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  • Srilankan1
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 499

    #3571
    Originally posted by Aaqib
    UL will make even bigger losses this year as far as things are going!!
    They should have stuck with Emirates!!
    oh yes I was telling this all the time.

    silly MR.

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    • sfernando34
      Senior Member
      • Feb 2013
      • 143

      #3572
      Originally posted by CalgaryLankan
      Looks like Jet Airways cancelling CMB - MAA route as per airlineroute.net. (crowded market ? Less Sri Lankans traveling to MAA due to security concerns? ?)

      http://airlineroute.net/2013/11/21/9w-maacmb-jan14cxld/
      That surprises me. Even with the security concerns and all, the CMB-MAA route is one of the busiest routes that both airports have. According to Wikipedia, in a given year, it is the most traveled route to any destination from Chennai. Sri Lankan has multiple flights a day, and Jet Airways flight is in the middle of the night. Maybe people just didn't fly it because of the less frequency and the odd hours?

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      • Skyler
        Junior Member
        • Mar 2011
        • 14

        #3573
        Hello Guys It is nice to see more actives in MRIA Mattala international air port to me. Also There are 2 new flights added on Sri Lankan air lines flight Schedules too. One is UL 549 CMB Zurich CMB depart on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and another UL886 CMB/Bangkok/Portsmouth depart on mon,Tue,Thur & Satur.It looks UL start to fly Zurich again and What/Where is "Portsmouth"?. Any one have any information, please post here.

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        • sfernando34
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2013
          • 143

          #3574
          Originally posted by Banuthev
          Hey Guys, I checked on SriLankan Website, where I unable to find SriLankan flights operating out of Mattala from 16 Dec 2013. Does this mean SriLankan to cancel operating the Mattala flights. Please confirm.
          Let's be honest here, I think Mattala has been a huge bust. Honestly, HRI seems to just be a hindrance for passengers trying to get elsewhere from Colombo. I mean really, if you are flying from Colombo to the Maldives or Riyadh say, the idea of flying backwards to Mattala just seems crazy. I wouldn't think that the passenger loads on to HRI are very good, as Air Arabia certainly didn't have enough passengers to even keep the route up for 6 months. It's sad to see this new airport in such a state.

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          • aruno
            Junior Member
            • Jun 2012
            • 18

            #3575
            My friend from KUL took the CMB/HRI sector some 3 weeks back. Mind you, only 6 pax on board. Some 10 customs officers had a field day ransacking the luggage of a single foreign lady arriving at HRI who merely wanted to go to a village vihara to do charity and brought gifts for sunday school children.... Hmmmmm! Can't blame her for not wanting to land in HRI again.

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            • NeatStuff
              Member
              • Jul 2012
              • 59

              #3576
              Originally posted by Skyler
              Hello Guys It is nice to see more actives in MRIA Mattala international air port to me. Also There are 2 new flights added on Sri Lankan air lines flight Schedules too. One is UL 549 CMB Zurich CMB depart on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and another UL886 CMB/Bangkok/Portsmouth depart on mon,Tue,Thur & Satur.It looks UL start to fly Zurich again and What/Where is "Portsmouth"?. Any one have any information, please post here.
              Portsmouth is in the UK, I think you misread this?

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              • CalgaryLankan
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2011
                • 251

                #3577
                Just thought of posting this here, you guys decide if it is not appropriate

                Spanish ‘ghost airport’ cost a whopping US$1.5B to build — now it’s on sale for as little US$137M


                A barely used Spanish airport that cost some 1.1-billion euros ($1.5-billion) to build and became a symbol of the country’s wasteful spending ahead of an economic d…

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                • umedhah
                  Senior Member
                  • Dec 2010
                  • 600

                  #3578
                  Originally posted by CalgaryLankan
                  Just thought of posting this here, you guys decide if it is not appropriate

                  Spanish ‘ghost airport’ cost a whopping US$1.5B to build — now it’s on sale for as little US$137M


                  http://business.financialpost.com/20..._lsa=a3ab-5f69
                  yeah... as i said... hope this wont happen to HRI
                  ​Umedha Hettigoda ®

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                  • SKYBUCK729
                    Member
                    • Apr 2013
                    • 84

                    #3579
                    Originally posted by CalgaryLankan
                    Just thought of posting this here, you guys decide if it is not appropriate

                    Spanish ‘ghost airport’ cost a whopping US$1.5B to build — now it’s on sale for as little US$137M


                    http://business.financialpost.com/20..._lsa=a3ab-5f69
                    THANKS FOR POSTING THIS !

                    REMINDS me of a newly built airport in a South Asian nation , which might suffer the same fate in a few years time !

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                    • ecureilx
                      Senior Member
                      • Dec 2010
                      • 616

                      #3580
                      but who wanna buy HRI ? I am not a supporter of MR, but I believe, it may still have some use, as a Domestic terminal, diversion terminal .. and what not .. if not as a replacement to BIA

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                      • dilushasg-bdavi
                        Senior Member
                        • Feb 2011
                        • 555

                        #3581
                        howz MJz load factor on the CMB-SEZ route ?????

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                        • umedhah
                          Senior Member
                          • Dec 2010
                          • 600

                          #3582
                          Guys, I heard that 4R-ADA has been withdrawn from the fleet... Please confirm.
                          ​Umedha Hettigoda ®

                          https://banners-my.flightradar24.com/umedhah.png

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                          • banuthev
                            Administrator
                            • Dec 2010
                            • 3947

                            #3583
                            Originally posted by umedhah
                            Guys, I heard that 4R-ADA has been withdrawn from the fleet... Please confirm.
                            According to Flighradar24, 4R-ADA still in service. May I know what did you get this info? As far as I know 4R-ADA will be removed from fleet early 2014.

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                            • Serendib
                              Senior Member
                              • Jan 2011
                              • 1807

                              #3584
                              Originally posted by dilushasg-bdavi
                              howz MJz load factor on the CMB-SEZ route ?????
                              Mihin Lanka sees strong cargo potential on Colombo-Mahe sector. Mihin Lanka, Sri Lanka’s low cost airline is making headway on the Colombo –Mahe sector flying twice weekly with a load factor of around 45 percent and the airline’s Head of Commercial, Rohana Perera expressed confidence that it would reach 55 percent or more during the season. ihin’s A- 320 aircraft flying on this sector would undergo some changes with 12 seats upfront coming under a new class which would provide more comfort to the passengers added with sufficient leg space, inflight entertainment and a full meal as the airline is already catering to a more up market clientale on this sector, he said. (island.lk)

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                              • Haleef
                                Senior Member
                                • Nov 2012
                                • 1468

                                #3585
                                Originally posted by Banuthev
                                According to Flighradar24, 4R-ADA still in service. May I know what did you get this info? As far as I know 4R-ADA will be removed from fleet early 2014.
                                Yes Banu it is gong away from our fleet in 2014 ....
                                Haleef Ismail
                                www.youtube.com/haleef1 | www.instagram.com/cmb_spotter

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