Uganda has one major international airport: Entebbe International Airport, the main gateway to Uganda. The Entebbe International Airport serves all outbound and inbound travels into and out of Uganda. With just a few flights in the past years, Entebbe International Airport has now grown to be an important focal point in East Africa handling regular flights to various destinations in the world.
Entebbe international Airport is linked to all major cities all over the world for both passenger and cargo handling services. The airport is located along the Lake Victoria shores in Entebbe Minicipality, Wakiso District. The airport lies about 46km from Kampala, the capital city of Kampala. There are several airlines that serve the Entebbe International airport and these include;
- Rwanda Air
- Ethiopian Airlines
- Kenya Airways
- Brussels Airlines
- Emirates Airline
- KLM Royal Dutch Airline
- Turkish Airlines
- Egyptian Airlines
- South African Airways
- Qatar Airways
- Air Tanzania
- KLM
- Gulf Air
- Precision Air
Uganda Airline Services includes British Airways, Air Uganda, South Africa Airways, Sabena World Airlines, Kenya airways, Air Tanzania, Ethiopian Airways, Egypt Air, and East African Airways. You can fly to Uganda cheaply using discount fares for your ticket. Cheapest flights to Uganda are from Canada, USA, UK, France, Australia, Germany,
The biggest route Entebbe handles is the Entebbe-Nairobi route and today it is being served by three airlines with Kenya Airways dominating the route. Another operator at Entebbe Airport is the Fly540 a low cost Kenyan operator that runs two flights daily between Entebbe and Nairobi.
Flights running from Entebbe to within Europe are majorly served frequent flights to London, Amsterdam and Brussels. It is via these major hubs that flights from Entebbe can link with European and other European countries. British Airlines continuously offers five flights in a week between Entebbe and London Heathrow.
The Royal Dutch Airlines KLM operates four flights in a week connecting Entebbe and Amsterdam and thereafter links to numerous Scandinavian countries like Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Sabena’s successor Brussels Airline serves four flights weekly connecting Entebbe and Brussels and linking to other parts of Europe.
The Middle East and Dubai are prime regions for Uganda’s trading sector and are unfailingly served by Fly Emirates running daily flights from Entebbe into Dubai and then links to other international cities.
Turkish Airline is the newest entrant in the airline business and is now running three flights from Entebbe to Istanbul which links to other major cities in Europe and the Middle East.
The regional trade union between the East African communities that include Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda Kenya and Burundi has led to the availability of frequent flights from Entebbe into Kigali being operated by a Rwandan National Carrier –Rwanda Air which runs daily flights that later link to Bujumbura. The resent establishment of the Code Share Agreement signed between Rwanda and Air Uganda has made it possible to increase the number of flights running between Uganda and Rwanda. Additionally, Precision Air a Tanzanian carrier serves flight s from Entebbe to Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar. South Africa Airways serves daily flights between Johannesburg and Entebbe and connects to other countries in the southern regions of Africa and this helps people to reach the booming South African markets.
For the recent years Southern Sudan has become a prime trading partner with Uganda and this has necessitated the availability of frequent flights operating between the 2 countries. The Eagle Air and a Sudanese airline also operate on this route.
Ethiopian Airlines operates daily flights from Entebbe to Addis Ababa and links to other African & European cities. Egypt Air and Egyptian National carrier operates continuous flights between Cairo and Entebbe and other flights into cities in North African like Tunis, Tripoli, Casablanca, Benghazi and Algiers.
Uganda is able to connect to other cities which don’t have a direct air link with Entebbe through a third city. Most of such cities are served by Ethiopian Airlines, South Africa Airways and Kenya Airways, and these are the leading African Aviation companies that are strongly built a firm continental network. By connecting through their main hubs in Addis Ababa, or Nairobi, or Johannesburg, flights have been availed to Abuja, Addis Ababa, Bangui, Brazzaville, Dakar, Douala, Harare, Khartoum, Kinshasa, Libreville, Luanda, Lusaka, Yaounde, Pointe-Noire, N’Djamena, Mombasa, Maseru, Monrovia, Accra, Bamako, Blantyre, Cotonou, Dar Es Salaam, Djibouti Gaborone, Johannesburg, Lubumbashi, Malabo, Maputo, Mbabane, Ouagadougou, Windhoek, Abidjan, Kilimanjaro, Kisangani, Lagos, Lilongwe and Lome.
Flights connecting from America’s large cities connect to Entebbe through the hubs of the key airlines. With South African Airline you can fly to Entebbe from Washington, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and New York through Johannesburg, while Egypt Air connect Montreal & New York through Cairo; Fly Emirate from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, New York and Toronto through Dubai to Entebbe. KLM or Air France connects Vancouver, Montreal, Seattle, Detroit, Washington, Memphis, Houston, , Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Chicago, San Fran Francisco, Toronto, Minneapolis and Ottawa through Amsterdam to Entebbe . British Air connects Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, New York Dallas and Boston through London to Entebbe.
There are numerous alternatives for flights connecting the Far East with Entebbe. Kenya Airways connects Mumbai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Bangkok through Nairobi to Entebbe. South African Airways also connects Australia to Entebbe with flights coming from Sydney to Perth through Johannesburg.
There are direct flights to Entebbe which is 45 km from Kampala city. You can fly direct from Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, and Egypt in Africa. Overseas fly direct from United Kingdom.UAE and Belgium. There are domestic flights to Arua, Adjumani, Gulu, Kitgum, and Mayo. Charter services can be arranged on request.