Uganda Airlines’ engine trouble puts its interim CEO Girma to the test

Uganda Airlines Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft stand on the runway at Entebbe Airport on the outskirts of Kampala on April 23, 2019.

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Uganda Airlines and British aerospace giant Rolls-Royce are engaged in delicate negotiations whose outcome could shape the future of the airline’s long-haul ambitions and determine whether the Airbus A330neo remains central to the carrier’s fleet strategy.

For interim chief executive Girma Wake, the talks represent an early and politically sensitive leadership test as he walks the tight rope of restoring operational stability after months of disruption.