Captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
Emma Mutebi is a Ugandan
airline pilot, who serves as a captain at
Uganda Airlines
Uganda Airlines is the flag carrier of Uganda. The company is a revival of the older Uganda Airlines which operated from 1977 until 2001. The current carrier began flying in August 2019.
Location
The company headquarters are located withi ...
, Uganda's national carrier airline, on the
CRJ 900
The Bombardier CRJ700, CRJ900, and CRJ1000 are a family of regional jet airliners that were designed and manufactured by Canadian transportation conglomerate Bombardier (formerly Canadair) between 1999 and 2020. Their design was derived from t ...
aircraft, effective April 2019.
Career
Immediately prior to joining Uganda Airlines, Captain Mutebi was flying with
Rwandair
RwandAir Limited is the flag carrier airline of Rwanda. It operates domestic and international services to East Africa, Central Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, from its main base at Kigali International Ai ...
. He has also previously flown with
Aircraft Leasing Services, based in
Nairobi, Kenya
Nairobi ( ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai language, Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows throug ...
. He also flew with
Jet Link, also based in Nairobi and with
DAS Air Cargo
DAS Air Cargo was a Ugandan cargo airline based at Entebbe as Dairoo Air Services. It operated all-cargo services between Europe and 20 cities throughout Africa, the Middle East and the Far East. Entebbe was a major hub for business in east and ...
, based in
Entebbe, Uganda.
Other considerations
In October 2019, Emma Mutebi was selected by Uganda Airlines, to be one of the four Ugandan pilots, who flew the third and fourth CRJ900s (5X–KDP and 5X–KNP), from
Montreal, Canada on their delivery journey to Entebbe, Uganda, between 5 October 2019 and 7 October 2019.
See also
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Transport in Uganda
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Clive Okoth
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Cornwell Muleya
Cornwell Muleya is a Zambian chemical engineer, accountant and aviation consultant, who served as the Acting Chief Executive Officer at Uganda National Airlines Company the revived national airline of Uganda, effective October 2019. He was rel ...
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Michael Etyang
Pilot in command, Captain Michael Etiang is a Ugandan airline pilot and business executive, who serves as the Chief Pilot of Uganda National Airlines Company, the revived national airline of Uganda.
Background and education
Etiang was born in ...
References
External links
Website of Revived Uganda Airlines
Living people
1970s births
Ugandan aviators
Commercial aviators
People from Central Region, Uganda
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