Every so often we come to hear about bringing back the beauty of flying, and about making air travel a commodity (specially in Asia). But is doing both of this at the same time really possible? To bring back the so-called beauty of flying, we have to go back...
It was widely reported recently on many major news sources, that the long-time Boeing loyal American Airlines is contemplating a deal with Airbus for up to 250 aircraft. As per the news reports, American (AA) had first talked to Airbus and only then returned to Boeing asking to make...
The following map depicts present air services by Sri Lank based passenger airlines to India. Shown in red are the routes operated by SriLankan Airlines while shown in blue are the routes flown by Mihin Lanka (IATA:MJ). Both airlines are majority owned by the Governmenet of Sri Lanka and have...
Addison Schonland has a great article on AirInsight about a possible bottleneck in aircraft deliveries following the anticipated big orders from Air France/KLM and Lufthansa. While talking about the usual situation in our cyclical industry – too many deliveries during the next downturn – he also discusses about the...
-SriLankan Airlines fleet list has been updated with new information, including the change of MSN4915 registration to 4R-ABO (This author had previously expected that the letter O will be omitted, as they recently did with the letter I). - SriLankan will be temporarily increasing their Dubai flights to twelve...
SriLankan Airlines has gone through many significant changes in the last few years. It switched its management from an Emirates led one to a local one in 2008, and became a state-owned entity in 2010. SriLankan’s present CEO, Mr. Manoj Gunewardena is due to step down from his post...
Today was the last business day of 2011′s Paris Air Show, and while it did not see as much individual orders as the previous days, it recorded one of the aviation history’s most significant orders. Airbus - AirAsia ordered 200 Airbus A320neo aircraft. This, the biggest single aisle aircraft...
The much anticipated Paris Air Show 2011 at Le Bourget, Paris, began today. Here’s a re-cap of the aircraft orders announced today Airbus -SAS ordered 30 Airbus A320neo aircraft, with CFM LEAP engines. -Saudi Arabian placed orders for four additional Airbus A330-300 aircraft. The airline had already entered...
SriLankan Airlines, effective 6th July, is increasing flights to Tiruchirapally(Trichy) from 10 to 13 weekly. Flights operate twice daily except on Sunday. Please see my article at The Networker for the flight schedule.
The destination that I kept under the wraps has now been revealed by the airline. It is, ZURICH! SriLankan Airlines will be resuming flights to Zurich, Switzerland, from 23rd December, 2011, after a six year hiatus. SriLankan on its last flight to Zurich in 2005. Operated by 4R-ALB. The...