Ephraim Bagenda

Last updated

Ephraim Bagenda
Born
Uganda
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
Occupation Aeronautical Engineer & Business Executive
Known forBusiness, Management
TitleDirector of Engineering and Maintenance
Uganda National Airlines Company

Ephraim Kalyebara Bagenda is a Ugandan aeronautical engineer and business executive, who serves as the Director of Engineering and Maintenance at Uganda National Airlines Company, the revived national airline of Uganda, effective October 2019. [1]

Contents

Before that, from January 2018, until October 2019, he served as the managing director and chief executive officer of Uganda's national airline. [2] He assumed that position in 2018, having served as the Director of Maintenance and Engineering at Rwandair, until late 2017. [3] [4]

Education and training

Bagenda is a professional aircraft engineer. [4] [5]

Career

In 2017, he served as the Director of maintenance and engineering at Rwandair, [3] [4] serving there for nearly six years. [6]

In 2018, he was appointed as the managing director and CEO of the revived national carrier, Uganda Airlines, [7] although a different member of the team had been considered for the job. [4]

In July 2018, while at the Farnborough Airshow, he signed two memoranda of understanding, with aircraft manufacturers for six jets to re-open the airline. [8]

The first agreement was with Bombardier Commercial Aircraft of Canada for a firm purchase order of four CRJ900-ER aircraft at an estimated total price of US$190 million. The four jets will feature the Bombardier Atmosphère Cabin; Uganda Airlines being the first carrier to operate that type of aircraft on the African continent. [9]

The second agreement was with the European aerospace conglomerate, Airbus SA for a firm purchase of two A330-800 aircraft, featuring the improved and fuel-efficient Rolls-Royce Trent 7000. [10] The long-haul jets will feature three-class cabins with maximum capacity of 261 passengers, comprising 20 seats in Business Class, 28 in Premium Economy and 213 in Economy Class. [8]

In October 2019, he was named director of engineering and maintenance at Uganda Airlines and was replaced as CEO in acting capacity by Cornwell Muleya. [1]

See also

Related Research Articles

Bombardier Aviation is a division of Bombardier Inc. It is headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada. Its most popular aircraft included the Dash 8 Series 400, CRJ100/200/440, and CRJ700/900/1000 lines of regional airliners, and the newer CSeries. It also manufactured the Bombardier 415 amphibious water-bomber, and currently makes the Global Express and the Challenger lines of business jets.

Adria Airways d.o.o. was the flag carrier of Slovenia, operating scheduled and charter services to European destinations. The company's head office was at Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport in Zgornji Brnik, Cerklje na Gorenjskem, near Ljubljana. On 30 September 2019, the airline declared bankruptcy and ceased all operations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bombardier CRJ</span> Type of aircraft

The Bombardier CRJ/Mitsubishi CRJ or CRJ Series is a family of regional jets introduced in 1991 by Bombardier Aerospace. The CRJ was manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace with the manufacturing of the first CRJ generation, the CRJ100/200 starting in 1991 and the second CRJ generation, the CRJ700 series starting in 1999.

CityJet is an Irish regional airline with headquarters at Dublin Airport. It was founded in 1992 and has gone through a series of corporate structures. The airline was sold to Air France in 2000 and then by Air France to Intro Aviation in May 2014; in March 2016 the airline was bought by founder Pat Byrne and other investors. CityJet ended its own-brand scheduled services in 2018 and is now a major provider of wet leasing to European airlines. As of Summer 2023, CityJet operates wet lease services on behalf of Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines.

GoJet Airlines LLC is a regional airline headquartered in Bridgeton, Missouri, United States. Wholly owned by Trans States Holdings, it has 1,670 employees. It operates commuter feeder services under the United Express brand of United Airlines. United Express flights are currently operated out of United's hubs at Chicago–O'Hare, Newark and Washington-Dulles. GoJet's Delta Connection branded flights came to an end on March 31, 2020. Most of the flying at the end of the agreement was out of Detroit and Minneapolis–St. Paul as well as Raleigh-Durham. GoJet Airlines' system operations center (SOC), training center and corporate offices are co-located in the former Trans World Airlines and Ozark Airlines training center in Bridgeton, Missouri. The airline uses the former McDonnell Douglas factory hangar at Saint Louis Lambert International Airport as its primary maintenance facility, with maintenance staff available at all of the airline's destinations. Its call sign, "Lindbergh", is named for aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, who flew the Spirit of St. Louis solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927: the first person to do so.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">China Express Airlines</span> Chinese airline

China Express Airlines is a regional airline with its corporate headquarters on the grounds of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, Chongqing, China.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bombardier CRJ700 series</span> Regional jet airliner series

The Bombardier CRJ700 series is a family of regional jet airliners that were designed and manufactured by Canadian transportation conglomerate Bombardier. Officially launched in 1997, the CRJ700's maiden flight took place on 27 May 1999; it was soon followed by the stretched CRJ900 variant. Several additional variants of the type were subsequently introduced, including the elongated CRJ1000 and the CRJ550 and CRJ705, which were modified to comply with scope clauses. The CRJ program was acquired by the Japanese corporation Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 2020, which ended production of the aircraft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lufthansa Technik</span> German aeronautical company

Lufthansa Technik AG provides worldwide maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for aircraft, engines, and components. It is a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group.

Air Philippines Corporation, operating as PAL Express and formerly branded as Air Philippines and Airphil Express, is a wholly-owned subsidiary airline of Philippine Airlines. It is PAL's regional brand, with services from its hubs in Manila, Clark, Cebu, and Davao.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Akwa Ibom Airport</span> Airport in Nigeria

Victor Attah International Airport, is an airport serving Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. The airport is 24 kilometres (15 mi) Southeast of Uyo, and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northwest of the river port of Oron.

RwandAir Limited is the flag carrier airline of Rwanda. It operates domestic and international services to East Africa, Central Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, from its main base at Kigali International Airport in Kigali.

The East African Civil Aviation Academy (EACAA), also known as the Soroti Flying School, is a Ugandan school that trains aircraft pilots and aircraft maintenance engineers.

Michael Etiang is a Ugandan airline pilot and business executive, who served as the Chief Pilot of Uganda Airlines, the revived national airline of Uganda, from April 2019. until November 2022. He also concurrently serves as Captain at Uganda Airlines, on both the CRJ900-ER and the A330-841 equipment.

Gad Gasatura is a Ugandan airline transport pilot, transport management expert and former politician, who served as the Chairperson of Uganda National Airlines Company, Uganda's national flag carrier, in 2018 and 2019. Since February 2023, he is the chairman of Uganda Air Cargo Corporation, a cargo and charter airline owned by the Government of Uganda and administered by the Uganda Ministry of Defence.

Vanita Kayiwa, is a Ugandan airline transport pilot, who serves as a first officer at Uganda National Airlines Company, Uganda's national carrier airline, on the A330-841 aircraft, since February 2021. Before that, effective April 2019, she served as a first officer on the CRJ 900 equipment, at the same airline.

Cornwell Muleya is a Zambian chemical engineer, accountant and aviation consultant, who served as the Acting Chief Executive Officer at Uganda National Airlines Company the revived national airline of Uganda, effective October 2019. He was relieved of this position by an "interim" board of directors of the airline in February 2022.Before that, from March 2019, until October 2019, he served as the Technical Director at the same company.. He is now the acting Chief Executive Officer at Industrial Development Corperation Zambia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Uganda Airlines</span> Flag carrier of Uganda

Uganda Airlines is the flag carrier of Uganda. The company is a revival of the older Uganda Airlines which operated from 1977 until 2001. The current carrier began flying in August 2019.

Captain Clive Okoth is a Ugandan airline pilot, who serves as a captain at Uganda National Airlines Company, Uganda's national carrier airline, on the CRJ 900 aircraft, effective April 2019.

Captain Emma Mutebi is a Ugandan airline pilot, who serves as a captain at Uganda Airlines, Uganda's national carrier airline, on the CRJ 900 aircraft, effective April 2019.

References

  1. 1 2 Nakaweesi, Dorothy (11 October 2019). "Government In Search of New Uganda Airlines Boss". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Biryabarema, Elias (18 July 2018). "Airbus inks deal to sell passenger planes to Uganda". Reuters.com . Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 "D&B Hovers: Get in Touch with 3 Contacts at Rwandair: Ephraim K. Bagenda, Director of Maintenance & Engineering". Austin, Texas: D&B Hoovers. 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 256BN (2 May 2018). "Gad Gasatura tapped for Uganda Airlines chief as carrier pays for aircraft". 256Businessnews.com (256BN). Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 19 July 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ AirportGuide.com (19 July 2018). "Airman Information for Ephraim Kalyebara Bagenda". © 1998-2018 AirportGuide.com. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  6. ↑ Bagenda, Ephraim (2017). "Ephraim Bagenda: Technical Director at Rwandair". LinkedIn . Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  7. ↑ Waswa, Sam (18 July 2018). "Uganda Airlines Signs Shs. 700Bn Firm Order for 4 Bombardier CRJ900 Aircraft". Kampala: Chimp Reports Uganda. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  8. 1 2 Monitor Reporter (18 July 2018). "Uganda Airlines Signs Deal to Buy 4 Bombardier Jets, Two Airbuses". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Uganda National Airlines Company Limited Signs Firm Order for Four Bombardier CRJ900 Aircraft". Business Insider (Press release). New York City. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018– via GlobeNewswire.
  10. ↑ Mpagi, Charles (19 July 2018). "Airbus Inks Deal to Sell Passenger Planes to Uganda". The EastAfrican . Nairobi. Reuters. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.