Uganda Air Cargo

Not to be confused with Air Uganda or Uganda Airlines.

Uganda Air Cargo Corporation (UACC) is a cargo airline based in Kampala, Uganda. It operates scheduled and charter services for both passengers and cargo.^[3]

Uganda Air Cargo

IATA ICAO Call sign — UCC UGANDA CARGO
Founded	1994; 31 years ago (1994)
Hubs	Entebbe International Airport
Fleet size	1
Destinations	14
Parent company	Government of Uganda
Headquarters	2nd Floor Main Airport Terminal Entebbe International Airport
Key people	Gad Gasatura[1] (Chairman) Nakibus Lakara[2](Managing Director)
Website	www.uganda-aircargo.com

Uganda Air Cargo Lockheed L-382G Hercules

Location

Its main base is located on the 2nd floor of the main airport terminal at Entebbe International Airport. UACC maintains a sales and marketing office on the 3rd Floor, Colline House, Speke Road, in the central business district of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the main office of UACC are:0°02'42.0"N, 32°26'35.0"E (Latitude:0.0445000; Longitude:32.443056).^[4]

History

The airline was established in 1994 by an Act of the Ugandan Parliament, to "provide and operate safe, efficient, adequate, economical and properly coordinated air transport services within and outside the country, for cargo, passenger, chartered passenger flights, air mail services and flight training".

For most of its life, the company has owned one aircraft, a Lockheed C-130 Hercules, registration number 5X-UCF. In October 2009, the fleet was expanded by the addition of two Harbin Y-12 turboprop aircraft. Operations were expanded to include passenger charter services within Uganda and to countries in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa.^[5][6]

Destinations

As of June 2014^[update] Uganda Air Cargo services the following destinations: ^[7]

• Kenya
  • Nairobi
• Tanzania
  • Kilimanjaro
  • Dar-es-Salaam
• Rwanda
  • Kigali
• Burundi
  • Bujumbura
• DRC
  • Kisangani
  • Goma
  • Bukavu
• Chad
  • Ndjamena
• Mozambique
  • Maputo
• Uganda
  • Entebbe (Main Hub)
  • Arua
  • Gulu
  • Kasese
• Somalia
  • Mogadishu

Fleet

As of June 2024, the fleet of UACC comprised the following aircraft.^[8][9] With financial support from Sheikh Mohammed Bin Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum, a member of the Dubai royal family and Alpha MBM Investments LLC., that he controls, UACC began receiving the cargo planes it sought, beginning with a B737-400F.^[10]

Uganda Air Cargo Corporation cargo fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Total	Notes
Lockheed C-130 Hercules Freighter	0	1[11]	1	Cargo
Cessna 350	0	1	1	Charter
Boeing 737-400 Combi	1[10]	0	1	Combi
Boeing 737-800F	0	2	2	Cargo
Airbus A320-200	0	1[11]	1	Charter
Airbus 330-200F	0	1	1	Cargo
Boeing 777F	0	1	1	Cargo
Ilyushin Il-76[12]	0	1	1	Cargo
Total	1	8[10]	9

Governance

Effective March 2023 Flight Captain Gad Gasatura is the chairman of the 11-person board of directors. Lieutenant General Nakibus Lakara is the general manager and chief executive officer.^[13]