A new section has been added to Airline Industry Review with information on airlines and airports operating in the Sri Lankan domestic air travel market. The section is actively being constructed, but already has a wealth of information and aims to serve as a source on often less known...
Ambitious and successful Europe based low cost carrier, Norwegian, has announced that it has placed the largest ever aircraft order by a European airline. The order is for 150 Airbus A320neos, and 222 Boeing 737s. This makes a departure for Norwegian from its Boeing-only strategy so far. The order...
Sri Lankan government’s project to create a rail transfer service from Colombo city to the Colombo Bandaranaike Airport, has turned into a loss making venture. Keeping aside the usual suspecting of corruption involved in South Asian dealings, this is a suggestion to make the system work in Sri Lanka....
Making local aviation history, an Airbus A380-800 touched down in Sri Lanka today for the first time. The unexpected first arrival was A6-EDN, an Emirates A380, enroute from Sydney and Auckland. Apparently the A380 needed to refuel and selected Colombo instead of its previously planned Singapore stop – due...
Leading Sri Lankan domestic airline Deccan Lanka has received additional capital after the purchase of its Indian Deccan held stakes by Singapore based Millenium Aero. The airline presently operates a single Bell 206 Jetranger helicopter and a GippsAero GA-8 Airvan aircraft. The airline has already finalized its plans to...
The following photos depicting the present progress of the Hambanthota Mattala Airport development in Southern Sri Lanka, were posted on Sri Lanka’s Airport & Aviation Authority website. The runway being constructed Terminal area being developed Terminal building being constructed Air Traffic Control Tower being constructed All photos copyright...
Nokia, the Finnish mobile phone manufacturer who recently embraced Windows Phone as its main smartphone OS, has taken the advertising for its new Lumia lineup one step further, by painting a Jet Airways aircraft with a Lumia ad. While photos of this aircraft are not yet to be seen...
“Just till I go to sleep today”.. You just want to be positive, keep your resolutions till the end of 1st january. But why ? Last morning I thought, I only need to keep positive mood till 12 noon. That’s when it will be 2030 to Kiribati and Tokelau....
The last few years have seen an astonishing rise to popularity, and also equally success, of various ‘stores’. Ranging from Apple’s wildly popular iTunes to the Chrome Web Store to the AppStore to the Android Market to the Nokia Store – all of these internet based stores have shown...
In a historic move, always-heavily-regulated Saudi Arabia has decided to open its domestic market for foreign airlines. This would mean the availability of 8th and 9th freedom rights, better known as the cabotage, to any interested carriers. Saudi Arabia’s new independent General Authority for Civil Aviation will make the...
