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  • Serendib
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2011
    • 1807

    #5356
    Sri Lankan President arrives in London on a four-day official visit - http://www.colombopage.com/archive_1...25824062CH.php
    Does anyone know if the President took a regular, scheduled flight to London?

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    • ejanson65
      Senior Member
      • Jul 2013
      • 628

      #5357
      From the article in your link:-

      Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and First Lady Jayanthi Sirisena arrived in London by a scheduled commercial flight...
      Always fly a stable approach - it's the only stability you'll find this business

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      • channa
        Senior Member
        • May 2013
        • 230

        #5358
        Originally posted by ejanson65
        From the article in your link:-
        President took EK 651 from CMB to DXB

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        • banuthev
          Administrator
          • Dec 2010
          • 3947

          #5359
          Guys, Let's see if you can guess the name of the middle east based airline that going to operate charter flights to Colombo on the 19th and 26th March 2015

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          • Sali
            Junior Member
            • Oct 2014
            • 15

            #5360
            Originally posted by banuthev
            Guys, Let's see if you can guess the name of the middle east based airline that going to operate charter flights to Colombo on the 19th and 26th March 2015
            Mahan Air

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            • banuthev
              Administrator
              • Dec 2010
              • 3947

              #5361
              Originally posted by Sali
              Mahan Air
              That's correct. Mahan Air to serve Tehran-Colombo with charter flights on the 19th and 26th March 2015 onboard Airbus A310-300. It must be the reason to transport Persian tourists to Sri Lanka. In the past Mahan Air operated schedule flights to Colombo from both Tehran and Bandar Abbas. Wish if they again resume the schedule flights to our Sri Lankan capital?

              IKA-CMB-IKA - 17:00 - 19:30 - THU - W51134/5 - A313 - OPS 19 & 26 MAR - MAHAN AIR

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              • ejanson65
                Senior Member
                • Jul 2013
                • 628

                #5362
                Kapila has left the building!

                Someone was nice enough to forward me a copy of his farewell letter.

                Good riddance! Hopefully the rest of the clowns will be kicked out in the coming days.
                Always fly a stable approach - it's the only stability you'll find this business

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                • lordvader
                  Senior Member
                  • Jan 2011
                  • 366

                  #5363
                  Originally posted by ejanson65
                  Kapila has left the building!

                  Someone was nice enough to forward me a copy of his farewell letter.

                  Good riddance! Hopefully the rest of the clowns will be kicked out in the coming days.
                  Any idea who's replacing him? Peter Hill?

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                  • Serendib
                    Senior Member
                    • Jan 2011
                    • 1807

                    #5364
                    Originally posted by lordvader
                    Any idea who's replacing him? Peter Hill?
                    SriLankan Airlines CEO resigns



                    Chief Executive Officer of SriLankan Airlines Kapila Chandrasena has resigned from his position yesterday.

                    The CEO had handed over his letter of resignation minutes after Senior Lawyer J.C. Weliamuna presented his first report on the national airline to Ports and Aviation Minister Arjuna Ranatunga.

                    The Ministry appointed a four- member committee to look into alleged malpractices and irregularities that occurred in SriLankan Airlines in the recent past. The committee was chaired by Attorney-at-Law J.C. Weliamuna, while U.H. Palihakkara, B.A.W. Abeywardena and M.K. Bandara served as committee members.

                    - See more at: http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/sri....xqisY6sB.dpuf

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                    • Serendib
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2011
                      • 1807

                      #5365
                      Originally posted by Skyliner
                      4R-ALN to leave Toulouse tonight with an estimated arrival time tomorrow at Colombo at 05.45 utc
                      When is our 3rd UL A333 (4R-ALN) and 1st MJ A319 (4R-MRF) due ?

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                      • Serendib
                        Senior Member
                        • Jan 2011
                        • 1807

                        #5366
                        @anthonklk - Is it true Mihin Lanka to cancel Gaya flights and SriLankan to start flights to Visakapatnam?

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                        • anthonylk
                          Senior Member
                          • Nov 2014
                          • 128

                          #5367
                          Originally posted by Serendib
                          @anthonklk - Is it true Mihin Lanka to cancel Gaya flights and SriLankan to start flights to Visakapatnam?

                          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SriLank...s_destinations
                          Here is the article...

                          With less than four weeks left for the culmination of seasonal domestic flight between Gaya and New Delhi, uncertainty looms large over the fate of po

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                          • Cayman
                            Senior Member
                            • Mar 2011
                            • 379

                            #5368
                            Air India has been declared "sick" and slated to be shut down by the Indian government.

                            Now that the new administration in SL is taking cues from India, why not follow suit and save a fortune in public money?

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                            • skyline
                              Senior Member
                              • Mar 2011
                              • 241

                              #5369
                              Originally posted by banuthev
                              That's correct. Mahan Air to serve Tehran-Colombo with charter flights on the 19th and 26th March 2015 onboard Airbus A310-300. It must be the reason to transport Persian tourists to Sri Lanka. In the past Mahan Air operated schedule flights to Colombo from both Tehran and Bandar Abbas. Wish if they again resume the schedule flights to our Sri Lankan capital?

                              IKA-CMB-IKA - 17:00 - 19:30 - THU - W51134/5 - A313 - OPS 19 MAR, 26 MAR, 2 APR - MAHAN AIR
                              These are most probably vacation charters for the long new year holiday (Norooz in Persian, 20 March- 02 April). There are lots of extra flights to Turkey and UAE as well during this time.

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                              • skyline
                                Senior Member
                                • Mar 2011
                                • 241

                                #5370
                                Originally posted by lordvader
                                Thanks for the link. Ironically what he states in the article is mostly right. MJ needs scale (i.e. 10+ aircraft to be profitable). And his choice to swap Boeing for Airbus was a good decision too. Not sure why he wasn't given room to implement this plan?
                                A airline whether it is LCC or not require aircrafts to manage its operations. It should have at least the minimum number of aircrafts. All depends on the operational routes and the passenger load factor. LCC should have their own strategies to survive in market.However, this should not be a burden to our national flag carrier.

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