Category: Aviation

Apr 04, 2015 (LBO) – The board appointed to inquire Sri Lankan Airlines has recommended a criminal investigation into the entire re-fleeting process, a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s office said.“The former government of President Mahinda Rajapakse made management changes to carry out a re-fleeting of the airline with brand-new aircraft costing $2.3 billion […]

Feb 18, 2015 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier for Sri Lanka inked a coadshare agreement with Jetstar Asia, a low-cost airline based in Singapore. The airline said that the SriLankan customers will be able to travel on codeshare services operated by Jetstar Asia on seven routes from Jetstar Asia’s hub in Singapore from […]

Jan 21, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Minister of Aviation Faizer Mustapha has ordered to cancel the licenses of all duty free shops at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and Mattala airport, a media report said. The minister has asked the authorities to call for open tenders for duty free shop for both airports. There […]

Jan 16, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s national carrier SriLankan airlines has re-deployed its capacity and adjusted its scheduled operations to focus on more commercially sustainable services which translates to an annual bottom line improvement of approximately 18 million US dollars , the airline said in a statement. The airline will cut flights to the […]

Dec 19, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s national carrier SriLankan Airlines, took delivery of its second Airbus 330-300, on today, continuing its wide body re fleeting programme, the airline said in a media release. Passengers will be afforded a new flying experience whilst satisfying customer demand for increased capacity on the primary routes of the […]

Nov 21, 2014 (LBO) -SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka and a member of the oneworld alliance, to starts operation to Kunmin, China to meet the increasing demands for air services between China and Sri Lanka, the airline said in a media statement.The airline will start flying to Kunming, which located at South […]

Oct 31, 2014 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier has taken delivery of Airbus A330 -300 aircraft as it continues to expand its global route network with more fuel-efficient and maintenance cost friendly models from Airbus. This delivery launches the process of the fleet renewal and replacement program and affords us the opportunity to […]

Sep 30, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run budget carrier Mihin Lanka plans to add destinations and increase frequencies on existing route as it plans to meet the growing demand for flights due to an increase in tourism and trade.TThe state-owned airline plans to start flights to Lahore in Pakistan where the airline says has […]

Sep 25, 2014 (LBO) – British Airways announced that the flights operations to Colombo will be ceased from 28th March 2015 due to an unprofitability that the route makes, the company said in a media release.The Colombo route is not making a profitable contribution to our business and we are unable to sustain it, Christopher […]

September 01, 2014: SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka celebrates thirty-five years of flying, at the Airline Centre in Katunayake, today (Sep 1, 2014), the airline said in a media release. Founded in 1979, SriLankan has expanded its services to 89 destinations in 44 countries across the globe, operating around 260 weekly flights […]

TOKYO, July 31, 2014 (AFP) – Airbus on Thursday said its decision to cancel a .2 billion jet order from Skymark Airlines was final, rejecting the Japanese carrier’s suggestion that talks were still ongoing.The European aircraft maker said this week it had informed Skymark that its purchase of six A380 superjumbos “has been terminated”, just […]