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UL also plans for one off service of a333 to hkg via bkk in Nov 2014. even one off service on board a333 to male which will later go on to become scheduled a333 service as per airlineroute.net
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so basically on 15th Nov first a333 service is to hkg via bkk and once the aircraft is back in cmb on 15th of Nov itself I assume it will then fly scheduled a333 service to nrt which is also onthe 15 Nov cZ the flight arrives in cmb at 2015hrs and nrt bound departs at 2240 hrs or so.
am I right ??Comment
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Thanks Haleef. It's nice to see the second A321 in UL fleet. 4R-ABR must have have been ferried in CMB yesterday evening or today morning. Do you have the interior pictures of 4R-ABR ? When/Where it's going to operate the first revenue flight?Comment
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It' will be nice to see KLM back in Colombo! But do you think KLM can survive in Colombo route? In my opinion KLM should fly five weekly A332 service to Colombo. Two or three years ago, Amsterdam based Arkefly used to operate with good passenger loads to Colombo in all seasons Summer/Winter. That was a two weekly onboard B767. Notsure why Arkefly suspend the CMB operations? Once again loved to see KLM in Colombo.Comment
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Honestly, I don't think there would be a big enough market between AMS and CMB. I would suggest a route via MLE, but as we can see that didn't work for British Airways, even when there is a significant contingent of passengers traveling between the UK and Sri Lanka. While it would be nice to see them return, i don't think it would work wellComment
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It's not really about O&D demand between AMS and CMB, it's about the transit demand between Europe/N America and CMB. The main issue is that the gulf carriers have this market by the throat and the European airlines can barely get an edge in. The one advantage of KL into CMB would be to access Canada.Comment
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I feel like KLM stands the best chance of all European airlines of operating successfully into CMB. KLM has a strong UK market (they fly to 13 airports there), who often transit through their AMS hub. They also have amazing connections with North and South America from Asia. Netherlands is also the biggest Western European market not served by direct flights into Sri Lanka. Furthermore, SkyTeam needs a better presence in Lanka, especially from Europe. They often have competitive prices for connections via Europe, and also offer what, in my opinion, is some of the best service amongst European carriers, especially in the premium market.Comment
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CMB will not be a good pick for KLM. Again it is not AMS terminator traffic but continuing traffic that will make it viable. KLM has strong African presence but it is too far north for passengers to connect. Better served by Middle Eastern Carriers. North American destinations BA is there as one world feeder. Same goes for Europe. Hardly any South American traffic between CMB and SA eventhough KLM has strong presence. The by gone days KL operated B742 as AMS KHI CMB. This meant there was KHI CMB traffic as well. Not to forget that that in the 1990s expect GF middle Eastern carriers were no where
Also INIDA is well served by both KL and AF which are virtually the same airline so CMB with own metal makes no sense
Last but not least filling seats is and maintaining a high load factor will be a must from day from day one as KL aircrafts are with very few J seats and majority.Comment
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