Established 1971 Location Soroti, Uganda Website Homepage Number of students 108 (2013) | Vice-Chancellor Ronald J. Lodlong Campus Urban Founded 1971 Type of business Public | |
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The East African Civil Aviation Academy (EACAA), also known as the Soroti Flying School, is a pilot training school in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community (EAC).
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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. The coordinates of the airport are 1°43'15.0"N; 33°37'03.0"E (Latitude:1.720833; Longitude:33.617500).
History
EACAA was founded in September 1971 under the Directorate of Civil Aviation of the EAC. The government of Uganda, the EAC, the United Nations Development Programme, and the International Civil Aviation Organisation were the major contributors.
When the first EAC collapsed in 1977, the Ugandan government took over the management and maintenance of the school. In 2012, the government began the process of returning the school to the EAC.
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.
In 2014, the EAC Council of Ministers agreed to take it back. 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.