Plan to spur own airline

KENYA Airways and its subsidiary Jambojet are set to face stiffer competition on Africa routes, after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni announced plans to revive his country’s national carrier. Kenya Airways and its low-cost subsidiary Jambojet have capitalised on the lack of a national airline in Uganda by monopolising the market, Uganda’s Daily Monitor reported yesterday. But this may be about to change after Museveni last week told parliament the government would revive the airline “to invigorate our services sector”. “We have already booked slots for the manufacture of medium and long-distance planes,” he said. – African News Agency (ANA) UK