The deal will give passengers with each carriers larger entry to worldwide locations.
By Lorne Philipot
This expands Uganda Airways’ attain to quite a few locations in India and past by way of Air India’s community.
Air India passengers acquire entry to Uganda Airways’ African routes from its Mumbai hub.
The partnership makes use of Uganda Airways’ three weekly Entebbe-Mumbai flights.
Uganda’s flag service, Uganda Airways, has entered an interline partnership with India’s nationwide service, Air India.
“This settlement considerably expands Uganda Airways’ world footprint, providing its prospects handy entry to Air India’s huge community,” stated Uganda Airways CEO Jenifer Bamuturaki in a information launch.
Reaching Locations in Asia
The strategic partnership will allow passengers touring with Uganda Airways to purchase a single ticket for journey from Entebbe to quite a few locations in India, in addition to to different locations served from Air India’s hub in Mumbai. Vacationers from Uganda may also now attain various worldwide hubs together with Bangkok, Colombo, Dhaka, London, and Singapore, with Air India.
Passengers touring with Uganda Airways can conveniently join onto Air India flights to varied locations in India, together with: Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Nagpur, Patna, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur, Varanasi, Vadodara, and Visakhapatnam.
Connecting India with Africa
On the identical time, the partnership opens up Uganda Airways’ community to Air India’s passengers. They will journey to Mumbai with Air India after which fly with Uganda Airways to Entebbe. Air India passengers are capable of take onward connections from Entebbe to South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and different African nations.
Uganda Airways gives three weekly rotations between Entebbe and Mumbai. Flights are operated with an Airbus A330-800neo plane.
Lorne is a South Africa-based aviation journalist. He was captivated and fascinated by flying from the day he took his first airline flight. With a ardour for aviation in his blood, he has flown to locations in all corners of the globe. Lorne has traveled extensively and lived in numerous nations. Drawing on his travels and fervour for aviation, Lorne enjoys writing about airways, routes, networks, and new developments.
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