India is set to have an enhanced air connectivity to East Africa with Uganda Airlines all set to commence its direct flight services to Mumbai from Entebbe from this Saturday (October 7).
The new flight, the first time in the last five decades between the two nations, comes close on the heels of Indian carrier IndiGo launching a flight to Nairobi in Kenya (which is bordered to the east by Uganda) in August this year.
Currently, there are no direct flights between India and Uganda and this gap is filled largely by the Gulf carriers such as Air Arabia, Oman Air and Emirates as well as other African airlines like Ethiopian Air and Kenya Airways with one or multi stop flights to and fro.