President Yoweri Museveni has described as ‘a big shame’ Uganda not having a national carrier.
Uganda Airlines was liquidated in 2001 over heavy debts that stood at a tune of more than $6m (about Shs21b).
Museveni during the inaugural meeting of the cabinet directed the new Minister for Works and Transport that he wants a national airline to be set up in the next five years in order to reduce travel costs.
“This is a big shame,” President Museveni said at State House Entebbe.
“Ugandan travellers are suffering because of, apparently, not having a national airline,” he added.
“Ugandans would save about $420m (£283m) a year if the country had its own airline,”
“A ticket to Nairobi costs between $1,100-1,200 (business class) and $500-700 (economy class) depending on the time of booking while a ticket to London costs between $2,700-3,000 (business class) and $1,000-1,300 (economy class).”
