Sri Lanka Aviation

**Azamh** · 07-10-2014, 05:24 PM

Originally posted by lordvader

Anyone have an update on the arrival date of the new A333 or if the report re the VVIP cabin is true? If true, it would be an utter waste of money to fly around an empty VVIP cabin on most flights. Wouldn't be surprised if it was misreported and they are for example, converting an A340 to VVIP config (or converting one of UL's 320s into VVIP config and replacing it with a 321).

On a side note does anyone have access to the following site:

Ishka Airfinance | Aviation Finance Data – Aviation Industry Events

http://www.airfinancejournal.com/Article/3386480/SriLankan-plans-fleet-renewal.html

1000s of aviation professionals rely on Ishka Airfinance’s data, information services, conferences & events to chart their path to growth.

Ishka Airfinance | Aviation Finance Data – Aviation Industry Events

http://www.airfinancejournal.com/Article/3386457/Update-SriLankan-leases-A321.html

1000s of aviation professionals rely on Ishka Airfinance’s data, information services, conferences & events to chart their path to growth.

http://www.airfinancejournal.com/art...eo-leases.html

Yes the new A333 has vvip cabin reliable source

**budgetcarrier** · 08-10-2014, 02:59 AM

Originally posted by Azamh

Yes the new A333 has vvip cabin reliable source

Heard that they will fix the cabin whenever A333 is required for the President's travel. It takes around a day, with security etc. Surely, they can't be so foolish and wasteful as to reserve an entire A333 at all times for use by the President, even when he is not flying? Or is that what they are planning?

**Serendib** · 08-10-2014, 09:54 AM

SriLankan Airlines Adds A330-300 Service to Beijing / Shanghai from mid-Jan 2015

by JL/AIRLINEROUTE.NET

SriLankan Airlines has scheduled additional routes for its new Airbus A330-300 aircraft, starting 15JAN15. The A330-300 aircraft will serve Beijing on 3 of 4 weekly flights, and 2 of 4 weekly flights for Shanghai. Certain service operates via Mattala/Hambantota on outbound flights.

Planned A330-300 schedule remains subject to change.

**banuthev** · 08-10-2014, 11:18 AM

Originally posted by Haleef

No problem

Still not at the moment bro.. Cause it arrived today in the afternoon, not much people saw inside yet

My father is operating a Narita flight and is there at the moment.. As soon as he gets back I'll get some photos of the interior of ABR

Looking forward to see the interior pictures of 4R-ABR. SriLankan's second A321 (4R-ABR) started the revenue service for the airline on the 6/10/2014 on route CMB-MLE. Is SriLankan going to get more used A321 from QR or any other airline ?

Originally posted by janhongladarom

Anyone knows the status of SriLankan Airlines A330-200 4R-ALD, haven't seen it flying for quite some time. Is it getting new business class configuration and is it because of one missing aircraft not operating causing all the delays this week. My friend has flights from Colombo to Rome, and flight had over 5 hours delay both on Thursday and Saturday. What is with all the delays happening?

If I am not mistaken 4R-ALD must be on C-Check and still with an old interiors?

**MalaysiaMustafa** · 08-10-2014, 02:29 PM

Is MJ's 4R-MRE grounded? No movement for past 4 days.

**banuthev** · 08-10-2014, 02:40 PM

Originally posted by MalaysiaMustafa

Is MJ's 4R-MRE grounded? No movement for past 4 days.

According to Flightradar24, 4R-MRE sent to MLE on 4/10/2014 as MJ13. Now we understand, that's why Mihin reduced the flights to IXM, BAH, CGK in October.

**MalaysiaMustafa** · 08-10-2014, 02:55 PM

Originally posted by banuthev

According to Flightradar24, 4R-MRE sent to MLE on 4/10/2014 as MJ13.

According to FR24, it was operated to MLE as UL105, but no info of return. But same was operated latter in that day in HRI-GAY-CMB-IXM-CMB-SHJ-CMB. Reached CMB on 5th morning 5.45 am.

**Serendib** · 09-10-2014, 08:25 AM

OMG!! what's going on with srilankan? What's a rego of this A320?

Sri Lankan Airlines faces mid-air snag (source : colombo gazzette)

The Airbus A-320 flight took off at around 4.15 p.m last evening. with 142 passengers and crew on board. Around 70 miles from the Tiruchi airport, the pilot is said to have got an indication in the cockpit of a technical snag in one of the engines, airport sources told The Hindu .

**ejanson65** · 09-10-2014, 11:29 AM

Originally posted by wtjc

Hi again, I have two questions I'd wish to ask you experts here:

1. Flight UL505 (CMB-LHR) on SUNDAYS have already been delayed severely by at least 2-3 hours for the last few weeks. The flight today is even scheduled to depart at 06:05 now, rather than the original 02:45. Can anyone explain what's going on?

My guess would be there was no crew available and they had to delay the flight until a crew had enough rest to be able to perform this flight.

They are increasingly short of crew - 65+ Pilots have put in their notice. All going to EY/QR. That represents over 20% of the Pilots. These are all Sri Lankans - I guess they have no confidence in the way UL is being run.

Not sure what is happening in the Cabin Crew or Engineering but I suspect a lot of people are leaving.

No Expats are applying to UL - the word is out in the International Pilot Community about how UL has treated its Expat Pilots.

Expect this to occur more frequently in the coming months.

**Chathu** · 09-10-2014, 09:34 PM

Originally posted by ejanson65

My guess would be there was no crew available and they had to delay the flight until a crew had enough rest to be able to perform this flight.

They are increasingly short of crew - 65+ Pilots have put in their notice. All going to EY/QR. That represents over 20% of the Pilots. These are all Sri Lankans - I guess they have no confidence in the way UL is being run.

Not sure what is happening in the Cabin Crew or Engineering but I suspect a lot of people are leaving.

No Expats are applying to UL - the word is out in the International Pilot Community about how UL has treated its Expat Pilots.

Expect this to occur more frequently in the coming months.

So any word is out from Sri Lankan Airlines for recruiting pilots ?

**banuthev** · 10-10-2014, 01:44 PM

Originally posted by MalaysiaMustafa

According to FR24, it was operated to MLE as UL105, but no info of return. But same was operated latter in that day in HRI-GAY-CMB-IXM-CMB-SHJ-CMB. Reached CMB on 5th morning 5.45 am.

Perhaps 4R-MRE and 4R-ALD are undergoing C-Check. It's better for them to complete the maintanance for one or two aircraft before November/December when they are planning return 4R-ABJ and 4R-ADA from the fleet.

**budgetcarrier** · 10-10-2014, 04:29 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/sri_lanka/2014/10/141009_airlines_boss

‘ශ්*රී ලංකන් එයාර් ලයින් අනාගතය යහපත්’- සභාපති

**AF777** · 11-10-2014, 08:27 AM

Originally posted by budgetcarrier

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/sri_lan..._airlines_boss

‘ශ්*රී ලංකන් එයාර් ලයින් අනාගතය යහපත්’- සභාපති

please translate in english.

**AF777** · 11-10-2014, 08:33 AM

Originally posted by dilushasg-bdavi

4R-ALL at TLS (22-09-2014) photo by Eurospot..........any news on the delivery date????

Yesterday 4R-ALL made it's another test flight at Toulouse : http://www.flightradar24.com/data/ai...f-wwyx#48945f1

**ejanson65** · 11-10-2014, 09:16 AM

Originally posted by Chathu

So any word is out from Sri Lankan Airlines for recruiting pilots ?

They are training/recruiting cadets. They are losing people faster than they can replace them. 65+ people represents 3 years training capacity.

It's the best people who are leaving - met one of them in Paris a few months ago. No Airline can afford to have this happen.

You can't replace experienced Captains with cadets.

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