Robert Wakhweya

Robert Bwayo Wakhweya is a Ugandan airline pilot, who serves as the Chief Pilot of Uganda Airlines, the revived national airline of Uganda, effective March 2023. He concurrently serves as a Captain on the A330-800 equipment at the airline. He has worked with Uganda Airlines since November 2020.

Background and education He is a Ugandan national by birth. He attended St. Mary's College Kisubi for his High School education. He obtained his Commercial pilot licence from the East African Civil Aviation Academy, in Soroti, in the Eastern Region of Uganda. Later, he obtained the ICAO Airline Transport Pilot Licence. In November 2022, Michael Etiang was replaced by Phillip Sebunya, in a re-organization maneuver that followed the replacement of the entire board and most of the senior management. In March 2023, Robert Wakhweya was appointed Chief Pilot at the airline.

Other considerations Captain Robert Wakhweya, being one of the most experienced cockpit crew members at the airline, has played major roles in the history of the A330-800 at Uganda Airlines.

As of December 2020, he was one of the initial 34 pilots that Uganda Airlines hired to fly its A330-800s. He was the Pilot in command on the first ever non-stop UR flight from Entebbe (EBB) to Jeddah (JED) on 20 June 2023. He captained the maiden direct flight between EBB, Uganda and BOM, India, as flight UR430 on 7 October 2023.