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As Kflyer said UL531/2 not axed. It was not added in the list by my mistake. -
SriLankan takes 4R-ALA out of service for Flat bed refurb
Thanks Itiscool.Originally posted by ItisCool View PostComment
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Hi, Guys
This December i am planning to visit China, Malaysia & Singapore
Tell me any good offers……..
Which airline i should select….Comment
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Interview with new UL CEO Kapila Chandrasena:
BTW does anyone have pics of the new business class/IFE system on the A340/330s? And any clues on the proposed widebody order?Comment
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Australia
Believe that Melbourne will next on UL's international destinations - inbound tourist figures show Australians to be 3rd only behind UK & India , the very large Sri Lankan community ( > 100,000 ) + a fantastic leisure destination for cashed up Australian travellers with strong AUD$ . Also exactly 1/2 way from Australia to London is a perfect stopover in Sri Lanka & the Maldives
Come on SriLankan give the Aussies the go aheadComment
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Unfortunately too much competition and very low yieldsOriginally posted by Aussie Lanka View PostThe opinions above are solely my own and do not reflect those of my employer or clientsComment
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In the interview I posted above, it is mentioned that flights to Australia will commence next year (as well as flights to South Korea and one African destination).Comment
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It seems to be launching YYZ has been dropped and have given importance to ICN after the ZRH resumption. In my humble opinion , Kapila has made a good decision to not to goahead with YYZ where UL will experience more operational costs etc .. in the present situation. Also connecting Sino - Africa seems to be a good idea since its being a fast growing market and very limited number of flights are connecting between China and Africa .. I think UL is looking at resuming JNB or starting new flights to NBO .. Since JNB was a continued loss making destination for UL , its going to be a challenge for Kapila to make that African-route success ..Comment
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International Destinations 2012
Thank you lordvader for posting interview with Mr Kapila Chandrasena , very interesting , my predictions Seoul (ICN ) Korea April 2012 , Melbourne Australia Sep 2012 followed by Nairobi Kenya in Dec 2012 , no more points in Europe , expand code share with EY and code share with AC to Canada , it will be a long time before we see UL aircraft in Canadian airspace , sure yields are low to Australia but potential for growth is certianly thereComment
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I am quite certain that we will see ICN before we see NBO or MEL, if ever. NBO would be a quite bad choice IMHO, KQ already has a strong foothold in most South East Asian markets. JNB too is well covered by SQ, SA and CX. Same goes for ADD with ET and EK very hard to beat. DUR has no competition but will have to rely solely on Indian connecting traffic. LAD and LOS are the only good true African choices but the former again will rely solely on connecting traffic. But of course, you can count SEZ and MRU as Africa too. So again, NBO emerges as the not so great but only choice. If they try hard they can make any of these work anyway.The opinions above are solely my own and do not reflect those of my employer or clientsComment
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does SL have bileteral to fly ADD, LAD, LOS, SEZ, MRU, NBO??Comment
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Originally posted by Aussie Lanka View Post
Well said.... UL's Canadian dream should be shelved..instead UL should focus on providing a good connections/code-share flights to North America in general via key gateways like ICN. NRT, and Europe. North American passengers are having hard time in getting a good connections via Europe with UL's current/proposed time table where number of flights are arriving Europe in mid day or afternoon. The competition (mainly mid-east carriers such as EK, GF) are milking the UL traffic with better connections.Comment
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Kenya and Sri Lanka in Jan 2011 signed a bilateral air agreement on direct fights between the two nations. The agreement allows direct flights access between the two countries with a total population of an estimated 60 million people. The minister said the agreement provides for unrestricted weekly frequencies.
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CalgaryLankan, only if UL could spend millions to buy better slots at LHR. And it's next to impossible at NRT.The opinions above are solely my own and do not reflect those of my employer or clientsComment
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Mihin Lanka will acquire an additional aircraft by the end of the year...“The airline is planning to lease an A321 aircraft which could accommodate 220 passengers,” ....hoping to fly to new destinations with this third aircraft....the budget airline is hoping to fly to Manila and Bangkok with the new addition...Sri Lanka has the ‘fifth freedom right’ from Thailand to fly to Manila and this will be exploited by Mihin to launch flights to Manila...“We have around 600 seats per week to Manila from Bangkok,” he said. “Thailand is an important market for Sri Lanka in terms of an airline hub and tourism. The airline is looking at a thrice a week frequency.....looking at flying to Calicut as a new destination and would also supplement SriLankan operations to Chennai.”....with the introduction of SriLankan airline flights to Moscow two additional stopovers have been created in Dubai. Due to this, Mihin Lanka will reduce three of its frequencies from the current six to Dubai and re route them to Sharjah by the end of this year. “This would be a two per week frequency,” .. http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/09/15/bus01.aspOriginally posted by lordvader View PostComment
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