Menzies Aviation Uganda
| Industry | Aviation |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Entebbe International Airport |
Number of locations | 3 |
Area served | Uganda, South Sudan, DRC |
Key people | Philippe Lacroix Managing Director & CEO |
| Services | Ground Handling Cargo Services Executive Aviation Travel Services Aircraft Maintenance Courier Services Training Airport Security |
Number of employees | 750 (2014) |
| Website | Homepage |
Entebbe Handling Services (ENHAS), is an airport ground handling service company based in Uganda, with services at three African airports.
Location
ENHAS maintains its corporate headquarters at Entebbe International Airport, Entebbe, Uganda. This location is approximately 42 kilometres (26 mi), by road, southwest of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.[1] The coordinates of the headquarters of ENHAS are 0°02'24.0"N, 32°27'10.0"E (Latitude:0.040000; Longitude:32.452778).[2]
Overview
ENHAS is the largest ground services provider at Entebbe International Airport, Uganda's largest and busiest civilian and military airport, where it competes with DAS Handling Limited and Air Uganda Handling Services (AUHS).[3] At Entebbe, the company services 19 passenger and cargo airlines,[citation needed] including the US Government.[4]
In 2006, ENHAS was awarded a contract to service United Nations flights at 10 airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and at 10 airports in South Sudan.[5]
History
ENHAS was formed in 1996. The current Uganda's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Kutesa is an investor in the company. In June 2014, he was elected president of the United Nations General Assembly. In a press conference in New York City, he informed the press that he had suspended his interests in all the businesses that he owned, including his shareholding in ENHAS.[6][7][8]
References
- ^ "Road Distance Between Entebbe International Airport And Kampala With Map". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ Google. "Location of the Headquarters of Entebbe Handling Services". Google Maps. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Khisa, Isaac (9 August 2014). "Airlines To Pay More for Cargo Handling At Entebbe". The EastAfrican (Nairobi). Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ Wasike, Alfred (13 July 2013). "ENHAS, Local Firms Take On Air Force One". New Vision (Kampala). Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ Olanyo, Joseph (23 October 2006). "Uganda: ENHAS Gets UN Airports Deals". Daily Monitor (Kampala) via AllAfrica.com.
- ^ Vision, Reporter (16 June 2014). "Kutesa Holds Talks With US Secretary of State Kerry". New Vision (Kampala). Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ Bwambale, Taddeo (13 June 2014). "Kutesa Suspends All His Business Interests". New Vision (Kampala).
- ^ Tabu Butagira, and Frederic Musisi (13 June 2014). "Kutesa's UN Job Puts Uganda In Sharp Focus". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 24 August 2014.
