Post-war
After the war, Avions Fairey restarted at Charleroi by servicing C-47 Dakotas of the Air Force; this was then extended to other aircraft.
Avions Fairey returned to production as a joint venture with Fokker to build Gloster Meteor jet fighters 240 were built between the companies for the Dutch and Belgian air forces.
Tipsy development continued; the Tipsy Junior single seater followed by the Tipsy Belfair. Sales were poor due to a glut of ex-military aircraft. in 1957 the Tipsy Nipper which was a very low cost aircraft was produced either assembled or in kit form.
In 1953, Avions Fairey was contracted to produce 256 Hawker Hunter fuselages for the Dutch and Belgian air Force. this lasted until 1958. Avions Fairey continued in service contracts and in conjunction with SABCA Lockheed F-104 Starfighters under licence from 1962.
After Fairey UK bought the Britten-Norman company, their Islanders were built in Belgium and Romania and a Trislander production line started in Belgium. Islanders built in Romania continued to be ferried to Britten-Norman for finishing flight certification as did all aircraft built in Belgium. Fairey UK had its own financial difficulties and the Belgian government bought Avions Fairey to preserve the Belgian F-16 project.
On 1 June 1976, the SONACA company was created from Avions Fairey.
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