{"id":67186,"date":"2024-02-19T06:44:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T06:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=67186"},"modified":"2024-02-19T06:06:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T06:06:10","slug":"entebbe-records-second-highest-passenger-traffic-in-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/entebbe-records-second-highest-passenger-traffic-in-a-month","title":{"rendered":"Entebbe records second highest passenger traffic in a month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span><b>Entebbe International Airport has recorded the second-highest passenger traffic in a month.A total of 196,211 International passengers was recorded in January 2024, which included 99,216 arriving and 96,995 departing.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mr Vianney Luggya, the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority\u2019s (UCAA) spokesperson said this is the second-highest figure to be recorded in a single month in the history of the Airport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe total of 196,211 international passengers recorded in January 2024 reflects an average of 6,329 passengers per day, the second highest to be recorded in a single month after the 6,418 passengers recorded per day in December 2023,\u201d Mr Luggya said.<\/p>\n<p>The high January passenger traffic is partly attributed to Uganda\u2019s hosting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), IGAD and G77+ China summits from January 15-23, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Airport facilitated a total of 1,918 delegates, including Presidents \/Heads of State, Vice Presidents and Prime Ministers, among others to NAM and G77+ China summit in January 2024, and this certainly contributed to the growth in traffic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConcerning cargo, Entebbe International Airport recorded 1,579 metric tonnes of imports and 3,604 metric tonnes of exports, a total of 5,183 metric tonnes in January 2024,\u2019\u2019 Mr Luggya added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Entebbe International Airport has recorded the second-highest passenger traffic in a month.A total of 196,211 International passengers was recorded in January 2024, which included 99,216 arriving and 96,995 departing. 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