SN Brussels Airlines and regional investment companies, as well as the Brussels and Walloon governments) set up SN Airholding, headed by Étienne Davignon. After the 2001 collapse of Sabena, Belgium's flag carrier airline, Belgium was left without a national airline. In February 2002, SN Airholding took over the Belgian airline DAT, a subsidiary of Sabena, and changed its trading name to SN Brussels Airlines. In 2002, a strategic reorganization started, led by the former CEO Peter Davies. On 12 April 2005 SN Brussels took holding control of Virgin Express and on 31 March 2006 they announced their merger. On 7 November 2006 they
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