(MENAFN) Uganda has acquired six passenger aircraft to revamp its national airline carrier that has been grounded for nearly two decades.
According to the Office of the Presidency, an initial deposit of USD1.2 million has been released for the purchase of four Bombardier CRJ900 passenger jets from the Canadian Bombardier Aerospace and two wide-body Airbus A330-200 aircraft for Uganda Airlines.
The east African country airline, which was established in 1976 but shut down in 2001 over a more than six million dollars debt, is expected to hit the sky again in November this year.
The office said: "On the revival of the national airline, a task force has since been appointed on the same and procurement process for six aircraft to get the airlines up and running in financial year 2018/19 has commenced."
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