Etihad Launches Abu Dhabi - Entebbe Flights

Etihad Airways has launched flights between Abu Dhabi and Entebbe in central Uganda.

Operated by a two-class Airbus A320 aircraft with 16 Business Class and 120 Economy Class seats, the new service provides business and leisure travellers with a direct four-times-per-week service.

The new service also provides convenient access to the nearby Ugandan capital of Kampala, one of the fastest growing cities on the African continent and the centre of trade and commerce in the country. Uganda has a total population of nearly 40 million, and is the world's second most populous landlocked country after Ethiopia.

“Uganda is one of the continent’s fastest-growing business and tourism destinations, and the launch of services to Uganda is consistent with our strategy of targeting areas of strong growth in emerging markets,” said James Hogan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airways. “The UAE is a major trading partner with Uganda and our new point-to-point services strengthen the two-way flow of trade and commerce between the two countries. The flights are also scheduled to offer convenient onward connections, catering to strong traffic flows between Uganda and key destinations across our global network, such as Ahmedabad and Mumbai in India or Beijing and Shanghai in China.”

Etihad Airways currently operates scheduled services to eight other destinations in Africa and the Indian Ocean, including: Cairo, Casablanca, Dar es Salaam (Dec 2015), Johannesburg, Khartoum, Lagos, Nairobi, and Mahé in the Seychelles.