Uganda completes renovation works at major airport ahead of NAM, G77+China summits

STORY: Uganda completes renovation works at major airport ahead of NAM, G77+China summits SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:46 LOCATION: ENTEBBE, Uganda CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Entebbe International Airport 2. various of planes landing at Entebbe Airport (Aug. 17, 2023) 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AYUB SOOMA, Director of Airports and Aviation Security, UCAA 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AYUB SOOMA, Director of Airports and Aviation Security, UCAA STORYLINE: Renovation and upgrade works at Uganda's Entebbe International Airport have been completed ahead of the Non-Aligned Movement and the G77+China summits, a senior official has said. The East African country has been upgrading the arrival and departure units, as well as expanding the parking space at the airport, ahead of the two major international events scheduled to start next week. "The airport has enough space to handle between 40 and 65 private jets as well as other aircraft," Ayub Sooma, director of ai

UGANDA-ENTEBBE-CHINESE-CONSTRUCTED-AIR CARGO TERMINAL

UGANDA-ENTEBBE-CHINESE-CONSTRUCTED-AIR CARGO TERMINAL

(220319) -- ENTEBBE, March 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) officials tour the newly Chinese-constructed air cargo terminal at Entebbe International Airport, Central Region, Uganda, March 18, 2022. A newly Chinese-constructed air cargo terminal at Uganda's Entebbe International Airport is open for business, a move officials say will boost the country's foreign trade. TO GO WITH "Roundup: China completes construction of Uganda's air cargo terminal" (Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua)