Sri Lanka Aviation

[banuthev]

Singapore Airlines is going to increase Colombo flights from 3 to 7 weekly from 1 May 2021. Additional four weekly flights are going to be operated by B737.

The group’s Colombo route is currently a three times weekly Singapore Airlines Airbus A350 Regional operation. The firm schedule from 1st May 2021 has not yet been finalised, but it currently shows that three times weekly Airbus A350 Regional overnight operation will continue as SQ468/469, supplemented by four times weekly daytime service with these Boeing 737-800s as SQ464/465

https://mainlymiles.com/2021/02/20/singapore-airlines-expands-737-800-network-from-march-2021/?fbclid=IwAR1TNcEVCVD-VH2vG1CNbUXtAvUHQD-ig7wkn1rgMPTTruRTHgMgNgGBBtw

[Serendib]

Sri Lanka has submitted 11 travel destinations that the national carrier — SriLankan Airlines would like to operate in India under this program to the Civil Aviation Authority of India and Embassy of India. These destinations include; Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Trivandrum, Kochi, Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta and Tiruchirappalli.

“We are hopeful that the necessary approval will be considered soon by the Indian authorities to commence the project,” Chanaka told the Daily FT.

Source:FT.LK

[banuthev]

This is a really good move! I’m a huge supporter of the LCC concept and yes it would definitely affect pax volume to and form KWI mainly the yield on KU... the same example can been seen in the case of Oman Air as a result of Salam Air beginning operations

Flew WY recently and the MCT-CMB sector had around 30 pax in total... upon clarifying as to why this was as i too was pretty surprised why the load factor was so low, the answer was “because of Salam Air”

I still feel that Mihin Lanka should have been around

Similarly Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (if so they begin operations to AUH) would negatively affect Etihad

Emirates is alright on the DXB sector as Fly Dubai is their subsidiary

KU is going to increase CMB flights from 20 March 2021

Thursdays - B777-300ER
Saturdays - A320neo (new flight from 20 March 2021)

It's going to be competition between SriLankan Airlines, Jazeera and Kuwait Airways on the Colombo-Kuwait. Each of these Airline is having twice weekly on this route.

[Serendib]

LOT Polish Airlines to start direct flights from Warsaw to Colombo.

[banuthev]

LOT Polish Airlines to start direct flights from Warsaw to Colombo.

Good news LOT is planning to fly Sri Lanka during Summer season in Europe. Hopefully LOT will upgrade this as year round flight. Any idea which aircraft will be used to CMB by LOT? According to the timetable LOT will be parked at CMB for one whole day making most of the free parking.

[SHOCKWAVE]

Good news LOT is planning to fly Sri Lanka during Summer season in Europe. Hopefully LOT will upgrade this as year round flight. Any idea which aircraft will be used to CMB by LOT? According to the timetable LOT will be parked at CMB for one whole day making most of the free parking.

For last few months LOT has been utilising their Dreamliners for CMB so I’m pretty sure they’ll stick to it.

[banuthev]

Neos Air starts Milan Malpensa -Colombo direct flights from 5th March to 24th September with B787-9.
Every Friday departure from Milan and return on Saturday.
23kg+23kg on hold baggage and 8kg hand baggage.
600Eur one way ticket MXP-CMB and 350Eur one way CMB-MXP

Any idea if Neos Air have launched CMB flights on the 5 March?

[banuthev]

SriLankan Airlines increasing more passenger flights from March and April 2021.

ABU DHABI	1 WEEKLY
BAHRAIN	1 WEEKLY
DAMMAM	3 WEEKLY
DELHI	2 WEEKLY
DHAKA	5 WEEKLY
DOHA	4 WEEKLY
DUBAI	2 WEEKLY
FRANKFURT	2 WEEKLY
GUANGZHOU	1 WEEKLY
JAKARTA	1 WEEKLY
KARACHI	2 WEEKLY
KUALA LUMPUR	1 WEEKLY
KUWAIT	7 WEEKLY	(increasing from 2 to 7 weekly effec April 2021)
LAHORE	2 WEEKLY
LONDON	3 WEEKLY
MALE	8 WEEKLY
MELBOURNE	2 WEEKLY
MILAN	2 WEEKLY
MUSCAT	1 WEEKLY
RIYADH	3 WEEKLY
SEOUL	1 WEEKLY
SHANGHAI	1 WEEKLY
SINGAPORE	3 WEEKLY
SYDNEY	3 WEEKLY	(increasing from 2 to 3 weekly effec 21 Mar 2021)
TOKYO	3 WEEKLY	(increasing from 2 to 3 weekly effec 15 Mar 2021)

[banuthev]

Fitsair signed an agreement with SriLankan Engineering for A320 Maintenance.

[Serendib]

Directs flights between Jaffna, Chennai to resume soon
March 12, 2021 12:25 pm

The government expects to resume direct flight services between Jaffna and Chennai which were suspended due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Minister of Transport Prasanna Ranatunga.

In addition, internal flights operating between Ratmalana, Jaffna and Batticaloa will also recommence soon, he added.

Further, it is reported that arrangements are in progress to launch flights between Sri Lanka and India under the ‘air travel bubble’ concept.

Meanwhile, Chief Director-Operations of Airport and Aviation Services Shehan Sumanasekara noted that nearly 4,000 tourists have arrived in the country since January this year.

He also pointed out that operations at Bandaranaike International Airport and Mattala Rajapaksa International Airports are continuing efficiently.

Directs flights between Jaffna, Chennai to resume soon

[banuthev]

According to twitter page, Fitsair is going to fly B737 to MAA From CMB. Do you have registration and photo of this aircraft? Thanks

Fitsair still going to get two A320s as already announced?

[skyline]

Directs flights between Jaffna, Chennai to resume soon

Will the resumption of Alliance Air or will it be the debut of
Fitsair

[Aaqib]

According to twitter page, Fitsair is going to fly B737 to MAA From CMB. Do you have registration and photo of this aircraft? Thanks

Fitsair still going to get two A320s as already announced?

Have they received a 737-700F?

[Serendib]

Sri Lankan Airlines is to obtain an aircraft for goods transportation with an aim to cater to the change in the airline industry due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Cabinet has approved a proposal submitted by the Transport Minister to secure the aircraft on lease to the Sri Lankan Aviation Company Limited.

The approval has been granted subject to following the international competitive procurement methodology.

The fleet of Sri Lankan Aviation Company Limited comprises of a large number of economical narrow body aircrafts. As a result, more attention was paid on the passenger air routes network in the recent years.

This led to the underutilization of aero goods transportation potential due to the lack of suitable aircraft that cater to the goods transportation facility.

However, with the coronavirus pandemic, most of the aircraft companies have paid attention on aero goods transportation since passenger flights were limited. SriLankan Airlines currently operates flights to 26 destinations.

Considering the current market changes, it has become a fine opportunity for the main aeronautical companies to enter into the goods transportation market via main air routes seeking the goods transportation market there.

Therefore, paying attention on the potential for air goods transportation, it has been planned to change the available Sri Lankan company structure strategically.

Accordingly, Cabinet approval has been granted to obtain an aircraft for goods transportation. (Colombo Gazette)

aircraft type?

[banuthev]

Have they received a 737-700F?

Rumour has Fitsair expecting to receive A320 tonight from Malaysia.