A reputed Sri Lankan business website, LBO, has reported that the Government of Sri Lanka has reached a deal with Emirates Airline to buy out the latter’s stake in SriLankan Airlines. The stake will be bought out by state owned Bank of Ceylon ( BOC ) and Sri Lanka...
SriLankan Airlines has added an Airbus A330-200 to its fleet to aid expansion. The aircraft is on lease from ILFC and is an ex bmi aircraft. This will increase the number of A330′s in SriLankan’s fleet to five – the rest of which were delivered brand new. Total fleet...
Airliners.net member BN747 had noted the following video of a Korean Air Boeing 777-300 hard landing on YouTube. I thought this would be worth sharing. Although it might look rather scary, this really is not a dramatically dangerous situation. It looks as if the aircraft came with a bit...
flydubai will launch flights to Colombo from 23rd June. Flights will operate four times weekly, aboard Boeing 737-800s. Fares start at around AED420 ( LKR 13,000, USD125 ). FZ555 DXB2110-0110+1CMB 1356 FZ556 CMB0210-0510DXB 2467 Currently, the competition on the route is as follows. Emirates – 21-24 weekly. All Boeing...
What do you think the above chart is ? It shows the predicted box-office revenue of new movies, by Hollywood Stock Exchange ( green ) and Twitter users ( blue ). Almost the same, isn’t it ? Social Computing Labs at HP discovered in a study that using only...
MANGALORE, ( AIRLINE INDUSTRY REVIEW ) – An Air India Express flight from Dubai to Mangalore, overshot the runway at Mangalore International Airport ( IATA :IXE ) and caught fire. The flight, IX812, was being operated by a Boeing 737-800. The aircraft involved was VT-AXV, cn 36333/2481, a 2007...
.. is creating a fantasy that your customer believes and can live in. That simple. But keep in mind that this should be a perfect branding-fantasy-strategy. A story unique to your own brand. Adding a part of JetBlue’s branding with AirAsia flavor won’t work. A JetAsia ? Well, that...
MIT has delivered designs of two ultra-efficient green plane models to NASA, as part of a $2.1 million research contract awarded in 2008. The aircraft feature a different silhouette than to current day models and will offer a 70% fuel burn reduction. The D Series is expected to replace...
Social media is certainly the next frontier in marketing. It allows you to connect with your prospective customers and lead them to the place you want to. But I find that many airlines have still not achieved the true potential of social media. Hence I have decided to offer...
Are you an airline enthusiast ? Interested in finding the aircraft that flew a particular flight ? Or finding the rotations an aircraft of a particular airline flies ? I found this nifty little resource extremely helpful. Flight24.com Apparently they collect info through publicly available ACARS feeds, but lists...
