Ivan Massa is a Ugandan
airline pilot, who serves as a
commercial pilot A commercial pilot licence (CPL) is a type of pilot licence that permits the holder to act as a pilot of an aircraft and be paid for their work.
Different licenses are issued for the major aircraft categories: airplanes, airships, balloons, glid ...
at
Uganda National Airlines Company
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 ...
, the revived national airline of
Uganda.
Background and education
Massa was born in
Mbale District, in the
Eastern Region Eastern Region or East Region may refer to:
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*Eastern Region, Nepal
*Eastern Region, Nigeria
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* Eastern Region, Uganda
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of Uganda, on 25 November 1990. He
attended primary school locally. He studied at the ''London College of St Lawrence'', in
Wakiso District, in Uganda's
Central Region, where he obtained his
High School Diploma
A high school diploma or high school degree is a North American academic school leaving qualification awarded upon high school graduation. The high school diploma is typically obtained after a course of study lasting four years, from grade 9 to gra ...
.
He then went on to obtain his
Commercial pilot licence from the
East African Civil Aviation Academy in
Soroti, Uganda. He underwent further flight training at Epic Flight Academy, located at
New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport
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, in
Volusia County,
Florida,
United States, and at
CAE Aviation Training and Services, in
Toronto,
Canada.
In 2019, he completed training on the
Bombardier CRJ900 at the US Airways Flight Training Center, in
Phoenix,
Arizona, United States.
Career
In 2019, he was hired as a First Officer pilot on the CRJ900 by Uganda National Airlines Company, trading as
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 ...
.
Other considerations
He is reported to be a hiking enthusiast, who enjoys to play
rugby
Rugby may refer to:
Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
,
soccer
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and
chess.
See also
*
Michael Etiang
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 Tororo Distric ...
*
Vanita Kayiwa
Vanita Kayiwa, is a Ugandan airline transport pilot, who serves as a first officer at Uganda National Airlines Company, Uganda's national carrier airline, on the A330-841 aircraft, since February 2021. Before that, effective April 2019, she s ...
*
Tina Drazu
Tina Drazu is a Ugandan airline transport pilot, who serves as a First Officer at Uganda National Airlines Company, Uganda's national carrier airline, on the A330-841 equipment, since February 2021. Before that, since April 2019, she is a fir ...
*
Kenneth Kiyemba
References
Living people
1990 births
Ugandan aviators
Commercial aviators
People from Eastern Region, Uganda
East African Civil Aviation Academy alumni
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