Uganda Airlines launches direct flights to London

Uganda Transport minister Katumba Wamala with flight attendants at the launch of direct flights to London in Kampala on March 20, 2025.

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Uganda Airlines will launch direct flights from Entebbe to London Gatwick on May 18, cutting travel time to nine hours and re-establishing a long-lost route.

This will be the airline’s first European route as it expands beyond Africa, marking a major milestone since British Airways abandoned the route in July 2015, claiming it was not “commercially viable”.