Uganda Airlines has obtained slots at London’s Heathrow Airport to launch Entebbe starting March 28.
According to Aviation Development Chief Analyst James Pearson, the national carrier will be operating five times weekly.
On his LinkedIn account, Pearson says:
Uganda Airlines has obtained slots at Heathrow to launch #Entebbe from 28 March.
Although not yet available for booking, it’d operate five-weekly using Airbus A330-800s. It’d arrive at 0645 and depart at 0900.
Over 84,000 flew EBB-LON on a two-way P2P basis in 2019, making EBB the second-largest unserved market from #Africa to #London.
It was marginally behind #Harare, while Dar Es Salaam had a strong 51,000.
With Uganda Airlines’ timings, it seems that it would primarily be P2P, with only #Nairobi and on certain days #Mombassa – both with CRJ-900s – likely to be conveniently connected on a two-way basis over EBB.
#ugandaairlines #uganda #eastafrica #airlines #aviation #airports Thanks to Sean Moulton for the heads up.
Letters to My Younger Self: Robinah Siima — “Success Is Quieter, But Richer”TotalCare® agreement with Rolls-Royce
Uganda Airlines recently signed a TotalCare® agreement with Rolls-Royce for their two new Airbus A330neo aircraft powered exclusively by Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines. Uganda Airlines received the first A330neo in December 2020 and the second in January 2021.
“TotalCare® offers more than just an engine maintenance plan; it is a service concept based upon predictability and reliability. This agreement will give Uganda Airlines a secured cost of operating and maintaining their Trent 7000 engines, through a dollar-per-flying-hour payment mechanism, as well as enhanced aircraft availability as a result of our in-depth engine knowledge that only we can provide, drawing on advanced engine health monitoring and the inclusion of product durability and reliability improvements,” a Rolls-Royce press release says in part.
