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  • ItisCool
    Junior Member
    • Aug 2011
    • 14

    #901
    Here are pics of Srilankan Airlines brand new A320 (frm their facebook page)






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    • ItisCool
      Junior Member
      • Aug 2011
      • 14

      #902
      Originally posted by Serendib
      btw Singapore Airlines eff 20NOV11 Boeing 777-200 replaces Airbus A330-300
      and oh yea why did Singapore Airlines changed the normal A330-300 for their daily services to a old B777-200?

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      • banuthev
        Administrator
        • Dec 2010
        • 4010

        #903
        4R-ADC was back in operation from the C-Check on 3-Nov-2011. On the sameday 4R-ADE was sent for the Business class refurbishment.

        Originally posted by uthum
        I thought Thai was going to give up on Colombo due to Thai Air Asia's plan of flying DAILY to Colombo
        Thai will not reduce because AirAsia is launching the BKK-CMB route. Basically Thai is increasing the seat capacity by replacing A306 with B772 inorder to compete in the route.

        Originally posted by uthum
        hopefully,Mihin will add another frequency to Jakartha or Sharjah.
        It looks like Mihin Lanka is reducing TRZ and MLE for introducing new destination or new flights.

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        • Serendib
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2011
          • 1848

          #904
          NEWS

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          • banuthev
            Administrator
            • Dec 2010
            • 4010

            #905
            Can some one please translate this news into English ?

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            • Serendib
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2011
              • 1848

              #906
              wiki says Philippine Airlines starts Colombo on January 25.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp...s_destinations

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              • Serendib
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2011
                • 1848

                #907
                Changes in SriLankan Airlines board. SriLankan Airlines has added two new directors representing the two State banks and filled another vacancy created by business professional Chris Nonis who was recently appointed Sri Lankan High Commissioner in London.

                Kapila Chandrasena, the airline’s Director/CEO said Lakshmi Sangakkara, a board director at People’s Bank (PB) and W.A. Nalini, General Manager at the Bank of Ceylon (BoC) have been appointed as new directors on the board.

                Mr. Nonis’ vacancy has been filled by Mount Lavinia Hotel Chairman Sanath Ukwatte, who has served previously on the board.

                The two banks have a stake in the airline after the Government acquired the shares held by Emirates and requested PB, BoC and the National Savings Bank to fund the sale through a share swap. The BoC has a 20 percent stake and the others around 10 percent or less. The other directors of the airline are Nishantha Wickremasinghe (chairman), Shamindra Rajapaksa, Manilal Fernando, Nihal Jayamanne PC and Kapila Chandrasena (also CEO). http://www.sundaytimes.lk/111106/News/nws_07.html

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                • amaris
                  Junior Member
                  • Oct 2011
                  • 10

                  #908
                  Originally posted by Banuthev
                  Can some one please translate this news into English ?
                  The top article is the consipiracy theory often used used to cover our shortcomings. In this case 'diplomatic' sources are blaming the LTTE rump for keeping the SriLankan aircraft detained in Paris. It says that SriLankan engineers who went to Paris to inspect the aircraft did not find any 'significant' fault. Unfortunately they are not mentioning what insignificant faults they found and not defining 'significant'. In the Sri Lankan state sector speak a 'significant' defect could mean one of the engines falling off or a big hole in the fuselage!

                  The second article is a lame trip report.

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                  • uthum
                    Senior Member
                    • Mar 2011
                    • 136

                    #909
                    Pictures of SriLankan Airlines new Business Class flat bed seats (Sri Lankan online facebook page)

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                    • csilva_lk
                      Junior Member
                      • Aug 2011
                      • 17

                      #910
                      Enter Air's inaugural flight to CMB.
                      Enter Air, a Charter operator from Poland will operate 02 charter flights per month from WAW to CMB travelling via MCT.
                      B737-800 NG with 189 pax load.
                      Attached Files

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                      • Max
                        Senior Member
                        • Apr 2011
                        • 919

                        #911
                        Originally posted by csilva_lk
                        Enter Air's inaugural flight to CMB.
                        Enter Air, a Charter operator from Poland will operate 02 charter flights per month from WAW to CMB travelling via MCT.
                        B737-800 NG with 189 pax load.
                        Welcome Enter Air...........

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                        • Serendib
                          Senior Member
                          • Jan 2011
                          • 1848

                          #912
                          SriLankan Airlines is mulling opportunities at flying to two new destinations, Canada and Vietnam and negotiations in this regard will take place next year. The national carrier will once again add Melbourne to their route network from end of this year.

                          SriLankan Airlines made aviation history by embarking on the longest flight by flying the Commonwealth bid team to St. Kitts from Colombo. The pilots have had to undergo special training to land the flight since the runway in St. Kitts was small. “The aircraft also flew nearly ten hours over the Atlantic ocean,” he said.

                          http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/11/09/bus02.asp

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                          • uthum
                            Senior Member
                            • Mar 2011
                            • 136

                            #913
                            SriLankan Airlines made aviation history by embarking on the longest flight by flying the Commonwealth bid team to St. Kitts from Colombo. The journey with a two-hour technical stop over in London was 23 hours.

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                            • Max
                              Senior Member
                              • Apr 2011
                              • 919

                              #914
                              The pilots have had to undergo special training to land the flight since the runway in St. Kitts was small.

                              “The aircraft also flew nearly ten hours over the Atlantic ocean”

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                              • ecureilx
                                Senior Member
                                • Dec 2010
                                • 616

                                #915
                                Originally posted by Max
                                The pilots have had to undergo special training to land the flight since the runway in St. Kitts was small.

                                “The aircraft also flew nearly ten hours over the Atlantic ocean”
                                I thought 10 hours of flying is pretty normal .. and on a A343, it is not life threatening

                                AF and others do 10 hour plus sectors from Europe to South American flights on A 332/A 333 or 777s

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