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Air Uganda is 
an airline based at Entebbe 
International Airport in Uganda.  
The airline was formed in 2007 with funds from the Aga Khan Fund for  
Economic Development, which has stakes in African airlines Air 
Burkina and 
Air Mali, and European airline Meridianafly. Air Uganda operates schedule 
service to six destinations in central and eastern Africa. Capa Aviation. 
CORNWELL MULEYA NAMED CEO
	NEW CHIEF AT AIR UGANDA
	 
		
			Apr 08, 2013 
			
			
 
			KAMPALA, 
			Uganda - Air Uganda is pleased to announce the appointment of its 
			new CEO, Cornwell Muleya. Mr. Muleya has extensive airline 
			management experience having worked as a CEO and CFO for several 
			airlines in Africa, including Air Mauritius, Air Botswana, Air 
			Tanzania Company Ltd., and Zambezi Airlines. He joins Air Uganda 
			from ALS Limited in Kenya, where he has been the CEO of this growing 
			aircraft leasing business for the past 3 years. Mr. Muleya is an 
			Engineer and Chartered Accountant and spent the early part of his 
			career in audit and financial consulting with Deloitte and 
			PriceWaterHouseCoopers. 
			Commenting on his arrival, Mr. Muleya expressed his delight to be 
			part of an exciting and growing airline like Air Uganda. He looks 
			forward to working with the Air Uganda team and the people of Uganda 
			to further develop the airline’s network in order to enhance 
			business and tourism. “I am especially impressed with the quality of 
			the Air Uganda product and will work to ensure the airline continues 
			to delight its customers and becomes a household name not only in 
			Uganda, but in East Africa and beyond.” 
			Air Uganda was founded in 2007 and operates scheduled flights from 
			its Entebbe hub to various countries in Eastern Africa using a fleet 
			comprising of CRJ200 aircraft and MD87s. Air Uganda is a member of 
			the Celestair Group, which is owned by the Aga Khan Fund for 
			Economic Development (AKFED). 
			AKFED is an international development agency dedicated to promoting 
			entrepreneurship and building economically sound enterprises in the 
			developing world. AKFED focuses on building enterprises in parts of 
			the world that lack sufficient foreign direct investment. 
			AKFED is in turn part of the Aga Khan Development Network, a group 
			of development agencies with mandates that include the environment, 
			health, education, architecture, culture, microfinance, rural 
			development, disaster reduction, the promotion of private-sector 
			enterprise, and the revitalization of historic cities. 
		Source: Air Uganda 
 GOVERNMENT TO INVEST IN AIR UGANDA - FINALLY 
			
			BY PROF. DR. WOLFGANG H. THOME, ETN AFRICA CORRESPONDENT | DEC 07, 
			2013
				
				President Yoweri Museveni and His Highness the Aga Khan have 
				reportedly reached an agreement during a meeting in Paris on the 
				sidelines of a security conference the president is attending, 
				that the Government of Uganda will acquire a stake in Air 
				Uganda, which would turn the quasi national airline into a 
				regular national airline. The offer was made on start up when 
				Air Uganda went operational in 6 years ago but never taken up 
				until now. 
				This will put an end too to ongoing rumors fueled by speculators 
				and middlemen to revive Uganda Airlines, which was thought to be 
				a massive scam, attempting to siphon millions of dollars out of 
				government coffers, similar to the failed investment of 700 
				million Uganda Shillings in Victoria International Airlines, 
				where vested interests by individuals caused a total write off 
				after VIA halted operations within weeks of their maiden flight 
				and not a single shilling returned to Uganda since. 
				Air Uganda in contrast has, since a rocky start caused by inept 
				Italian management, stabilized and with recent CEO’s like Hugh 
				Fraser and now Cornwell Muleya is on a steady course towards 
				further and sustained growth. 
				U7 operates a fleet of 3 CRJ200 jets, after offloading the fuel 
				guzzling MD87 aircraft, and presently flies from Entebbe to 
				Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya, Dar es Salaam and Kilimanjaro in 
				Tanzania, Kigali, Bujumbura, Juba and of late even Mogadishu, 
				making it 9 regional destinations. 
			
				AIR UGANDA SETS DATE FOR LAUNCH OF MOGADISHU FLIGHTS 
  
				15th June 2013 
  
			Air Uganda, the Pearl of Africa's quasi national airline, has jus 
			announced the launch date for their latest destination, Mogadishu in 
			Somalia, Starting on 08th of July, U7 will fly initially three times 
			a week nonstop between Entebbe and Mogadishu, offering government 
			officials, army personnel and a growing number of business people 
			from Uganda the fastest way yet to reach Somalia Uganda, alongside 
			Burundi, was the first country to commit a major contingent of 
			troops some years ago to the african Union led peace keeping 
			mission, and with that mission new more or less accomplished, has 
			the time come to launch commercial flights, available for everyone, 
			compared to the purely military flights which has in the past served 
			as a link between the two countries. 
			In a related development it was also learned that Air Uganda is 
			keenly eying Southern African destinations, and while official 
			confirmation is still awaited, Harare, and perhaps Lusaka have been 
			mentioned to this correspondent.
   
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