Sri Lanka Aviation

This is what happens when the so called "Aviation specialists" have absolutely no common sense, leave alone being well versed in aviation!

I don't see the point as to why UL has acquired the Two A320Neo's as it serves no purpose as it would have been more practical to get 6 x A220's

I knew this route would be doomed the moment they switched to a single aisle Airbus 320. When the competition offered a wide body Airbus 330/Boeig 777, this was bound to happen.

And to think for over 35 years UL flew CMB-BKK-HKG succesfully. Taking the Airbus 330 off it was a huge mistake.

So what now? Is the regional Asian strategy still on the cards? If it cannot make a huge city like HKG work, then there is no hope.

Anyway I hope on the positive side that CX upguages CMB.

Why do people still not understand what is going on? - it's quite simple.

UL is not a Business - nothing about it resembles a Business. I work for a profitable Airline - it's the complete opposite of UL.

UL is a vehicle for Criminals and Corrupt Politicians for Theft/Fraud/Corruption and Racketeering. They have their "enablers" at all levels of the company - those at the top either turn a blind eye or block/derail any investigation. In return these "enablers" are protected at the highest level.

Why do you think HHR Pradeepa is still there and why no action is taken even if the crimes are published in the National Newspapers?

Even those not involved in any of the above are just there to collect their pay and benefits - impossible to fire anyone.

Why do people think that the same people who have run the country into the ground are somehow going to run an Airline successfully with their cronies at the helm? Delusional thinking!

Debt load is so high it is impossible to pay it off.

Leases are so high it is impossible to operate the aircraft profitably.

There are no profitable routes - the massive losses support this.

There are no buyers.

There are no "negotiations" going on. There is nothing to negotiate on a contract without a termination clause.

There is no "magic wand" that will turn this around. More delusional thinking.

There is no way out of this mess - the only thing left is a shutdown when the money runs out. Cutting routes looks like a last ditch effort to reduce losses.

Looks like 2 State Banks will be dragged under by this as well. Giving UL unsecured loans is a stupid move imho.

SriLankan is also reducing the Chennai flights to 28 weekly in Winter 2018. Any reason?

SriLankan airlines E-commerce transactions scrutinized

Unbelievable!
When other airlines have an in-house system, why does a loss making airline chose to outsource ?

As usual!
Don't they realize that they have yet again made a stupid decision?

I'd be flying in a couple of weeks to MAA and it seems like UL have downgraded form a A333 (currently in operation) to an A321 on my return sector

IndiGo and SpiceJet are definitely going to take advantage of UL's blunder and with Vistara commencing operations to DEL, they'd be guaranteed to loose Pax on that sector as well



It seems like UL is digging their own grave

It's true that some decisions are not really good. But the real reason for most of the flight cancellation is that UL is facing pilot shortage. Unless they find a quick solution for that this will be another big issue for the airline.

Pilot Shortage would add more losses to the airline because the aircraft are being grounded at tarmac most of the time. Any update on the lease return of the current aircraft fleet?

The frequency of UL flights in Winter 2018

03 Weekly - Kolkota, Visakhapatnam, Gan, Seychelles, Lahore,
04 Weekly - Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Coimbatore, Dammam, Jeddah,
05 Weekly - Hyderabad, Karachi, Muscat,
07 Weekly - Guangzhou, Jakarta, Melbourne, Dhaka, Kochi, Trivandrum, Madurai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Kuwait, Riyadh,
09 Weekly - London
11 Weekly - Dubai, Doha,
14 Weekly - Kuala Lumpur, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Trichy,
17 Weekly - Bangkok
21 Weekly - Singapore, Male'
28 Weekly - Chennai

The frequency of below flights has been reduced, recently or in Winter 2018.

Visakhapatnam - From 4 to 3 weekly
Jeddah - From 5/6 to 4 weekly
Karachi - From 7 to 5 weekly
Muscat - From 7 to 5 weekly
Kochi - From 14 to 7 weekly
Bangkok - From 21 to 17 weekly
Male' - From 28 to 21 weekly
Chennai - From 35 to 28 weekly

Other changes

Hong Kong suspended from 27 October 2018
London flights are going to be increased from 7 to 9 weekly for Winter season.

SriLankan Airlines has introduced "Live Chat" facility on the airline's website - https://www.srilankan.com/ . The new facility would assist the passengers to easily communicate with the customer service at SriLankan Airlines.

FlyCeylon & Serendib Airways still haven't been launched. Any reason?

Have they ordered the aircraft for flight operations?

Just more Corruption - someone's useless Uncle/Cousin/Brother makes a nice profit.

It's all there in the investigation:-

-Procedures not followed
-Contracts awarded by decree
-Complete anarchy!

I'm not aware of a single contract that was above board - all Corrupt deals!

IT department is second only to HR as the most useless department in the company.

That's their own fault - plenty of jobs out there for experienced Pilots. They are paying the price for their poor treatment of their Pilots. The word is out!

No Expats will join - plenty of jobs in Europe. No need to join the mayhem at UL!

Im unable to find this on UL's website...
Is it just me or is anyone else having the same problem as well?

From what i've seen, both Airlines have begun recruiting, however nobody as of now has reported anything about either of the airlines aircraft being delivered to SriLanka.

All I know is that FitsAir are in the process (and have already paid for) their Cessna Grand Caravan which is expected to be delivered next month