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For an example of how to manage leasing costs:-
My company has 4 A343 and 1 A345. One is owned and the others are leased at very low rates or on an hourly basis. I'll bet the leasing costs/month for the entire fleet are less than what UL pays for leasing one of the new A333!
With the lower fuel price there is no problem finding work for this fleet. All the aircraft are currently flying.
That's the difference between having people who know what they are doing and a bunch of appointed, unqualified and incompetent clowns who are only looking out for themselves.Always fly a stable approach - it's the only stability you'll find this businessComment
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Guys,
If at all, MJ is shut down, will UL take over all its a/c? Is that easy to transfer leased planes before the lease ends? Will there be some kind of penalty for not completing the lease by MJ ?Comment
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Another day - more allegations and infighting.....
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The entire aircraft leasing story needs to be investigated. There are signed contracts that have names on them - someone signed these deals on behalf of the Airline.
My best guess is that if the lease is directly between the leasing company and the Airline then there is no fraud. Too high lease payments is simple incompetence. Based on my experience at UL I suspect that the entire fleet at UL is leased at too high rates.
This represents a significant portion of the monthly losses.
Any fraud took place on the sale and leaseback - where the purchase price paid and the sale price are different. And of course there is the question of who received the commissions from the various "deals" (well over $100 Million Dollars). This is why only new aircraft are ordered.
I don't expect anything other than talk - any investigation will be stopped or de-railed.Always fly a stable approach - it's the only stability you'll find this businessComment
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Pakistan national carrier confirms talks with SriLankan on leasing four A330s
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Biman Bangladesh has got approval to fly to Colombo. They are expected to start flights shortly.
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Singapore – Colombo eff 06JAN17 SQ466/465 service moves from daytime to nighttime, overall remains unchanged at 10 weekly
SQ466 SIN1935 – 2055CMB 333 356
SQ468 SIN2235 – 2355CMB 333 D
I believe most airlines will re-schedule flights to night time, EK, QR, ET, etc. Which means BIA is gonna be pretty congested in the late evenings/early mornings. It's already over crowded during those times.Last edited by anthonylk; 27-07-2016, 09:19 AM.Comment
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KLM Colombo resumption
It looks like KLM has slightly adjusted the schedule for the CMB seasonal service from the one originally reported by airlineroute.net.
Now it shows as follows ;
effective from 31OCT16 to 24 Mar17 Amsterdam – Colombo 2 weekly
KL873 AMS 0955 – 0010+1CMB 789 15
KL874 CMB 0210 – 0835 AMS 789 26
This is much better for the North American connections.
Any possibility that this service becomes year around ?Comment
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An Emirates flight EK 342 from Dubai to Kuala Lumpur diverted to Colombo today (28th) evening. Rreason Unknown.
Aircraft Landed on Colombo International Airport at 6.30 PM local time (13:00 UTC).
The aircraft landed on runway 22 and used the whole runway during the landing, then the aircraft vacated the runway from last taxiway Echo.
Aircraft Registration - A6-EES
Aircraft Type - Airbus A380-861
Construction Number (MSN) - 140
Special Livery - "Arsenal F.C."
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