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CAIRO | Xinhua | Chinese military planes flew over the iconic Giza Pyramids on Wednesday, displaying color schemes matching the Chinese and Egyptian flags, captivating thousands of tourists. The aircraft, part of the Bayi Aerobatic Team from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force, were invited to participate in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Cabinet has approved US $266million (Approximately 984.2billion Uganda Shillings) to revamp the now dormant Uganda Air Cargo Corporation (UACC) Limited, another of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) enterprises. The company that specializes in cargo freight has been unable to do business for almost four …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three world’s top manufacturers of aircraft are jostling to supply six aircraft that Uganda Airlines is seeking to add to its fleet. The trio – Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer from Brazil – are said to have submitted their bids to the authorities last week, who …

AVIATION DIGEST | JARED KALERA |  In my last article last month Preparing for Air travel, we talked about the initial preparatory steps for air travel. I now wind up with a second segment on the same subject – travel preparation. COVID pandemic Nothing has changed air travel like the COVID-19 …

AVIATION DIGEST | JARED KALERA |  The news from the aviation world has in the past two years been particularly depressing.  Almost every player globally has been crying, supposedly due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry. Do not be fooled however. Losses in the airline business did …

  AVIATION DIGEST | JARED KALERA | Air travel has and will always remain a thrill for many. One of the reasons is due to the complexities associated with it, especially in preparation for travel. Of late air travel has evolved so much that it’s an assignment of it’s own due …

Three CEOs, a global pandemic, a corruption scandal, a managerial wipeout and two brand new Airbus A330s on  ground for 6 months – what went wrong?  COMMENT |  DEREK NSEKO  |  Less than two years ago, Uganda celebrated the return to skies of the latest reincarnation of its National Airline. During …

Paris, France | AFP |  When two British pilots steered a biplane across the vast Atlantic 100 years ago, battling frozen sleet and thick fog for more than 16 hours, they were making aviation history. With their harrowing 3,000-kilometre (1,860-mile) crossing, Captain John Alcock and navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown completed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Works and Transport Minister Monica Azuba Ntege has warned that Uganda risks consequences if the money required to secure two Bombardier planes from Canada is not availed. The Minister together with other ministry officials were this afternoon appearing before Parliament’s Budget Committee which is …

Beijing, China | AFP | China signed an agreement Thursday to buy 300 airplanes from US aerospace giant Boeing valued over $37 billion, as part of a multi-billion dollar raft of deals announced during President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing. The agreement for China Aviation Suppliers Holding Co (CASC) to buy …