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I think the Gov doesn't want to close MJ but it's good to hear they are planning to make MJ as a "no frill" airline. As far as i know delivery of 2x A320 NEOs from ALC to MJ would happen in 2017. I wish to see the Gov changing the name of Mihin Lanka to FlyLanka.
Bahrain, Dhaka, Muscat, Jakarta, Madurai, Gaya and Varanasi are suitable for business model of Mihin Lanka. Seychelles, Kolkota and Lahore should be served by SriLankan.
Do you think UL can make profit if they serve Dhaka? I can notice MJ to increase DAC frequencies from 7 to 10 weekly in Dec.
It looks like UL will have LHR, NRT, PEK and PVG for long-haul flights. UL is making loss also because of long-haul flights if iam not mistaken.
My guess is A7-AIB is going to be painted in latest-QR livery at SNN. I doubt QR will lease the A7-AIB to another airline. This bird is only 5 years old. But UL must be looking for a replacement for 4R-ABL which leaves the fleet in mid-2016.Comment
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Well from what i have seen, MJ flights between DAC and CMB are always jam-packed in both Business and Economy. Between 2000-2001 UL had a 4weekly DAC flight with the mixed use of A332 and A343 and all of these flights were usually empty. Its better MJ sticks to DAC rather than ULComment
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SriLankan Airlines can lease its slots at Frankfurt, Paris & Rome under an extensive review programme.
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Virgin Atlantic is to lease out two pairs of valuable Heathrow take-off and landing slots to competitors, Virgin Atlantic said it does not currently have the aircraft to fill the slots, but plans to use them eventually as it expands.
American Airlines paid Cyprus Airways nearly £20 million for a pair of noon take-off and landing slots at the airport in the summer, the report said.
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Qatar Airways continues Europe expansion
http://www.arabianaerospace.aero/qat...expansion.html
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I will not get carried away by what these opportunist politicians say.
I believe my previous explanation was sufficient to understand the cause for present predicament SriLankan has faced.
Believe me nothing much will happen in SriLankan in spite of all these rosy talks. I know how this company works. Unfortunately it lacks real go-getters in its top management. Their focus is not align with the business plan of a crisis ridden establishment. There is no sense of urgency within the top management circle to get out of this consistent loss of public money.
There will be two scenarios I can predict with confidence now.
1. Next Budget Finance Minister will say that SriLankan has further reduced their losses and on the way to better manage the finances (naturally with shrinking network the cost will go down and the losses will trim down, but accumulated loss will further increase)
2. After 5 years in to their new business plan there will be a new government and SriLankan management will present the next batch of political jokers with a new business plan for next five years for recovery.Comment
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UL had cancelled the DME route in end of Mar 2015 following the decision by the new UL management which tookever after M.Rajapaksa left the Sri Lanka gov. I heard this decision was made this route was not profitable because of poor russian economy. If I'm not mistaken UL must have done well in DME route , when Russian economy was doing well & a lot of Russian tourists were flying Sri Lanka, the maldives and seychelles out of CMB.
My UL Summer 2015 Update :
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Passgengers from Asia Pacific also travel to Europe via CMB. IF UL stops European destinations,it will reduce passenger demand on those routes too.Who will benefit from from this is only Middle Eastern carriers.
Mean while UL gets good comments from passangers after introducing new birds according to SKYTRAXComment
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That's true.
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