There has been a heated debate in aviation circles about the recent firing of Air Tahiti Nui CEO Mr. Cedric Pasteur, and replacing him with a person who is mainly seen as a political ally. Cedric Pasteur was a professional CEO with considerable industry experience and was amidst a...
The first Boeing 747-8 Freighetr for British Airways World Cargo was captured doing taxi tests, by Matt Cawby. The aircraft reg is G-GSSD. Also can be seen are some pics of the aircraft on his blog.
First photos of SriLankan Airlines’ next factory fresh Airbus A320, MSN4869 (to be registered 4R-ABN) has emerged following its first flight. Photo courtesy of Hamburg Finkenwerder Spotter The new aircraft, the second factory fresh Airbus A320 for SriLankan, made its first test flight on 4th October and...
SriLankan Airlines’ Airbus A320-232 aircraft, MSN 2914 (4R-ABH), has had its lease period ended and has now been taken up by TransAsia Airways of Taiwan. SriLankan took delivery of MSN2914 in 2009, on a two year operating lease. The aircraft last appears to have operated for SriLankan on 15th...
Air France and KLM today announced their plan to purchase both Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 aircraft for its future fleet expansion and renewal. The deal, approved yesterday by Air France KLM Board of Directors, is yet to be finalized by the manufacturers. The order will consist of 50...
To an outsider, it may seem as if the once proud Indian national carrier – Air India – is on the brink of bankruptcy. And there now is a real issue about the airline’s future. Will Air India go bankrupt? What made it to fall to this situation? And...
Sri Lankan business-focused website LMD has published an interview with SriLankan Airlines’ new CEO Mr. Kapila Chandrasena. He makes some interesting remarks and mentions about the airline’s future expansion while hinting about a new destination in Africa. Worth having a look at.
Criticism of loss-making Air India’s large Boeing order in 2005 came to light this week with a report by the Indian Auditor General. And now Aviation Week is reporting about a U.S Diplomatic cable leaked by Wikileaks that reveals some new information about the U.S government’s role in the order....
As posted on The Networker, SriLankan Airlines from 24th December is adding its fourth weekly frequency to Tokyo Narita. The new flight operates out of Colombo on Saturdays and out of Narita on Sundays, on board Airbus A340-300 aircraft. The flight will operate as UL454/5, the nonstop Colombo –...
SriLankan Airlines flight UL422 returned to Colombo yesterday after it incurred a (yet to be reported) technical difficulty in-flight. The Bangkok and Hong Kong bound flight left Colombo at 0727L (ETD 0720) and returned to Colombo at 0831L for a safe landing. The actual issue that the aircraft incurred...