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COMMENT |  DEREK NSEKO  |  The global travel industry is roaring back in 2022. Despite some pockets of severe COVID-19 related restrictions and mounting economic pressures resulting from a skyrocketing oil price, travel has been resilient in its efforts for a comeback this year. People simply want to travel again and …

  COMMENT | Samson Tinka |  Late last month, I took a journey to UAE for a business engagement. As a patriot, country comes before my personal needs, so firmly on my schedule was to find out the impact Uganda airlines has had on the economy and perceptions of the country …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Jenifer Bamuturaki Uganda Airlines CEO. Minister of Works Gen Katumba Wamala has confirmed the appointment in a letter to the board of Uganda Airlines. The appointment of Bamuturaki, who has been acting CEO, means efforts by the airline’s board …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cornwell Muleya, the former Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Airlines is out on bail. He appeared Wednesday before the Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate, Asuman Muhumuza who granted him bail of Shillings 1.5 million in cash and bonded his sureties Shillings 50 million non cash. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspectorate of Government-IG has arrested Cornwell Muleya, the former Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Airlines. A statement by the Deputy Inspector General of Government, Dr. Patricia Achan Okiria, shows that Muleya was picked up for failing to heed to their summons. “Muleya has been …

Guangzhou , China | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines has secured departure and landing slots at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport as it prepares for the commencement of long-haul flights to the UK, Saudi Arabia and India. The airline announced the change through its social media handles on Saturday. ” …

Air travel remains out of reach for the average Ugandan citizen. However, in an attempt to demystify the aero plane, Vilakazi Safaris, a local tour and travel company together with Uganda Airlines, wants to change all that by taking enthusiastic local travellers on one-hour joy tours around Uganda. One such …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Wakiso labor office has referred the dispute between Uganda Airlines and its former Chief Executive Officer, Cornwell Muleya to the Industrial Court citing a substantial question of law that arose from the proceedings. In his May 11, 2022 letter to the Industrial Court, Celestine …

  Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines made about Sh7.6 billion in the first three months of the year.  The money was collected from ten chartered flights. Six flights were paid for by mainly private clients to Mogadishu, Somalia while three were hired for the First Son Gen …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A senior labour officer at Wakiso district, Celestine Muhumuza, has organized a mediation meeting between Uganda Airlines and former CEO Cornwell Muleya. The meeting will be held at 2pm today, with the view of reaching an amicable settlement of Muleya’s complaint of unlawful dismissal. Muhumuza, in …