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On the 1 Jan 14, A7-ADX withdrawn from QR service and ferried to Eirtech Paintshop in Ostrava, prior delivery to SriLankan Airlines. Looking forward to see A321 in SriLankan livery ;o) . BTW I have requested plane spotters to share the pictures of SriLankan A321 in this forum.
I think SriLankan acquiring 3 A321s to replace A343s (ADA,ADB,ADC) which are going to be removed from SriLankan fleet in next few months. Any idea what aircraft reg these UL A321s to get?Comment
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Withdrawn Qatar Airways A321 A7-ADX Positions to Ostrava Maintenance.
01/01/2014
Withdrawn Qatar Airways A321 A7-ADX positioned Doha – Ostrava for maintenance this morning as QR3251. The aircraft will be prepared for service with Sri Lankan
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That is an crazy idea on both capacity as well as range. It could be used for medium/long haul and A330 s can be used for long haul. Even A321 as narrow body cannot provide better business class experience. Anybody know about configs? Are they going to use same QR business seating?Comment
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I do not think this is a one on one replacement in the truest sense of the word. UL appears to be re-configuring their fleet and with their new objective of trimming down the non-profitable European frequencies and putting more emphasis of regional operations (which I think is the right move for the airline, at least in the short to medium term) they are acquiring more metal for the regional sectors.
UL is (rightly) desperate to dispose of the A343s and the shortfall created by such retirements will be compensated by using the incoming A321s on the few short-haul routes that they still operate A332s and using the freed A332s on routes that were operated by the outgoing A343s.
So, in other words, this is not a direct replacement of a A343 on the CMB-LHR-CMB by a A321 per se.Last edited by Cayman; 05-01-2014, 09:01 AM.Comment
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well said. if observed (but not completely) the ageing a343 (4R-ADA/B/C) of UL are usually operated on mostly short haul flights in recent times, in addition since UL entering oneworld in April 2014, and UL is gonna add more value to the oneworld network by giving the indian subcontinent (as far as i know), hence its a good decison to add a321's so they can increase frequencies to regional routes.
plus, since UL had to even wet lease a MJ a321 to increase MCT flights, which clearly shows even during peak times a/c's are occupied and why place a LCC a/c by a FSC (which clearly is not a good thing to do), it makes more sense to add a321's.Comment
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Incident: Srilankan A332 near Colombo on Jan 1st 2014, cracked windshieldA Srilankan Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration 4R-ALH performing flight UL-503 from Colombo (Sri Lanka) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was enroute at FL340 about 240nm northnorthwest of Colombo and about 80nm east of Kochi (India) over India, when the crew initiated an emergency descent to 10,000 feet reporting a cracked windshield. The aircraft returned to Colombo for a safe landing on runway 04 about one hour after leaving FL340.
The airline reported the middle layer of the 3-layer windshield cracked, in accordance with manufacturer procedures the crew therefore descended the aircraft to 10,000 feet to minimize the pressure differential on the windshield. The airline stated that allegations, the crew had lost control of the aircraft and nose dived the aircraft, were untrue, the crew followed standard procedures.
Passenger Alex reported the whole windscreen had cracked, however, security at Colombo did not permit him to take photos. The captain told passengers the windscreen could have gone off and cockpit crew therefore donned their oxygen masks. It became noticeably cold on the aircraft about 15 minutes prior to landing. Fellow passengers commented that there was fuel leaking from the aircraft after landing, the captain said they had used special procedures to reduce fuel and thus landing weight. The very same windshield had been replaced prior to departure causing a delay of about 30-40 minutes prior to first departure.
The cracked windscreen (Passenger Photo: Adam):
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QR having two types of seating in 321. 12/165 and 12/170. wonder which one is this. and still we havent operate mj 321 to mct.Comment
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So More borrowing
& apple and oranges
listen dude (UL CEO) I really dunno what business school you went to
"SriLankan’s jet fuel prices are 47 per cent of its cost, aircraft leases are 15 per cent, and airport handling is at 8 per cent. “The financing cost for SriLankan is higher in comparison to some of the regional and Middle Eastern airlines,” he says. Mr. Chandrasena says that 85 per cent of their costs aren’t controllable on a management perspective"
Oil prices did not change dramatically in the year 2012/13 brent oil traded between $ 100 to 120 range. Your fuel cost are high that because you buy from CPC and you need to stop at Mattala. Fuel cost are controllable if you budget and managed it properly. You cannot get better financial rates coz you do not have great financial ratings...get it
"The controllable costs are salaries and wages which are at 10 per cent,” he says, stressing that for SriLankan, cost cutting isn’t an option" "
really dude cost cutting isn't an option (I wonder which business school came up with that theory) UL increased staff strength from approx 4000 (When EK left) to 6000 today; that is a 33% increase...did UL increase revenue that much for that justification and you say you did a saving by introducing iPADs? If your theory is that airlines are only making losses and does not need a turn around near future then that airline does not need to have CEO with a $5K monthly salary + perks. any one can run an airline with losses.
PS New Air crafts will not give you not more than 15% fuel cost saving. Since as per your record fuel is 47% of the cost that mean overall you saved 7%. will that be enough to turnaround the company???Last edited by Speedbird; 06-01-2014, 02:08 AM.Comment
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