Sri Lanka Aviation

**Serendib** · 14-12-2018, 11:48 AM

Antonov An-124 at MRIA for the ninth time

Antonov An-124 Russian Long-Range Heavy Transport Aircraft was landed at the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) for the ninth time last evening.

http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/An...me-159792.html

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**newsflasher** · 15-12-2018, 01:11 PM

US-Bangla is planning CMB service as part of routes expansion, no details.

**newsflasher** · 15-12-2018, 01:17 PM

Originally posted by banuthev

Turkish Cargo ......

Already serving

IST-KHI-CMB-IST - 1weekly A33F

FR24 shows Tehran was a stop on this route as well, it was dropped recently.

**Haleef** · 16-12-2018, 03:35 PM

Etihad A380 landed at VCBI a short while ago as Etihad 451 from Sydney bound to Abu Dhabi. Probably tech crew change, first officer sick again, pax sick or refuelling stop.

**banuthev** · 16-12-2018, 03:37 PM

Originally posted by newsflasher

US-Bangla is planning CMB service as part of routes expansion, no details.

Yes, the airline website listed Colombo as an upcoming destination. Have they received the two B738 which were due to be delivered in Nov ?

https://us-banglaairlines.com/flight_destination/route_map

**banuthev** · 16-12-2018, 03:47 PM

Originally posted by Haleef

Etihad A380 landed at VCBI a short while ago as Etihad 451 from Sydney bound to Abu Dhabi. Probably tech crew change, first officer sick again, pax sick or refuelling stop.

What is the aircraft registration? Good to see A380 once again in Colombo.

**banuthev** · 16-12-2018, 03:50 PM

Originally posted by newsflasher

FR24 shows Tehran was a stop on this route as well, it was dropped recently.

May be technical glitch in FR24. I just checked the airline schedule but it says TK is operating once a week on IST-MAA-CMB-IST and once a week on IST-KHI-CMB-IST. It seems TK has replaced the IST-BLR-CMB-IST with IST-DMM-BLR-IST. Therefore the overall TK cargo frequency to CMB has been reduced from 3 to 2 weekly.

**banuthev** · 16-12-2018, 03:55 PM

Wondering why does the MAA bound MH is flying towards Sri Lanka. Any reason?

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**Haleef** · 17-12-2018, 12:05 AM

Originally posted by banuthev

what is the aircraft registration? Good to see a380 once again in colombo.

a6-apg.

**vishwa** · 17-12-2018, 04:21 AM

Originally posted by banuthev

Yes, the airline website listed Colombo as an upcoming destination. Have they received the two B738 which were due to be delivered in Nov ?

https://us-banglaairlines.com/flight...tion/route_map

what i think this will take ages to materialize.. this is kind of wish list.. and Colombo is not in top list...

**ejanson65** · 17-12-2018, 02:49 PM

Originally posted by banuthev

Wondering why does the MAA bound MH is flying towards Sri Lanka. Any reason?

Most likely flying around Cyclone Phethai.

**banuthev** · 18-12-2018, 11:40 AM

Gatwick Airport News. Two of the best long-haul performers in growth terms were Kigali in Rwanda which grew by 134.1% while Sri Lanka’s Colombo increased by 110%.
Source : Ttg media

Any possibility BA is starting LHR-CMB flights? Colombo is lacking direct flights to Europe. BA is going to resume Islamabad onboard B788. Wish they consider doing direct flight to Sri Lanka too.

**newsflasher** · 18-12-2018, 02:41 PM

Only reason BA left ISB was out of security concerns, had certain events not occurred they would never have left.

**ejanson65** · 19-12-2018, 12:58 AM

Originally posted by banuthev

Any possibility BA is starting LHR-CMB flights? Colombo is lacking direct flights to Europe. BA is going to resume Islamabad onboard B788. Wish they consider doing direct flight to Sri Lanka too.

There is simply not enough traffic to justify this. Plus most of the traffic is low yield.

SriLankan can't make money on this route with full aircraft.

Even Seasonal charter flights have difficulty being profitable.

**Serendib** · 24-12-2018, 10:03 AM

Phethai cyclonic storm: Rs.20mn from Airlines using Sri Lanka Airspace.

Sri Lanka will receive more than Rs.20 million in revenue from foreign airlines for using Sri Lanka’s airspace because of the cyclonic storm Phethai, which is affecting Southern India, Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) head of air navigation service, Mahinda Mahamittawa said.

He said international airlines and private jets had used the Sri Lankan airspace on some 380 occasions on Sunday and Monday.

“There are more than 20 routes inside Sri Lankan airspace which are used by international airlines private jets and a number of domestic routes connecting destinations within Sri Lanka,” Mr Mahamittawa said.

He said due to the cyclonic storm, about 220 flights had crossed the Sri Lankan airspace on Sunday and 160 flights had crossed on Monday.

“The charges are calculated considering the weight of the aircraft which fly via Sri Lanka's airspace,” he said. (Indika Sri Aravinda)

http://www.dailymirror.lk/159955/Phe...ng-SL-airspace

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