News Release

KEA flies over 200 international tourists around Uganda

On Friday 15th February 2019 KEA completed a two-day operation which involved flying 204 international tourists across multiple tourism locations in Uganda on multiple fixed-wing aircraft. The group of tourists landed at Entebbe International Airport on Wednesday 13th February 2019 and departed for their destinations aboard KEA's fleet on Thursday 14th February 2019 from Entebbe airport and Kajjansi airfield where the operator's fixed base operations are located.

"This is the first of its kind mass movement of air passengers to be completed domestically in Uganda and we are honoured to be of service and very proud of our crews who worked tirelessly for weeks to make this effort a success," says marketing director Isabella Tustanovska. "The operation took several weeks of preparation, operational readiness to ensure safety and efficiency and a high standard of professionalism to safely and efficiently fly the passengers. Among the aircraft that ferried the passengers were our Pilatus PC12, Beechcraft 1900Ds and Cessna Grand Caravans.

"Our crews worked within very tight timeframes to ferry the passengers across the multiple local destinations. With the many limitations and austere conditions in Ugandan runways, accomplishing an operation of this scale successfully truly takes operational excellence, and industry expertise. We look forward to more opportunities of this scale."