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Air Uganda a local airline registered here in Uganda has celebrated its 1st anniversary. The airline  has entered  into partnership with  Belgian Airline SN Brusseels to fly its passengers to European destinations.

Under the agreement Air Uganda will also fly all SN Brussels airlines passengers who are traveling to Zanzibar Entebbe and Juba in south Sudan. Air Uganda is also in talks with the Qatar the Middle East while Air Uganda takes Qatar passengers to its regional  destinations of Zanzibar Entebbe and Juba.This will also increase tourists coming to do Uganda tours

Negotiations are also underway with an undisclosed regional airline to fly Air Uganda passengers through linked flights from Entebbe direct to Khartoum with stop over in Juba.

When negotiations are finalized Air Uganda hopes to issue single tickets from either Entebbe or Khartoum that will be honoured from Juba for onward connection thus eliminating the need for different tickets  connected flights .

Speaking at the company’s  headquarters in  Kampala recently the airlines chief executive officer Peter de Waal said as part of the company first anniversary celebrations of operation in Uganda it was taking into consideration the provision of quality products  to exploit the potential  that takes exists in the region alongside the need to provide a Ugandan carrier for the region. He also mentioned that this will increase Uganda Tourism by tapping new areas initially not having direct flights here.

Air Uganda begun operations on November  14^th 2007. Last week they announced a new partner for the Juba Khartoum Route. Plans are also under way to take the carrier to the Rwanda skies for amore complete coverage of the East African skies de Waal said .Since inception Air Uganda has flown over 70,000 passengers introduced and begun operations on new routes signed land mark agreements with Kenya air ways and will soon launch its cargo service which will  be available on all routes that the airline has operation.

Air Uganda joined .The Uganda aviation industry is so hostile that some times the mortality rate is reduced to just six months as was the case with Victoria International  Airline.

Musiime also  said the airline had over the past few months been in negotiations with several stakes holders in the regions aviation industry so as to make the air lines a regional carrier despite the troubles that are involved while joining a near market monopoly. Among the new Air Uganda parterners are Kenya Airways that has for long been players on the Entebbe Nairobi route SN Brussels and soon Qatar Air.