Sri Lanka Aviation

Nice to know Mr Peter Hill sharing the knowledge for the development of Sri Lanka Aviation. Is Mr Peter Hill still working as a CEO for Fitsair?

Domestic airline better operated from CMB so it can connect domestic passenger with international flights. Any details of the upcoming Domestic airline?

Nice to know Mr Peter Hill sharing the knowledge for the development of Sri Lanka Aviation. Is Mr Peter Hill still working as a CEO for Fitsair?

Domestic airline better operated from CMB so it can connect domestic passenger with international flights. Any details of the upcoming Domestic airline?

Hello banu,
Don't forget that Edelweiss will be deploying 2X weekly flights from ZRH to CMB from 28th OCT onwards using A340-300, JZ reducing frequency cause of lack of slots and also because KU is poised to start flights to CMB from KWI.

There is a possibility that Rossiya will be operating on behalf of Aeroflot from the latter part of November or December, but not confirmed. will let you know, Azur Air will be deploying their regular winter schedule as usual, 767 will be deployed

Also, Uzbekistan Airlines to begin flights to HRI from Dec 2025, Dates will be annouced soon.
So far, that means here are the airlines that are due at HRI,

-SkyUp Airlins
-RedWings Airlines
-Belavia
-Uzbekistan Airlines

Thanks for sharing the update !

Azur Air is planning to connect Mattala with Novosibirsk with One off charter and two weekly flights with Samara.

In my opinion Sri Lanka Airports should be operated by below airlines and destinations.

Jaffna Airport - Local airline would've connected Jaffna with Chennai, Trivandrum, Trichy, Madurai, Coimbatore, Bengaluru, Kochi, Kozhikode, Hyderabad, Tirupathi, Mangalore, Mysore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, Doha and Singapore

Mattala Airport supposed to attract passengers from China, Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Below airlines can serve Mattala : Hainan Airlines, Air Astana, Uzbekistan Airways, Redwings, Azur Air, Skyup, Azerbaijan Airlines, Enter Air, Smart Wings, Hong Kong Airlines, Belavia, Arkia, Georgian Airways, Armenia Airways, Wizzair, S7 Airlines, Flyone, Air Serbia, Flydubai, AirAsia, Iran Airtour, Air Albania, Bulgaria Air

Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport supposed to focus non-seasonal operators. Below airlines can serve Colombo : Japan Airlines, Air China, Korean Air, China Eastern, Cathay Pacific, Vietnam Airlines, Chongqing Airlines, Thai Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Thai AirAsia, Myanmar Airways, AirAsia, Singapore Airlines, Flyscoot, Garuda, Qantas, Biman, Nepal Airlines, Air India, Indigo, PIA, Maldivian, Air Seychelles, Air Mauritius, Kenya Airways, Ethiopian, Egypt Air, Royal Jordanian, Oman Air, Salam Air, Emirates, AirArabia, AirArabia Abu Dhabi, Etihad, Qatar Airways, Gulf Air, Flynas, Saudia, Riyadh Air, Kuwait Airways, Iran Air, British Airways, KLM, Air France, Lufthansa, ITA Airways, Austrian Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Aeroflot, Swiss Air, Turkish Airlines, Flydubai, China Southern, EVA Air

Fitsair better serve below international destinations from Colombo: - Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta, Dhaka, Ahmedabad, Gaya, Varanasi, Goa, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Trichy, Madurai, Coimbatore, Kochi, Kozhikode, Trivandrum, Male, Gan, Muscat, Karachi, Dubai, Bahrain, Doha, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Dammam, Riyadh, Jeddah, Manila, Yangon, Salalah, Ras Al Khahmah, Madinah and Domestic flights to Jaffna, Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Mattala. Routes better to be codeshare with UL.

SriLankan Airlines better serve below international destinations from Colombo : Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Dhaka, Kathmandu, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkota, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Trivandrum, Kochi, Male', Karachi, Lahore, Muscat, Dubai, Doha, Kuwait, Bahrain, Dammam, Riyadh, Jeddah, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam, Entebbe, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Moscow, Rome, Milan, Zurich, Amsterdam, Toronto, New York.

Ratmalana Airport should be focussing on flight training, business jets and MRO facility for turboprops.

Do not get my comment as a negative one, But these destinations and routes are Hypothetical right?

i didnt notice the latter part. thanks for sharing!
then it may be overseas maintenance (since there's already an A333[4R-ALQ] in the 747 hangar)

Any new information on the to-be 4R-ALU(MSN#1037)?

Hi Banu,
Could you please grab any info or gossip about Local Domestic startup airline called as "Lotus Airlines" which was about to start before Covid 19 and plans were scrapped due to Covid 19, as far as I heard.

4R-ALN was doing engine run near Asiana Airlines Hangar at ICN.