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| Founded | 1991 | ||||||
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| Operating bases | Maputo International Airport[1] | ||||||
| Fleet size | 6 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Maputo, Mozambique | ||||||
| Website | kayaairlines.com | ||||||
Kaya Airlines is a Mozambican regional airline based at Maputo International Airport.[1]
History
The airline was established in 1991 but ceased operations afterwards. It was originally named Transairways and later Sabin Air.[2]
Kaya Airlines resumed operations on 29 August 2011, flying within Mozambique.[3] Kaya Airlines restarted operations with flights to a limited number of destinations but hoped to expand the network in the future. In addition to charter flights, the company had started to fly to the island of Inhaca in Maputo and planned to do so to Machangulo and Zongoene.[4] Kaya Airlines was 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 for some time.
As of February 2021, the airline ceased operations again with plans to restart services.[1]
Fleet
As of August 2013 the fleet included:[5][6]
- 2 Embraer EMB 120ER Brasilia
- 2 Let L-410 UVP-e
- 1 Shrike Commander 500
- 1 Piper Chieftain PA-31-325
Incidents and accidents
- On 3 December 2010 a Beechcraft 1900 registration number C9-AUO crashed on approach to runway 23 at Maputo International Airport. The cause was due to bad weather mainly strong winds.
References
- ^ a b c d ch-aviation.com - KayaAirlines retrieved 12 February 2021
- ^ "Plane crashes at Maputo International Airport Archived 3 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine." Retrieved on 8 April 2011.
- ^ Kaya Airlines retoma voos regulares em Moçambique (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Mozambique's Kaya Airlines launches new routes". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ^ Flight International, 3–9 October 2009
- ^ Kaya Airlines recomeçou as suas operações internas Archived 18 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)