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Uganda Airlines faces potential disruption as Airbus orders software fix for A320 jets

Airbus has ordered an immediate software update for about 6,000 of its A320 family aircraft — roughly half of the global fleet — after discovering that intense solar radiation can corrupt critical flight control data
Uganda Airlines Airbus A330 aircraft on the runway at Entebbe International Airport.
Art & CultureTravel & Tourism

Nyege Nyege keeps on dancing, too fast for the moral police — and terrorists(?)

Annual music festival returns, with moral hysteria and bans replaced by terror warnings
A performance stage at the Nyege Nyege festival in Bujagali, Jinja, October 2015
CompaniesTravel & Tourism

Uganda Airlines cancels all flights as government halts air travel

Uganda Airlines is suspending all passenger flights from 23 March “until further notice” as the government shuts down borders and stops all inbound and outbound flights in efforts to limit the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus
A passenger airplane packed at an airport
CompaniesTravel & Tourism

Uganda Airlines cancels some flights amid coronavirus outbreak

Uganda Airlines is suspending some flights to Nairobi and Bujumbura due to the coronavirus outbreak, and cancelling flights to Mogadishu, Mombasa, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar "until further notice", a statement by the company said
Ground support equipment at Entebbe International Airport
OpinionTravel & Tourism

How the colonial past of botanical gardens can be put to good use

They offer education and research opportunities that are critical to plant conservation. Visiting a garden can relieve stress and help give people a sense of place that extends to the wider region
CompaniesTravel & Tourism

Uganda Airlines to launch in 2019 with flights to 19 destinations

The revived Uganda Airlines will commence operations early next year with flights to some 19 destinations around Africa, and add international flights by 2024, according to its chief executive
Ground support equipment at Entebbe International Airport
OpinionTravel & Tourism

Local links across Africa provide key clues to fighting the illegal ivory trade

For its part, Uganda has served as the transit country – the country that goods are transported through to their final destination in a third country – for ivory.
Travel & Tourism

Expat survey affirms what we already know about Uganda: it is friendly, and education sucks

Uganda ranks fourth in countries where it is easy for expats to make friends, according to Expat Insider 2017. It comes after Costa Rica, Mexico and Argentina
A teacher and pupils in a classroom
Travel & Tourism

East Africa airports seeing increase in tourist arrivals, but not Entebbe

What makes for a busy East African airport? Tourism and airline hubs, according to travel data company ForwardKeys
Ground support equipment at Entebbe International Airport
Politics & PolicyTravel & Tourism

Uganda’s elephant numbers go up, but poaching a growing threat

The International Union for Conservation of Nature says elephants in Uganda have increased by about 1000, from 3,944 in 2005 to 4,923 last year, even as they have dropped across Africa.
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