Sri Lanka Aviation

Really; so if an aircraft does a hard landing...second terminal will help? (remember IL 18D EX-005 4th Feb 2004)

The 330 is deployed for the additional service - EK654. Flight has good connection times with inbound Europe overnight flights.
Emirates usually "tests the water" with additional services using 330 or 340, and if good loads increases capacity with a 77x. Also there is a big demand for the 777-300ER from other routes, more on order though.

While the CMB-DXB leg timings are ideal, I will not be using this due to substandard hardproduct, especially in J compared to the 77W. The price is the same, which I find stupid. One of the main issues with EK is different hard products. Waiting for them to phase out these pesky 330/340s and also get rid of the 'deeply reclining' BS they sometimes peddle.

Was just reading on the runway closure at DXB happening next year, when was the last time CMB was closed? Given it only has one runway, if they have to close for resurfacing/major maintenance, where do the flights go?

I am assuming previously it would have been Ratmalana, but now would they force everyone to use HTT? That would be a disaster!

Totally agree... And for that reason I will always prefer the 777 EK650 flight!

if there is a closure of runway 04-22 at CMB......@SpookyFlyer: the planes wont land on the second terminal, the airport would have to close for over 5 hours.........a second runway is important at any intl. airport

Emirates A332 near Colombo on Nov 2nd 2013, cargo fire indication

Previously it has been MAA...RML cannot handle wide bodied aircraft...runway length is around 2000 meters...HRI Apron is limited and also would not be able to handle peak traffic...like passenger throughput custom, immigration, check in and local transport.

HRI's apron can handled a maximum of 10 wide-body aircraft at once, while CMB's current capacity is 25

MAA is not an option, I am not talking about closing for a few hours. I am talking about major maintenance, like resurfacing which takes weeks. How did it happen before? KIA has been here for 40 years+, surely they have resurfaced the runway at least once. Where did the planes land then?

If RML cannot handle widebodies, then HRI would have to be the default. F all of us who have to fly to SL then! Maybe the expressway would have made it to Hambantota by then, fingers crossed.

Toyama Airport in Japan has runway with 2000m handles B777 and B767 : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyama_Airport

but RML's aprons(where the aircraft park) are smaller than the ones at Toyama

SriLankan Airlines reveals new aircraft, routes & alliance

SriLankan Airlines is to take delivery of new aircraft for the first time in more than a decade from August next year.

Delivered over an 18-24 month period, 10 new aircraft will join the fleet, flying routes to Europe & Asia.

Alongside six A330-300s, the airline has ordered four of the latest generations A350-900s. The new aircraft will increase seat capacity by 10-12%.

Chairman Nishantha Wickremasinghe said he hoped to move to daily flights on routes including Frankfurt, Paris & Rome over the next 18 months.

SriLankan Airlines is also set to join the Oneworld alliance in March or April 2014.

SriLankan Airlines SimNet Wins ICT Merit Award

SriLankan Airlines’ Flight Simulator Centre received a merit award at the Annual National Best Quality ICT Awards 2013 for its exclusively designed customer management portal (CRM)-SimNet.

The awards ceremony, organized by the Chartered Institute for IT Sri Lanka (BCSSL) was held recently in Colombo amidst a large gathering of IT professionals, stake holders, decision-makers and government representatives.

Developed in-house under a unique concept, the CRM portal - SimNet comprises a simulator reservation system with a state of the art booking calendar, simulator check-in / check-out system, reservation monitoring and usage statistics report generator for critical business analysis and a monthly revenue report. The software also comes with a simulator issue tracking system and a customer feedback acquisition facility which contributes to the enhancement of the Airlines’ training services.

The Simulator Centre of SriLankan Airlines, with its Airbus A320 & A330 full flight simulators offers a total flying experience on ground and facilitates training of pilots not only in Sri Lanka but in the region of South Asia. The flight simulators are certified by prestigious qualification awarding body EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) as a Level D - FSTD: the highest standard that a FSTD can get, after extensive tests and evaluations carried on site.

any news about changing/modifying the logo?????