Uganda Airlines will be flying its Airbus A330neo, the A330-800 to London Heathrow and operating out of its Entebbe hub.
This nine-hour, 3,500NM service to London is expected to commence on March 28th with a five-times-weekly frequency.
As part of a multi-post Twitter announcement, Uganda Airlines disclosed that it would be flying its new flagship Airbus A330-800 to London Heathrow.
Uganda Airlines recently obtained the rights to operate the service, which will commence on March 28th. It was noted that the flight will arrive in London at 06:45 and depart for Entebbe at 09:00.
It looks like this service will face little direct, non-stop competition. British Airways had once operated a direct service from London Heathrow, but this was halted way back in 2015, with the British carrier saying that it was not commercially viable to continue the flights.
One-stop options are plentiful, however. Carriers like EgyptAir, Kenya Airways, and Turkish Airlines (among others) all offer flights through their respective hubs.
Reporting from anna.aero notes that more than 84,000 passengers flew between Entebbe and London on a round-trip basis in 2019, which makes it one of the carrier’s busier services.
