Sabena Boeing 747s with four-engined Airbus A340. After the liberalisation of the airline industry throughout Europe and the economic consequences of the Gulf War, the Belgian government, the main shareholder of the company, realized that Sabena had little chance of surviving on its own in this very competitive market, and began searching for a suitable partner. Sabena remained in a poor financial state, and year after year the Belgian government had to cover losses, however, it was however prevented from providing new funds due to EU State Aid rules. Around 1987, SAS tried to merge with the carrier, but the merger
Uganda Airlines of them yielded fatalities. [[Hull-loss]]es are listed below. Uganda, a landlocked country in [[East Africa]], has been without a national airline since 2001, when Uganda Airlines, which was founded in 1976 was liquidated. [[Air Uganda]], a privately owned airline operated between 2007 and 2014. Following studies and wide consultations, the [[Cabinet of Uganda]], opted to re-launch Uganda Airlines, with six new jets, two of which will be the wide-body, long-range [[Airbus A330-800|A330-800]] and the other four being [[CRJ900]] aircraft. The studies recommended an equity investment by the government of approximately US$70 million and loans totaling US$330 million, borrowed from regional