Sabena grows in Mesa, Arizona

cageyjames · Post by **cageyjames** » 28 Mar 2007, 20:20

Sabena flies on with ex-staff at Falcon Field

Sabena had been training its pilots at Scottsdale Municipal Airport since 1990, taking advantage of Arizona’s good flying weather. In 1995, the airline created Sabena Airlines Training Center as a subsidiary and in 1999 split it off as a separate entity to offer training services to other airlines as well.

As part of the bankruptcy proceedings, Van den Bergh, formerly the head of pilot training for Sabena in Brussels, and his partner, Jack Waldeyer, who had been Sabena’s vice president of flight operations, acquired Sabena’s pilot-training operations in a management buyout.

When the deal was completed in 2004, they decided to keep the Sabena name to build on the legacy of the former carrier, and hired several ex-Sabena staff members as well.

Sabena Flight Academy

Omikros · Post by **Omikros** » 28 Mar 2007, 22:49

nice to hear 8)