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...
SriLankan Airlines has added its fifth Airbus A320 aircraft, 4R-ABL. The aircraft, MSN2345, powered by IAE V2500 engines was delivered on 8APR2011 as UL1423 from Guangzhou. The 2004 December built aircraft was previously with China Southern Airlines under the registration B-2374 and had been in storage for over an...
SriLankan Airlines has formally announced that it will be refurbishing its widebody fleet with new flat bed seats in Business Class. The airline has selected Avio Interiors’ Biz seat offering as its seat of choice. The seat offers a general pitch of 78″ and also presents a ‘buddy seat’...
SriLankan Airlines had minimized losses to the year ending 31st March 2010 and unveiled ambitious expansion plans, at the carrier’s 31st Anniversary held at Colombo Bandaranaike airport yesterday. The carrier’s losses to the period ending 31st March were LKR 6.06b ( USD53.7 million ), compared to LKR 9.99b an...
WTO yesterday settled a six-year old dispute between Airbus and Boeing – ruling a majority of Boeing’s claims were correct and calling Boeing the winner of the case. WTO’s 1000 page report released yesterday ( which you can download here ), on case DS316 “European Communities and Certain Member...
SriLankan Airlines fleet and seating configuration information This table is meant to be an accurate source about SriLankan Airlines’ fleet information, which seems to be incorrect at most online sources. All of the data are accurate as of the time of publishing. Last update 27DEC2011 Quick reference table:...