Uganda Airlines




Not to be confused with Air Uganda.







































Uganda Airlines

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IATA
ICAO
Callsign
QU
 UGA
 UGANDA

Founded
May 1976 (1976-05)
Commenced operations
1977 (1977)
Ceased operations
May 2001 (2001-05)
Hubs
  • Entebbe International Airport
Destinations
8 (at the time of closure)
Company slogan
The flying crane (1986)[1]
Parent company
Government of Uganda
Headquarters
Entebbe, Wakiso District, Uganda

Uganda Airlines was the flag carrier of Uganda.[2] The airline was established in May 1976 (1976-05), and started operations in 1977. It was headquartered in Entebbe, Wakiso District, Uganda, and operated from its hub in Entebbe International Airport.[3]


Attempts were made by the Government of Uganda to privatise the company, but all potential bidders pulled out, eventually leading to the liquidation of Uganda Airlines Corporation in May 2001 (2001-05). In 2013 there were plans from the government to revive the carrier,[2] Following the Ugandan Civil Aviation Authority revoking Air Uganda's AOC over safety concerns in June 2014 (2014-06), discussions restarted in late 2014.[4][5]




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Privatisation attempt and collapse




  • 2 Destinations


    • 2.1 Codeshare agreements




  • 3 Fleet


  • 4 Accidents and incidents


  • 5 Revival of airline


  • 6 Planned fleet of revived airline


  • 7 See also


  • 8 References


  • 9 Bibliography


  • 10 External links





History




A Uganda Airlines Boeing 707-320C at Euroairport in 1980.


Uganda Airlines was founded as a subsidiary of the government-owned Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) in May 1976 (1976-05) as a replacement of the services previously operated by East African Airways.[6] It commenced operations in 1977, when Uganda Aviation Services (UAS), set up by British United Airways in 1965 but then a UDC subsidiary, was absorbed by Uganda Airlines, taking over the UAS route network.[6][7][8] Following delivery of the first Boeing 707-320C in the late 1970s, new routes to Brussels, London and Rome were inaugurated. A second Boeing 707-320C entered the fleet in 1981. That year, new routes to Cairo, Cologne and Dubai were launched, followed by Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro and Nairobi in subsequent years.[9]


By March 1990 (1990-03) the fleet included one Boeing 707-320C, two Fokker F27-600s, one Lockheed L-100-30, one Twin Otter and one B-N Trislander.[10] A Boeing 737 was leased from Air Zimbabwe in 1994 to serve Bujumbura and Kigali, as well as destinations in South Africa. Tel Aviv was added to the route network in 1995, and by 1998 all European routes were discontinued.[9]


Upon the creation of Alliance Air in late 1994—later known as SA Alliance—an entity jointly owned by the Tanzanian and Ugandan governments, Air Tanzania and Uganda Airlines, as well as by South African Airways (SAA), Tanzania and Uganda granted the rights of long-haul operations to the new airline.[11][12][13] The agreement intended to feed Alliance Air's operations with both Air Tanzania and Uganda Airlines domestic and regional services.[11][14] However, both regional carriers grew less than expected, and the deficit Uganda Airlines accumulated led the Ugandan Government to make a decision on whether to liquidate the airline or privatise it.[11]



Privatisation attempt and collapse


In the late 1990s, the airline was in a delicate cash position owing to mismanagement,[15] when the Government of Uganda planned to privatise the debt-ridden airline, seeking for an investor to keep the company afloat. Initially, several firms held interest in taking over Uganda Airlines. SA Alliance/SAA, Air Mauritius, British Airways, Johannesburg-based Inter Air, Kenya Airways, and Sabena, all seemed to be interested bidders at the beginning,[15][16][17] but eventually declined to submit bids, except for SAA that remained the only bidder by early 1999.[18][19] SAA would have had a 49% participation in the company;[18] nevertheless, it later dropped its bid after encountering strong legislature opposition.[11][20] Having no offers, the Ugandan Government liquidated the airline in May 2001 (2001-05).[21][22]



Destinations




A Uganda Airlines Boeing 707-320C at Fiumicino Airport in 1987.


From its hub in Entebbe International Airport, in its heyday the company used to operate scheduled services to destinations within Africa, Europe and Middle East. Following is a list of destinations Uganda Airlines served all through its history:



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Country
 City
 Airport
 Notes
 Refs
Belgium Brussels Brussels Airport — [23]
Burundi Bujumbura Bujumbura International Airport — [24]
Democratic Republic of the Congo Goma Goma International Airport — [25]
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa N'djili Airport — [25]
Germany Cologne Cologne Bonn Airport — [26]
Israel Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport — [9]
Italy Rome Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport — [26]
Kenya Mombasa Moi International Airport — [27]
Kenya Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport — [26]
Rwanda Kigali Kigali International Airport — [28]
South Africa Johannesburg OR Tambo International Airport — [28]
Tanzania Dar-es-Salaam Julius Nyerere International Airport — [26]
Tanzania Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro International Airport — [26]
Tanzania Mwanza Mwanza Airport — [29]
Uganda Arua Arua Airport — [26]
Uganda
Entebbe/Kampala
 Entebbe International Airport Hub [26]
Uganda Gulu Gulu Airport — [26]
Uganda Kasese Kasese Airport — [26]
Uganda Mbarara Mbarara Airport — [26]
Uganda Soroti Soroti Airport — [30]
Uganda Tororo Tororo Airport — [30]
United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai International Airport — [26]
United Kingdom London Gatwick Airport — [26]
United Kingdom London Stansted Airport — [31]
Zambia Lusaka Lusaka International Airport — [28]
Zimbabwe Harare Harare International Airport — [28]


Codeshare agreements


Following is a list of companies Uganda Airlines had codeshare agreements with at the time of closure; routes were actually operated by Uganda Airlines:[32]



  • Air Tanzania, Dar-es-Salaam and Johannesburg to/from Entebbe


  • Emirates, Dubai to/from Entebbe

  • Kenya Airways, Nairobi to/from Entebbe



Fleet




5X-UBC, a Uganda Airlines Boeing 707-320C, is seen here at Fiumicino Airport in 1983. This very aircraft crashed at the same airport on 17 October 1988.


Historically, the company operated the following aircraft:





  • Britten-Norman Trislander[10]


  • Twin Otter[10]

  • Boeing 707-320C[6]


  • Boeing 727[18]


  • Boeing 737-200[15]


  • Boeing 737-500[16][33]


  • Cessna 402B[7]


  • Cessna U206[7]


  • Cherokee 235[7]


  • Cherokee Six[7]


  • Fokker F-27-600[10]


  • King Air 100[6]


  • Lockheed L-100-30[10]




Accidents and incidents


According to Aviation Safety Network, the airline experienced three accidents/incidents throughout its history; only one of them yielded fatalities.[34]Hull-losses are listed below.



  • 1 April 1979: A Boeing 707-320C, registration 5X-UAL, that was standing at Entebbe International Airport, was destroyed by forces of the Tanzanian Army during the Uganda–Tanzania War. No fatalities were reported.[35]

  • 17 October 1988: Flight 775 was an international scheduled London-Gatwick–Rome-Fiumicino–Entebbe passenger service that crashed because of poor visibility on the final stage of its first leg, during the approach phase to Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport. The flight was operated with a Boeing 707-320C, tail number 5X-UBC. The aircraft broke up after hitting the roof of a building, and burst into flames. Out of 52 occupants aboard, there were 33 fatalities, while many survivors were seriously injured.[36][37][38]



Revival of airline


Uganda, a landlocked country in East Africa, has been without a national airline since 2001, when Uganda Airlines, which was founded in 1976 was liquidated. Air Uganda, a privately owned airline operated between 2007 and 2014.[39]


Following studies and wide consultations,[40] the Cabinet of Uganda, opted to re-launch Uganda Airlines, with six new jets, two of which will be the wide-body, long-range A330-800 and the other four being CRJ900 aircraft. 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.[41][42]


In May 2018, The EastAfrican reported that the Ugandan government, had made a small monetary deposit on each of the six aircraft, while it concludes final financing arrangements. The first batch of CRJ900 aircraft are expected in November 2018, while delivery of the A330-800 planes is expected in December 2020.[43]



Planned fleet of revived airline


The airline plans to begin operations with the following aircraft:[44][45]














































Uganda Airlines 2.0 Fleet
Aircraft
 In Fleet
 Orders
 Passengers
 Notes

F
C
Y
 Total

Airbus A330-800neo
 —
 2
 20
 28
 213
 261

Bombardier CRJ900ER
 —
 4
 —
 12
 64
 76
Total
 0
 6



See also



  • Transport in Uganda



References





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  • Guttery, Ben R. (1998). Encyclopedia of African Airlines. Jefferson, North Carolina 28640: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0495-7.


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