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Lufthansa Airlines back in Uganda since the 70s

KAMPALA, Uganda The Ugandan Civil Aviation Authority has granted permission to Brussels Airlines to add a Lufthansa code-share flight number to their own for the four times a week service between Brussels and Entebbe. This will, other than for some one off occasional cargo flights in the past, be the first scheduled Lufthansa flight number to Entebbe since the airline withdrew from Uganda in the heydays of notorious Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the early ‘70s. The code-shared flight is thought to tap into an additional substantial pool of travelers loyal to Lufthansa, as well as feed connecting traffic from other Star Alliance partners into the SN flights. Announcements at the Entebbe International Airport already mention the LH flight number when announcing flight arrivals and calling passengers for check in or boarding.

The more “formal” launch was held at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel earlier in the week, when SN country manager Pierre Declerk, flanked by SN’s country sales manager Roger Wamara and the Belgian and German ambassadors, formally briefed the Ugandan media on these developments and the resulting opportunities for travelers on Brussels Airlines from and to Entebbe.