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Atrio of South African Airports of Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein and East Lond follow in fourth, fifth and sixth, while Uganda\u2019s Entebbe and Madagascar\u2019s Antananarivo International Airports take the seventh and eighth positions , respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morocco\u2019s Rabat and Angola\u2019s Luanda International Airports cap the prestigious list in ninth and tenth positions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor;msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skytrax, a leading global air transport research company that evaluates and ranks airlines and airports based on customer satisfaction and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65,180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","category-aviation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/R.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13590,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/entebbe-airport-commended-for-facilitating-the-seamless-arrival-of-au-caadp-delegates\/","url_meta":{"origin":12030,"position":0},"title":"Entebbe Airport Commended For Facilitating The Seamless Arrival of AU CAADP Delegates","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"January 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Entebbe International Airport has been commended for the seamless handling of hundred of delegates that have been in Uganda 's capital Kampala to attend the three day African Union Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Department Programme (CAADP) Some 874 delegates to the AU CAADP were recorded to have passed through Entebbe Airport\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gg_z97vWMAAgUoa-1.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gg_z97vWMAAgUoa-1.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gg_z97vWMAAgUoa-1.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gg_z97vWMAAgUoa-1.jpg 2x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gg_z97vWMAAgUoa-1.jpg 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4799,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/uganda-civil-aviation-clarifies-on-fire-incident-at-entebbe-international-airport\/","url_meta":{"origin":12030,"position":1},"title":"UGANDA CIVIL AVIATION CLARIFIES ON FIRE INCIDENT AT ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"December 14, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"A minor fire broke out in the ceiling of the passenger Terminal Building at Entebbe International Airport (Departures area) leading to smoke in the Passenger Waiting Lounges near gate 2A and 2B at about 3:00 pm this afternoon, according to the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Spokesman , Mr, Vianney Mpungu\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Aviation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Aviation","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/aviation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14494,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/entebbe-airport-conducts-mandatory-full-scale-emergency-drill-to-boost-safety-readiness\/","url_meta":{"origin":12030,"position":2},"title":"Entebbe Airport Conducts Mandatory Full-Scale Emergency Drill to Boost Safety Readiness","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"May 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The UCAA emphasized that such exercises are mandatory for international airports to ensure compliance and identify areas for improvement in emergency response protocols The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has conducted a mandatory full-scale emergency simulation exercise at Entebbe International Airport to meet the ICAO, stipulated safety readiness. . 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