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Wow! nice pictures! So, what does Sri Lankan bring to OW?
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Thanks ak892 for sharing your nice pictures from Oneworld ceremony. Do you work for UL Media?
SriLankan brings new destinations to Oneworld. E.g. Trichy & Mattala. It's an advantage for Oneworld, SriLankan serve almost six flights each day to Maldives. I think SriLankan should add more destinations in India, Maldives and to other regional destinations.Comment
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I remember reading about this earlier this year:
SriLankan to fly Melbourne next January
SriLankan Airlines hopes to fly to Melbourne from next year. Chairman SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe told Daily News Business that these would be direct flights. "We are looking at operating three frequencies per week," he said. An office of the airline was opened in Melbourne last year.
- See more at: http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=business/....apNnnUdo.dpuf
Been a long time coming. Could be like the 'kangaroo route' in the future allowing people from the UK/Europe to change in SL instead of Dubai/Singapore etc.Last edited by ak892; 01-05-2014, 07:03 PM.Comment
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Good news.I hope we will be having enough arcrafts by Jan 2015 to serve Australia.Comment
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I've heard "end of the year", "next year","soon" and "20XX" since 2005. Wouldn't give these reports too much credibility.
Fact:- The Gulf Carriers/other Asian Airlines have already captured the bulk of this market. There is nothing left for UL.
All this would do is further increase the losses at UL. Given the already disastrous financial state of the Airline the very last thing they can afford to do is piss away even more money on an unsustainable route.
Even the useless Clowns running the UL circus understand this.Always fly a stable approach - it's the only stability you'll find this businessComment
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Hmm.. the next kangaroo route.
Could be, although competing with high quality and 5 star airlines like Emirates, Qatar, Singapore and people who will fly with their national carriers BA and Qantas will be tough. BIA also is not up to the level of Changi and Middle Eastern hubs.
Joining oneworld will certainly help, but I think SriLankan has to meaningfully increase service to 5 star (or even 4 star) from the useless 3 star it is now. Low fares would be a way for UL to get pax, but would be detrimental to the airline, so non price factors like quality of service is definitely the way to go.Comment
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Well improving our star level is definitely never going to happen any time soon. Especially with the current management team.
I would love to see the airline floated on the stock exchange a bit like the Sri Lanka Telecom (which the government owns 50.50%) which is making profit.
Might help improve standards especially considering the current service offered by Sri Lankan which has gone done a lot over the years.
I flew to SL this x'mas from Heathrow on Sri Lankan and it was delayed by 3 hours. The same thing happened a week later when my sister got the plane from Heathrow. And even on the way back the plane was delayed by an hour and a bit.
It must be costing them a lot in charges for being late!!Comment
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