Wondering how to get to Uganda, worry no more because there are direct flights to Uganda. Entebbe International Airport is Uganda’s largest and main international airport. It is located 40 km from Kampala city near Lake Victoria. It hosts direct flights from 34 airports from all over the world, spreading to 27 cities in 20 countries.
The common direct flights to Entebbe are from Nairobi (NBO) in Kenya and Kigali (KGL) in Rwanda. These two routes make up 28% of the monthly arrivals to Uganda. The longest direct flight to Uganda (Entebbe) departs from Amsterdam (AMS). It takes around 8 hours and 41 minutes covering a distance of 3,948 km.
List of all direct flights to Entebbe
Some of the cities and countries that have direct flights to Entebbe, include Kenya which has the highest number of flights followed by Rwanda. Others include Dubai, Addis ababa, Juba, Dar er salaam, Johannesburg, Istanbul, Kinshasa, Doho, Amsterdam, Lagos, Mumbai, Mombasa, Harere, Brussels, Bujumbura, Cairo, Kilimanjaro, Abuja among others.
Airlines that fly to Entebbe
There are over 20 airlines that fly to Entebbe. Most flights to Entebbe are operated by Utair Express which connects 16 airports to Entebbe. In addition it is followed by BAR Aviation, the second biggest airline in terms of operated flight routes to Entebbe. Other Airlines that fly to Entebbe include; Brussels Airlines which makes 3 routes, Euro Airlines with 3 routes, Egyptair with 2 routes to EBB. Furthermore Turkish Airlines with 2 routes, KLM with 2 routes, Rwandair, Kenya Airlines, Emirates among others.
Types of Flights to Uganda
Business class flights
Over 23 airports have flights that fly to Uganda in Business Class and they include Kenya, Rwanda, Dubai, and Juba. In addition to Istanbul, Addis Ababa, Johannesburg among others.
First class flights
Dubai (DXB) is the only airport that has First Class flights to Entebbe.
Intercontinental flights
These are flights that fly between continents. In other words there are intercontinental flights to Entebbe International Airport (EBB) from Europe, the Middle-East and Southern Asia. Therefore, these flights help to connect flights from countries without direct services to Uganda. For example the United States, Canada, Southern America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Furthermore China, Japan, Eastern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Central Asia or Oceania among others.
Non-stop flights to Uganda
a) From Europe:
These include, Brussels Airlines from Brussels , KLM from Amsterdam (AMS).
b) From the Middle-East / Western Asia
These include flights from Dubai (DXB) which are Air Arabia and seasonal flights from Dubai (Sharjah) (SHJ). Also other flights are Emirates, Flydubai, Qatar Airways from Doha (DOH), Turkish Airlines from Istanbul (IST).
c) From India / South Asia
Utair Express is the only airline flying non-stop from India and also Southern Asia to Entebbe. In addition, these flights fly year-round from Mumbai (BOM).
d) International flights
Brussels is one of the international cities in Belgium with direct flights to Entebbe offered by Brussels Airlines the Star Alliance. Equally another flight is KLM from Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
e) Domestic flights
Uganda has a total of 7 airports within Uganda that offer domestic flights to Entebbe. In addition, from Arua, Eagle Air offers direct flights, From Jinja, the only airline with direct flights is BAR Aviation. Nonetheless, you can fly non-stop with Aerolink Uganda or BAR Aviation from Kasese. And from Kihihi, the only airline with direct flights is BAR Aviation. Direct flights are offered by Aerolink Uganda from Kisoro. Finally you can fly with BAR Aviation from Mbarara and Pakuba airstrips.