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 Uganda Airlines Partners With Bar Aviation To Provide Local Flights To Tourism Sites In Uganda

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The Government of Uganda has cleared Bar Aviation, an air travel company, to provide direct local flights to the different tourism destinations in Uganda.

According to Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) Spokesman Vianney Luggya, Bar Aviation will officially launch its services starting on 1st February, 2022.

“With a planned commencement of flights, it’s our hope that bar Aviation is going to contribute to the domestic traffic. Tourists don’t have to go through the road hustle now, so we highly recommend this,” Luggya said.

On Thursday 20th January, Bar Aviation Uganda launched their scheduled local flight service in Uganda which will commence on February 1st 2022. The scheduled route network includes flights to; Bugungu, Arua, Pakwach, Pakuba, Kasese, Semiliki, Mweya, Chobe, Kuhihi and Kisoro.

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Bar Avaition Uganda and Uganda Airlines as the preferred local carrier and an interline for domestic flights in Uganda.

“Bar Aviation is giving us an opportunity to enjoy our tourism experience on the road. We pledge to give you all the necessary support from us the head tourism marketing arm of tourism in Uganda,” Claire Mugabi, the Marketing Manager Uganda Tourism Board, said.

 

“It’s important to have a local operator of this kind for scheduled flights,” Shakira Namara Uganda Airlines Marketing Manager said.

It’s worth noting that last week President Museveni launched a new campaign dubbed ‘Explore Uganda, The Pearl of Africa in which he called upon the international community and local tourists to embrace Uganda as a tourist destination again, after two years of low business.

According to the records before the outbreak two years ago, Uganda’s tourism sector was earning the country $1.2 billion dollars or about Sh3.7 trillion in 2019, from 1.6 million visitors. Income from foreign tourists accounted for more than 60 percent of these totals.

 

 

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