BThe transport minister
Azuba Ntege reveals that the two bombardiers
are expected to touch down in Uganda on the 23 of this month and are expected
to have the first experience of the skies for in July this year.
Addressing a news
meeting today in kampala, Azuba
states that there are five steps that need to be delt with before the airline
starts its first commercial flight.
Among the steps
include certifying the airline to fly in Africa among other steps as required
by Civil Aviation Authority like completion of air certification process, documentation
evaluation, demonstration and other global aviation charters to ensure that the
airline is fully capable of making commercial flights. The steps are said to
take 90 days to complete though the minister states that some of them have been
completed.
The airline will be
required to complete flight tests on the routes it will be operating with its
crews to meet the minimum required flight duration.
And commercial flights
can therefore start after completion of the steps expect in July 2019, but as
that clocks, the airline will be showcasing the cabin on the ear marked routes
as the minister says this will also help in marketing the company in over 47
destinations that need to be activated.
This will be done by
the minister notifying their counterpart in the desired destinations for
commercial flights to kick off.
Govt has fully
financed over USD.41.55m to have the CRA900 aircrafts constructed and flown in
the country with partial payments for the Boeings to a tune of USD.10m each
which are under construction.
In a related
development, Azuba and her permanent
secretary Bageya Waiswa make the
record straight that she and the finance minister Matia Kasaija are not the
owners of the airline as it has been report.
So far uganda will be
flying to 47 destinations across the world with most destinations in Africa,
Asia,Europe, South America.
In July 2018
government made the first capitation mounting to a tune of USD129Bn to the of company
of which USD. 22.9 was used as deposit on operation of the craft.
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