Tag Archives: commercial flights

Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | All commercial flights from Kabul airport have been cancelled, according to a statement from Afghanistan’s civil aviation authority released on Monday. “All the flights from Kabul airport have been temporarily cancelled and the passengers should not come to the airport until informed,” the statement said. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines made revenue worth 40 billion Shillings from its operations for the year ending December 2020. This is according to Cornwell Muleya, the Chief Executive Officer Uganda Airlines Company Limited. According to Muleya, the Airline carried 77,355 passengers for the year end June 2020, …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Xinhua | A Boeing 737 MAX passenger plane restarted commercial flights in Brazil on Wednesday, the first of its kind worldwide after the Boeing plane of this model was grounded for over 20 months due to two deadly crashes, media reports said. The flight, operated …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority is still awaiting directives from the government on when commercial flights should resume as infrastructure upgrade continues at Entebbe International Airport amidst measures to control the spread of coronavirus disease. Last week, social media and a section of mainstream media …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Gulu have said they are struggling to attract commercial flights at Gulu airport due to negative perceptions about the facility by the business community. Located, about three kilometres north-west of the Central Business District of Gulu, the largest metropolitan area in Acholi sub-region, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | African countries have been urged to take extra precaution as they open airports for commercial flights. The caution from the World Health Organisation comes after governments that had closed cross-border travel as a means to forestall the spread of COVID-19 started opening their airspace’s …