Uganda Airlines has signed a landmark $982 million agreement with Boeing for 10 new aircraft, marking the largest fleet investment since the national carrier resumed operations in 2019.
The deal was signed on June 10 at State House Entebbe in the presence of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. Interim Uganda Airlines Chief Executive Girma Wake personally signed the agreement alongside Boeing’s Africa sales executive Anbessie Yitbarek.
The order includes four Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, four Boeing 737 MAX passenger aircraft, one Boeing 767 converted freighter, and one Boeing 737 Boeing Converted Freighter. The package is valued at approximately 3.7 trillion Ugandan shillings.
The acquisition comes just four months after Girma Wake, the former chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines, was appointed to stabilize Uganda Airlines amid operational challenges. His appointment followed the grounding of the airline’s two Airbus A330-800neo aircraft for unscheduled maintenance in February.
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