Uganda Airlines announces more routes in Africa
He said the creation of an air bridge to West Africa and Southern Africa will bring convenience to travelers across the continent.
KAMPALA, July 17, 2024 – In a bid to optimally deploy its fleet of aircraft and earn more revenue, the national carrier Uganda Airlines has added to its current routes African cities of Abuja, Lusaka, and Harare, increasing the Airline’s destinations to 16.
The airline’s Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Banturaki said on Wednesday that the choice of the latest routes comes at a time when the company is about to celebrate five years since the start of its operations in late August 2019.
Banturaki said the entry into the three markets is meant to build an efficient and optimised regional market that will feed and finance a more profitable local market for Uganda Airlines as it grows its fleet as well as its fleet and optimise their use. An airline makes money when the aircraft is in the air,” she said.
“We also want to create a robust regional network that will serve as a feeder for our local market especially London which will announce one day, Bombay which we are already operating, and Quanzhou which we will announce in a few weeks,” she said.
In the same vein, the airline’s Commercial Officer, Adedayo Olawuyi said the launch of the new routes is a milestone in Uganda Airlines’ continuous contribution to intra-African travel.
He said the creation of an air bridge to West Africa and Southern Africa will bring convenience to travelers across the continent with direct flights and seamless connectivity and enable multiple opportunities in business, trade, tourism, and socio-cultural linkages.
On the choice for Lusaka, Olawuyi said Zambia is served by four main international airports, namely, Kenneth Kaunda International Airport [Lusaka]; Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport [Ndola]; Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula International Airport [Livingstone/Victoria Falls]; and Mfuwe International Airport.
Flights to Abuja will start on September 12th, 2024, with flights operated every Sunday and Thursday by the airline’s flagship A330-800 aircraft while Lusaka and Harare flights will commence on September 25th, 2024, and will operate four times a week.
Other destinations for the airline are; Bujumbura, Dar es Salaam, Dubai, Johannesburg, Juba, Kilimanjaro, Kinshasa, Lagos, Mogadishu, Mombasa, Mumbai, Nairobi, and Zanzibar.
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