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  • 88gee
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2012
    • 144

    #2641
    Wht's da issue with UL emergency landing at MRI ? many people complaining they were stuck for many hours without food , water , AC . and again returned to BIA .....

    whts da real issue ?

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    • ecureilx
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2010
      • 616

      #2642


      Korina, World Logistics is going to commence to CMB !! If there is sufficient up-take, they may agree to switch to HRI

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      • Shashanka
        Junior Member
        • May 2011
        • 3

        #2643
        Originally posted by Banuthev
        Is 4R-ADG still in service with SriLankan ? Reason I am asking this because I can not see it's flight operation recently on flightradar.
        these days ADG is with us in the hangar for her C check(8C 12Y)

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        • banuthev
          Administrator
          • Dec 2010
          • 3947

          #2644
          When I check on the Aeroflot online booking section, I have seen Colombo has been listed in one of the drop down menu. Does this mean Aeroflot is planning to make a come back to Colombo. Aeroflot was the first airline to resume schedule flights to Sri Lanka after end of our civil war. Unfortunatelty they cancelled the service later on due to a lower passenger demand. People who got GDS access please do check if you can find a Aeroflot's Colombo Schedules in Summer 2013 or Winter 2013. Waiting for your update?

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          • Max
            Senior Member
            • Apr 2011
            • 919

            #2645
            SriLankan Airlines to increase frequency of flights to Muscat

            To celebrate 30 years of operations in Oman, SriLankan Airlines announced that it is increasing flight frequency between Muscat and Colombo weekly by two, taking the total number of flights to six per week.

            The fifth flight was added to the weekly schedule on April 5, and the sixth is to be launched on June 18. The airline operated four flights a week before April 5 – on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The fifth flight will fly on Fridays and the sixth on Tuesdays.

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            • MalaysiaMustafa
              Senior Member
              • Jul 2012
              • 104

              #2646
              Mihin Lanka, which operates four flights every week from Trichy to Colombo, has decided to stop operations from June 1. S K Mittal, executive director of Translaka, the Chennai-based general sales agency (GSA) for the airline, said the falling tourist traffic between Colombo and Trichy had forced the decision. "We have taken a decision to ground the four flights to Colombo because of lack of patronage on this sector," said Mittal.

              Source

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              • Max
                Senior Member
                • Apr 2011
                • 919

                #2647
                Originally posted by MalaysiaMustafa
                Mihin Lanka, which operates four flights every week from Trichy to Colombo, has decided to stop operations from June 1. S K Mittal, executive director of Translaka, the Chennai-based general sales agency (GSA) for the airline, said the falling tourist traffic between Colombo and Trichy had forced the decision. "We have taken a decision to ground the four flights to Colombo because of lack of patronage on this sector," said Mittal.

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                MJ may launch daily to Madurai

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                • 4R-SRD
                  Member
                  • Sep 2011
                  • 75

                  #2648
                  Originally posted by Banuthev
                  When I check on the Aeroflot online booking section, I have seen Colombo has been listed in one of the drop down menu. Does this mean Aeroflot is planning to make a come back to Colombo. Aeroflot was the first airline to resume schedule flights to Sri Lanka after end of our civil war. Unfortunatelty they cancelled the service later on due to lower passenger demand. People who got GDS access please do check if you can find a Aeroflot's Colombo Schedules in Summer 2013 or Winter 2013. Waiting for your update?
                  I checked GDS but no SU flights to CMB

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                  • SSCMadurai
                    Junior Member
                    • Mar 2012
                    • 10

                    #2649
                    Originally posted by Max
                    MJ may launch daily to Madurai
                    I don't think daily is possible since Mihin may not be that aggressive. At the maximum we can expect 3x to 4x weekly.
                    Last edited by SSCMadurai; 11-04-2013, 04:57 PM.

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                    • ecureilx
                      Senior Member
                      • Dec 2010
                      • 616

                      #2650
                      Originally posted by Max
                      MJ may launch daily to Madurai
                      but .. Madurai is Also in Tamil Nadu .. I don't get the logic of trimming Trichy and boosting Madurai ..

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                      • Cayman
                        Senior Member
                        • Mar 2011
                        • 379

                        #2651
                        "State-run Sri Lankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka, a budget carrier had continued to hemorrhage cash losing 21.5 billion rupees in 2012, with losses since ending Emirates management totaling 58.7 billion rupees, official data shows."

                        http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/n...2012/581343886

                        Supporters will say the country's energy utilities (CEB and CPC) lost LKR 150B during the same time, but that is a necessary evil to run the country, whereas these two white elephants are NOT!

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                        • Srilankan1
                          Senior Member
                          • Dec 2010
                          • 499

                          #2652
                          This has completly do something with the Management of UL.We shouldnt talk even about Mahinda Lanka Airline.

                          I dont know how long We can servive like this??

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                          • Roshan
                            Junior Member
                            • Feb 2013
                            • 11

                            #2653
                            Hi guys,

                            I just want to know has all UL longhaul aircraft business class been upgraded to the flatbed seats.

                            On the Srilankan Airlines website it says only A330-243 has only flatbed, and there is only 1 of these in the fleet.

                            Could you let me know how many aircraft have the flat bed seats as I am thinking the website just has not been updated.

                            Thanks

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                            • Cayman
                              Senior Member
                              • Mar 2011
                              • 379

                              #2654
                              "Despite the dismal financial performance of the two state-owned carriers, the civil aviation sector recorded a positive growth as Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) handled 7 million passengers (including transit passengers) during 2012, recording a 15 percent increase Year-on-Year (YoY).

                              Also, the total number of passenger aircraft movements handled by the BIA increased to 48,416 aircrafts, indicating a YoY growth of 11 percent."

                              (http://www.dailymirror.lk/business/o...es-widen-.html)

                              This clearly shows that the problem is not with the airport or the aviation industry in the country, but the state airlines which are sucking the country dry of tax Rupees. Fold them and other airlines will pick up the slack. UL could still make billions with their catering and ground handling.

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                              • Speedbird
                                Senior Member
                                • Feb 2012
                                • 616

                                #2655
                                Originally posted by Cayman
                                "Despite the dismal financial performance of the two state-owned carriers, the civil aviation sector recorded a positive growth as Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) handled 7 million passengers (including transit passengers) during 2012, recording a 15 percent increase Year-on-Year (YoY).

                                Also, the total number of passenger aircraft movements handled by the BIA increased to 48,416 aircrafts, indicating a YoY growth of 11 percent."

                                (http://www.dailymirror.lk/business/o...es-widen-.html)

                                This clearly shows that the problem is not with the airport or the aviation industry in the country, but the state airlines which are sucking the country dry of tax Rupees. Fold them and other airlines will pick up the slack. UL could still make billions with their catering and ground handling.
                                You say "fold them" aha there is a novel concept ; then it would be problem for the HRH and his 100+ freeloaders when they want to go somewhere; Plus you need to have something to do stopover by his pet project.

                                Jokes aside these losses are going to get worse; with that stopover.

                                Originally posted by Srilankan1
                                This has completly do something with the Management of UL.We shouldnt talk even about Mahinda Lanka Airline.

                                I dont know how long We can servive like this??
                                It has to be the management and the government otherwise how could any one justify recruitment (+30%) on a loss making company

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