Enter Uganda United Airlines (Uganda) Limited was a private domestic carrier based at Entebbe International Airport. It is not related to the American airline of the same name.
Founded in 1997, the airline ran scheduled and shuttle services out of Entebbe. Its routes covered Arua, Adjumani, Gulu, Moyo, Nebbi, and Pakuba — small upcountry airstrips serving Uganda’s north and northwest. In the early 2000s its published fares for these routes ran from roughly $70 to $150 one-way, with proportionally higher return fares and reduced child and infant pricing.
The carrier operated alongside a handful of other small Ugandan operators during a period when the country had no state-owned national airline. Uganda’s original national carrier, Uganda Airlines, had ceased operations in 2001. That gap in the market was not filled by a new state carrier until 2019, when a relaunched Uganda Airlines resumed flights.
United Airlines (Uganda) Limited is now defunct. Uganda’s aviation sector saw a series of similar domestic operators come and go across the 1990s and 2000s, shaped by the financial and regulatory pressures of running scheduled service to remote upcountry airstrips.
Today, Entebbe remains the country’s main gateway by air, and getting to Kampala from Entebbe is a routine part of any visit to Uganda.