Sri Lanka Aviation

Great News! Just checked the D7 Flight booking which shows Colombo oneway flight-fare starting from 199MYR (Looks like Promo-fare until 31 Oct 13).

D7 will be operating Colombo flights on Tuedays, Thurdays, Fridays and Sundays but the inaugural flight operating on Saturday (28th Sep) If I'm not mistaken D7 fleet consists of only A333 type of aircraft.

09:20 - 10:10 - D7181 - KUL-CMB - THU.SUN
11:25 - 21:00 - D7182 - CMB-MLE-KUL - THU.SUN
11:20 - 15:40 - D7184 - KUL-MLE-CMB - TUE.FRI
16:55 - 22:45 - D7185 - CMB-KUL - TUE.FRI

There Economy Class Rates are attractive but J class are expansive than UL/MH/SQ

I guess they are trying to cover the Kangaroo route

Looks like A6-EDE EK 412 - DXB / SYD, A380 diverted to CMB. Very brief stop, could be medical.

Supposedly for 'maintenance' according to a follower of flightradar24's twitter feed who had called up the emirates call centre.

SriLankan Airlines is set to join oneworld early next year making it the first airline from the Indian subcontinent to join a global airline alliance.

Where is everybody - no post for few days??

So did MR took a UL metal to New York this week ?

Probably.

no posts for the last few days/??????????????

I wanted to know too... Wheres banu??? :S

ohh I think he is busy with his Wedding... Congrats Banu

can somebody please shed some light on this....

To get to New York you need to fly through the MNPS Airspace. This requires special approvals and training. UL doesn't have MNPS approval and there is no training program in place.

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SriLankan looking to rule the blue skies with its green efforts

SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, staying true to its Green Vision, “"To be a Planet Friendly Airline accomplishing sustainable and advantageous business development," has initiated many programmes to conserve environment by reducing the carbon footprint.

Its latest green initiative, the first in-house model biogas plant, situated in the Airline Centre, Katunayake was commissioned in June this year to coincide with the World Environment day. Implemented as a solution for the disposal of food waste, the biogas plant daily generates 12.5kg of fuel which is equivalent to the capacity of one Liquid Petroleum cylinder. While the annual gas production is estimated at 4500kg, currently 30 per cent of the energy requirement of the Airline Center’s main cafeteria is being fulfilled by biogas.

The green team of SriLankan Airlines, the masterminds behind the national carrier’s green efforts, also introduced a waste water treatment plant at the engineering hangar and a solar tube system at the Engineering Module Shop with an annual saving of LKR 1m, which earned the airline the silver award at the National Green Efficiency Awards Ceremony.

Having been the first carrier in South Asia to implement the green flight campaign named “Planet friendly flights”, the Airline takes forward its green legacy by implementing various programmes to control carbon emissions while increasing fuel efficiency. This year, the Airline implemented RNAV (Required Navigation) / PBN (Perform Based Navigation) approaches on some of the routes to enhance fuel efficiency with an average saving of 500 kg of fuel per flight. It also initiated a zero fuel weight monitoring mechanism across the network to minimize variances in fuel weight thereby reducing extra fuel uplift.

The Airline last year switched to ‘I-pad Electronic Flying’ ( IEF) from bulky mandatory paper manuals, to reduce weight on-board and paper clutter in the cockpit thereby enhancing fuel efficiency, accuracy and safety of operations.

It is also working closely with the Airport and Aviation Authority to reduce carbon emissions during aircraft ground movements.

http://www.srilankan.com/en_uk/coporate/news-details/92

Anyone know more info?

A Sri Lankan Airlines plane travelling from Colombo to Heathrow was forced to make an emergency landing at Stansted Airport in London, police said.

Two British nationals were arrested on suspicion of endangering the A330 Airbus which was carrying 267 passengers and crew.

Essex Police boarded the aircraft shortly after 19:30 BST and arrested the pair. The remaining passengers were taken to a reception centre and were due to be transferred to Heathrow.

A spokesman for Stansted said: "A Sri Lankan Airlines Airbus A330 diverted into Stansted at approximately 19.30 this evening [Friday]. The aircraft, which was flying from Colombo to Heathrow, landed safely with Essex Police in attendance"

"The airport is open and flights are arriving and departing as normal"

A spokesman for Essex Police said: “police officers boarded the plane and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft. The passengers have been removed safely. Enquiries are ongoing."

Is he going to marry an Airbus or a Boeing????