Uganda Airlines

This article is about the airline that started flying in 2019. For the previous airline, see Uganda Airlines (1976–2001).
Not to be confused with Air Uganda or Uganda Air Cargo.

Uganda Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
UR UGD CRESTED
Founded30 January 2018; 6 years ago (2018-01-30)
Commenced operations28 August 2019; 5 years ago (2019-08-28)[1][2]
HubsEntebbe International Airport
Frequent-flyer programCraneflyer[3]
Fleet size6[4][5][6][7]
Destinations16[8][9][10]
Parent companyGovernment of Uganda
HeadquartersEntebbe, Wakiso District, Uganda
Key people
Employees517 (2024)[15]
Websitewww.ugandairlines.com

Uganda Airlines, legally Uganda National Airlines Company, [16] is the flag carrier of Uganda. The company is a revival[17] of the older Uganda Airlines which operated from 1977 until 2001.[18][19] The current carrier began flying in August 2019.[20]

Location

The company headquarters are located at Entebbe International Airport, in Wakiso District, approximately 34 kilometres (21 mi) south of the central business district of Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda.[21]

History

Following studies and wide consultations, the Cabinet of Uganda opted to re-launch Uganda Airlines,[22] with six new jets, two of which are the wide-body, long-range A330-800 and the other four being CRJ900 aircraft.[23] The studies recommended an equity investment by the government of approximately US$70 million and loans totaling US$330 million, borrowed from regional lenders, such as the Trade and Development Bank, to complete the purchase.[24]

In May 2018, The EastAfrican reported that the Ugandan government had made a small monetary deposit on each of the six aircraft, while it concluded final financing arrangements. The first batch of CRJ900 aircraft was expected in November 2018, while the delivery of the A330-800 planes was expected in December 2020.[25]

As of 19 March 2019, according to Ephraim Bagenda, the company's chief executive at the time, 12 pilots and 12 co-pilots (total of 24 cockpit crew), all of them Ugandans, had completed their training and certification on the CRJ900-ER aircraft. The first two regional jets were expected in Uganda in April 2019. The third jet was scheduled for delivery in July 2019 and the fourth CRJ900 was expected in September 2019. Between April and June 2019, the airline planned to obtain an Air operator's certificate (AOC) from the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority and start operations by 30 June 2019.[26] On 8 April 2019, the expected delivery date for the first two jets (5X-EQU and 5X-KOB) was reported as Tuesday 23 April 2019.[27][28]

In April 2019, the delivery of the first Bombardier CRJ900 was confirmed as 23 April 2019 and that of the first Airbus A330-800 as the first half of 2021.[29]

On 27 July 2019, the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority awarded Uganda National Airlines Company with an Air Operator Certificate, finalizing a five-step, three-month certification process that cleared the airline to commence commercial operations.[30] On 2 August 2019, the airline announced the launch date as the 28th of the same month, with flights to Nairobi, Mogadishu, Dar es Salaam, Juba, Kilimanjaro, Mombasa and Bujumbura.[8]

On the morning of 28 August 2019, Uganda Airlines had its first commercial flight from Entebbe to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) with eight passengers on board.[20]

On 13 November 2019, Uganda Airlines launched the first flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport; thereby completing the first phase of operations to seven routes which was started with flights to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport nearly three months earlier.[31]

On 16 December 2019, Uganda Airlines commenced regular commercial passenger service to Zanzibar in Tanzania. The three-times-weekly service, brought the airline's destinations to eight in the second phase of route expansion.[32]

On 1 October 2020, after a six-months pause in scheduled passenger service, due to travel restrictions imposed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Uganda Airlines resumed scheduled passenger service, in a phased manner. On that day, the airline's hub, Entebbe International Airport that had been closed to passenger traffic since March 2020, was opened for resumed passenger service.[33]

On 18 December 2020, Uganda Airlines launched commercial flights to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The three times weekly operation increased the airline's expanding network to ten destinations.[34]

In August 2023, UR announced plans to begin scheduled passenger and cargo service to Lagos, Nigeria and Mumbai, India, during Q4 2023. If and when new equipment is acquired as anticipated, destinations on the radar include Lusaka, Harare, Cape Town, Abuja, Jeddah, London and Guangzhou.[35] Others include Addis Ababa and Amsterdam.[36] Also under consideration is Goma, DRC.[37]

Uganda Airlines, 5X-EQU, Bombardier CRJ-900
Uganda Airlines, 5X-EQU, Bombardier CRJ-900

In April 2024, UR received regulatory approval to service Lusaka, Harare, Jeddah and Riyadh.[38] Service to Cape Town via Harare is also under consideration.[39] Also in April 2024, UR began to make concrete arrangements to service Abu Dhabi.[40]

Destinations

Main article: List of Uganda Airlines destinations

It is expected that when Kabalega International Airport is completed, a network of flights to local, regional and international destinations, will be developed around the new airport.[41]

With the two A330-800 aircraft expected in December 2020 and January 2021, Uganda Airlines was expected to start flights to Europe, Asia and the Middle East during the first quarter of 2021.[42] The intercontinental and intracontinental destinations under consideration include: Heathrow Airport, Dubai International Airport, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Mumbai International Airport, airports in West Africa and airports in Southern Africa.[43][44]

In October 2020, it was reported that Uganda Airlines had received regulatory approval to begin scheduled passenger service to South Africa.[45] The airline began service between Entebbe Airport and O. R. Tambo International Airport, four times a week, effective 31 May 2021.[10]

On 2 March 2021, it was reported that the airline would commence five-times-weekly scheduled service between Entebbe and London Heathrow on 28 March 2021, using the A330-800 equipment. However, the service did not commence as originally planned due to failure of the airline to get the aircraft appropriately certified by Uganda Civil Aviation Authority.[46][47] Appropriate certification of the A330-800s was obtained on 20 August 2021.[48][49]

On 4 October 2021, Uganda Airlines started intercontinental flights, with three times weekly direct passenger service between Entebbe International Airport (EBB) and Dubai International Airport (DXB), using the A330-800 equipment.[50][51] Four weeks later, during the first week of November 2021, the frequency between the two cities was increased to four times weekly, as a result of heavy load factors.[52][53]

In January 2022, Uganda Airlines senior management indicated that their focus included (a) the establishment of a domestic service in collaboration with existing domestic operators (b) increasing the number of destinations in Europe and DR Congo (c) establishment of service to China, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and India (d) Acquisition of Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO) certification.[54] Management plans to start self ground handling at Entebbe Airport in 2022, to reduce expenses.[55][56][57]

In June 2022, Ugandan online media reported that the Chinese authorities had granted Uganda Airlines one landing slot a week at Guangzhou International Airport. It is expected that at a future date, yet to be announced, UR will begin the nine-hour direct weekly flights between Entebbe and Guangzhou.[58][59][60]

In October 2023, UR made concrete plans to start passenger service between EBB in Uganda and BOM in India, effective 7 October 2023.[61] Similar arrangements were made for service to Lagos, Nigeria, starting on 19 October 2023.[62] That same month the Federal Government of Nigeria awarded UR landing rights to Abuja (ABV) and Kano (KAN).[63]

In July 2024, UR announced the beginning of service to three African capitals; namely Abuja, Lusaka and Harare. Service to Abuja will be an extension of the existing Entebbe-Lagos service, starting on 12 September 2024. Lusaka and Harare will be served in a rotating triangular pattern (Entebbe-Lusaka-Harare-Entebbe and Entebbe-Harare-Lusaka-Entebbe), beginning on 25 September 2024.[64][65]

In June 2024, a high-level management team from UR, led by the CEO Jenifer Bamuturaki, visited London and met with Uganda High Commission staff, the Ugandan diaspora and officials of the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. Following those meetings, UR secured landing slots at Gatwick Airport. UR plans to commence direct Entebbe to Gatwick service during Q4 2024.[66][67] In September 2024, UR began service to Abuja, Nigeria (ABV).[68][69]

As of September 2024, the five major target destinations were Accra, Cape Town, Jeddah, Riyadh and London-Gatwick. Others on the radar, after new equipment are added to the fleet, include Frankfurt, another city in India and Guangzhou.[70]

Fleet

As of December 2024, Uganda Airlines operates the following aircraft:[25][23][71][72]

Uganda Airlines passenger fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers Notes
C P Y Total
Airbus A320neo — 4[73][74] TBA [75][76][77]
Airbus A330-800 2 — 20 28 210 258 [78][79]
Boeing B787-9 — 2 TBA [75][76][77]
Bombardier CRJ-900ER 4 — 12 — 64 76 [7][80][75][76][77]
Total 6 6
Uganda Airlines cargo fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers Notes Refs
C P Y Total
Boeing 737-800SF 0 1 0 0 0 0 Cargo [81][82][83][84]
Boeing 777F 0 1 0 0 0 0 Cargo [81][82][83][84]
Total 0 2

In February 2019, the first of four CRJ900 aircraft that Uganda Airlines had ordered, took its first test flight with the livery of the new airline.[85] On 29 March 2019, the Ugandan parliament approved a request by the Ugandan government for USh 280 billion (approx. US$76 million), to pay for the first two CRJ900s, expected to arrive in Uganda in April 2019.[86]

The third and fourth CRJ900 aircraft were delivered during the middle of October 2019, according to the Uganda Ministry of Works and Transport.[87] On 5 October 2019, the third and fourth CRJ900s, 5X–KDP and 5X–KNP left Montreal, Canada on their delivery journey to Entebbe, Uganda,[88][89] landing there on 7 October 2019.[7]

On 8 April 2019, the airline firmed up its order for two A330-841s.[29] On 16 October 2020, the first of two A330-841s that the airline ordered, registration number 5X-NIL, left the paint shop at Toulouse, France, with the livery of the airline. Delivery of the first aircraft took place on 21 December 2020.[45][90][91]

On that date, Airbus handed over the first of two A330-841s that the airline ordered in 2018, to a delegation of Ugandan government officials, led by General Katumba Wamala, the then Ugandan Minister of Works and Transport. A team of Ugandan pilots flew the aircraft, registration number 5X-NIL from Toulouse, France to Entebbe, Uganda on 22 December 2020, as flight number UR404.[4][92]

On 2 February 2021 the second of two A330-841s, registration number 5X-CRN was delivered from Toulouse, France to Entebbe, Uganda as flight number UR406, bringing the airline's fleet count to six aircraft.[93]

On 12 August 2021, one of the airline's Airbus A330-800s, with registration 5X-NIL flew to Johannesburg, South Africa on a demonstration flight as part of the final stages in the certification process for the aircraft. On 20 August 2021, the two Airbus A330-800 aircraft, 5X-NIL and 5X-CRN were given appropriate certification and added to the airlines' Air Operators Certificate (AOC), by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA).[48][49]

In April 2024 UR was expected to take delivery of a wet-leased (ACMI) Airbus A320-200 aircraft to be deployed on the EBB–JNB route, where the CRJ900LR is capacity constrained. The wet lessor is Global Aviation, based in Johannesburg, South Africa.[94][38][95] The 160-seater wet-leased (ACMI) Airbus A320-200ceo was received at EBB, on 9 May 2024, on an initial lease term of six months.[96] In addition to addressing capacity challenges with Johannesburg, the A320-200 equipment is expected to smoothen out service to Nairobi, Lagos and Kinshasa. The leased equipment will substitute service when some of the CRJs in the fleet go for major service.[97] It is expected that when six-months ACMI lease with Global Aviation of South Africa expires in November 2024, it will be either renewed, extended or replaced with another six-month ACMI lease.[98]

In November 2024, it was reported by Ch-Aviation that the ACMI lease with Global Aviation of South Africa had ended in October 2024. UR planned to start a new 6-months ACMI wet lease in November with DAT Lithuania Airlines (DAT LT). The lease is for a 9.25 year-old A320-232 (OY-RUY) and is expected to start in mid-November. A long-term dry lease of two A320neos is planned to begin in June 2025, while the airline awaits the four brand new A320neos on order from Airbus.[99][100][101][102]

In June 2024, Shakila Rahim Lamar, the airline's spokesperson, indicated that in the next 10 years, between 2024 and 2034, UR planned to introduce eight new aircraft into the fleet and increase the number of airframes to 14.[103] Those plans were re-stated by Jenifer Bamuturaki, the company CEO, in September 2024.[104]

Uganda Airlines 5X-EQU, Bombardier CRJ-900

Interline agreements

Effective March 2021, Uganda Airlines maintains an interline agreement with Emirates Airlines.[105] In August 2021, The Citizen (Tanzania) newspaper reported that the airline had signed interline agreements with Emirates Airlines, Qatar Airways, Hahn Air and APG Airlines of France. At that time UR was negotiating interline agreements with Air Tanzania and Precision Air.[106] As of July 2024, UR was negotiating an interline agreement with South African Airways.[107]

Associations and memberships

In September 2019, Uganda National Airlines Company Limited was admitted as a member of the African Airlines Association, (AFRAA).[108]

In February 2021, Uganda Airlines signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce Limited, the manufacturer of the airline's A330-800 engines, assigning the maintenance of the engines to Rolls-Royce, under their TotalCare program. The airline will be charged an hourly fee for every one hour of flight, for every Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engine in the fleet.[109]

In November 2021, the airline signed a Flight Hour Services (FHS) agreement with Airbus, for after-sales support and training. The agreement includes "on-site engineering, repairs, and timely spare parts availability", for the next five years.[110]

In January 2022, the airline began the process of obtaining IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certification, with expected conclusion in the fourth quarter of 2022.[57] During September 2023, Uganda Airlines together with Entebbe International Airport and the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority underwent the ICAO Oversight Safety Audit.[111][112]

Corporate overview

Ownership

The airline is jointly owned by two Ugandan Cabinet Ministries; the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and the Ministry of Works and Transport, on a 50/50 basis.[113][114]

Governance

The airline was governed by a seven-person board of directors, including the following:[115][116][117]

  1. Godfrey Perez Ahabwe (Economist): Chairperson
  2. Benon Kajuna (Transport economist): Representing the Uganda Ministry of Works and Transport
  3. Godfrey Ssemugooma: Representing the Uganda Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
  4. Catherine Asinde Poran: Independent, Non-Executive Director
  5. Rehema Mutazindwa: Independent, Non-Executive Director
  6. Charles Hamya: Independent, Non-Executive Director
  7. Stephen Aziku Zua: Independent, Non-Executive Director

On 30 April 2021, the entire board of directors was suspended by the Minister of Transport and Works, Katumba Wamala, due to allegations of corruption, mismanagement and poor performance.[118][119]

In January 2022, the New Vision newspaper reported that the suspended board members had been asked to resign, so that their terminal benefits could be processed. According to the newspaper, each board member would receive USh30 million (approx. US$8,640) in a lump sum and a monthly payment of USh5 million (approx. US$1,440), for six months thereafter.[120]

In March 2022, a new seven-person board of directors was appointed to replace the first board whose members had resigned at the request of the shareholders. The new board members are:[11]

  1. Priscilla Mirembe Serukka (chairperson)
  2. Ebrahim Kisoro Sadrudin
  3. Herbert Kamuntu
  4. Abdi Karim Moding
  5. Barbara Mirembe Namugambe
  6. Samson Rwahwire
  7. Patrick Ocailap.[11]

Staff

In September 2018, the airline placed advertisements in the local print media for prospective airline staff, including directors for maintenance, engineering, commercial affairs and finance. Also corporate quality manager, human resource, ground operations, sales and marketing, cabin services and planning managers are being sought for recruitment. Pilots, cabin crew staff, ticketing officers, human resource officers, IT personnel, station managers and accountants are among the many available positions.[121] In February 2019, The Independent reported that a total of sixteen pilots of the twenty four that had been recruited were sent for training on the operation of the CRJ900 aircraft. Eight were sent to Mirabel, near Montreal, where the jets are assembled. Another eight were sent to a facility in France. When the airline becomes fully functional, a total of thirty-six pilots will have been recruited and trained.[122] As of April 2019, 200 staff positions of an estimated 400 vacancies had been filled.[123]

In October 2019, the airline's board of directors began a search for a new substantive chief executive officer. The then CEO, Ephraim Bagyenda, was reassigned to Director of Engineering and Maintenance. Cornwell Muleya, the airline's technical director, was appointed CEO, in an acting capacity.[124] As of July 2020, the search for a substantive CEO was ongoing. In the meantime, Cornwell Muleya's contract as acting CEO was extended to February 2021.[125] In April 2021, the Daily Monitor reported that Cornwell Muleya's short-term contract had been extended a third time for another 18 months to September 2022. Meantime, the search for a substantive CEO continues.[126]

As of February 2021, according to The Independent, Uganda Airlines employed 50 pilots, of whom five (10 percent) were female and 45 (90 percent), were male. Of the 50 pilots, 42 (84 percent) were Ugandan nationals. Two female pilots; Vanita Kayiwa and Tina Drazu, are first officers on the A330-800 equipment.[127] As of August 2022, Airspace Africa, a South African online publication reported that UR had 60 pilots at that time.[128] In October 2023, the New Vision reported that UR employed a total of 76 pilots of whom 60 (79 percent) were Uganda nationals and 16 (21 percent) were non-Ugandan. The number of women pilots remained 5 (6.6 percent); all Ugandan.[129]

On 30 April 2021, the Minister of Transport and Works, Katumba Wamala, terminated CEO Cornwell Muleya and suspended the entire management team and board of directors due to allegations of corruption, mismanagement and poor performance.[118][119] In February 2022, the government of Uganda officially ended the employment contracts of Muleya, the former CEO, together with the contracts of 12 other former senior managers at the airline.[130][131] Jenifer Bamuturaki was appointed as the first substantive CEO of the airline in July 2022.[12]

Self ground handling

In July 2022, the ground handling contract that the airline had with DAS Handling Limited at its base at Entebbe Airport expired.[132] New ground handling equipment was procured and 160 new staff were hired to start the self handling process. The contract with Das Handling was extended through August and September 2022. Das Handling trained the new staff on handling the new equipment and on how to run the ground handling business. The airline was expected to start self ground handling in October 2022. This was expected to save the airline US$250,000 per month in fees.[133]

Uganda Airlines Handling Services began independent self ground handling in November 2022. The airline unit employs in excess of 200 people, using equipment valued at over US$3 million.[134][135]

Aircraft maintenance

In March 2024, the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority awarded UR a one year Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) certificate. "Uganda Airlines is authorised to carry out Class 5 aircraft, engine and component maintenance activities. The carrier is also rated for level 6 maintenance for large aircraft, turbine engines and accessories, covering its A330 and CRJ fleets".[136]

Full detailed accounts are rarely published, although intermittently some figures are made public by senior management or the government, or in government budgetary reports. Available trends are shown below.[137][138][139][140][141][142][143][144][145]

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Turnover (USh billion) 40 46.9 141 238
Turnover (US$ million) 9.98 12.72 38.30 63.0
Net profit / loss (USh billion) (15.3) (102.4) (164.5) (234.0) (352.0)
Net profit / loss (US$ million) (4.18) (27.98) (44.60) (61.70) (92.92)
Number of employees (at year end) 400 568
Number of passengers (million) 0.12 0.15 0.22 0.48[146]
Passenger load factor (%) 47 63
Number of aircraft (at year end) 2 5 6 6 6

Training

On 10 June 2022, training was provided to 21 Uganda Airlines staff on the RVSM Continued Airworthiness & Maintenance Requirements. The course occurred via webinar and was conducted by Aleksandr Rudnev, an instructor from Sofema Aviation Services, based in Sofia, Bulgaria.[147]

Awards and recognition

In March 2021, Uganda Airlines was awarded the World's Youngest Aircraft Fleet Award, given by Ch-Aviation, an industry information collector and publisher based in the city of Chur, in Switzerland. The publication cited the average age of the aircraft in the Uganda Airlines fleet at 1.15 years as of March 2021.[148] In January 2022, Uganda Airlines again topped the list of the youngest fleet among the world's airlines. Its six aircraft averaged 2.06 years, as of January 2022. In January 2023, the age of its aircraft averaged slightly over three years, making UR the youngest fleet in Africa, for three years in a row (2021 - 2023). In 2023, the fleet averaged 3.01 years.[149][150]

Notes

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