Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda (CAA) confirms it made losses of more than 534m shillings daily due to the lockdown of Entebbe Airport.
Fred Bamwesigye, the Deputy ED CAA said that before April2020, the Authority would generate revenue between 16-17b monthly but the figures have drastically went down less than a month after the lockdown.
Bamwesigye was on Wednesday June10th appearing to the parliamentary committee on National Economy to present a statement on the effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the Aviation industry.
He added that CAA has for the last 70 Days from April lost atleast 37 billion shillings as a result of the lockdown.
Bamwesigye further revealed that Ugandas Air traffic has reduced from 136,338 passengers in the month of April 2019 to only 987 (emergency cases) passegers in April 2020.
The number of Aircraft movement has also reduced from 2,469 in April 2019 to 241 in April 2020. Imports and Exports have also declined from 2,291 and 3,230 tonnes respectively in April 2019 to 1,893 and 993 tonnes in 2020 respectively.
He told the committee that several activities such as duty free shops, restaurants, Airport taxi operators, fuel farms and ground handlers have been severely affected by the suspension of flights at Entebbe Airport.
On laying off of workers, Deputy ED CAA stated that about 60% of the employees were sent to work from home and 40% is at the work stations. Over 1,360 people are employed at CAA.
