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Etihad Airways increases Sri Lanka flights to double daily
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will increase its Abu Dhabi-Colombo service from seven flights per week to a double daily schedule from February 16, 2014.
Operated with an A320 aircraft fitted with 16 Pearl Business Class seats and 120 Coral Economy Class seats, the new service will add over 1,900 seats per week on the Abu Dhabi-Colombo route.
Kevin Knight, Etihad Airways’ Chief Strategy and Planning Officer, said: “Colombo is a fast growing city that serves as a major business and trade hub. Our new second daily flight to Colombo will strengthen our position in the Sri Lankan market and offer our guests more convenient travel options and improved connections to many key destinations across our global network. The new flights will also further strengthen commercial and cultural ties between Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates.”
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Great news! International airlines are boosting capacity to Colombo.
Etihad Flight Schedule
AUH-CMB - EY264 - 13:45 - 19:45 - A320 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - CMB-AUH - EY265 - 20:45 - 23:50 (effec 16 Feb 14)
AUH-CMB - EY266 - 21:35 - 03:35 - A320 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - CMB-AUH - EY266 - 04:35 - 07:45
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US-Bangla Airlines to add Sri Lanka as a destination
US-Bangla Airlines a joint US-Bangladeshi start-up which is planning to operate two Dash 8-400s on an exclusively domestic network in its initial phase and thereafter, plans to offer flights to Sri Lanka including China, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and the Maldives.
The airline officially announced that In the long run, the airline has planned long-haul flights to the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Canada, Africa and Japan.
The initial plan is backed by the US-Bangla Group, a prominent Bangladeshi group involved in the Leather, Education, Aviation, Pharmaceutical, Agro, Media and Furniture industries.
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nice to hear!!!Comment
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Sri Lanka budget carrier to operate Boeing 737s from 2015
25 Oct, 2013 13:54:28
Oct 25, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run Mihin Air, will operate two Boeing 737-800 aircraft from 2015, chief executive officer Kapila Chandrasena said.
The two aircraft is being leased from Air Lease Corporation.
Chandrasena said the aircraft are expected to be delivered in June and July 2015.
Mihin Lanka co-ordinates its operations with full-service carrier, SriLankan Airlines.
It now operates Airbus A320s.
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IMHO Mihin should be looking for 5+ 737s if it wants to develop economies of scale. Additionally they should be looking at new destinations such as Kazakhstan, Vietnam etc. Honestly though they shouldve gone for A320NEOs. My mind boggles me as to why they didnt do so as a LCC.Comment
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Gulf Air may resume Colombo flights next year......
Gulf Air, announced its restructuring strategy was on-track following a robust financial and operational performance in the first half of the year, ending June 2013.
In the first two quarters of 2013, Gulf Air reduced its overall losses by over 50% compared to the same period in 2012. This achievement was realised primarily through a 26% reduction in year-on-year costs across the organisation and bolstered by sound revenue results aided by a Q2 yield increase of over 6%.
Gulf Air performed 15% ahead of its financial target in the first six months of the year, a clear indication that the financial and operating restructuring improvements already in place are yielding results. Gulf Air expects to realise additional improvements as it continues to remove excess operational cost from the organisation, renegotiate contracts with certain vendors and suppliers and fine-tune the network.
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Madness !, the people running this airline surely have a screw or two missing, does NOT make any sense to be operating Boeings and Airbus, especially when they and the "Partner" airline UL are so much geared up to Airbus.., they would have gor a great deal if they tagged it onto the recent multi aircraft order from Airbus.
Maybe a "minister" is getting a handout here ?
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