SriLankan Airlines will be adding an ex- Cathay Pacific Airbus A340-300 to its fleet to aid expansion. The aircraft, MSN381 ( currently registered B-HXL ), will join SriLankan in the first week of April. It is likely to be registered as 4R-ADG in Sri Lanka. The aircraft is currently...
SriLankan Airlines from 1FEB2011 ( Note: This has since been postponed to 27 MAR) is resuming service to Kochi, India. Flights operate daily aboard Airbus A320 aircraft and are now available for reservation. The launch is facilitated by the introduction of the fifth Airbus A320 aircraft to the fleet,...
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 will be increasing its destinations to 50 ( inc. codeshare ) and fleet to 15 aircraft during Winter 2010/11. Full details below. The 50th destination will be Guangzhou ( CAN ). Only special flights have been specifically mentioned, to other destinations, frequencies are stated. Other changes were...
SriLankan Airlines has updated its schedule for the IATA Northern Winter season. Currently visible changes are as follows As of planned operation for first week of December Fourth Airbus A320 aircraft, 4R-ABK ( ETOPS enabled ) in operation Mumbai – Frequencies increased from 7 to 10 weekly UL141/2 CMB...
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...
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...
Week in Brief 6 OCT – 12OCT * To compensate the delay in taking delivery of its 5th A330, SriLankan Airlines wetleased a Boeing 767-300ER for two months. The aircraft, CS-TQI, in a two class layout is operated to Milan/Rome and Singapore/Kuala Lumpur by Luzair. More info can be...
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:...
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...
