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Odd: Uganda Airlines Grounds A330neo Fleet For "Unscheduled Maintenance"

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In recent years, we’ve seen Uganda relaunch its national airline, in the form of Uganda Airlines. The airline has a modern fleet of Airbus A330-800neos and Bombardier CRJ-900s, though unsurprisingly, profitability has been a bit of an issue. But perhaps an even bigger issue than profitability is reliability, as both of the carrier’s wide body…

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(@Alert)
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Jet aircraft maintenance in Africa ? Good luck with that contronym .


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Diamond
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Both are RR engine issues.

CRN is a long term AOG since January.
NIL failed a boroscope inspection in February.


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 Marc
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Don’t forget, after brexiting from the EU, UK passengers are afforded basically the same provisions under UK261 which pretty much mirrors the EU261 protections.
Any cancellations notified 2 weeks or closer to departure result in hefty compensation payouts for UK departing passengers


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 1990
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It’s often hard to ‘Escape from Entebbe’ as-is!


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 1990
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Thinly-veiled…


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(@Eskimo)
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Never heard of this country before but I would Not be flying on their airline that is for sure !


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(@James)
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You’ve never heard of Uganda? You’ve never looked at a map of Africa? Watched the Olympics and seen it mentioned? Just come across it randomly? I’m baffled how you can have never heard of Uganda.


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(@Alert)
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It is next to Ubanga .


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(@James)
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@alert dude I assume that was an attempt at humor yeah.


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(@bobsmith99)
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You've never heard of Uganda? Wow. Too bad for you. It's a beautiful country- got to see silverback gorillas there a few year ago while visiting.


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Care to provide data to cite your wild claims?


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 Jodu
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Yes, in several places, including:
https://corporate.ethiopianairlines.com/mro

(50+ years of MRO)


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