It is was a light ray striking through new dawn as Khartoum based BADR Airlines commenced operations on the Entebbe-Juba-Khartoum route after being licensed by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA)
Formerly Sarit Airlines, BADR Airline made its maiden landing to Entebbe on Friday at 2:30pm and will operate a solo flight every week. However, according to CAA, it is expecting the airline to double the flight by end of this month.
At the reception to mark the occasion, were envoys to Kampala, Simon Deng (South Sudan) and Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed (Sudan) officials from the aviation authorities of Uganda, South Sudan and Sudan.
The UCAA Director for Airports and Security Haji Ayub Soma commended the cordial relations among the tree countries that had enabled the new player to come in. He said the opening of the new route was testimony that air transport remains the safest mode of transport in the region some of whose parts remain volatile.
Soma assured the new airline of high safety and security standards and to offer its passengers quality facilitation “that meets expectations of good travelers’ experience.”
Ambassador Deng expressed hope that the new route would further improve the movement of people and goods in the region, a prerequisite for growth and development. He implored the company officials to think about employing South Sudan pilots to build their capacity and experience.
Ambassador Ibrahim Ahmed extolled the good relations among the three countries and hoped this would enable expansion of trade and investment. The envoy added that the balance of trade between Sudan and Uganda was very small, less than $100million every year, a situation that should be turned around.
BADR Airlines currently runs fourteen routes across the world, with one of them flying direct to Qatar and Heathrow, London.
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