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...
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...
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....
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...
Southwest Airlines, the largest Boeing 737 customer, today announced that it has signed up for 150 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, and will become the type’s launch customer. The airline placed firm orders for 150 Boeing 737 MAXs, and also took options on 150 more. At the same time, Southwest...
With Malaysia Airlines in for another restructuring, this paragraph from Idris Jala’s now popular (and then successful) MAS BTP1 is still valid today for most airlines.. We do not want ‘administrators’ to take up leadership positions. We want only leaders who deliver breakthrough performance such as turning around an...
In a significant strategical move for a US carrier, Delta Air Lines has announced that it will be investing up to USD100m for a minority stake in Brazilian hybrid Low Cost carrier Gol. GOL has already signed a binding agreement involving the transaction with Delta. This signals a move...