Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Flight schedule for Entebbe International Airport, Uganda Wednesday DAY- WEDNESDAY ARRIVAL FLIGHTS_________________________________________DEPARTURE FLIGHTS FLIGHT AIRLINE ORIGIN ARRIVAL TIME(HRS) DESTINATION DEP.TIME (HRS) FLIGHT WB 464 RwandAir KGL 02 50 NBO 03 50 WB 464 TK 612 Turkish Airlines IST / KGL 02 45 IST …
Read More »Flights schedule ENTEBBE March 13, 2018
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Flight schedule for Entebbe International Airport, Uganda March 13, 2018 DAY- TUESDAY ARRIVAL FLIGHTS____________________________________________DEPARTURE FLIGHTS FLIGHT AIRLINE ORIGIN ARRIVAL (HRS) DESTINATION DEP.TIME (HRS) FLIGHT WB 464 RWANDAIR KGL 02 50 NBO 03 50 WB 464 TK 606 Turkish Airlines IST / KGL 02 …
Read More »Tripoli flights still suspended after fighting
Tripoli, Libya | AFP | The Libyan capital’s only working international airport remained closed to flights on Tuesday, the airport said, a day after fighting killed at least 20 people and damaged several planes. Mitiga airport said in a statement that all scheduled flights had been rerouted through the western …
Read More »Clashes force closure of Tripoli airport in Libya
Tripoli, Libya | AFP | Fierce fighting forced the closure of the Libyan capital’s only civilian airport on Monday, officials said, after a militia in charge of security there said it had been attacked. The Facebook page of Mitiga International Airport, in eastern Tripoli, said “flights have been suspended because of …
Read More »Flydubai unveils flights out of Kilimanjaro International Airport
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dubai-based carrier, Flydubai, has unveiled flights out of Kilimanjaro International Airport in Tanzania, expanding its network in Africa to 12 destinations. The carrier will offer six flights a week to Kilimanjaro, three of which are via a stop in the capital, Dar es Salaam bringing …
Read More »Beachgoers killed, flights halted by clashes at Libya airport
Tripoli, Libya | AFP | Stray fire from fighting between armed groups that control Libya’s Mitiga airport killed five people at a nearby beach and forced the suspension of flights on Wednesday, authorities said. The clashes broke out Tuesday between the groups at Mitiga, a former military airbase east of …
Read More »‘Eerie’ calm settles over Qatar’s deserted airport
Doha, Qatar | AFP | Qatar’s state-of-the-art Hamad International bills itself as one of the most luxurious airports in the world — but on Tuesday, it was also one of the quietest. As a travel ban announced by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) came into …
Read More »UPDATE: Plane crash-lands in South Sudan, at least 37 injured
Juba, South Sudan | AFP | At least 37 people were injured when a passenger jet crash-landed in South Sudan’s northwestern city of Wau on Monday, government and airport officials said. There were 40 passengers and five crew members on board the South Supreme Airlines plane that had taken off from …
Read More »Many feared dead as plane crash lands in Wau, South Sudan
Juba, South Sudan | AFP | A passenger jet carrying 45 people crash-landed in South Sudan’s northwestern city of Wau on Monday, leaving at least 14 people injured, government and airport officials said. It was unclear however if the rest of the those on board were alive or dead. “There were …
Read More »VIDEO: Who picked Besigye from the airport?
VIDEO: Who “kidnapped” Rtd.Col.Dr. Kizza Besigye moments after the plane he was travelling in touched the ground at Entebbe International Airport? According to Besigye, officers wearing Civil Aviation Authority uniforms picked him from the aircraft, put him in a CAA vehicle, and drove him to the old airport where he was handed …
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