Rethinking Uganda Airlines

Analysts, further, argue that the government has an option of involving private investor using Entebbe as a hub, a similar model being used in most of the European countries to ease travels.

 Statistic on the performance of the national carriers

Some of the loss making national carriers

Kenya Airways made a loss worth$258.3 in the year ended March 2016, up from $251miliion net loss in 2015.

South African Airways made loss worth $ 130.6million loss in 2015/16, down from a $340.8million loss in 2014/15.

EqyptAir has suffered accumulate loss of $1.58bn between 2011 and 2015

Air India made loss of $858,7million in 2014/15, down from $920.2million in 2013/14

Camair-Co from Cameroon made a loss worth $59 million between2012-2014

RwandAir

 Some of national carriers receiving government injections to remain afloat

Camair-Co from Cameroon received government injection worth $50.5 in 2016

South African Airways received government injection worth $350million in 2016

Kenya Airways received government injection worth $42 million in 2015 and $250million in 2016

Air Zimbabwe received government injection of $300million in 2015

Air Namimbia has received government injection of more $290million over the 15 years

Air Botswana received government injection worth $37millioin in 2014

 Some airlines that have received cash injections from their governments in tough times or prior to privatization

Alitalia $1.58bn) and $1.26bn from Italian Government injections in 1997 and 2005, respectively

British Airways– $196.5million from UK Government debt write off pre-privatisation in 1981

Iberia- $589.5million from Spanish Government capital injection in 1996

SwissAir –$1.5billion shared aid in 2002

Aer Lingus -$210.5million Irish Government capital injection in 1996

TAP Air Portugal-$1.89bn package of Portuguese Government aid measures in 1994

Collapsed national carriers

Air Nigeria,

Ghana Airways,

Air Gabon, Air Senegal,

Gambia Bird Airlines,

Zambia Airways

Loss making national carriers

Kenya Airways

South African Airways

RwandAir

EgyptAir

Air Botswana

Air Zimbabwe

Air India

Some privatized national carriers

UK’s British Airways

German’s Lufthansa

Switzerland’s SwissAir

Austria’s Air Austria

Spain’s Iberia

Ireland’s Aer Lingus

Belgium’s Brussels Airlines

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