Uganda Airlines is set to start flights to Abu Dhabi, officials have said.
On Wednesday, the Ugandan Embassy in Abu Dhabi, together with the manager of government relations at Uganda Airlines, M Deo Nyanzi, held a meeting with the Director-General of the UAE Civil Aviation Authority to discuss approval of a request for Uganda Airlines to operate flights to Abu Dhabi.
“Uganda Airlines is expected to commence operating direct flights from Entebbe to Abu Dhabi. The request was approved but the pre-condition is that they fulfill all required formalities by UAE-CAA.” Uganda’s Ambassador to the UAE, Zaake Kibedi said.
He also revealed that Uganda Airlines officials are scheduled to meet the top management of Etihad Airlines to discuss possibilities of signing a codeshare agreement.
Returning to the air in 2019, Uganda Airlines flies in a number of African cities including Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Bujumbura, Mogadishu, Kilimanjaro, Mombasa, Juba and Lagos among others.
The national carrier also operates flights to Dubai and Mumbai with many other routes in the pipeline.
However, the move to start flights to Abu Dhabi will be profitable since a number of Ugandans migrant workers are in this United Arab Emirate city .
This means many of them returning home and others going to UAE will use Uganda Airlines as their carrier of choice.
