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  • dilushasg-bdavi
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2011
    • 555

    #3646
    Im curious wether if UL is goin to try out a new livery on the a321s

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    • ecureilx
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2010
      • 616

      #3647
      Originally posted by indika7777
      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?
      I know regional carriers now doing upto 4 hours plus on 321s .. and it is NOT a crazy idea ..

      And the carriers I worked with have reconfigured with 12 Business (2+2 with AVOD) and 18 Premium Economy (3X3 with AVOD) and 169 regular economy (3X3 with no AVOD)

      the first 30 seats are always sold out, and so is more than half of the economy, most of the times ..

      so .. see, it works.

      Agreed, they dropped the economy prices to near LCC, but hey, if they can fill it and make it worth the 321's cost, why not ?

      and it beats trying harder to fill another 75 to 100 seats, on their next capacity plane.

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      • CalgaryLankan
        Senior Member
        • Jan 2011
        • 251

        #3648
        Funny - UL's time table CMB to PEK is showing Mattala and BKK as technical stops. To my knowledge, technical stops are mainly for fuel (and in some cases crew change).

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        • CalgaryLankan
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2011
          • 251

          #3649
          Hello guys - I have a choice to select the following options on my return trip from SL this summer;

          CMB - BKK - PEK on TG (TG Smile 320 & TG's old 747)

          or

          CMB - HRI - BKK - PEK (UL - 340)

          Both seems to same price range - Y Class. Any recommendations based on your recent trips?

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          • Aaqib
            Senior Member
            • Apr 2013
            • 474

            #3650
            Mihin Lanka to acquire new aircraft in 2015?

            http://www.dailynews.lk/business/mih...w-boeings-2015

            Mihin Lanka plans to acquire two Boeing 737-900ER aircraft to replace their current Airbus A321 aircraft.


            The airline is considering of leasing a few Boeing 777-200ER aircraft for commencing long haul operations.
            - Aaqib Hussain
            http://www.youtube.com/@theflyinglankan

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            • lordvader
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2011
              • 366

              #3651
              Originally posted by Aaqib
              http://www.dailynews.lk/business/mih...w-boeings-2015

              Mihin Lanka plans to acquire two Boeing 737-900ER aircraft to replace their current Airbus A321 aircraft.


              The airline is considering of leasing a few Boeing 777-200ER aircraft for commencing long haul operations.
              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihin_Lanka
              Any source besides Wikipedia? Bad news if true. MJ should take a few more A320s and fly to secondary cities in countries such as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China and Myanmar. 777s and 737s would add expenditure that MJ can ill afford at this point.

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              • Cayman
                Senior Member
                • Mar 2011
                • 379

                #3652
                Originally posted by Aaqib
                http://www.dailynews.lk/business/mih...w-boeings-2015

                Mihin Lanka plans to acquire two Boeing 737-900ER aircraft to replace their current Airbus A321 aircraft.


                The airline is considering of leasing a few Boeing 777-200ER aircraft for commencing long haul operations.
                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihin_Lanka
                This is sheer insanity, if true.

                First of all, Mihin should be dissolved and their operations should be absorbed in to that of UL's.

                Secondly, why on earth do they want to acquire Boeing aircraft when UL is fully equipped to maintain Airbuses?

                (I have nothing against Boeing, and they are fantastic aircraft, but for Mihin, it does not make sense at all to re-invent the wheel)

                Thirdly, long-haul operations? They really should be smoking some serious hallucinogens

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                • 4R-ALA
                  Senior Member
                  • Feb 2013
                  • 383

                  #3653
                  why on earth doesn't MJ ever stick to their business model (LCC)?????????????? why shud they go long haul........they're meant to serve secondary regional airports.....

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                  • Srilankan1
                    Senior Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 499

                    #3654
                    Guys, pls Dont forget Mihilanka is Pres Rajapakshes private property.So normal airline strategies does not apply into it.

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                    • Aaqib
                      Senior Member
                      • Apr 2013
                      • 474

                      #3655
                      Originally posted by 4R-ALA
                      why on earth doesn't MJ ever stick to their business model (LCC)?????????????? why shud they go long haul........they're meant to serve secondary regional airports.....
                      I guess the management simply doesn't understand what their doing but apparently the say they can cover the cost of the Boeing Aircraft

                      Caption from the Daily News Article:-

                      He said that although there will be an additional cost for upgrading the ‘Boeings’, they can be able to cover this cost. “The new Boeings will give a better fuel consumption and its operation costs too will be low,” he added. - See more at: http://www.dailynews.lk/business/mih....bJObZN1u.dpuf
                      - Aaqib Hussain
                      http://www.youtube.com/@theflyinglankan

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                      • Aaqib
                        Senior Member
                        • Apr 2013
                        • 474

                        #3656
                        Originally posted by lordvader
                        Any source besides Wikipedia? Bad news if true. MJ should take a few more A320s and fly to secondary cities in countries such as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China and Myanmar. 777s and 737s would add expenditure that MJ can ill afford at this point.
                        They are also panning to restart services to Singapore (SIN) and Bangkok (BKK) in the future
                        - Aaqib Hussain
                        http://www.youtube.com/@theflyinglankan

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                        • Aaqib
                          Senior Member
                          • Apr 2013
                          • 474

                          #3657
                          Originally posted by dilushasg-bdavi
                          Im curious wether if UL is goin to try out a new livery on the a321s
                          hope they don't replace the flying peacock with a lotus any other stupid thing
                          - Aaqib Hussain
                          http://www.youtube.com/@theflyinglankan

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                          • 4R-ALA
                            Senior Member
                            • Feb 2013
                            • 383

                            #3658
                            Originally posted by Aaqib
                            hope they don't replace the flying peacock with a lotus any other stupid thing
                            why wud they try a new livery??...cz its meant for the airline UL, and a diff livery would not suit coz the uniform resembles the peacock...

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                            • ecureilx
                              Senior Member
                              • Dec 2010
                              • 616

                              #3659
                              Originally posted by Aaqib
                              They are also panning to restart services to Singapore (SIN) and Bangkok (BKK) in the future
                              Well, they are actually code-sharing with UL .. traffic from JKT via MJ are dumped to UL ..

                              Originally posted by Cayman
                              Thirdly, long-haul operations? They really should be smoking some serious hallucinogens
                              they are interested because there are a few 777-200 ERs coming in the second hand market .. at attractive lease rates .. why loose it, when you can add in a 5% somewhere ?

                              Originally posted by Aaqib
                              I guess the management simply doesn't understand what their doing but apparently the say they can cover the cost of the Boeing Aircraft

                              Caption from the Daily News Article:-

                              He said that although there will be an additional cost for upgrading the ‘Boeings’, they can be able to cover this cost. “The new Boeings will give a better fuel consumption and its operation costs too will be low,” he added. - See more at: http://www.dailynews.lk/business/mih....bJObZN1u.dpuf
                              Somebody knows something somewhere .. you and me can't do nothign about it anyway..

                              Originally posted by Aaqib
                              hope they don't replace the flying peacock with a lotus any other stupid thing
                              lotus is already there in MJ

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                              • 4R-ALA
                                Senior Member
                                • Feb 2013
                                • 383

                                #3660
                                any news abt the a321's of UL, as i remember someone saying 9th of Jan is the last day of the paint job....

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