Revival of Uganda Airlines

Old Jan 10, 2019, 7:11 am
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News articles today said that Uganda Airlines will start flying commercially in June with two planes arriving this spring. Long Haul in 2020.
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Old Jan 13, 2019, 9:28 am
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How long before it fails?

African leaders think that having a national airline is a matter of pride, costs be damned....
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Old Jan 13, 2019, 10:24 pm
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Following Tanzania... it will be a disaster... 😬
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Old Jan 14, 2019, 1:18 am
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Originally Posted by Palal
How long before it fails?

African leaders think that having a national airline is a matter of pride, costs be damned....
It is a matter of national pride. But as long as the airline can limp along until the oil starts flowing out of Uganda, then they will have enough cash to keep it going for a long time. IMHO.
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Old Apr 23, 2019, 3:35 am
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Uganda has received two CRJ's 900's today, to much pomp and circumstance.

The president said something interesting...

"Uganda is moving forward and we are unstoppable. (...) But in the airlines business, I still believe in an East African Airlines. One reason I took long to revive the airlines was that I thought we [East Africa] could share airlines."
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Originally Posted by stimpy
The president said something interesting...

"Uganda is moving forward and we are unstoppable. (...) But in the airlines business, I still believe in an East African Airlines. One reason I took long to revive the airlines was that I thought we [East Africa] could share airlines."
Wonder if he also still believes in an East African common currency and free flow of goods. Seems to be only going in the opposite direction.
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Old Apr 23, 2019, 3:41 am
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Wonder if he also still believes in an East African common currency and free flow of goods. Seems to be only going in the opposite direction.
Yeah, it's a bit of a pipe dream.
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Old Jul 1, 2019, 1:01 am
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Originally Posted by stimpy
Uganda has received two CRJ's 900's today, to much pomp and circumstance.

The president said something interesting...

"Uganda is moving forward and we are unstoppable. (...) But in the airlines business, I still believe in an East African Airlines. One reason I took long to revive the airlines was that I thought we [East Africa] could share airlines."
The 3rd CRJ900 will be delivered next month and still no flight? The website apparently will start working in 30 days
Anyone knows which are the 7 routes that have been secured by Uganda Airlines?

The first A330-800neo is expected to arrive in the country in December 2020, and the second in January 2021.
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Old Jul 1, 2019, 1:20 am
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Anyone knows which are the 7 routes that have been secured by Uganda Airlines?
They announced a while ago Nairobi, Mombasa, Kilimanjaro, Bujumbura, Juba, Dar-Es-Salam and Mogadishu. Starting July 2019. I saw some officials were in Mogadishu recently formalizing things and doing extended security reviews.

https://observer.ug/news/headlines/6...egional-routes

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Old Jul 1, 2019, 2:19 am
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Originally Posted by stimpy
They announced a while ago Nairobi, Mombasa, Kilimanjaro, Bujumbura, Juba, Dar-Es-Salam and Mogadishu. Starting July 2019. I saw some officials were in Mogadishu recently formalizing things and doing extended security reviews.

https://observer.ug/news/headlines/6...egional-routes
Thanks, exactly the same route map (excl Kigali) as Air Uganda before they collapsed mid 2014.
Did they get the AOC? Earlier in June, they were really uncertain to start ops this month, Will it be in 2019 or 2020?
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I don't know. The people who really know aren't talking.
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Originally Posted by flying_blue_white_red
Did they get the AOC?
No.
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Old Jul 1, 2019, 12:17 pm
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They just stated that they shall be flying this month. Not sure if that means with passengers or not!
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Old Jul 1, 2019, 12:57 pm
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They just stated that they shall be flying this month. Not sure if that means with passengers or not!
Interesting info and it could be great !
IIRC, A few day after they officially welcomed the CRJs at Entebbe, the plane(s) was(were) sent to various African countries (or destinations?), incl Cape Town & Jo'burg.
Not sure why as I did not pay to much attention on that at this time though...
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Old Jul 3, 2019, 8:11 am
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Originally Posted by flying_blue_white_red
Interesting info and it could be great !
IIRC, A few day after they officially welcomed the CRJs at Entebbe, the plane(s) was(were) sent to various African countries (or destinations?), incl Cape Town & Jo'burg.
Not sure why as I did not pay to much attention on that at this time though...
The aircraft title remains with Bombardier and they were using it as a demonstration model. Uganda Airlines was not involved in that at all (crew were Bombardier, events were Bombardier hosted, etc...)
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