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Yeah. Its currently in hanger for maintenance. Lease return check will commence in January 2020

Do we have a replacement?

Dont know about that. But I guess We do not have any replacements soon

According to attached email,resumption of Thai Airasia has been postponed.

@banuthev Tks for the update...
it is also noted that China Eastern KUNMING-COLOMBO-MALE is also stopped for last two weeks like

That's surprising. Any reason why China Eastern quiting Kunming-Colombo route?

Ashok Pathirage appointed Chairman of SriLankan Airlines
Monday December 16, 2019 12:31:54


ECONOMYNEXT- Top businessman Ashok Pathirage has been appointed chairman of the national carrier SriLankan Airlines, he said.

Pathirage told Economynext on Monday that he was officially appointed as chairman.

Newly appointed President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has said that he has set high bars for appointments to state-owned enterprises such as SriLankan through a committee, in order to turn them into profitable businesses.

Pathirage is the chairman and managing director of the Softlogic Group, which operates in Sri Lanka’s retail, healthcare, financial, technology, leisure and automobile industries.

Softlogic’s Asiri Hospitals is Sri Lanka’s largest private-owned hospital chain, and the retail business has the largest portfolio of foreign and local lifestyle brands.

SriLankan Airlines is in dire straits, posting a 41.7 billion rupee loss for the 2019 financial year, up from an 18.6 billion rupee loss a year earlier, with retained losses reaching 223.5 billion rupees.

The airline has won numerous awards for service standards, but rising competition from Middle Eastern and budget carriers, as well as past mismanagement had led to the airline’s losses.

A Presidential Commission had investigated the losses and poor management practices at the airline. (Colombo/Dec16/2019)

Source : Economy Next

SriLankan Airlines is adding 18 more new cities in Europe, North America, South America and the Middle East through the expansion of its codeshare agreement with Qatar Airways, bringing its global route network to 127 destinations in 56 countries.

Doha – Colombo

eff 29MAR20 Qatar Airways Increase from 4 to 5 daily, additional flight operated by A320

QR656 DOH0100 – 0845CMB 320 D
QR657 CMB0945 – 1235DOH 320 D

Even it is a good news in aviation field, it will not be a good news for srilankan airlines...because,that means they're going to be expand in srilanka too...they're traveling our national career's passengers...so,srilankan also should increase their weekly frequencies to doha...large number of europeans traveling to srilanka via doha. So,srilankan can operate another widebody aircraft to DOH additionally to the present night flight...it will be very good i guess..

i was wondering why Qatar was not getting its 5th flight in the beginning of the season.. usually they had started this somewhere Oct/Sep in the last few years.. i thought the load factor has come down.. and wonder why they are starting end of the season??? anyway good news as far SL aviation is concerned though..

Doha is becoming the next best aviation hub after Dubai.. so we cannot expect same result just by increasing UL flights to DOHA.. because QR planning their schedules based on most convenient and shorter connecting flights.. so UL cannot simply flight back by just adding more flights i guess...

one good for SL aviation may not be good for UL as always...

on the other hand.. any idea why EK is not increasing its frequency to CMB? i remember they had ask for permission to increase daily flights from 3 to 4 or 5 sometimes back? can anyone update on this as well pls

UL already have 11 flights per week to DOH.
EK flies to DXB 3 direct and 1 via Male already.

SriLankan Airlines & Gulf Air ink codeshare agreement
Author LBO
Posted on December 18, 2019 | Aviation
SriLankan Airlines & Gulf Air ink codeshare agreement

Dec 18, 2019 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines and Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain have entered into a codeshare partnership significantly enhancing the travel options of their respective customers.

Under this agreement, SriLankan Airlines will place its ‘UL’ code on Gulf Air’s flights from Bahrain to Colombo, the Greek capital Athens and Larnaca in Cyprus. Gulf Air will, in turn, place its ‘GF’ code on SriLankan Airlines’ flights from Colombo to Bahrain.

“We are happy to sign with SriLankan Airlines and increase number of direct flights between the Kingdom of Bahrain and Sri Lanka,” Krešimir Kučko, Gulf Air’s Chief Executive Officer said.

“With our strong network in the Europe and North Africa, SriLankan Airlines can now offer more destinations to their passengers through our flights with one stop in our fast and efficient hub, Bahrain International Airport.”

The codeshare agreement followed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two airlines and is also intended to further strengthen the longstanding friendship between the two nations of Sri Lanka and Bahrain.

Source: Lanka Business Online

Srilankan operates extra flights to LHR year end to January

UL is flying few extra morning flights to London Heathrow between end of the year to early January.

SriLankan Airlines expands Malaysia Airlines codeshare from mid-Dec 2019
By Jim Liu

Posted20 December 2019 05:00

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SriLankan Airlines this month expanded codeshare partnership with Malaysia Airlines, covering additional service via Kuala Lumpur. Following codeshare routes went into effect since 16DEC19 (approximate, or earlier).

SriLankan Airlines operated by Malaysia Airlines
Kuala Lumpur – Hong Kong
Kuala Lumpur – Seoul Incheon