{"id":11891,"date":"2024-04-20T16:59:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T16:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=11891"},"modified":"2024-04-23T09:03:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T09:03:28","slug":"expansion-of-entebbe-passenger-terminal-at-90-completion-ucaa-director-general-bamwesigye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/expansion-of-entebbe-passenger-terminal-at-90-completion-ucaa-director-general-bamwesigye\/","title":{"rendered":"Expansion of Entebbe Airport At 90% Completion- UCAA Director General Bamwesigye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

In Entebbe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uganda Civil Aviation Authority  has reported that the on-going works to upgrade and expand Entebbe International Airport with a new 20,000 square meters terminal building which connects to the existing terminal building now stands at  90% level of completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On completion of the new terminal building, whose works are expected to be completed in 2024, the terminal capacity will be enhanced from the previous maximum capacity of 2 million passengers a year to at least 3.5 million passengers, UCAA, Director General ,Mr. Fred Bamwesigye has revealed .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While addressing a press conference in Entebbe , Bamwesigye said that the enhanced capacity at Entebbe international Airport was  to address the growing traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor instance, in March, 2024, Entebbe International Airport handled 80,719 arriving and 91,271 departing passengers, a total of 171,990 international passengers, an average of 5,548 passengers per day,\u201d he stated .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis comes on the heels of increased traffic, averaging over 6,000 passengers per month in the previous three months; specifically, 6,418 passengers per day were handled in December 2023, 6,329 per day in January 2024 and 6,116 passengers per day  in February 2024. 2023 recorded a total of 1.93 million passengers in comparison to the pre-COVID 19 pandemic figure of 1.8 million passengers in 2019. The new facilities and on-going projects are meant to address the growing traffic,Bamwesigye added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Director General explained that  the on-going construction of the new terminal building has a component for interconnection of the drainage system to accommodate the new developments, and all these pending works are scheduled for completion this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe public is urged to bear with the temporary inconvenience as mitigation measures and all the projects are being finalized for a better passenger experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the public are also requested to be more patriotic and not pride in massively sharing images of that nature, which negatively impacts tourism ,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other pending works include expansion of Apron 1, which is at 95% level of completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other earlier completed works under the same project, include resurfacing of runways 17\/35 and 12\/30 plus their associated taxiways, construction of a new 100,000 tones capacity cargo center and resurfacing of Aprons 2 and 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition ,the modified terminal building and opened it to the public on January 10, 2024. The facility ably facilitated delegates to the NAM\/G77+ China Summit and continues to facilitate arriving and departing passengers in a bigger and more ambient environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier on, the car parking was resurfaced and completed in March 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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