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
Andorra Airlines Andorra Airlines Andorra Airlines was a Andorran commercial airline based at Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport. The airline is not the national flag carrier of Andorra, though its aim is to connect the principality to main Spanish and European cities by air. The airline was founded in 2015 by Catalan businessman Jorge Soriano and two Spanish partners. Andorra Airlines publicly announced its launch on 2 February 2016, and operations are planned to start in Q4 2016 with a fleet of two aircraft flying to four destinations from Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport. From Q4 2016, Andorra Airlines estimates to start flight operations