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When I was travelling regularly to AUH for meetings I would always try to take the UL 207 when possible as the timings were better than EY. Arriving around 22.00, I could be in the hotel room by 23.00 and get a good sleep, two hours before EY.
I don't know how much traffic was connecting to BA, I always imagined it being more to UAE; certainly EY used to sell AUH as being easier to get to Jebel Ali and Jumeirah than via DXB.
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Does anyone have an update on the two additional A330s due to come for UL? I've heard that they have been indefinitley delayed.Comment
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according to MAW2000, one of the two(4R-ALT) is currently having its cabin retrofitted from a all Y to a CY cabin in (TEV?) and expects to come into service by 15/01spotting Y-12s and helicopters from my home..Comment
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This may be because of a tax relief came to an end?
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has granted tax concession for airlines which will operate flights to the island nation’s international airports with more capacity aiming to boost tourist arrivals.
The move comes as Sri Lanka’s main Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) is facing difficulties in accommodating all the arrivals.
The tax concessions have been introduced by the Airport and Aviation Services (Sri
Lanka) (Private) Limited with the objective of attracting international airline services for the Jaffna International Airport, Colombo International Airport (Rathmalana), and Mattala Rajapaksha
International Airport.
However, those incentives came to an end and had to be extended.
The Cabinet approved to further extend the tax relief to the three airports.
The Cabinet granted “extension of concession of 50% fee waiver from the presently implemented deviation tax
for the airlines operating fixed-time flights to Jaffna International Airport till January 30, 2026 while the same was extended for the airlines operating fixed-time flights to Colombo International Airport (Rathmalana) for the period of one year from, March 27, 2025.
For the airlines operating fixed-time flights to Mattala Rajapaksha International Airport the extension of the full concession was granted for a further one-year period from December 29, 2024. (Colombo/January 07/2025)
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Hi, Good day.
I can't confirm anything as of now, RJ is unlikely to serve CMB for an indefinite period of time, they will be focusing on Indian cities as of now (according to some rumors from inside the airline) and will gradually expand down south to CMB. If RJ were to reinstate services back to CMB it will be on their flagship Dreamliner or A321 Neos which they are due to take delivery in 2025..
Thank you..
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Sri Lanka extends tax relief for 3 int'l airports to attract airlines. Any ideas which airlines will start flying RML, JAF & HRI? why CMB is not included n the list?
Sri Lanka's cabinet has approved a proposal to extend further relief which is relevant to tax deviations for three international airports in the country, according to the government's information department on Tuesday.
Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation Bimal Rathnayake submitted the proposal, the department said.
According to the department, concessionary motivation schemes have been introduced by the Airport and Aviation Services for attracting international airline services for Jaffna International Airport, Colombo International Airport (Ratmalana), and Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport.
The cabinet approved the extension of a concession of 50 percent fee waiver from the presently implemented deviation tax for airlines operating fixed-time flights to Jaffna International Airport till January 30, 2026, extension of a concession of 50 percent fee waiver from the presently implemented deviation tax for airlines operating fixed-time flights to Colombo International Airport (Ratmalana) for one year from March 27, 2025, and extension of full concession relevant to the presently implemented deviation tax for airlines operating fixed-time flights to Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport for a further one-year period from December 29, 2024, the department added.
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China’s Chongqing Airlines has resumed flights to Bandaranaike International Airport from January 08, state-run Sri Lanka Airport and Aviation Services Pvt Ltd said.
Chongqing Airlines will fly three times a week to Colombo from its home base in Chongqing.
Sri Lanka is experiencing a tourism revival with easy visa facilities restored after a new government came to power.
In 2024, China was the fifth largest generation market with 131,681 tourists.
In December Sri Lanka welcomed 9,924 visitors. (Colombo/Jan09/2025)
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A Turkish flight headed for Colombo landed at Thiruvananthapuram airport due to bad weather on Tuesday. A flight carrying 299 passengers and 10 crew members from Istanbul, Turkey, to Colombo airport struggled to overcome the bad weather and made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram at 6.51 a.m. Three hours later, a change in weather was reported, but the flight could not take off. The disruption occurred when the plane was delayed refuelling and the crew was overdue.
Read full news at https://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/ne...nanthapuram
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4R-ANF and 4R-AND will be coming back to service in the coming weeks. 4R-ANF will fly next week, and 4R-AND by the 1st week of February if things go as planned.Comment
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does this mean 4R-ANA/B/C will be inactive?Comment
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No, all 320s including NEOs will be active soon. 4R-ANE work will also commence as soon as 4R-AND is back in the air.
4R-ANF will fly on an airtest on Jan 13.
After 4R-ANE comes back to service, hopefully all 321neos will be in active condition just as the 320 family.
4R-ABL will soon be going on lease return checks, sometimes might go or it might end up being with SriLankan.
No information regarding 4R-MRE.
Regarding 4R-ALT, as per a few posts on this forum, yes, it's confirmed that it is under retro fitting of the cabin to UL config.
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Seems UL is trying to optimise current fleet before taking delivery of additional aircraft inc ALT. Please correct me if i am wrong?
When will it start ground testing for ANF?
Does ABL have flying hour left or is this going to be scrapped after leaving UL?
What seat config going to get for ALT? Will it get UL livery when delivery to UL.Comment
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