An investigation into the design of an expandable air cargo terminal

Abstract

In 1994, under Uganda Air Cargo Corporation Act the Uganda Air Cargo Corporation (UACC) it’s to establish, provide, develop, and operate safe, efficient, adequate, and economically proper Air Transport Services in Uganda having its main base at Entebbe International Airport in Kampala District having 14 destinations in East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. UACC operates scheduled and charter services for both passengers and Cargo. AIR TRANSPORT services in Uganda started with the flying boats that landed at Port Bell, Luzira on the shores of Lake Victoria, to deliver mail. This was an extension of Wilson Airways which itself started air operations in neighboring Kenya in 1929. In 1946, the East African Directorate of Civil Aviation (DCA) was formed, followed by the construction of the country’s international airport at Entebbe in 1947. The Airport was commissioned by Princess Elizabeth of England in 1952. Following the East African Community collapsed in 1977, Civil aviation services were under a DCA and several government departments, leading to segmentation. The need to harmonize and efficiently run the services led to the establishment of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in 1991. (CAABrochure-2, n.d) Uganda has several airfields: Soroti Airfield, Tororo Airfield, Kasese Airfield, Mbarara Airfield, Kisoro Airfield, Mbarara Airfield, Kisoro Airfield, Kidepo Airfield, Gulu Airfield, Arua Airfield, Jinja Airfield, Pakuba Airfield, Masindi Airfield. Uganda mostly exports agricultural products (80 percent of total exports). The most important exports are coffee (22 percent of total exports) followed by tea, cotton, copper, oil, and fish. Uganda’s main export partners are Sudan (15 percent), Kenya (10 percent), DR Congo, Netherlands, Germany, South Africa, and UAE (Trading Economics, November forecast,2022).