Ndege ziwiri zoyamba za Uganda Airlines zomwe zikuyembekezeka kwa nthawi yayitali zidatera pa Entebbe International Airport Lachiwiri pa 23 Epulo 2019.
Otsogozedwa ndi antchito onse aku Uganda - Capt. Clive Okoth, Capt. Stephen Ariong, Capt Michael Etiang ndi Capt. Patrick Mutayanjulwa, ndege ziwiri zatsopano za CRJ900 Bombadier zopangidwa ku Canada zidatera pa Entebbe International Airport pafupifupi 09:30 maola kukalandira alendo. motsogoleriwa na Mulembi wa Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, na ba VI P na Minista ya Milimo na Mipalambo (MoWT) Monoxica Azuba Ntege.
Chodabwitsa ndichakuti, atalamula kutsekedwa kwa ndege mu 2001, akuti chifukwa chosasamala, ngongole komanso kusokonezedwa ndi boma, Purezidenti adalumikizana kwambiri m'mawu ake.
"Alendo omwe amabwera ku Uganda nthawi zonse amakhumudwa chifukwa chobisalira m'mizinda ikuluikulu monga Nairobi, Addis Ababa ndi Kigali."
"Kodi chingachitike ndi chiyani ngati alendo akuyenda pandege kuchokera ku UK kupita ku Entebbe kapena kuchokera ku Guangzhou kupita ku Entebbe kapena kuchokera ku Amsterdam kupita ku Entebbe?" 'Museveni yagamba.
Unduna wa MoWT, Ntege, adati vuto la aku Uganda kulipira mitengo yokwera pamaulendo latha.
"Anthu aku Uganda amadalira ndege zakunja koma ali ndi mitengo yayikulu komanso ntchito zopanda chilungamo. Ichi ndi chiyambi cha nyengo yatsopano pomwe anthu aku Uganda apeza ntchito zampweya zomwe akuyenera ndikuyenera, ”adatero Azuba.
Komabe, adavomereza kuti kupanga ndege si ntchito yovuta. Anati njira yomwe ikupita ndiyovuta kwambiri. Koma adafulumira kuwonjezera kuti monga boma, ali ndi chidziwitso chowonetsetsa kuti zovuta, zomwe zidakakamiza ndege zina kutseka shopu, sizibweranso.
Zowonadi, zoulutsira mawu zakhala zikuchuluka ndi akatswiri komanso motsutsana ndi kutsitsimuka kwa ndege.
Omwe sangakhulupirire boma kuti lingayendetse ndege, kutchula zomwe zakhala zikuchitika ku Uganda Airlines kuphatikiza onse omwe amawononga ndalama m'derali, kupatula ku Ethiopian Airlines.
Othandizira chitsitsimutsochi akuti makampani a ndege adzalumikiza bizinesi ndi kulumikizana ndi dziko lonse lapansi. Katswiri wakale wa asilikali Captain Francis Babu akuti, 'ngati ziyendetsedwa bwino, kampani ya ndege ingathe kupanga ntchito kuchokera kwa akatswiri opanga ma cabin crew, mpaka kwa alimi akumidzi omwe amapereka chakudya kuchokera kumidzi.
Malinga ndi wogwirizira wamkulu wa bungwe la Uganda Airlines a Ephraim Bagenda ndege ziwiri zotsala za Bombardier zitumizidwa mu Julayi ndi Seputembala motsatana pambuyo pake ntchito yopereka ziphaso izidzachitidwa ndi bungwe la Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) kuti apereke satifiketi yoyendetsa ndege.
Uganda Airlines iyamba ndi malo 12 akumadera. Zikuphatikizapo; Nairobi, Mombasa, Goma, Zanzibar, Dar es Salam, Harare, Mogadishu, Kigali, Kilimanjaro ndi Addis Ababa. Ndege yotsitsimutsidwa ku Uganda ikhala yoyamba kunyamula yanyumba yatsopano ya CRJ-Atmosphere ku Africa. Ndege idzagwira ntchito CRJ900 pakupanga kwapawiri-mipando ndi mipando 76 yazachuma komanso mipando 12 yoyambira.
Mwachilengedwe, woyamba kuyamika Boma la Uganda chifukwa chotsitsimutsa wonyamulira mbendera ya dzikolo anali a Jean-Paul Boutibou, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti, Sales, Middle-East ndi Africa, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft omwe popereka ma jets ku likulu ku Montreal, Canada, "Ndife okondwa kuti ndege yatsopanoyi yasankha Bombardier ndi ndege za CRJ900 zomwe zikubwera."
Maulendo ataliatali ayamba mu 2021 ndege yoyamba ya Airbus A330-800 ikaperekedwa mu Disembala 2020.
Poyamba idakhazikitsidwa muulamuliro wa Idi Amin, kutsatira kugwa kwa East African Airlines, Uganda Airlines idakhazikitsidwa mu 1976 ngati National Carrier, ntchito zinaphatikizansopo zopindulitsa komanso zonyamula katundu mpaka kuthetsedwa kwake mu 2001.
Chitsitsimutso chake chimadalira kusankha gulu loyenerera, kuwonjezeka kwa ziwerengero za zokopa alendo, mwayi watsopano mgawo la mafuta ndi gasi kapena zisangalalo zokhazokha zothandizidwa ndikulimbikitsidwa ndi Mtsogoleri Wamkulu yemwe adati 'ndege zakale za ku Uganda zamwalira ndipo taziika, tsopano ife khalani ndi mwana watsopano '.
