With air transport still recovering from the reigns of the pandemic, normal is still a far away call as passengers show less interest in flights as it was earlier on.
According to July reports, Entebbe International Airport has registered a decline in the number of daily passengers with an average of 1978 passengers per day compared to 5412 passengers per day before the second wave of Covid-19.
Mr Vianney Luggya, the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority spokesperson said the airport recorded a total of 61,328 international passengers in July 2021, which was a drop from 75472 passengers recorded in June 2021 and 77063 passengers recorded in May as well as 85054 passengers that were earlier on recorded in April 2021.
He added that in specific terms, an average of 1978 passengers per day were recorded through Entebbe international Airport in July 2021 in comparison to the 5412 passengers per day that the airport used to record before the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019.
He, however, added that August presents a ray of hope with UAE which is one of the most popular destinations having partially eased travel restrictions by permitting transit passengers from Uganda.
“UAE recently eased travel restrictions from Uganda to UAE by permitting transit passengers and passengers to UAE who have resident permits, as long as they undertake another COVID-19 test four hours prior to their flight. The transit passengers through UAE do not have to undertake the second test as long as they have a negative PCR test result that meets their final destination requirements,” Mr Luggya said.
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