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Uganda Airlines was the flag carrier of Uganda.〔 The airline was established in , and started operations in 1977. It was headquartered in Entebbe, Wakiso District, Uganda, and operated from its hub in Entebbe International Airport.〔 Attempts were made by the Government of Uganda to privatise the company, but all potential bidders pulled out, eventually leading to the liquidation of Uganda Airlines Corporation in . In 2013 there were plans from the government to revive the carrier,〔 Following the Ugandan Civil Aviation Authority revoking Air Uganda AOC over satety concerns in , discussions restarted in late 2014.〔〔 ==History== Uganda Airlines was founded as a subsidiary of the government-owned ''Ugandan Development Corporation (UDC)'' in as a replacement of the services previously operated by East African Airways.〔 It commenced operations in 1977, when ''Uganda Aviation Services (UAS)'', set up by British United Airways in 1965 but then a UDC subsidiary, was absorbed by Uganda Airlines, taking over the UAS route network.〔〔 Following delivery of the first Boeing 707-320C in the late 1970s, new routes to Brussels, London and Rome were inaugurated. A second Boeing 707-320C entered the fleet in 1981. That year, new routes to Cairo, Cologne and Dubai were launched, followed by Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro and Nairobi in subsequent years. By the fleet included one Boeing 707-320C, two Fokker F27-600s, one Lockheed L-100-30, one Twin Otter and one B-N Trislander.〔 A Boeing 737 was leased from Air Zimbabwe in 1994 to serve Bujumbura and Kigali, as well as destinations in South Africa. Tel Aviv was added to the route network in 1995, and by 1998 all European routes were discontinued. Upon the creation of Alliance Air in late 1994—later known as ''SA Alliance''—an entity jointly owned by the Tanzanian and Ugandan governments, Air Tanzania and Uganda Airlines, as well as by South African Airways (SAA), Tanzania and Uganda granted the rights of long-haul operations to the new airline.〔〔〔 The agreement intended to feed Alliance Air's operations with both Air Tanzania and Uganda Airlines domestic and regional services.〔〔 However, both regional carriers grew less than expected, and the deficit Uganda Airlines accumulated led the Ugandan Government to make a decision on whether to liquidate the airline or privatise it.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Uganda Airlines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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