{"id":2277,"date":"2020-11-23T06:58:15","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T06:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2020-11-23T06:58:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T06:58:24","slug":"uganda-airlines-set-to-expand-its-destinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/uganda-airlines-set-to-expand-its-destinations\/","title":{"rendered":"UGANDA AIRLINES SET TO EXPAND ITS DESTINATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Uganda\u2019s &nbsp;national carrier the Uganda Airlines is scheduled to increase the number of destinations going into the new year 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline which resumed operations after decades in the limbo , has been operating the Nairobi route and it is set to revive the &nbsp;Bujumbura &nbsp;destination bringing to five the active services since Entebbe International Airport reopened after a five month lockdown due to the novel- global Covid-19 pandemic that has left more than 130 Ugandans dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other destinations to be launched include &nbsp;Kinshasa as the airliner prepares to add the &nbsp;Airbus A330-800 neo on its fleet .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources said that the Kinshasa destination is meant to serve &nbsp;traffic terminating in Uganda and onward traffic to the regional destinations the airline is operating .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uganda Airlines will also the Johannesburg and Lusaka destination &#8211; offering a direct service from Entebbe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline that returned to the regional skies in August 2019, had carried 75,000 passengers before the government suspended all flights &nbsp;in&nbsp; March to stem &nbsp;the spread of the deadly coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far , Uganda Airlines has been received well due to its smooth flights , good customer care and a competent and confident flight crew .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uganda\u2019s &nbsp;national carrier the Uganda Airlines is scheduled to increase the number of destinations going into the new year 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278,"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":[90,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ug-airlines.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2307,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/new-entebbe-international-airport-departure-terminal-opened-as-uganda-airlines-takes-on-more-destinations\/","url_meta":{"origin":2277,"position":0},"title":"NEW ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT  DEPARTURE TERMINAL OPENED AS UGANDA AIRLINES  TAKES ON MORE  DESTINATIONS","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"November 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The Departure section of the new Entebbe International airport terminal has been opened for public use according to Mr. Fred Bamwesigye , the Civil Aviation Authority , Director General . 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