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
Kaya Airlines Kaya Airlines is currently on the List of air carriers banned in the European Union due to its safety issues, preventing it from flying new routes to the European Union. On 3 December 2010 a Beechcraft 1900 registration number C9-AUO crashed on approach to runway 23 in Maputo International Airport. The cause was due to bad weather mainly strong winds. Kaya Airlines Kaya Airlines is a Mozambican airline re-branded from Transairways and Sabin Air. The airline was established on 1991, but ceased operations afterwards. It resumed operations on 29 August 2011, flies within the country of Mozambique. Its head office