Controversy as Mbarara airport artistic impression resembles Chinese airport
Netizens have questioned the artistic impression of the proposed Mbarara airport after noticing it closely resembles China’s Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, while...
News discovery
Find the stories that matter to you.
Results for
29 found
“runw”
Gov’t Approves Mega International Airport at Nyakyisharara
President Yoweri K. Museveni has directed the government to support Base Seven Company in developing a major international airport at Nyakyisharara, near Mbarara, transfo...
Kabalega International Airport 97% Complete as UCAA Board Inspects Works in Hoima
The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) Board of Directors and Management Team has confirmed that works at Kabalega International Airport in Hoima District have reache...
BREAKING: Shock as Man’s Burnt Body is Found on Entebbe Airport Runway
Uganda’s CAA collects an aviation security fee of about $65 (roughly Shs240,000–Shs245,000) from the cost of each departing international passenger’s ticketEntebbe...
Hot Graduating Girls Turn Heads at Kyambogo Graduation
Kyambogo University’s 21st graduation ceremony wasn’t just about academic giants and top CGPAs. It also turned the campus into a runway, with the girls of the Class o...
Congo Plane Crash: Plane Carrying DRC Minister of Mines Delegation Crashes at Kolwezi Airport
KCongolese Mines Minister Louis Watum Kabamba and his delegation survived Monday morning, November 17, after their plane veered off the runway and caught fire during land...
Air traffic controller ‘was asleep’ when holiday flight arrived at blacked-out airport.
It's not uncommon for aircraft to need to circle airports occasionally, typically due to another flight running behind schedule, or a temporary blockage on the runway. Bu...
Emirates, Qatar competition heats up in Uganda.
How the rivalry between the two Gulf carriers has contributed to the growth of the local aviation industryEmirates and Qatar Airways, the two Gulf carriers dominating the...
Michael Jackson’s aircraft will crack Mumbai airport’s runway’: Why King of Pop wasn’t allowed to land in 1996 till Raj Thackeray intervened, came with 360 crew, 40 containers
Michael Jackson demanded an open car to wave to fans after landing in India in 1996. Andre Timmins, co-organizer, recalled how they had to borrow it from the only man who...
Why Uganda’s oil refinery remains behind schedule
An artistic impression of an oil refinery. Uganda hopes to complete construction of a 60,000 barrels/day refinery by 2030. COURTESY IMAGE/PETROLEUM AUTHORITY OF UGANDA.De...