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Kampala- The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has set tough conditions to airline companies that applied for licenses to operate local and regional flight services. According to the aviation body’s Managing Director, Mr David Kakuba, the tough conditions are intended to ensure safety and high standards because worldwide, the industry is […]

By Julius Luwemba Added 8th June 2019 06:53 PM According to David Kakuba, the managing director for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), 48 operators are currently licensed to access Uganda’s airports. Upon the arrival of Uganda’s aircraft Bombardier CRJ900 into the country on April 23, Lilly Ajarova, the Chief Executive Officer for Uganda Tourism Board (UTB), expressed […]

  Twenty-first century civil aviation is being more and more recognised as a driver of economic, social and cultural development. At the Sixth ICAO Africa (AFI) Aviation Week in Kampala, ICAO Secretary General, Dr. Fang Liu, has stressed how ongoing aviation safety, security and capacity improvements all across Africa are maximising air […]

FRIDAY MARCH 8 2019 Women Air Traffic Controllers at Entebbe International Airport. By Eve Muganga ENTEBBE- To celebrate the International Women Day, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has deployed a female-only Air Traffic Control team at Entebbe International Airport. This means that the team worked as ground-based air traffic controllers to […]

ByMAURICE MUHWEZI | PML Daily Writer /Social Media Editor Posted on February 27, 2019 ENTEBBE – ENTEBBE – The Civil Aviation Authority has Wednesday, February 27, held a mock exercise to test Entebbe International Airport‘s emergency readiness in case of an aircraft accident. The exercise that kicked off at noon involved simulation […]

Source: Xinhua| 2019-01-14 22:14:46|Editor: Xiaoxia KAMPALA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — Uganda has intensified Ebola screening at Entebbe International Airport to prevent the disease from spreading from the neighboring eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Emmanuel Ainebyoona, ministry of health spokesperson, told Xinhua by telephone on Monday that all passengers arriving through […]

        The pleasant roads in Entebbe City cause no worries By Amos Wekesa Last week, I was asked by Qatar Airways to write an article about Entebbe airport for their inflight magazine to be published in April this year. That magazine will be read by at least four million […]

By Benon Ojiambo CAA now joins, among other countries, Kenya and Tanzania to attain this certification Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Entebbe International Airport have been awarded the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems (QMS) Certificate. The certificate, according to Vianney Luggya, CAA’s public relations manager, was awarded following compliance with […]