SriLankan goes paperless to save jet fuel

Good initiative.

And kudos to CAASL for approving this.

err .. SQ has been using EFB for some time .. and so is MH

and AI, from what I know too have been using EFB, on the 772L and 773W

re: using ipads for manuals, I wouldn't know ..

EFB really is the innovation here, and if UL simply calls them pioneers for using an iPad as the delivery medium, that is a bit childish (and frankly a little pathetic).

Whats the news regarding SriLankan airlines? Any updates, fleet and route wise?

Where are the UL slaves??

ANA will use iPads sooner!

SriLankan Airlines is going to increase the capacity on Moscow flights between 28th December 2012 and 12 January 2013 for peak travel season. Current frequency to Moscow will be increased from twise a week to four times a week with an additional flights on Mondays and Fridays. Flights on 7th Jan, 9th Jan & 12th Jan will fly nonstop from Colombo to Moscow using A332, however all the Moscow Turnaround flights are to be operated via Dubai as I mentioned in the Flight Schedule below : -

07:25 - 16:40 - CMB-DME - UL531 - A320 - MO.WE.FR.SA via DXB (28-Dec-06-Jan)
09:35 - 16:40 - CMB-DME - UL531 - A332 - MO.WE.SA nonstop (7-Jan-12-Jan)
07:25 - 16:40 - CMB-DME - UL531 - A320 - WE.SA via DXB (effec 16-Jan)
17:40 - 06:20 - DME-CMB - UL532 - A320 - MO.WE.FR.SA via DXB (28-Dec-06-Jan)
17:40 - 06:20 - DME-CMB - UL532 - A332 - MO.WE.SA via DXB (7-Jan-12-Jan)
17:40 - 06:20 - DME-CMB - UL532 - A320 - WE.SA via DXB (effec 16-Jan)

SriLankan Airlines is studying the possibilities of increasing number of flights to profit making destinations in Asia after the termination of Zurich where the last UL flight is going to operate tomarrow the 31-Aug. The capacity of Trivandrum flights have been increased between 30-August and 29-October from Seven weekly to Nine weekly using A320s and A343s. Also Asian Gulf City, Dammam to get benefited as SriLankan to up their frequency from thrise weekly to four weekly effective 5th December 2012. New Destinations Seoul and Johannesburg are to be added to SriLankan's Route Network during Summer 2013. In the past, Colombo-Seoul route was served by Korean Air Pax and Korean Air Cargo while Colombo-Johannesburg route was served Airlanka and SAA South African Airways. SriLankan is considering flying to Hyderabad or Visakhapatnam in India. A delegation from SriLankan will visit Visakhapatnam on 11 September 2012 to study the potential demand for operation of flights from that city to Colombo. Currently no news on SriLankan Airlines new aircraft order.

Thanks Banu for updates.

This service is disputed by some as having been operated by BOAC for SAA.

UL A330 in Tehran for NAM Summit, some pics http://www.farsnews.com/plarg.php?nn=246814&st=530355

Sept 03, 2012 (LBO) – India's Mahindra group is targeting Sri Lanka with its range of small passenger aircraft which can boost domestic and short range air travel between neighboring destinations including the Maldives, a top executive said.

In my opinion Sri Lanka should get some ATRs or Q400s to operate a regional service from RML which has re-gained the International Airport status recently. I am not sure if 5 to 10 seater airvan will do a good job for regional-international service out of Sri Lanka ?

Just spotted , Airtaxi timings have been updated on SriLankan Airlines Website. It looks like one of the DHC6 has left the UL fleet.

Sri Lankan Ambassador to the US, Jaliya Wickramasuriya in an interview with the Sunday Observer.

Q: We keep reading about the sale of Boeing aircraft to Sri Lankan Airlines. How is this sort of trade developing?

A: It is my understanding that Boeing and Sri Lankan Airlines are negotiating the terms of some Boeing 777s, and negotiations are progressing.

777's would be great. I love the spaciousness of the cabin and the high ceiling. UL can pack 5 across in J class and 10 across in Y like EK and make a higher yield.

Excellent news, time the A340-300s were replaced by much better aircraft like the 777. I think the 77E (777-200ER) would be a better option for UL, the 777-300ER maybe a bit too large.

Depends, the 77W comes with GE90s, the 77Es are most popular with RR Trent 900s, so two engine types will be an issue. ‎77L is not suitable since its a long range ac, dont think UL needs ULR ac to fly CMB-US, not that much loads.

So i would place my bets on 777-200ERs. Unless there is some traffic growth projection which justifies the 777-300ERs. Even Jet Airways struggles to fill the 77W, only the London flights go full.