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...
Colombo, Sri Lanka based cargo carrier Aero Lanka ( QL ) is to resume operations after a few years break as Lankan Cargo. The carrier had already leased a Boeing 727-200Adv F, TU-TAB ( MSN 20190/738 ), for the operations. Aircraft Fact File Registration : TU-TAB MSN : 20190/738...
A report on a trusted Sri Lankan newspaper, The Sunday Times, states that the island nation government is looking at selling a stake of SriLankan Airlines ( IATA:UL ) to Temasek Holdings, parent of Singapore Airlines ( SIA ). SriLankan has constantly been losing cash ever since it ended...
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...
 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:...
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 –...
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...
15 May 2010 COLOMBO ( Reuters ) – Sri Lanka has offered $55 million to buy back the 43.6 per cent stake Dubai’s Emirates airline holds in national carrier SriLankan Airlines, the island nation’s treasury secretary said on Friday. Emirates, the Arab world’s largest airline, had no immediate comment,...
Oman Air has shelved its plan to launch Colombo flights following consecutive denying of approval from the Sri Lankan authorities. This change was reflected in Global Distribution Systems today. Oman Air had originally planned to launch daily flights to Colombo from its Muscat base on 12 October. The airline...
SriLankan Airlines recently made the largest loss in its history, a reversal from the $49m profit in the year ago period. If SriLankan is set to succeed, this would be their last chance to take quick and bold action to ensure the survival of the airline. What are the...