Sabena followed on 1 May 1929 via Antwerp, Düsseldorf, and Essen. When Sabena was created, the airline was partly funded by Belgians in the Belgian Congo colony who lost their air service, an experimental passenger and cargo company (LARA) between Léopoldville, Lisala, and Stanleyville a year earlier and who expected the new Belgian national airline to fill this gap. On 12 February 1925, Sabena pioneered a long haul across Africa to Leopoldville, capital of the Belgian Congo. Throughout its history, Sabena had a long tradition of service to African destinations and for a long time these were the only profitable routes
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