East African Civil Aviation Academy

East African Civil Aviation Academy
Type Public
Established 1971 (1971)
Vice-Chancellor Ronald J. Lodlong[1]
Students 108 (2013)[2]
Location Soroti, Uganda
Campus Urban
Website Homepage

The East African Civil Aviation Academy (EACAA), also known as the Soroti Flying School, is a pilot training school in Uganda.

Location

The school is based at Soroti Airport, (IATA: SRT, ICAO: HUSO), in the town of Soroti in the Eastern Region. It is approximately 228 kilometres (142 mi), by air, north-east of Entebbe International Airport, Uganda's largest civilian and military airport.[3] The coordinates of the airport are 1°43'15.0"N; 33°37'03.0"E (Latitude:1.720833; Longitude:33.617500).[4]

Overview

As of May 2018, the flying school was undergoing renovations and a certification process to become a center of aviation excellence in the region. New technical staff have been recruited, including (a) a Director (b) a Quality Manager (c) a Safety Manager (d) a Chief Engineering Instructor (d) Flying instructors (e) Ground instructors (f) Engineering instructors and (g) Flight Operations Instructors.[5] At that time the school had nine training aircraft. By May 2018, nine pilot-trainees, seven aircraft maintenance engineers and fourteen flight operations operations officers had completed training during the calendar year. Another fifteen pilots, fifteen flight operations engineers and five aircraft maintenance engineers were expected to graduate during the second half of 2018.[5]

History

EACAA was founded in September 1971 under the Directorate of Civil Aviation of the EAC. The government of Uganda, the East African Community (EAC), the United Nations Development Programme, and the International Civil Aviation Organisation were the major contributors.[6]

When the first EAC collapsed in 1977, the Ugandan government took over the management and maintenance of the school.[7] In 2012, the government began the process of returning the school to the EAC.[8]

In late 2013, the Ugandan government entered into preliminary discussions with Integra, a private Danish aviation company, to improve and manage the school at international standards under a public-private-partnership (PPP) arrangement. Discussions at the Ugandan cabinet level have also been held about returning the school to the EAC.[9]

In 2014, the EAC Council of Ministers agreed to take it back.[8] On 3 July 2014, the presidents of Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda agreed in principle to re-instate the EACAA as one of the centres of excellence in the EAC.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lodlong, Ronald (25 January 2016). "East African Civil Aviation Academy- Soroti Flying School: Opening date postponed". EACAA via Facebook. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Among, Salume (5 November 2013). "Soroti Flying School Certificate of Airworthiness Expires". Kampala: Uganda Radio Network (URN). Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  3. ↑ GFC (12 February 2016). "Distance between Entebbe International Airport, Entebbe, Central Region, Uganda and Soroti Airport, Soroti, Eastern Region, Uganda". Globefeed.com (GFC). Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Google (6 September 2015). "Location of Soroti Flying School" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  5. 1 2 Aine, Kim (17 May 2018). "Uganda Unveils National Airline Masterplan; Shops for 6 Aircrafts [sic]". Kampala: Chimp Reports Uganda. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  6. ↑ EACAA (12 February 2016). "East African Civil Aviation Academy: History". Soroti: East African Civil Aviation Academy (EACAA). Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  7. ↑ Ssalongo, Joe Elunya (27 June 2011). "Soroti Flying School Students Live in Lodges Amid Accomodation [sic] Glitches". Kampala: Uganda Radio Network (URN). Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  8. 1 2 Asiimwe, Dicta (2 August 2014). "Kampala seeking to return broke aviation school to EAC". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  9. ↑ Mwanguhya Mpagi, Charles (23 December 2013). "Government, Private Company In Talks To Redevelop Soroti Flying School". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  10. ↑ Ihucha, Adam (5 September 2015). "EAC Reclaims Soroti Flying School". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

Coordinates: 01°43′15″N 33°37′03″E / 1.72083°N 33.61750°E / 1.72083; 33.61750

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