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Deccan Lanka gets new investors, mulling expansion
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...An App Store for Airline Flight Bookings
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...Industry in Transition : Finding the Airline 2.0 – New free eBook
My new eBook – Industry in Transition : Finding the Airline 2.0 – is released with this post today. It is an eBook that is vastly different from the eBooks that I have previously written, and is both a collection of new thoughts as well as a view into...News Round-Up #2
I have been a bit busy last week and had no opportunity to update this blog. And here are some of the most notable news from this week, so far. SIA names its LCC as Scoot Martinair ends passenger operations Qantas resumes operations after shutdown Cathay Pacific takes delivery...Week in Review : 10-16 Oct
I have been quite busy last week with some exciting projects and did not have enough time to update this blog. And here’s a brief review about what happened in our fantastic, ever-changing industry last week. German Court Bans Night Flights at Frankfurt A German Court in Hessen ruled...Link: COMAC forecasts a demand of 4,700 new aircraft for China in next 20 yrs
China’s state owned aircraft manufacturer, COMAC has forecast a demand of 4,700 new aircraft in China for the next 20 yrs. The company expects that it will be able to claim up to 30% of this market. Read more at CAAC news ( in Chinese ).SriLankan Airlines Network-wide Changes from Winter 2011/2
SriLankan Airlines has loaded a number of changes to its medium haul network from Winter 2011 season onwards. The following changes have been confirmed by the airline. All changes are with effect from the week of 23 December 2011. Chennai Flights to be increased from 15 to 27 weekly....SriLankan UL422 Returns to Colombo Following Technical Difficulty
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...Boeing officially launches 737RE
Boeing’s board today approved the decision to officially go ahead with the 737RE. The airframer reported that it has received 496 commitments for the new upgrade from five airlines. Boeing pormises a 4% lower fuel burn over the A320neo. It is however yet to identify the future production facility...12