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Word: sabena (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...permanent representative in the U.S., books tourists through a dozen major U.S. travel agencies and 50 associated agencies. Chief among them: American Express, which now has its own office in Moscow, and Manhattan's Cosmos Travel Bureau. Six Western European airlines (SAS, Finnair, Air France, KLM, Sabena and British European Airways) fly into Russia, occasional boat cruises ply the Black Sea, and tourists can even enter Russia in their own autos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRAVEL: Rubbernecking in Russia | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

...were more effectively shaping it. In the drab industrial city of Essen last week, 18 young French labor leaders were learning at firsthand how labor-management relations are handled in the coal fields and steelworks of the Ruhr. In Paris four European airlines-Air France, Alitalia, Belgium's Sabena and West Germany's Lufthansa-announced plans to integrate their schedules, maintenance and foreign-sales organizations under the name "Air Union." And in a West German poll, only 37% of the citizens questioned by the Gallup-like "EMNID" Institute were anxious to see Germany remain a sovereign state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN EUROPE: The Quiet Revolution | 6/8/1959 | See Source »

Safety Air Seat. A new type of airline seat for protecting passengers in a crash has been adopted by Sabena Belgian World Airlines for use in its new Boeing 707 jets. The seat automatically tips backward on impact until the passenger's spine is nearly horizontal, thus putting his whole body in a better position to withstand the shock. Because of its lower center of gravity, the seat is also less likely to be ripped from the floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Feb. 9, 1959 | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

...some cases, small nations have a real need for an international line, or fly so efficiently that they can compete on even terms with bigger nations. The Netherlands' 38-year-old K.L.M. and Belgium's Sabena, both with far-flung routes and big, modern fleets, rank among the world's finest airlines, earn valuable foreign exchange and promote much tourism for their mother nations. Flying to the U.S. and South America, Japan Air Lines serves a booming nation of 90 million people, not only generates most of its own international traffic but has such an effective domestic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES: Many Should Stay Home | 5/19/1958 | See Source »

HELICOPTER TOURS of the French château country will be started this summer by Belgium's Sabena World Airlines. It will offer nine-hour trip for close view of twelve Loire Valley châteaux (price: $72), plus 80-minute trip over six castles (price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Jun. 10, 1957 | 6/10/1957 | See Source »

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