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{{Short description|Defunct airline of Belgium (2002)}}
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{{Infobox airline
| airline          = VG Airlines
| logo             = VgAirlines.png
| logo_size        = 150px
| IATA             = IV
| ICAO             = FVG
| callsign         = NICO
| founded          = 2002
| commenced        = {{start date|2002|05|24|df=yes}}
| ceased           = {{end date|2002|11|05|df=yes}}
| hubs             = [[Brussels Airport]]
| fleet_size       = At time of bankruptcy: 3
| destinations     = At time of bankruptcy: 3
| frequent_flyer   = 
| alliance         = 
| parent           = 
| headquarters     = [[Merksem]], [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]]
| key_people       = 
| website          = [https://web.archive.org/web/20020925203635/http://vgair.be/ vgair.be]
}}

'''VG Airlines''', later '''Delsey Airlines''', (airline code IV, later assigned to [[Windjet]]) was a short-lived airline with its head office in [[Merksem]], [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20021203101859/http://www.delseyairlines.com/home/view/index.cfm?id=151&l=1 Contact us in Belgium:]" Delsey Airlines. 3 December 2002. Retrieved on 8 September 2010.</ref>

==History==
VG Airlines was founded in 2002 to operate flights from [[Belgium]] to [[North America]] in the wake of [[Sabena]]'s bankruptcy.<ref>"Directory: World Airlines." ''[[Flight International]]''. 26 March – 1 April 2002. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2002/2002%20-%200992.html?search=%22VG%20Airlines%22&tracked=1 100].</ref> The airline was rebranded as '''Delsey Airlines''',<ref>"Directory: World Airlines." ''[[Flight International]]''. 25–31 March 2003. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2003/2003%20-%200596.html?search=%22VG%20Airlines%22&tracked=1 55].</ref> (named after [[Delsey|Delsey Suitcases]]) but it ceased operations in November 2002. The pencil dark and light grey aircraft livery design with the feathered [[Flag of Belgium|Belgian flag]] on the tailfin of VG Airlines was created by Lila Design in the Netherlands as well as the Delsey Airlines aircraft paint concept.

==Destinations==
The airline operated flights from [[Brussels Airport|Brussels]] to [[Boston Logan International Airport|Boston]], [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles]], and [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York–JFK]] in the United States.

==Fleet==
[[File:Airbus A330-223, VG Airlines AN0273146.jpg|thumb|A VG Airlines A330 in 2002]]

{|class="wikitable"
! Aircraft
! In fleet
|-
| [[Airbus A330-200]]
| 3
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Commons category|VG Airlines}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.delseyairlines.com/ Delsey Airlines] (Archive)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020925203635/http://vgair.be/ VG Airlines] (Archive)
*[http://www.ruudleeuw.com/rem-vg.htm Airlines Remembered]
*[http://www.uniformfreak.com/1vgairlines.html Uniforms]
*[http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch=VG%20Airlines&distinct_entry=true AirlinersNet Photos]

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