Kaya Airlines
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| Founded | 1991 | |||
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| Operating bases | Maputo International Airport | |||
| Focus cities | Nampula Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 6 | |||
| Destinations | All Domestic and regional | |||
| Headquarters |
Maputo International Airport Maputo, Mozambique | |||
| Key people | Fausto Cruz, Leonardo Simao, Cachopas Jose | |||
Kaya Airlines is an Mozambican airline re-branded from Transairways and Sabin Air.[1] The airline was established on 1991, but ceased operations afterwards. It resumed operations on 29 August 2011, flies within the country of Mozambique.[2] Its head office is at Maputo International Airport.[3]
Fleet
As of August 2013 the fleet included:[4]
- 2 Embraer EMB 120ER Brasilia [5]
- 2 Let L-410 UVP-e
- 1 Shrike Commander 500
- 1 Piper Chieftain PA-31-325
Destinations
Kaya Airlines restarted operations with flights to a limited number of destinations but hopes to expand the network in the future. In addition to charter flights, the company has started to fly to the island of Inhaca in Maputo and plans to do so to Machangulo and Zongoene.[6] 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.
Incidents and accidents
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.
References
- ↑ "Plane crashes at Maputo International Airport." Retrieved on 8 April 2011.
- ↑ Kaya Airlines retoma voos regulares em Moçambique (Portuguese)
- ↑ "index.swf." Kaya Airlines. Retrieved on 14 December 2011. "Sales and operations: Maputo International Airport"
- ↑ Flight International, 3–9 October 2009
- ↑ Kaya Airlines recomeçou as suas operações internas (Portuguese)
- ↑ "Mozambique’s Kaya Airlines launches new routes". Retrieved 2013-01-11.