Sri Lanka Aviation

I hope UL stops being so cheap at least after they join Oneworld. This is not appropriate for an airline that intends to be in the same wagon as BA and QR

Has UL gone completely mad? I'm sure it would take less time to walk to TRZ from Colombo than to fly with a stopover in the southern tip of Sri Lanka. This is ridiculous.

SriLankan flights out of Colombo (effec Dec 13)

03 Weekly - Hong Kong, Moscow, Rome;
04 Weekly - Dammam, Guangzhou, Jeddah, Paris, Tokyo;
05 Weekly - Beijing, Frankfurt, Riyadh, Shanghai;
07 Weekly - Abu Dhabi, Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Karachi, Kuwait, Mumbai, Muscat, Trivandrum;
10 Weekly - Bengaluru;
12 Weekly - London;
14 Weekly - Bangkok, Kochi, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Trichy;
21 Weekly - Chennai;
36 Weekly - Male';

SriLankan flights out of Mattala (effec Dec 13)

1 Weekly - Kuala Lumpur - Mattala - Colombo;
4 Weekly - Colombo - Mattala - Trichy - Colombo;
2 Weekly - Colombo - Chennai - Mattala - Colombo;
2 Weekly - Colombo - Mattala - Male - Colombo;
2 Weekly - Colombo - Male - Mattala - Colombo ;
2 Weekly - Colombo - Mattala - Bangkok - Beijing;
1 Weekly - Beijing - Bangkok - Mattala - Colombo;
1 Weekly - Shanghai - Bangkok - Mattala - Colombo;

Special SriLankan nonstop flights to China for Chinese New Year (5th Feb to 9th Feb)

5th Feb 7th Feb - Colombo - Beijing ;
7th Feb 9th Feb - Colombo - Mattala - Beijing;
5th Feb 7th Feb - Colombo - Guangzhou;
6th Feb 8th Feb - Colombo - Shanghai;

Mihin Lanka flights out of Colombo (effec Dec 13)

1 Weekly - Mattala*;
2 Weekly - Gaya*, Medan, Seychelles, Sharjah, Varanasi*;
4 Weekly - Madurai;
5 Weekly - Dhaka, Dubai;
6 Weekly - Bahrain;
7 Weekly - Jakarta;

* seasonal flight

Again heavy delays in UL Euorpean flights. UL 503 delayed by more than 12 hrs and UL 581 by 6 hrs.

any news about Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) Development Project – Phase II

Was there a bird strike on LHR bound a/c resulting all those heavy delays?

London bound UL flight nosedives

Plunges to 10,000 feet from 35,000
January 2, 2014, 9:19 pm

By Shamindra Ferdinando

National carrier Sri Lankan is investigating the circumstances under which a London bound flight rapidly lost altitude causing panic among passengers as well as the crew on Wednesday afternoon.

Sources alleged that the aircraft had nosedived from about 35,000 feet to about 10,000 before the Captain of UL 503 managed to regain control of the craft which took off from the Bandaranaike International Airport in the afternoon.

The flight returned to the BIA where passengers were told that a cracked window pane may have resulted in the flight losing control.

The same flight took off at 2.30 am yesterday after having replaced the damaged window pane. In spite of reservations, passengers had no option but to take the flight to London.

The Sri Lankan is investigating possible lapses on the part of its staff.

http://http://www.srilankan.com/en_uk/coporate/breaking-news/137

read the above link which clarifies about the media interpretation about LHR bound flight

the newspaper report is wrong apparently according to UL sources becz UL says that it is the aviation standard procedure to reduce altitude due to the nature of the incident that actually happened.

According to skyliner - aviation news, Srilankan airlines to get ex-QR A321. Aircraft Reg: A7-ADX. MSN3397.

is this confirmed ??

A7-ADX. MSN3397 is still in service with QR

Anybody know which a/c faced with this incident? ALH?

I was at CMB airport on the 2nd Jan early morning and saw that there was a LHR bound flight at the gate next to us and noticed a significant delay on the FIDS, later on I then noticed on Flight radar there was a UL503D and a UL 503 a few hours apart flying over Europe. Not sure of the rego, but im pretty sure the a/c in question was A340

We will be aquiring 3 321 frm qr.
Dates not yet cnfirmed