Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Finance, or Treasury, will likely take over the USD1 billion debt that SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo International) owes, and the government will soon start looking for an investor for the troubled carrier, according to Sujeewa Rajapakse, chairman of the state-owned commercial bank the People’s Bank.
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This morning, a SCAT flight from Kazakhstan arrived at Mattala Rajapaksa Airport with 190 passengers, while a RedWings Airlines flight from Moscow arrived at Mattala Rajapaksa Airport with 414 passengers.
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Originally posted by Serendib View PostThis morning, a SCAT flight from Kazakhstan arrived at Mattala Rajapaksa Airport with 190 passengers, while a RedWings Airlines flight from Moscow arrived at Mattala Rajapaksa Airport with 414 passengers.
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Originally posted by banuthev View Post
According to Airfleet.com 4R-EXQ parked since Aug-22.
Hi Haleef, Any idea why 4R-EXQ and EXR are not flying?
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Originally posted by banuthev View Post
Thanks for the update! Looking forward to see pics!
When they are planning to paint the EXQ and EXS in Fitsair livery and cabin?
FitsAir began flights to Dubai last year and has expanded to the Maldives and Chennai since then. The carrier’s vice-president Peter Murray Hill had commented last year that it is exploring opportunities in several key cities in South India. Besides Chennai, FitsAir is looking to offer service to Thiruvananthapuram, Coimbatore, Kochi, and Madurai.
Initially, the airline had planned to start services between Colombo and Tiruchi in December with three weekly flights on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, but that had to be postponed due to operational reasons. The airline is also keen to launch flights from Tiruchi to Jaffna and the Chennai - Jaffna sector this year using its ATR 72 aircraft.
https://simpleflying.com/fitsair-fli...0to%20Dubai,ke y%20cities%20in%20South%20India.
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AirJapan intends to begin operating flights in February 2024 and expand its network over time, focusing on destinations in Asia.
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Its good to hear Sri Lanka saw an amazing turnout at the ITB in Berlin this year.
Cumulative arrivals for the year are 234,547, which is an increase of 9.6 percent, compared to last year, he said.The Russian Federation, India and Germany are Sri Lanka’s top three source markets for tourists so far, in March, according to Tourism Development Authority data.
Any chance Lufthansa or other German Airlines flying direct flights to Sri Lanka?
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According Passride, Cathay Pacific is going to resume direct passenger flights to Colombo effective 30 Oct 2023.
DEP ARR Duration Via Airline Days HKG 20:05 CMB 23:30 5H55M --- CX611/333 Su, M, Tu, W, Th, F, Sa
DEP ARR Duration Via Airline Days CMB 00:45 HKG 08:40 5H25M --- CX610/333 Su, M, Tu, W, Th, F, Sa
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Originally posted by banuthev View PostAccording Passride, Cathay Pacific is going to resume direct passenger flights to Colombo effective 30 Oct 2023.
“The airline continues to add more destinations to its schedule. We anticipate that we will be operating around 70% of our pre-pandemic passenger flight capacity by the end of 2023 covering more than 80 destinations, with an aim to return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2024. As more flights resume, the airline is progressively reopening its lounges for customers across the network giving customers more ways to relax before a flight.”
https://simpleflying.com/cathay-paci...apacity-march/
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Aeroflot is going to upgrade the capacitity to Colombo next month by replacing A330 with B777-300ER.
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SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo International) has issued a Request for Proposal for the dry lease of five A330-200s or A330-300s for six years with bids due by March 27, 2023.
The state-owned carrier expects the delivery of all five aircraft within 2023 under six-year contracts. SriLankan has yet to publish detailed information concerning its requirements for the aircraft.
The RFP follows an unsuccessful tender in December 2022, which covered five A330s and five A320s. SriLankan Airlines said earlier it needed the five newly leased widebody aircraft to replace the current A330s, the leases of which are due to expire shortly.
The ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows the airline's widebody fleet currently comprises five A330-200s, which are 20.5 years old on average, and seven -300s, which are 7.8 years old on average. All twelve aircraft are dry-leased: the -200s from Carlyle Aviation Partners (three), and AerCap (two), and the -300s from Avolon (six) and Air Lease Corporation (one).
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