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By Our Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entebbe Airport handled 83,483 arriving and 93,884 departing passengers in Feb 2024, a total of 177,367 international passengers, an average of 6,116 per day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was 39,162 more than was handled in Feb 2023. Jan 2024 recorded 196,199 pax, including 1,918 specifically for NAM\/G77 , according to figures released by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) Spokesman Vianney Luggya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The impressive figures nearly 100,000 record mark reflect the positive trends of international travelers visiting Uganda and a boost for the country’s tourism sector which is also steadily recovering for three years Covid-19 battering .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ugandans have since taken to Twitter now X to thank UCAA and all other aviation industry players for improving services at the expanded Entebbe International airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We thank @KagutaMuseveni<\/a> for his guidance that has encouraged more passengers and aircrafts trust in our airport. Also National Aviation Services Uganda and @mia_uga<\/a> for improving their services, “Maridadi Kamagara stated .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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