Uganda Airlines launches flights from Entebbe to London Gatwick

The route will cover 3,479 nautical miles (6,443 km) each way. The schedule is as follows:

Entebbe to Gatwick (UR110):

- 00:05-07:35 (Tuesdays)

- 00:25-07:55 (Wednesdays)

- 03:10-10:40 (Fridays)

- 09:25-16:55 (Sundays)

Gatwick to Entebbe (UR111):

- 09:40-21:10 (Tuesdays)

- 09:50-21:20 (Wednesdays)

- 12:40-00:10+1 (Fridays)

-19:05-06:35+1 (Sundays)

"Passengers were mainly diaspora... and a growing number of tourists," noted the release. The UK capital was Entebbe's fourth-largest point-to-point market globally behind Dubai, Nairobi, and Sharjah.

In addition to serving London Gatwick, Uganda Airlines will connect other cities including Harare, Dar es Salaam, Juba, Kilimanjaro, Mombasa, Nairobi, Zanzibar via Entebbe.

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Between 2023 and 2025 several carriers have begun or announced services to Gatwick:

2025: Air Sierra Leone (unconfirmed), Gulf Air, Kenya Airways,

Uganda Airlines

2024: Air Peace,

Atlantic Airways,

flyErbil,

Iberia Express,

ITA Airways,

SkyAlps,

Uzbekistan Airlines,

Turkmenistan Airlines

2023: Air China,

Air India,

Air Mauritius,

Azerbaijan Airlines,

China Eastern,

China Southern,

Delta Air Lines,

Ethiopian Airlines,

Norse Atlantic,

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