Sabena airliners which were augmented and later replaced by Douglas DC-6Bs. The DC-4s also restarted the airline's traditional route to the Belgian Congo. Sabena was the first airline to introduce transatlantic schedules from the north of England, when one of its DC-6Bs inaugurated the Brussels-Manchester-New York route on 28 October 1953. The Convair 240 was introduced in 1949 to partially replace the DC-3s that until then had flown most European services. As of 1956, improved Convair 440 "Metropolitan" twins began replacing the Convair 240 twins and were used successfully well into the 1960s between European regional destinations. In 1957, the long-range
Eritrean Airlines the European Union (EU) that was released in . According to all the subsequent lists released by the European Commission , the airline has been barred from flying into every country of the EU. , Eritrean serves the following destinations: The Eritrean Airlines fleet in July 2018 consists of a single leased Boeing 737-300. Eritrean is also said to have six Dornier aircraft, which are stored in Eritrea. The airline previously operated the following equipment: Eritrean Airlines Eritrean Airlines, shortened to Eritrean, is the national airline of Eritrea. Based at Asmara International Airport, it is wholly owned by the government