Announcement

**banuthev** · 18-05-2012, 09:35 PM

SriLankan is using the Mihin Lanka's Fleet which are currently being under utilised. Daily News reported today , Mihin Lanka to commence operation to new destinations in Nepal and Myanmar.

**umedhah** · 18-05-2012, 09:57 PM

Originally posted by Banuthev View Post

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SriLankan Airlines Network Adjustment for July - October 2012


Kuala Lumpur	-	Double Daily with A320

why are they using A320s for KUL ?

**Sakith** · 19-05-2012, 06:19 AM

ADA,ADB,ADC will be return to its lessor before 2014,,, ADE will start cabin reconfiguring very soon and there will be whole different type of re configuring for ADG as per company sources

**AirCeylon** · 19-05-2012, 06:57 AM

4R-ADF 24 J/CLS Seats all Full Flat Beds

EY new seats new ptv's!

**lordvader** · 19-05-2012, 08:35 AM

Originally posted by Sakith View Post

ADA,ADB,ADC will be return to its lessor before 2014,,, ADE will start cabin reconfiguring very soon and there will be whole different type of re configuring for ADG as per company sources

Whats happening with ADG? Or is it still confidential?

Originally posted by AirCeylon View Post

EY new seats new ptv's!

Nice! Thanks for the pics! Are these gonna be applied onto all widebodied aircraft? And I thought the A343s were being phased out?

**banuthev** · 19-05-2012, 09:22 AM

Originally posted by lordvader View Post

Nice! Thanks for the pics! Are these gonna be applied onto all widebodied aircraft?

Seat & Cabin Upgradation applied onto all Wide-body aircraft except ADA, ADB, ADC & ALG. So far Upgradation completed for three A332s (incl ALA, ALB & ALC) and one A343 (ADF). ALJ, ADE & ALD will soon be upgraded. Not sure about ALH.

Originally posted by lordvader View Post

And I thought the A343s were being phased out?

SriLankan Airlines will replace ADA, ADB & ADC by 2014. About replacing ADE, ADF & ADG not yet confirmed since their leases are not going to complete for next four years.

I think SriLankan should place an order for A333s to replace ageing three A343s.

**Sakith** · 19-05-2012, 11:19 AM

Originally posted by lordvader View Post

Whats happening with ADG? Or is it still confidential?

Mainly its because it has about 30 j class seats but out of them only 2raws are flatbeds. So everytime thre are somany commplains

**Max** · 19-05-2012, 01:29 PM

**Ihsanr** · 19-05-2012, 06:06 PM

^^ Wish they had a screen between the biz-seats for more privacy

**skyline** · 19-05-2012, 06:14 PM

Originally posted by mohamednaqeeb View Post

UL New Biz Class

Hey mohamednaqeeb! Is this A330 or A340?? Any idea about the rego??

**uthum** · 20-05-2012, 02:37 AM

Sri Lankan airlines to Lucknow?

Tour operators insist that the two airports could become a gateway or exit point to Buddhist circuit, in what could attract operators from South East and South Asia. There have been indications from operators showing interest in operating flights from Lucknow to Bangkok and Colombo. However, that is still in the initial stages.

International status likely for Lucknow, Varanasi airports | Lucknow News - Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/International-status-likely-for-Lucknow-Varanasi-airports/articleshow/13310053.cms

The two airports, which though have international flights operating from them, essentially to West Asia and Nepal, have an integrated status.

**Max** · 20-05-2012, 05:27 AM

Originally posted by uthum View Post

Sri Lankan airlines to Lucknow?

Tour operators insist that the two airports could become a gateway or exit point to Buddhist circuit, in what could attract operators from South East and South Asia. There have been indications from operators showing interest in operating flights from Lucknow to Bangkok and Colombo. However, that is still in the initial stages.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/13310053.cms

More SriLankan flights to India

Lalith Peiris, Area Manager - Maharashtra, SriLankan Airlines, revealed that the airline currently had load factors of 70-80 percent on the Indian routes and is looking to tap MICE traffic from India. "Our focus is on corporate travellers from India. We will target MICE and corporate travellers from Tier-I and Tier-II cities in India," he said.SriLankan Airlines is also aiming to increase capacity on its Indian routes in 2012.

Page not found - Sunday Observer

http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2012/02/05/new44.asp

**banuthev** · 20-05-2012, 05:55 AM

Originally posted by Max View Post

More SriLankan flights to India

Lalith Peiris, Area Manager - Maharashtra, SriLankan Airlines, revealed that the airline currently had load factors of 70-80 percent on the Indian routes and is looking to tap MICE traffic from India. "Our focus is on corporate travellers from India. We will target MICE and corporate travellers from Tier-I and Tier-II cities in India," he said.SriLankan Airlines is also aiming to increase capacity on its Indian routes in 2012.

http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2012/02/05/new44.asp

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Mihin Lanka Network May - July 2012
Dhaka            - Six weekly
Dubai            - Three weekly
Jakarta          - Four weekly
Sharjah          - Four weekly
Trichy           - Four weekly

In my opinion , Mihin Lanka must now focus only on Tier-II destinations in South Asia and leave the rest of the destinations (incl Far East and Gulf) to SriLankan Airlines.

**lordvader** · 20-05-2012, 08:26 AM

Originally posted by Banuthev View Post

Seat & Cabin Upgradation applied onto all Wide-body aircraft except ADA, ADB, ADC & ALG. So far Upgradation completed for three A332s (incl ALA, ALB & ALC) and one A343 (ADF). ALJ, ADE & ALD will soon be upgraded. Not sure about ALH.

SriLankan Airlines will replace ADA, ADB & ADC by 2014. About replacing ADE, ADF & ADG not yet confirmed since their leases are not going to complete for next four years.

Thanks for the update Banu. Hopefully they will install the new economy class on all widebody aircraft (including ALA-ALC which AFAIK only had their Business Class upgraded). The IFE and seats in economy class had been a big source of complaints for UL on Skytrax.

Originally posted by Banuthev View Post

In my opinion , Mihin Lanka must now focus only on Tier-II destinations in South Asia and leave the rest of the destinations (incl Far East and Gulf) to SriLankan Airlines.

Yep agreed with you there. IMHO UL should take over MJ's Kuwait, Dubai, Dhaka, Manila and Jakarta service. MJ should maybe fly to Chittagong, Yangon, Kathmandu, Tier 2 Indian and Pakistani destinations and possibly some cities in CIS countries. The service to Sharjah should be kept and maybe RAK and Beirut could be added by MJ?

**banuthev** · 20-05-2012, 10:28 AM

Originally posted by lordvader View Post

Yep agreed with you there. IMHO UL should take over MJ's Kuwait, Dubai, Dhaka, Manila and Jakarta service. MJ should maybe fly to Chittagong, Yangon, Kathmandu, Tier 2 Indian and Pakistani destinations and possibly some cities in CIS countries. The service to Sharjah should be kept and maybe RAK and Beirut could be added by MJ?

MJ already given up the Kuwait route which is now being operated as Daily nonstop by UL. Manila not yet started.

Originally posted by Cayman View Post

77W should be able to operate CMB-YYZ-CMB without penalties, although it may be pushing it closer to the edge. However, like mentioned above it does not make sense to re-invent the wheel with Boeing just for the sake of a couple of frames.
UL should get this idiotic idea off their heads that opening up new routes to all the fancy cities is going to help them keep their nose above the water.
They need to increase frequnecy in to their existing posts and solidify their position and make a profit first before embarking on extravagant projects.
Operating daily direct flights to Asian / Chinese destinations should be their priority.

Currently UL focuses only on increasing the number of flights to existing destinations in Asia where UL can make profit. E.g. From July 2012, flights to China, Japan and Thailand to be increased and A343 service to European flights will be reduced inorder to increase more capacity on profit making Asian flights.

To cut down the double landing charges, handling costs and fuel costs, UL has delinked the DXB-KWI and KUL-SIN routes where UL now operating the daily terminator flights. UL is not interested in Toronto but there are possibilities to launch flights to Seoul in 2013.

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