Uganda: Entebbe International Airport reopens on 01 October 2020! [update]

update (17 September 2020): Qatar Airways has confirmed that it will resume flights between Hamad International Airport (DOH) in Doha and Entebbe International Airport (EBB) in Entebbe. Effective 02 October 2020, the airline will operate three weekly return flights to Entebbe.

Uganda's international airport, Entebbe International Airport (EBB) in Entebbe, is set to reopen on 01 October 2020 after nearly five months of closure over the coronavirus pandemic. According to a preliminary three-month schedule (effective 01 October 2020) published by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA), the country's national airline Uganda Airlines and various international airlines, such as Kenya Airways, Qatar Airways, Air Tanzania, Ethiopian Airlines, FlyDubai, RwandAir, KLM, Turkish Airlines, Emirates and Brussels Airlines, are planning to resume flights to Uganda. We'll keep you posted!

 

Uganda: The "Kampala-Entebbe Expressway" has been officially opened for motorists!

The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, and the the chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Wang Yang, officially opened the new Entebbe–Kampala Expressway on 15 June 2018. The 51km four-lane toll highway links Entebbe International Airport (EBB), Uganda's main international airport, to Kampala, the country's capital. The new expressway is the country's first toll highway. It has 19 fly-overs and bridges with a total length of 2,770 metres; it also hosts the Nambigirwa Bridge, the longest four-lane bridge in Uganda and East Africa with over 1,400 metres. The Entebbe–Kampala Expressway was commissioned with assistance from Exim Bank of China, with a loan of $350m (€302.8m). Construction was done by China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) and supervised by Beijing Expressway Supervision Co. Ltd. (BES).

Construction of Kampala-Entebbe Expressway is part of the measures to decongest the Central Business District to enhance #Trade movement through, within & out of the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area [#GKMA], financed by both the Government of Uganda and EXIM Bank. #UNRAworks pic.twitter.com/YvxSwuAXMt

— UNRA_UGANDA (@UNRA_UG) June 15, 2018

Uganda: Street View goes live in Kampala & Entebbe!

The capital of Uganda, the city of Kampala, as well as Entebbe, located about 35km southwest of Kampala and the location of Uganda's largest commercial airport, Entebbe International Airport (EBB), are now (since Oct. 2015) live on Google Street View!