Srilankan not using Ukrainian airspace
SriLankan Airlines yesterday said that its flights were not using Ukrainian airspace when travelling to Europe.
In response to A question whether the airline had diverted its path following Thursday's Malaysian flight crash, a spokesman for the Srilankan said, “As a policy our flights are not operating airspaces, where there are conflicts. In this case our flights are taking different path when travelling to Europe, and we don't use the Ukrainian airspace.”
http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/49902...-airspace.html
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Nothing more but this has been the 3rd aircraft shot down by Ukraine in this month
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Only a punt here, but my guess is that the cost difference between loading a 777 (400 pax thereabouts) and running the fuel-efficient A350 with fewer pax doesn't make sense, given the upfront cost of retraining staff on the A350 and setting up maintenance for a new model.
Very interesting.. think of EZ, only a couple of models to keep cost down. EK operating on a similar low-cost model w.r.t. fleet.Leave a comment:
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Very interesting indeed.
Despite Leahy's claim that he heard about the cancellation this morning, first hand information from EK suggests that this has been in the works for a long time.
DXB will be significantly constrained in years to come choking the growth of EK and the only way for EK to grow would be by upguaging their fleet.
Cancellation of the A350 was apparently discussed in the same breath with the order for 777X and A380 last year.
Come 2020, EK will be a two (work)horse fleet; A380 and B777.
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Emirates cancels order for 70 Airbus A350s
Dubai's Emirates Airline has cancelled an order for 70 of Airbus's A350 wide-bodied aircraft, the planemaker says.
Airbus said the cancellation had followed "ongoing discussions with the airline in light of their fleet requirement review".
In 2007, Emirates placed 50 orders for the A350-900 and 20 for the A350-1000, with deliveries due from 2019.
UK engine maker Rolls-Royce said the cancellation would lead to a £2.6bn hit to its order book.
"While disappointed with this decision, we are confident that the delivery slots which start towards the end of this decade vacated by Emirates will be taken up by other airlines," Rolls-Royce said
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Three planes damaged, 21 flights diverted due to bad weather in Delhi
Three planes were damaged and 21 flights diverted due to the sudden rain and storm that lashed the national capital here Friday evening, officials said.
Airport sources said that three planes, which were parked at the T-3 (terminal 3) of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, were damaged. These belonged to Go Air and Air India.
Meanwhile 21 flights which were coming to Delhi were diverted, officials said. Among the flights that were diverted included four international flights coming from Kathmandu, Sharjah, Colombo and Kabul.
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MH370 Missing?
Any updates/Info on the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER [9M-MRO]?Leave a comment:
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the last DC-10 of Biman Bangladesh airlines (SR-ACR) named "New Era" will return back home frm Birmingham (BHX) to Dhaka (DAC), the birmingham-kuwait-dhaka flight will be the last ever flight flown by a civilian DC-10,,, ending 43 yrs of service!!!!Leave a comment:
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And Tiger Airways announced Flights to Maldives ..
There goes a piece of UL's pie ..
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SQ increases baggage allowances ..
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CLOSE CALL
2 Boeing 747s missed each other by 30m over Scotland, over 1000 people were on board!!!!!!!!! :
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