Category: Aviation

Apr 26, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines has hired 11 new pilots as it expands its fleet to meet increased demand for passenger and freight traffic after the end of the island’s 30-year ethnic war. Eleven young Sri Lankans have qualified to join SriLankan Airlines as pilots upon completion of training by the national […]

Apr 20, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines managed to sharply reduce losses in 2010 as revenue rose with a recovery in air travel and the end of a war increased tourist arrivals. Arrivals rose 43.5 percent in March 2011 to 75,130, with steep increases seen from South Asia and several European generating markets. The […]

Apr 19, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s international airport is to acquire 100 hectares of land to build a parallel runway required to handle growing aircraft traffic that could soon saturate existing capacity, an official said. Aircraft now fly to Sri Lanka with extra fuel in case they have to divert to airports in India […]

Apr 18, 2011 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines said it has hired young women from rural areas who will be given a chance to join the Sri Lankan national carrier’s cabin crew. “If chosen, they would go into the Cabin Crew Training Programme and would need to pass several tests before qualifying,” the statement said. Recruitment […]

Apr 11, 2011 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines said its aircraft maintenance arm SriLankan Engineering has secured a deal to carry out maintenance checks on twenty aircraft for India’s largest low-fare carrier IndiGo in 2011. SriLankan Engineering has in recent years been positioning itself as a Maintenance-Repair-Overhaul (MRO) organisation in the region. It was SriLankan Engineering’s […]

Apr 07, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to sign an air services agreement with the United Kingdom enabling increased flights between the two countries, a government statement said. The air services agreement would enable the frequency entitlement to be increased to 21 flights a week from 14 today between the two countries. The increased […]

Apr 06, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to introduce consumer protection laws and ratify international conventions that will better protect investors and ensure higher compensation for airline passengers, an official said. The convention safeguards claims of all parties in airline transactions and gives an assurance to investors to invest in the sector, Nimalsiri said. […]

Apr 04, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to have a separate terminal for domestic airline operators at its international airport in Katunayake, north of Colombo, an airports official said. Johanne Jayaratne, executive director of Airports and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka), a state agency which operates airports, said a building previously used for catering services […]

Apr 01, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is looking for investors to build a multi-storey car park and a hotel close to the international airport to which a mono-rail link is also envisaged, an official said. Johanne Jayaratne, executive director of Airports and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka), a state agency which operates airports, said the […]

Apr 01, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s scheduled domestic private passenger air services to the north were forced to stop after the re-opening of road travel and competition from the air force, an official said. H M C Nimalsiri, director general of the civil aviation authority, said the island’s domestic aviation sector was small and […]

Mar 30, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s national carrier SriLankan Airlines will operate an extra flight to Mumbai in India on Saturday, April 02 to cater to cricket fans who want to see the World Cup final. The special flight to Mumbai is in addition to the airline’s regular daily frequency to Mumbai, the airline […]

SINGAPORE, March 29, 2011 (AFP) – Budget carrier AirAsia and travel website Expedia announced a tie-up Tuesday to sell flights, hotel bookings and holiday packages in Asia in a bid to cash in on rising regional demand. It flies to 14 destinations — London, Taipei, Tehran, Paris, Seoul, Tokyo, China (Tianjin, Hangzhou, Chengdu), Australia (Gold […]