Entebbe Handling Services

Entebbe Handling Services
Industry Aviation
Founded 1996 (age 21–22)[1]
Headquarters Entebbe International Airport
Number of locations
 1
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
 700+ (2017)[1]
Website Homepage

Entebbe Handling Services (ENHAS), is an airport ground handling service company based in Uganda. It is the largest ground handling company at Entebbe International Airport (IATA: EBB, ICAO: HUEN), Uganda's largest civilian and military airport, where it services at least 19 airlines, as of November 2017.[1]

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.[2] The coordinates of the headquarters of ENHAS are 0°02'24.0"N, 32°27'10.0"E (Latitude:0.040000; Longitude:32.452778).[3]

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.[4] At Entebbe, the company services a number of passenger and cargo airlines, including the US Government.[5]

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.[6]

History

ENHAS was formed in 1996. The current Uganda's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Kutesa was 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.[7][8][9] In December 2018, the Daily Monitor newspaper reported that Kutesa had divested from ENHAS by selling his stake in the company to a group of investors from the United Arab Emirates.[10]

Ownership

Based on available data, the shareholding in ENHAS stock, was as depicted in the table below, as of December 2017.[10]

Entebbe Handling Services Stock Ownership
RankName of OwnerPercentage Ownership
1Effortes Limited of Uganda70.0
2Investors from the United Arab Emirates20.0
3Brussels Airlines5.0
4Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Employees2.5
5Uganda Air Cargo Employees2.5
Total100.00

References

  1. 1 2 3 Uganda Business News (27 November 2017). "Sam Kutesa 'looking to sell his stake in Enhas'". Kampala: Ugabusiness.com. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Road Distance Between Entebbe International Airport And Kampala With Map". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Google. "Location of the Headquarters of Entebbe Handling Services". Google Maps. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Khisa, Isaac (9 August 2014). "Airlines To Pay More for Cargo Handling At Entebbe". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Wasike, Alfred (13 July 2003). "ENHAS, local firms take on Air Force One". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 13 July 2003.
  6. ↑ Olanyo, Joseph (23 October 2006). "Uganda: ENHAS Gets UN Airports Deals". Daily Monitor via AllAfrica.com.
  7. ↑ Vision Reporter (16 June 2014). "Kutesa Holds Talks With US Secretary of State Kerry". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  8. ↑ Bwambale, Taddeo (13 June 2014). "Kutesa Suspends All His Business Interests". New Vision (Kampala).
  9. ↑ Tabu Butagira, and Frederic Musisi (13 June 2014). "Kutesa's UN Job Puts Uganda In Sharp Focus". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  10. 1 2 Mufumba, Isaac (11 December 2017). "Does sale of Enhas shares affect new Uganda Airlines?". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

Coordinates: 00°02′24″N 32°27′10″E / 0.04000°N 32.45278°E / 0.04000; 32.45278

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