Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines spent sh2.3 billion on the salaries of suspended top managers and extra pay for those appointed to act in their positions, a report by the Auditor General, John Muwanga has revealed. The Works and Transport Minister, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala suspended the …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines received $500,000 before flying Speaker Jacob Oulanyah to Seattle, United States of America for treatment, according to sources. The Airlines Acting CEO Jeniffer Bamuturaki told Uganda Radio Network earlier that their Airbus A330-800 Neo was chartered for medical evacuation by a client whom …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Airlines Airbus which flew to Seattle, USA via Kefravik in Iceland, was chartered by a client of the national carrier, according to Chief Executive officer Jenifer Bamuturaki. The arrival of the plane in the USA was noticed by aviation enthusiasts, who were …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Plans by the Uganda national carrier to launch direct flights to London, United Kingdom have been hindered by changes in aviation procedures that came after Great Britain exited the European Union bloc. Before the exit, also known as Brexit, airlines operating flights to the UK and …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The acting CEO of Uganda Airlines, Jenifer Bamuturaki Musiime, has downplayed the impact of a merger of operations between Kenyan Airways (KQ) and South African Airways (SAA). This stems from a December 30th, 2021 announcement by Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on the merger between the two …
Read More »
AVIATION DIGEST | JARED KALERA | The country’s flag bearer Uganda Airlines has been revamped after many years of inactivity. After the launch, the airline first chose particular destinations in Africa. As of September 2021,Uganda Airlines has been doing Nairobi, Mombasa, Dar Es salaam, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar, Johannesburg, Bujumbura, Mogadishu, Kinsasha and …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines, like many of its counterparts in the region will have to cater for two new challenges. That is, the ban on flights by destination markets as well as the plans by bigger and older airlines to re-dominate the market. Less than three months …
Read More »
COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Just over 90 years ago, on 1 January 1914, a gentleman named Abe Pheil became the world’s first airline passenger on a 21-minute flight from St Petersburg to Tampa, Florida in the USA. A phosphate miner, he sat on an open bench in the cockpit …
Read More »
Johannesburg, South Africa | AIRSPACE AFRICA | Uganda Airlines is one of Africa’s youngest airline projects having launched operations in late 2019 and only this year being awarded by Ch-aviation with the accolade of “Airline with the youngest fleet in the world”. Serving a Ugandan market that was on the up …
Read More »
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda police are investigating a Chinese man that was found in possession of forged documents indicating he is the Uganda Airlines’ official agent in Beijing. The Chinese man, whose identity was withheld, had with him several documents police believe are forged government letters including …
Read More »
The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price