Uganda Aviation School

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Uganda Aviation School
Type Private
Established2011
Chancellor Fight Captain Francis Edward Babu [1]
Vice-Chancellor Fight Captain George Michael Mukula [2]
Students100 (2017)
Location
Kampala
,
Uganda
CampusUrban
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The Uganda Aviation School (UAS), is an aviation training school in Uganda, that provides training for prospective pilots, cabin crew staff, aviation customer managers and related courses in the aviation industry. [2]

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Location

The headquarters of the school are located on the 6th Floor, at Metropole House, on Entebbe Road, in the central business district of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. [3] Before relocating to its current premises, the school was based in the town of Soroti in the Eastern Region of the country. [2] The geographical coordinates of the school are:0°18'42.0"N, 32°34'55.5"E (Latitude:0.311667; Longitude:32.582083). [4]

Overview

UAS is a privately owned aviation training school, the first privately owned licensed flight school in Uganda. [2] The school was established to address the dire shortage of flight professionals in the region and Uganda in particular. Regional and international airlines, including Qatar Airways, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Air India, Rwandair and Kenya Airways have hired the school's graduates. [1]

History

Established in Soroti in 2011, the school is now located on the sixth floor of a downtown high-rise building in Kampala. In October 2017, the school held its fifth graduation ceremony. [1] The school is awaiting government approval to use Entebbe International Airport as a training base for its student pilots. [1]

Courses

As of October 2017, the following courses are offered at UAS: [5] (a) the Airline Cabin Crew Course (b) the Airline Customer Service Course (c) the Aviation Security Awareness Course.

On 12 December 2018, the school held its 6th graduation ceremony at the Kampala Protea Hotel. A total of 300 students have graduated through the school in the 6 graduation ceremonies to date, as of March 2019. [6]

Relocation

In October 2018, East African print media reported that due to failure to secure an Air Operators Certificate (AOC) from the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, over the course of three consecutive years, Captain George Michael Mukula had relocated his aviation school to neighboring Kenya, where, it is reported, the process took only one week. [7] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Otage, Stephen (30 October 2017). "Local aviation school starts exporting labour". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Elunya, Joseph (21 January 2014). "First Private Aviation School Opens in Uganda". The Continent Observer. Newcastle upon Tyne. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  3. ↑ UAS (31 October 2017). "Uganda Aviation School: About Us: Contact Us". Kampala: Uganda Aviation School (UAS). Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Google (31 October 2017). "Location of the headquarters of Uganda Aviation School" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  5. ↑ UAS (31 October 2017). "Uganda Aviation School: Courses". Kampala: Uganda Aviation School (UAS). Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Julian Ninsiima (12 December 2018). "Mukula's aviation school passes out graduands". Kampala: PML Daily. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  7. ↑ Waswa, Sam (3 October 2018). "Mike Mukula Moves Aviation School To Kenya Over Local Red Tape". Kampala: Chimp Reports Uganda. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  8. ↑ Mwithaga, Mark (3 October 2018). "Ugandan Tycoon Relocates Aircraft to Kenya Following Delay of Issuance of License". Nairobi: Kenyans.co.ke. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

00°18′42″N32°34′55″E / 0.31167°N 32.58194°E / 0.31167; 32.58194

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