Archive for December, 2008
( Photo by Amazing AirAsia ) Asia’s most popular low-cost carrier, AirAsia, is interested in launching ops to Colombo. Although nothing is concrete yet, if everything goes well, it is almost certain that they’ll launch Colombo flights next year in accordance with their expansion into India. Expect some sensational...
( Photo by Premshree Pillai ) SriLankan Airlines, since the control changed hands in April, has been steadily focused on cutting its frequencies and minimizing utilization, if you look closely. Singapore and Kuala Lampur, which received two daily triangular flights each, now running as a single daily terminator flight,...
Mihin Lanka ( MJ ) has relaunched its website with a revamped look and the resumption of services in finally confirmed now. The airline has now settled the overflying problems with India and would be resuming ops sometime in the first week of January. The website states as they...
The Sri Lankan goverment ( GoSL ), laid the foundation stone for a new airport to be built at Weerawila, in the Southern Province, in 2006 which was slated to be completed by 2009 and of which constructions are yet to begin . One of the main reasons for...
SriLankan Airlines is looking at resuming flights to Jakarta in early ’09 and will also be launching daily flights into Rome. However both routes are to be launched only because of Sri Lankan government’s request and commercial viability of a such operation remains a question. The airline has not...
Mihin Lanka has received its first aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, on a three month lease from Transavia of France. About the aircraft : The registration is F-GZHE ( as I had already predicted ), a Boeing 737-8K2, pictured above. Type : 737-800 ( sub version 8K2, refering to the...
NEWS JUST IN : With the proposed relaunch of Mihin Lanka and their expansion phase planned on 15th January, SriLankan Airlines will be suspending their services to Cochin, Calicut, Coimbatore and Hyderabad ( exactly on the same day ) and it is learnt that this would be done in...
The aviation market is in deteriorating conditions and an airline cannot commit to any large scale expansions. But SriLankan’s ( IATA: UL ) long-haul network and fleet is in desperate need of an expansion since a long time and UL could use the current market conditions for its benefit...
SriLankan Airlines ( UL ) has started refleeting its fleet with replacing older Airbus A320s with newer machines. The first of which, arrived at Colombo International ( CMB ) on 30th Nov, 2008 . The first aircraft to join the fleet, an Airbus A320-200, was acquired on a three...