Posts Tagged "Colombo"
Airbus A380 Touches Down in Sri Lanka for the first time
Making local aviation history, an Airbus A380-800 touched down in Sri Lanka today for the first time. The unexpected first arrival was A6-EDN, an Emirates A380, enroute from Sydney and Auckland. Apparently the A380 needed to refuel and selected Colombo instead of its previously planned Singapore stop – due...SriLankan to increase Tokyo flights
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 to introduce flat bed seats, new IFE while mulling flights to North America
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’...Mihin Lanka to Add A321, launch Ahmedabad, Dhaka, Malé and Jakarta
Mihin Lanka ( IATA : MJ ) will be adding an Airbus A321 aircraft and launching four new routes from 1NOV2010. The new aircraft added is an Airbus A321-200. The aircraft, MSN3106, is an ex- easyJet ( G-TTIF ) bird and has been built in 2007. It ended its...SriLankan Minimises Losses, Unveils Ambitious Expansion Plans
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...China Eastern launches Colombo and Malé
China Eastern Airlines will be launching service to Colombo, Sri Lanka and Malé, Maldives from today. The event turned out quite suprisingly given the very short notice at which the flight was announced. This is the first scheduled service to Sri Lanka by any Chinese carrier, and is the...Gulf Air to launch service to Aden and Colombo
Gulf Air from onset of Northern Winter will launch service to Aden, Yemen and Colombo, Sri Lanka. Service to Aden ( ADE ) from Bahrain ( BAH ) will operate four times a week with an Airbus A319 and will be a new destination for the carrier. Service to...KingFisher to Start Four New Routes to Colombo
Kingfisher Airlines starting 1NOV will launch three new routes, and resume one route, to Colombo. The new routes are Cochin – Colombo Tiruchirapalli – Colombo Thiruvananthapuram – Colombo Bangalore – Colombo route will be resumed. All the routes operate daily. Currently Kingfisher’s only flight to Colombo, daily Chennai –...Flydubai to launch Colombo flights
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...12