CAA Hosts Regional Meeting on Creation of Satellite Based Augmentation System
Civil Aviation of Uganda has today Tuesday kicked off a four-day Validation workshop for the creation of the East African Satellite-Based Augmentation System(SBAS) aimed at conducting a feasibility study of the preliminary study proposals and benefits analysis that will help in the decision making process for the creation of the […]
How E-Passport Will Ease Travel For Ugandans
By Jacob Siminyu The Ministry of Internal Affairs has recently received a number of questions through our websites www.mia.go.ug and www.immigration.go.ug enquiring about the e-passport. I am privileged to provide some key information to the public as Uganda progresses with procurement of the e-passport. Our current passport called the Machine-Readable […]
CAA to celebrate Aviation Week with senior golfers
 Old is gold: L-R – USGS treasurer Billy Webb, chairman Jackson Karyaruboowe, CAA’s Vianney Luggya and vice-chairman Mark Ntege show off the trophies to be won at Kitante. PHOTO by Darren Allan Kyeyune By DARREN ALLAN KYEYUNE & INNOCENT NDAWULA KAMPALA. The motive behind the inaugural edition of the Seniors […]
Katwiremu, Nasimolo top CAA golf tournament
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The tournament was one of the activities organised by CAA to celebrate the International Civil Aviation week Stephen Katwiremu (second left) with Onyango Matata (left), John Byabagambi (second right) and Zephania Dube (right) after he won the Seniors Golf Open at Kitante on December 3. Photos by Michael Nsubuga […]
Aviation industry set for Boom
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Every year, on January 26 the country commemorates Liberation Day when the NRM came to power. Vianney M. Luggya the manager public affairs at Civil Aviation Authority in an interview with Jacky Achan takes stock of what the aviation industry has achieved over the last 32 years.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”QUESTION: Entebbe is […]
Rehabilitation of Upcountry Aerodromes
Arua The interior of the new terminal building at Arua Airfield is undergoing partitioned and furnishing. Earlier on, more land had been acquired for expansion of the airfield at a cost of about 6.5 billion to enhance its significance in regional trade. The consultant Gauff and GIBB produced the final […]
Electronic Terrain Obstacle Data (eTOD)
CAA implemented the first phase of the Electronic Terrain Obstacle Data (eTOD) to facilitate Performance-based navigation to enable aircraft fly their preferred profiles without limitations of obstacles.
ISO 9001 Certification for CAA, EIA and Aerodromes
CAA and Entebbe International Airport were awarded with the prestigious ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems (QMS) Certificate on 31 December, 2016 following compliance with stringent requirements for the internationally recognized certification by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). The ISO 9001:2008 Certification relates to the provision of aeronautical services within […]
Aviation Police
Decent accommodation was extended to AVPOL through construction of 42 new state-of-the-art Aviation Police units from internally generated revenue in Kigungu. The purpose was to relocate AVPOL from the site for the new Cargo Centre to pave way for airport expansion and upgrade works to progress. The AVPOL families have […]
Modern Baggage Handling System
To address this, a new modern Baggage Handling System (BHS) was installed in the check-in area at Entebbe International Airport. The installation ended in September 2016. The new system was in response to, inter alia, the anticipated increase in Passenger throughput, which called for enhanced passenger handling capacity. The BHS […]