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East African Airlines is an to countries in east and southern Africa , using aircraft leased as required. Its main base was Entebbe International Airport . Flight International 3 April 2007 HISTORY The airline was established in March 2002 and started operations on 2 December 2002 . It was originally incorporated as Africa Air in March 2002, but the name was changed to East African Airlines on 17 May 2002 . The airline is owned by Fin Investments (50%), Benedict Mutyaba (40%), President, Chairman and Chief Executive, and Patrick Kabunakuki (10%). DESTINATIONS Based at Entebbe, the main international gateway to Uganda, East African Airlines commenced its flight operations in November 2002 using a single Boeing 737-200 aircraft purchased from United Airlines . This aircraft was deployed on services to Kenya ( Nairobi ) and South Africa (Johannesburg). Services to these cities have been suspended indefinitely. More recently, services to Zimbabwe ( Harare ) and the United Arab Emirates ( Dubai ) were launched using a Boeing 767-200 in partnership with Air Zimbabwe . These flights too have been suspended. FLEET East African Airlines leases aircraft as required. Previously operated As of August 2006 the airline operated: Flight International , 3-9 October 2006 EXTERNAL LINKS REFERENCES |
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