Earlier this month, Uganda Airlines announced that it had obtained slots to serve the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. With such preparations underway to take on the new routes including flights toDubai, the national carrier has signed a commercial partnership with Emirates.
The agreement lights better days ahead as passengers will find a smoother and efficient travel with faster and available flight inter joining.
The upcoming was earlier communicated by the chairman and CEO of Uganda Airlines, Cornwell Muleya in an interview with the press. According to him, the partnership now allows passengers of Uganda Airlines to continue their journeys on the Emirates network (with a single ticket), through its hub at Dubai International Airport (United Arab Emirates).
This collaboration comes after Uganda Airlines acquired slots to serve Dubai and London. “The process of obtaining traffic rights, foreign air operating permits and landing approvals at targeted destinations is progressing well. The start dates for operations to each destination will be announced soon,” the carrier said in a press release.
These two future first long-haul lines will be served with its two Airbus A330-800neo. For the moment, the new aircraft, received on December 22, 2020 and February 2, 2021 respectively, are in the process of being certified with the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA). “This is a five-phase program, which, when completed, will result in these aircraft being added to the Uganda Airlines Air Operator Certificate (AOC),” the company says.
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