{UAH} Uganda Airlines Gets Dubai, London Slots But Airbuses Remain Grounded

Uganda Airlines has secured slots for departures and landing at London Heathrow Airport and Dubai International Airport as it prepares for commencement of long haul flights to the UK, United Arab Emirates and China.This comes after the airline received its two Airbus A330-800Neo air crafts in December 2020 and last month. 

Roger Wamala, the Uganda Airlines Commercial Director says the two aircrafts, code named Mt Elgon and Mt. Rwenzori,  will however remain grounded because the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA has not yet cleared them to fly. UCAA is expected to clear the planes at the end of April.

Wamala adds that for the London route, the national career  has secured the slot for the summer season, that is March to October 2021.  But even if UCAA clears the air crafts, he said, "we cannot fly to London because there is still a lockdown on non-essential travel to and from the UK."

"Those are the two hurdles, so we have the slots but we cannot fly," Wamala told Uganda Radio Network-URN. 

The operator of an airport allocates a slot, or specific time for an airline to land and take off at the airport.  By the time of filing this story, the ministry of works and Uganda Airlines officials were yet to disclose hat it took to secure the two slots in Dubai and London. 

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