Dodgy Payment Plunges Ugandan Carrier into Debt

Uganda Airlines says it has brought to the attention of Interpol an issue flagged by the Ugandan auditor-general, who revealed that the state-owned carrier incurred a loss by transferring hundreds of thousands of US dollars to a bank account falsely attributed to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s civil aviation authority. Uganda Airlines spokeswoman Shakila Rahim Lamar explained that the carrier had received an emailed request to make payments to the AAC, which the airline had promptly processed. However, it later received another email with different account details for payment, which it declined having already fulfilled the initial request. The AG also disclosed that Uganda Airlines had been unable to commence new routes to Mumbai International, Lagos, Jeddah International, Guangzhou, and London Heathrow at the planned times due to regulatory constraints.

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