Rwanda Air on Monday started Entebbe-Juba flights following the recently granted 5th freedom traffic rights from Uganda to South Sudan by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

John Mirenge, Rwand Air Chief Executive Officer says they are delighted to further strengthen their regional operations with the increase of frequency from Uganda to South Sudan and they hope this will serve as a key link for business and trade between the two countries.

John Mirenge says RwandAir will operate daily flights with a CRJ-900 and Boeing 737-700 aircraft with a two class service, business and economy. This comes a month after CAA suspended the operations of Air Uganda because the airline could not meet the internationally recognised aviation standards.

The CAA on June 17, 2014 withdrew Air Operator Certificates (AOC) for three airlines that were registered in Uganda and operating international flights and subsequently granted rights to other airlines like RwandAir and Ethiopian Airlines which are planning to establish flights on the routes that were previously covered by Air Uganda.

According to John Mirenge every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, Rwanda Air flights will depart Entebbe at 07:00am arriving Juba at 08:00am and return from Juba at 08:55am arriving Entebbe at 10:05am. He says that on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays flights will depart Entebbe at 3:35pm arriving in Juba at 4:45pm and returning from Juba at 5:30pm to arrive back in Entebbe at 6:40pm.This schedule, in addition to connecting Juba to Entebbe, will provide it with seamless connections to the entire RwandAir network and in particular to Kigali, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Lagos, Accra, Dar es Salaam and Dubai.

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