Business at Entebbe International Airport is continuously picking as the rate of passenger traffic by the day increases towards pre pandemic numbers.
This was revealed through a report by the Civial Aviation Authority (CAA), a body responsible for overseeing the regulation of civil aviation. The report suggested that August continued to have an upward trend in passenger traffic numbers.
When compared to data from July, figures released released in the report by Vianney Luggya, the spokesperson for the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA), showed a slight increase in the number of passengers passing through the nation’s sole international airport.
The report hinted that 156,081 foreign travellers passed through Entebbe Airport in August 2022. “Entebbe International Airport handled 156,081 international passengers in August 2022 (73,899 arrivals & 82,182 departures), an average of 5,034 pax per day,” Luggya said.
Entebbe Airport handled an average of 4,892 passengers per day in July 2022.
This is attributed to a number of factors, including “widespread vaccination across the globe, which has led to relaxation of some previously stringent travel requirements,” have contributed to this upward and steady increase in passenger traffic.
Fully immunised individuals are exempt from Entebbe Airport’s PCR test requirements, and Luggya claimed that this, too, may have contributed to the increase.
“Confidence building measures by airports, including Entebbe and Airlines across the globe have reassured passengers,” Vianney added.
The UCAA spokesperson said that since January of this year, there has been an increase in the number of passengers. 3,500 to 5,000 passengers daily on average.
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