| Airline: | BAR Aviation Uganda |
| Fleet Size: | 19 |
| Destinations: | 13 |
| Iata: | HE |
| Icao: | n/a |
| Callsign: | BAR AVIATION |
| Parent: | BAR Aviation Uganda Limited |
| Headquarters: | Kampala, Uganda |
| Key People: | Barak Orland (CEO) |
| Hubs: | Entebbe International Airport |
| Secondary Hubs: | Kajjansi Airport |
| Focus Cities: | Kampala, Entebbe, Arua, Kisoro, Kasese |
| Website: | Homepage |
BAR Aviation Uganda, is a Ugandan airline offering scheduled domestic flights, charter services, pilot training, air ambulance services, and aircraft maintenance services. Its main base is Entebbe International Airport. The company also maintains a second hub at Kajjansi Airport, in Wakiso District, off of the Kampala-Entebbe Road, in the Central Region of the country.[1] [2]
According to its website, as of March 2022, BAR Aviation operates regular scheduled airline services to the following destinations:[3]
| Country | City | Airport | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | Arua | Arua Airport | - | |
| Uganda | Kihihi | Kihihi Airport | - | |
| Uganda | Kisoro | Kisoro Airport | - | |
| Uganda | Chobe | Chobe Safari Lodge Airport | - | |
| Uganda | Bugungu | Bugungu Airstrip | - | |
| Uganda | Entebbe | Entebbe International Airport | ||
| Uganda | Semliki | Semliki Airstrip | - | |
| Uganda | Pakuba | Pakuba Airport | - | |
| Uganda | Kasese | Kasese Airport | - | |
| Uganda | Mbarara | Mbarara Airport | - | |
| Uganda | Mweya | Mweya Airport | - | |
| Uganda | Kajjansi | Kajjansi Airfield | ||
| Uganda | Jinja | Jinja Airport | - | [4] |
As of May 2024, the BAR Aviation fleet includes the following aircraft:[5] [6]
| Aircraft | In fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | C | Y | Total | ||||||
| Hercules L100-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cargo | 0 | [7] | |||
| Challenger – 604 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Beechcraft 1900D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 | ||||
| Pilatus PC-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | [8] | ||||
| Total | 19 | 0 | |||||||
BAR Aviation was established in Uganda in 2008. It began with pilot training, air charter services and aircraft maintenance services. The airline began scheduled flight services in Uganda on 1 February 2022.[9] [10] BAR Aviation Uganda utilizes the AeroCRS Cloud Reservation System.[11]
The airline expects to participate in the revival of the tourism sector, following devastation by the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] In addition, with the ongoing expansion of the country's petrochemical industry, a number of aircraft acquisitions are targeted towards medical evacuation activities.[13]
BAR Aviation Uganda has an interline agreement with Uganda Airlines, on domestic travel, within Uganda.[14] [15]