Airbus inks deal to sell passenger planes to Uganda
From left to right; Hadi Akoum, Airbus Vice President Sales Africa and Indian Sub-Ocean Customer Affairs, Airbus Chief Commercial Officer Eric Schulz, Uganda Airlines Chief Executive Officer Ephraim Bagenda and John Kelly, Senior Vice-President Customers, Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace during the signing of an MoU for two A330-800neo aircraft to Uganda at the 2018 Farnborough Airshow on July 18, 2017. PHOTO | AIRBUS
Airbus said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement to sell two commercial passenger planes to Uganda as part of the country’s plan to revive its national airline which has been defunct for years.
The government of long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni has said restarting the national carrier will help Uganda take a slice of the region’s growing aviation business and also invigorate the service sector of the economy.
