Eagle Air is an

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based in

Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...

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. It operates regional scheduled services and charter flights across East and Central Africa. Its main base is

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, and it also maintains a second hub at

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, in the Northern Region of the country.

History

The airline was established in June 1994 and started operations in November 1994. It is owned by Tony Rubombora (62.5%),

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, and Charles Muthama (37.5%),

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. It had over 50 employees as of March 2011. Eagle Air L-410

In 2006, the airline started operations to Uganda's national parks. That same year,

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banned Eagle Air from operations to the airport in

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, alleging violations of the country's aviation regulations. In 2008, the airline temporarily suspended operations due to a fuel shortage in Uganda, that arose out of the

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in Kenya, following the 2007 presidential elections.

Services

Eagle Air offers scheduled and chartered flights to domestic and certain regional destinations, including air safaris to Ugandan national parks. In addition, it offers chartered flights within the East and Central Africa Region.

Destinations

According to its website, as of May 2019 Eagle Air Uganda operates regular services to te following destinations:

Fleet

As of May 2019, the Eagle Air fleet includes:

Accidents and incidents

A 2001 Eagle Air crash in the eastern Democratic republic of the Congo, killed two Congolese rebel leaders, the Eagle Air captain, the first officer and two other individuals, for a total of six fatalities.

References

External links

Website of Eagle Air UgandaEagle Air of Uganda route map
{{Airlines of Uganda Airlines of Uganda Airlines established in 1994 1994 establishments in Uganda Organisations based in Kampala