Supposedly for 'maintenance' according to a follower of flightradar24's twitter feed who had called up the emirates call centre.

SriLankan Airlines is set to join oneworld early next year making it the first airline from the Indian subcontinent to join a global airline alliance.

Where is everybody - no post for few days??

So did MR took a UL metal to New York this week ?

Probably.

no posts for the last few days/??????????????

I wanted to know too... Wheres banu??? :S

ohh I think he is busy with his Wedding... Congrats Banu

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-...after-arrests/

can somebody please shed some light on this....

To get to New York you need to fly through the MNPS Airspace. This requires special approvals and training. UL doesn't have MNPS approval and there is no training program in place.

SriLankan looking to rule the blue skies with its green efforts

SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, staying true to its Green Vision, “"To be a Planet Friendly Airline accomplishing sustainable and advantageous business development," has initiated many programmes to conserve environment by reducing the carbon footprint.

Its latest green initiative, the first in-house model biogas plant, situated in the Airline Centre, Katunayake was commissioned in June this year to coincide with the World Environment day. Implemented as a solution for the disposal of food waste, the biogas plant daily generates 12.5kg of fuel which is equivalent to the capacity of one Liquid Petroleum cylinder. While the annual gas production is estimated at 4500kg, currently 30 per cent of the energy requirement of the Airline Center’s main cafeteria is being fulfilled by biogas.

The green team of SriLankan Airlines, the masterminds behind the national carrier’s green efforts, also introduced a waste water treatment plant at the engineering hangar and a solar tube system at the Engineering Module Shop with an annual saving of LKR 1m, which earned the airline the silver award at the National Green Efficiency Awards Ceremony.

Having been the first carrier in South Asia to implement the green flight campaign named “Planet friendly flights”, the Airline takes forward its green legacy by implementing various programmes to control carbon emissions while increasing fuel efficiency. This year, the Airline implemented RNAV (Required Navigation) / PBN (Perform Based Navigation) approaches on some of the routes to enhance fuel efficiency with an average saving of 500 kg of fuel per flight. It also initiated a zero fuel weight monitoring mechanism across the network to minimize variances in fuel weight thereby reducing extra fuel uplift.

The Airline last year switched to ‘I-pad Electronic Flying’ ( IEF) from bulky mandatory paper manuals, to reduce weight on-board and paper clutter in the cockpit thereby enhancing fuel efficiency, accuracy and safety of operations.

It is also working closely with the Airport and Aviation Authority to reduce carbon emissions during aircraft ground movements.

Anyone know more info?

A Sri Lankan Airlines plane travelling from Colombo to Heathrow was forced to make an emergency landing at Stansted Airport in London, police said.

Two British nationals were arrested on suspicion of endangering the A330 Airbus which was carrying 267 passengers and crew.

Essex Police boarded the aircraft shortly after 19:30 BST and arrested the pair. The remaining passengers were taken to a reception centre and were due to be transferred to Heathrow.

A spokesman for Stansted said: "A Sri Lankan Airlines Airbus A330 diverted into Stansted at approximately 19.30 this evening [Friday]. The aircraft, which was flying from Colombo to Heathrow, landed safely with Essex Police in attendance"

"The airport is open and flights are arriving and departing as normal"

A spokesman for Essex Police said: “police officers boarded the plane and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft. The passengers have been removed safely. Enquiries are ongoing."

Is he going to marry an Airbus or a Boeing????

Not much .. other than two fighters were scrambled .. what would they do with the fighters ? Shoot them down ??

Yes, there was an incident onboard, 2 guys causing problems, and one of them suggesting he had explosives, as is usual in the UK when pilots radio ATC about these problems, aircraft are diverted to Stanstead Airport, to the north east of London. The 2 individuals were arrested, and the plane searched, passengers were transferred to LHR by bus. The aircraft was held at Stanstead for 12 hours before flying onto LHR, and was back in service later that day as UL504 to Colombo, although 15 hours late..

dave: my point is, what would they really do with the fighters ? well .. just stirring something there