{"id":200289,"date":"2025-05-19T21:54:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T19:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=200289"},"modified":"2025-05-20T08:42:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T06:42:49","slug":"uganda-airlines-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/uganda-airlines-europe","title":{"rendered":"Uganda Airlines: first flights to Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aircraft officially landed for the first time at London Gatwick on 18 May. The aircraft of Uganda's national airline, <strong>Uganda Airlines<\/strong>inaugurated a new era with this <strong>new direct air service to Europe from Entebbe International Airport<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until now, <strong>only three European carriers linked Entebbe:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/afrique-brussels-airlines-2025-20241205.html\/\"> Brussels Airlines<\/a> from Brussels, KLM from Amsterdam and Turkish Airlines from Istanbul<\/strong>. Uganda Airlines thus becomes the first African airline to establish a link between Entebbe and Europe. London Gatwick in this case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"<em> It's not just an airline; it's a bridge between Uganda and one of the most important commercial, tourist and diaspora centres in the world.<\/em>said <strong>Edward Katumba Wamala, Minister of Public Works and Transport<\/strong>addressing guests at Entebbe International Airport. \" <em>For years, Ugandans in the UK have been asking: When will we have a direct flight home? Well, I'm proud to say that the wait is over.<\/em>\" he described.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new line will operate four times a week (Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday). It is a <strong>Airbus A330-800neo<\/strong>the most recent aircraft in the Uganda Airlines fleet, offering <strong>one product three classes<\/strong> (Business, Premium Economy and Economy). <strong>London thus becomes the airline's 17th destination<\/strong>. It is also its longest air route, covering a distance of 6,464 kilometres.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 18 May, Uganda Airlines has been operating four weekly flights between Entebbe and London Gatwick.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":200319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[1011,2107],"type-darticle":[52],"n_magazine":[],"class_list":["post-200289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aerien","tag-afrique","tag-transport-aerien","type-darticle-breve","vapo-free"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uganda Airlines se pose d\u00e9sormais \u00e0 Londres<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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