Sri Lanka Aviation

As i've repeatedly stated - this order has nothing to do with the requirements of UL.

This order is all about over $100 Million in Commissions that Corrupt Politicians and their cronies have pocketed.

This is why aircraft were leased at higher than market rates on 12 year leases with no termination clause. This has all been admitted to by Suren Ratwatte.

All of the above increases the value of the deal - increasing the Commissions paid.

This is what needs to be investigated (hopefully it was as part of the one year investigation into UL. I see this report has still not been released to the public). Who received these Commissions?

As for the remaining Airbus A350 - this order is exactly the same as outlined above. They have purchased these at what appears to be full list price (instead of a 40-50% discount given to most clients).

Again this is all Corruption. There are people responsible for this - starting with whoever signed this contract.

They've been trying to change this order for 5 years - still haven't been able to.

The only logical conclusion is that this order has no termination clause or a clause allowing the order to be changed and the people of Sri Lanka will have to pay.

I guess next week Kapila Chandrasena takes over again and we get to listen to his "Sri Lanka Big Talk BS".

Salamair announces direct flight from Colombo to Muscat

Expanding its subcontinent profile, Sultanate’s fastestgrowing value-for-money airline, Salamair, has announced direct flight service from Colombo to Muscat, one of the beautiful cities in the world.

Oman’s capital Muscat is a city of extraordinary beauty, an oasis of history and culture surrounded by sea, mountains and desert. Muscat is a vital hub for commerce, economic and trade activities and is considered the economic and administrative centre of Oman.

The Muscat-colombo direct route marks Salamair’s first entry into the Sri Lankan market. The airline now flies to seven destination in the subcontinent, including Colombo, Dhaka, Kathmandu, Karachi, Multan, Sialkot and Chattogram (Chittagong).

Scheduled to commence on

November 25, 2019, the route is scheduled to operate four times a week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, departing Colombo at 09:10 local time and arriving in Muscat at 12:10 local time. The flight will depart Muscat at 02:40 local time arriving in Colombo at 8:10 local time. One-way tickets to Muscat are now available at a special promotional fare of Rs.19,999 (OMR 45).

Salamair CEO Captain Mohamed Ahmed said: “Introduction of flights between Colombo and Muscat will contribute to further growth and strengthening of ties between Oman and Sri Lanka. It will also cater to the leisure and business travellers from and to Oman and Sri Lanka. With beaches, deserts, mountains, greenery, wadis, Oman is an enthralling tapestry of different terrains. This direct flight to the stunningly beautiful capital city provides a great opportunity to discover the incredible Oman.”

“We will continue to expand our network to meet the requirements of our guests. It is our constant endeavour to provide affordable and proficient services to all the destinations we fly,” he added.

Further, Andre Fernando, Chairman and Managing Director of MAC Aviation Services Pvt Ltd (Fully owned subsidiary of MAC Holdings Pvt Ltd) GSA for Salamair in Sri Lanka said: “We are delighted to represent a dynamic airline as Salamair in Sri Lanka. We will be providing a variety of services to support the airline and the discerning customer choosing Salamair as its preferred carrier to Muscat. The new route to the incredibly beautiful city of Muscat further solidifies the close links between Oman and Sri Lanka.”

Salamair currently operates three Airbus A320 aircraft and four Airbus A320neo aircraft making it the first Omani carrier to utilise the highly rated single aisle aircraft. Salamair flies to international destinations including Chittagong and Dhaka, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Doha, Jeddah and Riyadh, Karachi, Multan, Sialkot, Shiraz and Tehran, Kathmandu, Khartoum, Alexandria, Kuwait, Istanbul and to domestic routes Muscat, Salalah, and Suhar. Additional passenger services to compliment the customer experience on the homegrown airline include options for extra luggage, seat and meal selection.

Customers can book their tickets through the airline’s official website on www.salamair.com

Source http://epaper.dailymirror.lk/epaper/...3D%3D&feed=rss

4R-ALS came back from KUL to CMB as UL1423 yesterday.

Well - the report about SriLankan will never see the light of day imho.

Pradeepa gets his HR job back.

Druvi will be back shortly as well.

I am really going to miss the highly successful Yahapalana government. They were real game changers. No more free wi-fi

Gotabaya Rajapaksa wins Sri Lankan presidential election

I would like to know what are the changes going to come to Sri Lanka Aviation?

Congratulations. Hopefully, Sri Lankan economy will be on the mend and the quality of lives for all Sri Lankan improve.

For sure A350 will come soon??

A330-200, 4R-ALD 'City of Pulasthi Pura' is painted in all white and will leave the fleet within this week for scrap.

Why it's going to be scrapped ? it's only 20 years old airframe. Any chance ALD's seats would be fitted on ALS?

Lease expired. I doubt the seats will be taken for ALS.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has extended an important certification of SriLankan Engineering, the aircraft Maintenance-Repair-Overhaul (MRO) arm of SriLankan Airlines, following a comprehensive audit.

Sri Lanka's FitsAir to launch scheduled int'l pax flights

18.11.2019 - 08:44 UTC

FitsAir (8D, Colombo Int'l) has conducted a trial flight between Jaffna and Chennai, India on November 7 as a prelude to the regional carrier offering scheduled services from the end of the month.

Following the successful test flight to Chennai, Vice Chairman of Airport and Aviation Services, Priyantha Kariyapperuma told Sri Lankan newspaper Daily Mirror: "The airline will get the licence to operate flights from Jaffna to Chennai soon and will operate flights three times a week.”

FitsAir intends to use its sole ATR72-200, 4R-EXN (msn 373), on the 191-nautical mile (354-kilometre) international sector to India. The carrier made its international passenger service debut after it operated a one-off charter flight between Colombo Ratmalana and Vishakhapatnam in August. It operated its first scheduled service in March, when it began flights between Ratmalana and Batticaloa.

Alliance Air (India) (9I, Mumbai Int'l) is also planning to add the Sri Lankan airport to its scheduled network, after it conducted a one-off charter service in October.

Source: CH Aviation

If the lease finished, isn't it going to return back?? Is the owner going to scrap that??

total flying cycles done, so what’s the point of holding a leases agreement (therefore agreement will be finished as soon as when it’s going for scrap). we have done all the agreed changes and going for scrap under the owner’s supervision.