Sri Lanka Aviation

Hello,

ALN was undergoing a 1C check and should be returned to service by now i guess. Well I have no idea about the ABQ though.
Far as I know, we are not retiring any A330s for the time being... But some A320/1 will be retired (most likely the ex MJ aircrafts). but not in less than 6 months.

cheers

SriLankan launches Colombo-Melbourne nonstop beginning in October

Travellers will have a nonstop option between Australia and Sri Lanka from October when SriLankan Airlines commences Melbourne-Colombo flights with Airbus A330-200s.

SriLankan said the inaugural service would take off on October 29 2017, with Melbourne chosen for its first Australian destination as about half of all Sri Lankans who live in Australia reside in Victoria.

“Given the number of Sri Lankans residing in and around Victoria, we fulfil a long felt need for a direct service,” SriLankan chief executive Captain Suren Ratwatte said in a statement on Monday.

The daily flight has been scheduled an overnight service from Colombo, arriving in Melbourne in the afternoon the next day. The return flight is scheduled to takeoff from Tullamarine in early evening, for a late night arrival in the Sri Lankan capital.

The are no airlines flying nonstop between Australia and Sri Lanka.

Currently, SriLankan serves Australia one-stop through Kuala Lumpur or Singapore thanks to codeshares with fellow oneworld alliance members Malaysia Airlines and Qantas, respectively.

SriLankan chief commercial officer Siva Ramachandran said there had been a “steady increase” in passengers travelling between Australia and Sri Lanka on one-stop itineraries.

“Our direct services will give us a definite advantage as SriLankan is the only carrier that is able to offer connectivity of this nature at this time,” Ramachandran said.

“We also offer seamless onward connections beyond Colombo to a range of destinations in the Indian sub-continent and Middle East.”

Australia’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Bryce Hutchesson congratulated SriLankan for launching the new route.

“Direct air connections between countries stimulate two-way tourism, business, trade and people-to-people exchange which are the core ingredients for a vibrant bilateral relationship,” Hutchesson said.

http://australianaviation.com.au/201...ng-in-october/

Hope they use 4R-ALS. Its relatively new (~8yrs) among the A332 fleet

SriLankan expands network to Yangon in deal with Myanmar Airways

SriLankan Airlines will expand its network to Yangon in a codeshare partnership with Myanmar Airways International (MAI) on flights to Bangkok and Singapore from 1st June 2017 to take advantage of growing tourist traffic.

MAI will codeshare on flights operated by SriLankan between Colombo and Bangkok, and Colombo and Singapore, a statement said.

“Passengers will enjoy the conveniences of the partnership, such as a single ticket itinerary and interlined luggage.”

“Myanmar is currently experiencing considerable growth in tourism, and we are confident that the addition of Yangon will strengthen our network and help serve the needs of our customers,” SriLankan Airlines’ Chief Commercial Officer Siva Ramachandran said.

“Extending SriLankan Airlines’ network to Yangon was part of our dynamic strategy of focusing on the Asia-Middle East region, which is the fastest growing market for global air travel.”

SriLankan has in recent months expanded its codeshare agreements with several other airlines in order to strengthen its network and provide enhanced travel options for its customers.

Qatar Airways Cargo adds Colombo, Dublin to pharma network

With Colombo just added to Qatar Airways Cargo’s Pharma Network, and Dublin set to come online June 12, the carrier’s pharmaceutical transport network will soon reach 73 destinations globally.

The soon-to-commence Dublin route will be serviced by 787 flights, connecting Doha to “one of the leading global hubs for the pharmaceutical industry,” with nine of the top ten largest pharmaceutical companies operating in Ireland.

In Colombo, the carrier is betting on the country’s Export Processing Zone, which opened last year, to turn Sri Lanka from a net importer of pharmaceuticals and healthcare products to an exporter.

Qatar Airways Cargo will offer its specialist pharmaceuticals transport solution, called “QR Pharma,” on the routes, which has proven effective in mitigating the extreme temperatures at its home base in Qatar. Sri Lanka, with its own extreme temperatures and underdeveloped infrastructure, is a strong candidate for self-contained transportation solutions, such as QR Pharma.


http://aircargoworld.com/qatar-airwa...harma-network/

today next testflight local time 4 p.m

Thanks. It looks like test / acceptance flight is being done every other three days. Any chance for pictures? May be final acceptance flight on 04/05th June prior to registration change from D-AVYO to 4R-ANC. May be it will be ferried to Colombo by 12th June. Correct me if I am wrong.

4R-ALN still going through checks ---- no movements yet on FLIGHTRADAR24

Air India has opened the reservation of upcoming Varanasi-Colombo flights. The flight service is going to commence on the 4-Aug-17

Fri.Sun - VNS-CMB - AI271 - 12:35-15:55
Fri.Sun - CMB-VNS - AI272 - 16:55-20:20

Any idea which aircraft going to be used for this flight?

SriLankan Airlines Flight Network (valid from July 17)

1 weekly
CMB-Varanasi
CMB-Gaya

3 weekly
CMB-Kunming
CMB-Kolkota
CMB-Lahore

4 weekly
CMB-Tokyo
CMB-Beijing
CMB-Shanghai
CMB-Seychelles
CMB-Dammam
CMB-Visakhapatnam
CMB-Coimbatore
CMB-Hyderabad
CMB-Gan

5 weekly
CMB-Hong Kong

7 weekly
CMB-Jeddah
CMB-Jakarta
CMB-Melbourne (effect 29 Oct)
CMB-Dhaka
CMB-Mumbai
CMB-Trivandrum
CMB-Karachi
CMB-Muscat
CMB-Abu Dhabi
CMB-Dubai
CMB-Doha
CMB-Bahrain
CMB-Kuwait
CMB-Riyadh
CMB-London (9 weekly from 29-Oct)
CMB-Guangzhou
CMB-Madurai

11 weekly
CMB-Delhi

14 weekly
CMB-Kuala Lumpur
CMB-Kochi
CMB-Bengaluru
CMB-Trichy

21 weekly
CMB-Bangkok
CMB-Singapore

28 weekly
CMB-Male'

35 weekly
CMB-Chennai

above info as per gds 03-06-2017

Some News Highlights : -

-> SriLankan is planning to increase more frequency of flights to Mumbai and Kolkota;
-> SriLankan may launch direct flights to Ahmedabad, India in Winter 2018;
-> Direct passenger flights to Vietnam have been planned by SriLankan;

Edit :

Thanks 4R-ALA and MalaysiaMustafa I have corrected it now.

CORRECTION: JED is daily not 6
As UL is operating daily since APRIL and their website says the same for 2017

Thank you. You're correct. JED is Daily.

Currently UL is serving Middle East Destinations with Daily but except for Dammam which is only 4 weekly. Why does UL is not increasing the Dammam flights?

Is the religious traffic sufficient to justify this flight?

They'd probably Utilize their A319.

Members any idea of what sort of an impact the Qatar crisis would leave on the aviation industry here in sri lanka. Any ideas on upcoming air fares would be. Airlines like EK,EY,SV,GF,FZ,G9 have all stopped it's operations to DOH. Now keeping in mind that most of these carriers hauled quite a lot of passengers to DOH through transit and they now has terminated operations, this leaves only UL,QR,KU(transit) operating the CMB-DOH sector. Now will this mean the air fares between this sector would possibly increase. And will we see more fifth freedom flights operated between this sector, will airlines like Royal Jordanian return or will airlines like Oman air increase frequency to cater this market gap.