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Contents 1 Replaced? 2 Subsidies 3 Copyright photo removed 4 Spelling 5 Acronym 6 Economy 7 Why Sabena failed?

[edit] Replaced?

Sabena wasn't replaced by SN, Sabena went out of business and another company changed it's name to SN.... There is a difference to bankrupcty and change of names imho.

[edit] Subsidies

Needs to mention the Belgium government's subsidies to Sabena, without which Sabena would have been insolvent long before the fact. --Pelladon 17:49, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright photo removed

The photo of a Sabena A340 has been taken from www.airliners.net without the photographers permission, so I have removed it - Adrian Pingstone 22:05, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling

"SABENA", "Sabena", or "sabena"? -- Mikeblas 03:26, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

It's a real acronymn, so it should be SABENA in American speak. UK newspaper style, on the other hand, is to spell pronounceable acronymns as a word, with just an initial cap letter - e.g., Nato rather than NATO. "sabena" is just plain wrong. This article should be consistent, of course. - DavidWBrooks 14:18, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Acronym

I was once told that Sabena stands for 'Such a bad experience, never again'. After travelling with them, I didn't find it that bad, Brussels Airport on the other hand sucks.

Flyme 20:35, 2 April 2006 (BST)

[edit] Economy

SABENA's economy obviously was a real mess. If we are to believe the rumours, the company only made a profit once during its existance. It would be very interesting if someone could add some information about this. What were the reasons behind this economical disaster? J-C V 16:04, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why Sabena failed?

The section seems very subjective without any supporting references. Any references would be very useful. Otherwise, I would suggest either deleting the section or condensing the section. Gittinsj 01:25, 23 January 2007 (UTC)gittinsj

I Agree on this point. At the moment there is a trail (in Switserland) about the bankrupcy of Swissair and their involvement in the bankrupcy of Sabena. Maybe add that, or just drop this section.