing company ILFC and was firstly leased to Passaredo in Brasil as PP-PSD from December 1997. Returned to the lessor in August 2000, the plane went on lease in Indonesia to Region Air/Awair from December 2000 to April 2001. Next operator was Vietnamese company Pacific Airlines form July 2001 to August 2002. In August 2002 AMC Airlines leased the plane as SU-BOW. The plane was immediately sub-leased to Air Mali and returned to AMC in January 2003. In December 2005 the plane ws sub-leased again to Sudan Airways as ST-AST. The plane was retired and stored at KTK during year 2010.
Slide taken at BRU in April 1988. The plane shows the SABENA color scheme of the '80s.
A313-Sabena-OO-SCC-007
The Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne better known internationally by the acronym SABENA, was the national airline of Belgium from 1923 to 2001 when the company went into liquidation on November 6th, 2001. During 1984 2 Airbus A.310-200s were introduced on routes that had high passenger density (a third plane was later leased), followed few year later by 2 of the series -300.
OO-SCC (c/n 437 series -322) was the third Airbus A.310, the first of the series -300, delivered to SABENA in March 1987. Retired in 1997, the plane was sold to leasing company ILFC and was firstly leased to Passaredo in Brasil as PP-PSD from December 1997. Returned to the lessor in August 2000, the plane went on lease in Indonesia to Region Air/Awair from December 2000 to April 2001. Next operator was Vietnamese company Pacific Airlines form July 2001 to August 2002. In August 2002 AMC Airlines leased the plane as SU-BOW. The plane was immediately sub-leased to Air Mali and returned to AMC in January 2003. In December 2005 the plane ws sub-leased again to Sudan Airways as ST-AST. The plane was retired and stored at KTK during year 2010.
Slide taken at BRU in April 1988. The plane shows the SABENA color scheme of the '80s.