{"id":9723,"date":"2023-08-22T17:49:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T17:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=9723"},"modified":"2023-08-22T17:49:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T17:49:29","slug":"uganda-airlines-to-launch-direct-international-flights-to-mumbai-india-on-october-7th-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/uganda-airlines-to-launch-direct-international-flights-to-mumbai-india-on-october-7th-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda Airlines to launch direct international flights to Mumbai India on October 7th , 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Uganda Airlines CEO ,Ms. Jenifer Bamuturaki ,has announced that the national carrier&#8217;s new direct route to Mumbai  India shall be launched on October 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uganda Airlines will then make three flights weekly to and from Mumbai. The flights will be every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. The  route  will be the  12th destination that Uganda Airlines will be flying to since its revival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bamuturaki made the revelation about the new Mumbai route during a prelaunch breakfast meeting that was attended by the largely Indian community  and business executives in Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"450\" data-attachment-id=\"9725\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/uganda-airlines-to-launch-direct-international-flights-to-mumbai-india-on-october-7th-2023\/jeni\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jeni.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jeni\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jeni.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jeni.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jeni.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jeni.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jeni.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jeni.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am delighted about the opening of Mumbai because it is not only our second international route but because of its significance to bilateral relations, trade, tourism, and culture,\u201d\u00a0Bamuturaki said .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mumbai UR 430 direct flight will depart Entebbe international Airport  at 20.25 pm every Monday and Wednesday, arriving in Mumbai at 06.05 am in the morning local time the next day. The Saturday flight will be depart at 17.30 pm   arriving in Mumbai on Sunday at 03.30 am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The return flight UR431 will depart Mumbai at 08.05 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, arriving in Entebbe six and a half hours later the same day. On Sundays  the airline will depart Mumbai at 05.10 am for a same-day arrival in Entebbe at 08.40 am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t wait to welcome you to have dinner in Entebbe, and breakfast in Mumbai,\u201d\u00a0said Uganda Airlines Chief Commercial Officer Adedayo Olawuyi.  The direct service will shave a minimum of six hours off the travel time between Mumbai and Entebbe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, the airline flies regional routes \u2013Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya, South Sudan capital Juba, Kinshasa in DR Congo, and Kilimanjaro, Dar es Salaam, and Zanzibar in Tanzania. It also flies to Mogadishu, Somalia and Bujumbura in Burundi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uganda Airlines CEO ,Ms. Jenifer Bamuturaki ,has announced that the national carrier&#8217;s new direct route to Mumbai India shall be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9724,"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":[180,168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation","category-national-development"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jeni-2.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10223,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/uganda-airlines-in-strategic-network-expansion-as-the-national-carrier-starts-direct-flights-to-lagos-nigeria\/","url_meta":{"origin":9723,"position":0},"title":"Uganda Airlines In Strategic Network Expansion As The \u00a0National Carrier Starts Direct\u00a0Flights To Lagos Nigeria","author":"MOSES SSERWANGA","date":"October 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"By Moses Sserwanga \u00a0\u00a0 The management at the national carrier - Uganda Airlines have been patient but steadfast \u00a0working out the numbers on their new dynamic routes which are setting the pace to resolve a chronic challenge \u00a0of intra-air connectivity on the African continent . 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