While it’s not getting a lot of attention outside of Africa, Uganda Airlines is having quite the crisis, as the airline has been an operational disaster for weeks now (thanks to @MeenzMev for flagging this). What’s actually going on here, and what’s causing these problems?
The carrier uses its A330s for select routes, including from Entebbe (EBB) to Dubai (DXB), Lagos (LOS), London (LGW), and Mumbai (BOM). Back on December 8, 2025, the A330 with the registration code 5X-NIL operated a flight from Entebbe to Lagos, and it has been grounded there ever since. It’s not entirely clear what’s going on, though presumably there’s a maintenance issue.
For example, just look at the flights in recent days, per Flightradar24 data. Flights that are supposed to arrive at 11:40AM arrive at 8:15PM. Flights that are supposed to arrive at 8:20PM arrive at 4:36AM. And those are the lucky people who actually get to fly on (roughly) the day they were scheduled to.
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