SriLankan Airlines has gone through many significant changes in the last few years. It switched its management from an Emirates led one to a local one in 2008, and became a state-owned entity in 2010. SriLankan’s present CEO, Mr. Manoj Gunewardena is due to step down from his post...
SriLankan Airlines, effective 6th July, is increasing flights to Tiruchirapally(Trichy) from 10 to 13 weekly. Flights operate twice daily except on Sunday. Please see my article at The Networker for the flight schedule.
The destination that I kept under the wraps has now been revealed by the airline. It is, ZURICH! SriLankan Airlines will be resuming flights to Zurich, Switzerland, from 23rd December, 2011, after a six year hiatus. SriLankan on its last flight to Zurich in 2005. Operated by 4R-ALB. The...
There have been many news circulating about SriLankan Airline’s future plans and details have been minimum. To bring an end to the lack of information, AIR today has a wealth of information to share with you about SriLankan’s future. All of the following information are verified via official airline...
SriLankan Airlines has added the sixth Airbus A340-300 to its fleet. This takes the airline’s A340 fleet to the highest level it has ever been, and is the first A340 the airline has added in seven years. The aircraft 4R-ADG, MSN381, was ferried HKG-CMB today. It will...
SriLankan Airlines today added to its fleet the first brand new aircraft in ten years. The aircraft, An Airbus A320-200, is MSN4694 and registered 4R-ABM. The aircraft is powered by CFM56 engines ( whereas four of the airline’s present five A320s are powered by IAE V2500 engines ). The...
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 revealed details of its 2011/2012 Winter expansion into Europe. The airline will add an extra weekly flight to Frankfurt and Paris each. Please note that further changes are expected. Schedules below. Frankfurt UL553 CMB 0025 – 0650 FRA 1(NEW), 35 EQV UL553 CMB 0150 – 0815...
UPDATE: SriLankan Airlines has brought forward its Moscow flights launch to 15th September 2011. The flights will now operate twice weekly via Dubai on board Airbus A320 aircraft. More info could be found here. SriLankan Airlines today announced that they will be launching flights to Moscow, Russia for...
It has been recently reported that SriLankan Airlines (IATA:UL) is in advanced discussions with Boeing about replacing its ageing Airbus A340 aircraft and may well end up ordering Boeing 777s. This is an idea that I have been suggesting all the time and I believe that they have finally...