{"id":40718,"date":"2025-09-19T13:52:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T10:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=40718"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:52:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T10:52:22","slug":"uganda-airlines-air-india-sign-interline-deal-to-expand-connectivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/uganda-airlines-air-india-sign-interline-deal-to-expand-connectivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda Airlines, Air India Sign Interline Deal to Expand Connectivity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uganda Airlines announced a strategic interline partnership with India\u2019s flagship carrier, Air India, to strengthen travel links between Africa and the Indian subcontinent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a joint statement issued Wednesday, the Ugandan national carrier said the agreement, which took effect recently on Aug. 25, allows passengers to book single tickets from Uganda\u2019s Entebbe International Airport to more than 25 cities across India and key international hubs through Air India\u2019s gateway in Mumbai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The collaboration will also broaden Uganda Airlines\u2019 international reach, with destinations under the deal including London, Singapore, Bangkok, Dhaka, and Colombo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InterlineAlert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#InterlineAlert<\/a> Uganda Airlines and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/airindia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@airindia<\/a> forge new Interline partnership, enhancing connectivity between Africa and India.\u2708\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FlyUgandaAirlines?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FlyUgandaAirlines<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AirIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AirIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8nhtW0UEPh\">pic.twitter.com\/8nhtW0UEPh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Uganda Airlines (@UG_Airlines) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UG_Airlines\/status\/1968239817483043305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis interline agreement is a significant step in our strategy to connect Uganda to Africa and beyond. It provides our customers with a smooth, single-ticket travel experience to dozens of new destinations, strengthening economic and cultural ties between our regions,\u201d Jenifer Bamuturaki, chief executive officer of Uganda Airlines, said in the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The airline added that the move is expected to enhance tourism, trade, and cultural exchange between Africa and India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uganda Airlines currently operates routes within Africa, to India, and to the United Arab Emirates, with plans to expand its network to China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uganda Airlines announced a strategic interline partnership with India\u2019s flagship carrier, Air India, to strengthen travel links between Africa and the Indian subcontinent. In a joint statement issued Wednesday, the Ugandan national carrier said the agreement, which took effect recently on Aug. 25, allows passengers to book single tickets from Uganda\u2019s Entebbe International Airport to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8864,"featured_media":40719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,98,469],"tags":[9212,31,109,1278],"class_list":["post-40718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news","category-travel","tag-air-india","tag-featured","tag-news","tag-uganda-airlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8864"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40720,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40718\/revisions\/40720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}