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
European Low Fares Airline Association Middle East airlines. Former members include Air Polonia (ceased operations on 5 December 2004), Bmibaby (ceased operations on 9 September 2012), Flying Finn (ceased operations on 27 January 2004), My Way Airlines, later MyAir.com (ceased operations on 24 July 2009), SkyEurope (ceased operations on 1 September 2009), Sterling(ceased operations on 29 October 2008), Volareweb.com(ceased operations on 12 January 2009), Basiqair (merged into Transavia.com on 1 January 2005), Clickair (merged into Vueling on 15 July 2009), Hapag-Lloyd Express, later TUIfly (merged into TUIfly in January 2007), and Blue Air. European Low Fares Airline Association The European Low Fares Airline Association (ELFAA)