Uganda Airlines Expands Network with Triple Route Launch to Abuja, Lusaka, and Harare

Uganda Airlines has announced yet another milestone: the triple launch of three routes, Abuja, Lusaka, and Harare, this summer, 2024.

“Our service to Abuja will start on 12 September 2024. In quick succession, we will flag off Lusaka and Harare on 25 September 2024, adding the three (3) routes to Nairobi, Mombasa, Dar es Salam, Bujumbura, Johannesburg, Dubai, Zanzibar, Lagos, Kinshasa, Mumbai, Mogadishu, Juba, and Kilimanjaro,”Uganda Airlines Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Bamuturaki has said.

” The routes will be launched as we celebrate five years since starting operations in August 2019,”she added.

Bamuturaki said Abuja, Lusaka and Harare; the entry into these markets is meant to Build an efficient and optimized regional market which will feed and finance a more profitable long-haul market; Grow the aircraft fleet utilisation, Create a robust regional network that will serve as a feeder for the UR’s long-haul market, especially LON/BOM/CAN/DXB; tap into HRE and LUN’s top unserved market and most importantly support Uganda Airline’s Africa network connectivity.

She explained that launching these routes marks the successful conclusion of our 3-year strategic plan, paving the way for the next phase of our 10-year rolling plan.

“This strategic approach will ensure that our expansion is not just a leap of faith but a well-thought-out progression.
Our aspiration is to bridge the geographical gaps and connect the East to the West, North and South of Africa. This vision guides our route expansion, which is carefully guided by feasibility studies pointing us to underserved routes,”she stressed.

The airline has stayed true to its rival’s connectivity objectives, and this is demonstrated by the recent increase in the frequency of our flights—we now operate 19 flights a day contributing to 20% traffic at Entebbe Airport—our enhanced revenue growth, cargo operations acceleration, and service scale.
The network expansion is positioning the airline for profitability in the long run.