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By: 23rd August 2000 at 06:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: SABENA
I frequently fly with Sabena from London to the USA and Canada. Although this entails a transit in Brussels, I consider this to be a small inconvenience for the excellent service ( and beer)
The main fault with Sabena is that they use Virgin Express to fly passengers from London Heathrow to Brussels to connect with onward flights. The service and food on Virgin Express is awful and they now rate as one of my worst airlines. Also, many of the 737's are old and the seats uncomfortable.
Sabena on the other hand has aquired new A330s in which the seating and inflight entertainment is excellent.
Perhaps, Airliner World will write a report on Sabena - this might help to persuade other people that Sabena is not as bad as they are portrayed.
By: 23rd August 2000 at 13:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: SABENA
I have never flown Sabena, but I find the new colours really smart and the crew uniform quite elegant and discerning.
By: 7th September 2000 at 13:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: SABENA
To go into more detail about this amazing airline - I genuinely enjoyed their Avro RJ, even if a little cramped. The steward on board went out of his way to welcome everyone, and intended to make everyone's flight as enjoyable as possible. He was more like a stand-up comedian than a cabin attendant, and even had the stewardess in fits of hysterics as she was about to run through the safety demonstration. He told jokes in five languages and his English was so perfect, he hardly had a trace of a foreign accent.
The pilot on the return leg (this time a 737-500) also had us in hysterics, but for different reasons. We were delayed over an hour due to missing passengers, the ground crew giving a wrong head count and then a missed take off slot (he thought nothing of telling us how angry Brussels Control were with the airline). Then he told us the company were to be "congratulated for their creativity in securing us a take off slot", an unusual way to put it! The on board food seemed fresher than most in-flight meals I've had, even though it was only sandwiches, and the cabin crew were polite and efficient.
As for the colours, I prefer the new livery with the blue tail, I'm not a fan of all white fuselages, I think a touch of blue works wonders.
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By: Comet - 31st July 2000 at 13:40
Are there any fans of SABENA out there, I seem to read nothing but insults about them, yet I think they are great - very amusing cabin crew (especially on the Regional Jets) and they serve Belgian beer. Has anyone else had any good experiences with them?