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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rotor-lifted aircraft, able to take off and land from rooftops, parks or squares in the heart of the biggest cities, are already eliminating that most exasperating aspect of fixed-wing air transport, the long surface trip to outlying airports. The Belgian airline, Sabena, is operating a helicopter service between Brussels, Bonn, Lille, Maastricht and Rotterdam. Helicopter services are carrying passengers and mail in and around New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. City councils all over the U.S. have accepted the theory that the helicopter will not only replace the DC-3 on air feeder lines but may augment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Uncle Igor & the Chinese Top | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

BELGIUM'S Sabena Airlines, which decided to bypass Shannon, Ireland in routing transatlantic flights, quickly changed its mind. American tourists, accustomed to picking up Irish whisky at Shannon, protested so loudly that Sabena rescheduled the refueling stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Oct. 12, 1953 | 10/12/1953 | See Source »

BELGIUM'S Sabena airlines began the world's first scheduled international helicopter service between Brussels and Rotterdam, soon will extend the service to Bonn, Cologne and Lille...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Aug. 10, 1953 | 8/10/1953 | See Source »

...Countries, with three days in London, three in Rome and four in Paris. Price: $1,388.10. ¶ Pan American: A "ten-day special." Four days in England, including London, Oxford, Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick Castle; four days in Paris, including a trip to Versailles. Price: $617. ¶ Sabena: Two weeks in Belgium, Holland, England and France, including a motor trip through Holland, excursions to Windsor Castle and Versailles. Price: $642. ¶ Scandinavian: A 23-day tour taking in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Lucerne, Interlaken and Geneva, for $715; also a special two-week trip to Finland's Olympic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRAVEL: Cut-Rate to Europe | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

...France, BOAC, El Al (Israel), Scandinavian, K.L.M. (Dutch), L.A.I. (Italian), Sabena (Belgian), Swissair, Trans Canada...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRAVEL: Cut-Rate to Europe | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

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