OO-SGC: A new lease of life

[SkyJet]

OO-SGC is to become... a sushi restaurant !

The article and pics: https://airlinegeeks.com/2020/10/19/ari ... ioned-747/

[luchtzak]

Great!

Three years ago, aviation24.be reported about OO-SGC: https://www.aviation24.be/defunct-airli ... k-arizona/

[Duke]

The article and pics: https://airlinegeeks.com/2020/10/19/ari ... ioned-747/

The article mentions that Sabena operated 10 747's...
Quite a bit too enthousiastic, I think...
Regards,

Duke

[Stij]

The article mentions that Sabena operated 10 747's...
Quite a bit too enthousiastic, I think...
Regards,

Duke

Well at least 5:

2 747-100
1 747-200 (on lease from AF)
2 747-300

Maybe some others for short periods during maintenance of there own fleet?

Cheers,

Stij

[Conti764]

Why did Sabena never buy the Combi's to operate into Africa?

KL's Combi's offered more or less the same pax capacity as SN's A330's did/do but with more valuable cargo space.

[Stij]

Why did Sabena never buy the Combi's to operate into Africa?

KL's Combi's offered more or less the same pax capacity as SN's A330's did/do but with more valuable cargo space.

They were combi's... Google "Sabena 747 seatmap"...
I believe Sabena even did the conversion of the 747-100's themselves...

[MD-11forever]

The article mentions that Sabena operated 10 747's...
Quite a bit too enthousiastic, I think...
Regards,

Duke

Well at least 5:

2 747-100
1 747-200 (on lease from AF)
2 747-300

Maybe some others for short periods during maintenance of there own fleet?

Cheers,

Stij

10 indeed, according to planespotters.net:

4 747-100s: 2 own (OO-SGA/B), 2 leased from Air France (1 in Oct-Nov 1978, 1 in Jun-Aug 1992)
3 747-200s, leased from Air France (1 in Nov 1994, 1 fin Oct-Nov 1995 and 1 between Feb 1993 and Mar 1996)
3 747-300s: 2 own (OO-SGC/D), 1 leased from Corsair (in Sep 1998)

[Conti764]

Why did Sabena never buy the Combi's to operate into Africa?

KL's Combi's offered more or less the same pax capacity as SN's A330's did/do but with more valuable cargo space.

They were combi's... Google "Sabena 747 seatmap"...
I believe Sabena even did the conversion of the 747-100's themselves...

Thanks for the info

Didn't know... Where they actually used as such?

[Stij]

Didn't know... Where they actually used as such?

I presume... I flew once Sabena JNB-BRU in a 747-200 in combi...

My trips in 747-300 (BRU-NRT, NRT-BRU and BRU-JNB) were always full-pax... and full...

Cheers,

Stij