Yesterday, Uganda Airlines released a flight schedule ahead of its maiden flight at the end of August.
In an announcement to the Uganda Association of Travel Agents (TUGATA), the airline launched a series of promotional routes, which they said will run for at least two months.
According to the promotion, a return ticket to Nairobi will cost $278 (about Shs 1m), and one would need at least $225 (about Shs 830,000) to fly to Juba and back.
Other costs are: $286 (Shs 1,053,000) Dar-es-Salaam, $325 (Shs1.2m) to Mombasa, and $311 (Shs 1,076,000 ) to Bujumbura.
“This is all-inclusive of taxes. Remember, you can make your payment in Ugandan Shillings,” a statement from the airline reads in part.
Also during a media breakfast on Friday, the airline announced that; “Starting August 28th, our Aircraft shall fly to Nairobi and Juba twice daily, Mogadishu three times weekly, Dar es Salaam and Kilimanjaro once a day, Bujumbura and Mombasa thrice a week.”
Uganda National Airlines Company Limited was last month issued with an Air Operator Certificate by the Civil Aviation Authority.
The national carrier collapsed 20 years ago but the government three years ago kick-started the process of its revival but many have been skeptical about the viability of the project.
The airline’s Technical Advisor, Cornwell Muleya said the national carrier has come at the right time when the continent is integrating and citizens easily access various countries without many restrictions which he said is an added advantage.
“We have already entered bilateral agreements with 47 airlines which allows our national airline to fly directly to those destinations,” Muleya said.
