Category: Aviation

Apr 06, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run SriLankan Airlines said it will continue to operate European routes, two of which were earlier to be axed during off-peak periods. SriLankan Airlines officials had earlier said that it wanted to prune European long haul flights and re-deploy equipment on more lucrative Asian routes to improve the […]

Apr 05, 2012 (LBO) – Dubai-based Emirates had built 200 million rupee lounge for its first and business class passengers, at Sri Lanka’s Bandaranaike International Airport, near the capital Colombo, the airline said. “Emirates is one of the most active carriers serving Colombo, with 28 flights a week,” Chandana de Silva, area manager for Sri […]

Apr 04, 2012 (LBO) – State-run SriLankan Airlines said it will cancel flights to Zurich and Rome in May and June which are off-peak months but will resume them from late June, to contain costs. SriLankan is focusing more on Asian routes amid heavy competition and weak conditions in Europe. The airline is expected to […]

Apr 01, 2012 (LBO) – Singapore-based Tiger Airways, a budget carrier, said it is starting thrice-a week flights to Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo from May 31, as the island attraction as a tourist spot grows after the end of a civil war. “We are pleased to announce the launch of our direct flights between Singapore […]

Mar 21, 2012 (LBO) – Emirates-based Flydubai, a budget carrier has upped frequencies to daily to Colombo from five a week and the carrier is seeing a surge in tourists to Sri Lanka from former Soviet republics, an official said. Flydubai chief executive Ghaith Al Ghaith said tourists from former Soviet republics to Colombo had […]

Mar 21, 2012 (LBO) – India’s debt-laden Kingfisher Airlines is to cancel all international flights, a move that would affect its connections to Sri Lanka, news reports said. Flights to Dubai, Colombo, Kathmandu, Bangkok will stop operating by Sunday, March 25, 2012. “We have decided to suspend our international operations as we are not on […]

Mar 21, 2012 (LBO) – Malaysia’s Airport Express Air and Rail Company is to build a rapid transit rail link between Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo and the international airport at Katunayake, a northern suburb. The planned new railway terminal can be accessed directly from the arrivals and departures lounges of the Bandaranaiyake International Airport building […]

Mar 20, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines is focusing on maximizing yields on its network and shifting capacity from Europe where competition is high to Asia, amid rising fuel prices, chief executive Kapila Chandrasena said. Mihin Lanka, a budget carrier, which shares some services with Sri Lankan is expected to lose around 15 million […]

Mar 18, 2012 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines is to get a loan of 175 million US dollars (21. 8 billion rupees) from the Mashreq Bank in the United Arab Emirates to pay its creditors, the Sunday Times newspaper said. Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of ministers has agreed to offer a government guarantee to the national carrier […]

Mar 12, 2012 (LBO) – Passenger movements through Sri Lanka’s main international airport rose to 6.4 million above its design capacity of 6 million passengers, and the state-run agency was scrambling to add capacity, an official said. The airport was building a one million passenger domestic terminal to be completed by the end of the […]

March 09, 2012 (LBO) – Requests for proposals to start medium and light industries near Sri Lanka’s new international airport in Hambantota will close on March 15, the head of a state-run airport agency said. “Companies can visit there see land available there,” chairman of Sri Lanka’s Airport and Aviation Services Ltd, Prasanna Wickramasuriya told […]

Mar 03, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s main international airport has secured financing of 28.9 billion yen financing (330 million US dollars) to expand and modernize facilities as tourist arrivals continue to expand. In 2011 tourist arrivals rose 30 percent. The state information office said the cabinet of ministers had given the nod to get […]