Sri Lanka Aviation

Great news! SriLankan Airlines will become a member of oneworld® on Thursday 1 May 2014.

http://www.eturbonews.com/43431/sril...alliance-1-may

yes UL joining oneworld as of May 1st 2014.

Is it true? Wondering why it's not announced on the Oneworld Website.

Yes - not yet, but I saw they tweeted congratulating UL. https://twitter.com/traveloneworld/s...74977478475776

Despite all the politics and financial issue, this is one good move by UL and hopefully they will make a use of joining the alliance effectively.

well its announced on the official oneworld facebook fan page.

OK - question time guys......Will UL drop some code-share routes with StarAliance and Skyteam members such as AC and Saudi Arabian? Also Air India is planning to join Star middle of next year.

CIT Aerospace Delivers One Airbus A321 to SriLankan Airlines

Tuesday, March 4, 2014 8:30 am EST

NEW YORK – CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) cit.com, today announced that CIT Aerospace, a global leader in aircraft finance, has delivered an Airbus A321 to SriLankan Airlines.

The aircraft, MSN 3397, is powered by IAE V2533-A5 engines and is the first of two aircraft CIT will deliver to the airline in 2014. CIT Aerospace previously delivered two A320s to SriLankan Airlines.


About CIT Aerospace
As one of the world's leading aircraft leasing organizations, CIT Aerospace provides leasing and financing solutions – including operating leases, capital leases, loans and structuring and advisory services – for commercial airlines worldwide. CIT Aerospace owns and finances a fleet of more than 300 commercial aircraft and has more than 100 customers in approximately 50 countries. cit.com/aerospace


About CIT
Founded in 1908, CIT (NYSE: CIT) is a financial holding company with more than $35 billion in financing and leasing assets. It provides financing, leasing and advisory services to its clients and their customers across more than 30 industries. CIT maintains leadership positions in middle market lending, factoring, retail and equipment finance, as well as aerospace, equipment and rail leasing. CIT operates CIT Bank (Member FDIC), its primary bank subsidiary, which, through its Internet bank BankOnCIT.com, offers a suite of savings options designed to help customers achieve a range of financial goals. cit.com



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Any pics of the A321 interior yet? Or did they decide to leave it in QR config?

is this the 2 nd A 321 ??

UL's first A321 is MSN3397 which was delivered to UL in the end of feb 2014. Second A321 to be delivered in next few months i heard. UL's first A321 is going to be used for Daily CMB-MCT, 6 weekly CMB-KUL and 1 weekly CMB-SIN. Does any body know the MSN of 2nd A321 ?

Banu, 4R-ABQ already flying MLE route see http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/4r-abq

It's not good enough! What is the advantage of adding UL to Oneworld?

i assume, at start, not all possible routes are given to the oneworld network, i think its a gradual contribution of routes to the oneworld network.

In my opinion, the whole point Oneworld is adding SriLankan as a partner to boost in the India and the Maldives market via Colombo. I think SriLankan / Mihin Lanka have to restructure their Flight Network when Mihin Lanka shift to Mattala. So Mihin's destinations like Seychelles can be operated by SriLankan when Mihin focus on regional destinations like Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta, Trichy, Dubai, Sharjah, Male and etc.. out of Mattala.

I heard Mihin going to cancel operating Colombo-Dubai service and increase Colombo-Sharjah service from two to six weekly in S14. Not sure it's a good move.

Not only Mihin, Starting May even UL will move to Sharjah due to Dubai runaway maintenance.

As far as i know, MJ not going to serve DXB even after maintanance work completed. It's going to leave UL & EK in CMB-DXB route.

Five-year plan

Sri Lankan CEO, Kapila Chandrasena, outlines the plan for the next five years to Martin Rivers - http://www.routes-news.com/airlines/...five-year-plan