Category: Aviation

Jan 13, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Senok group of companies has been given the nod to start a domestic helicopter service, a top official said as the country recovers from the end of a long drawn out war and tourism is taking off. Director general of Sri Lanka’s civil aviation authority H M C […]

Dec 29, 2010 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines won the ‘Travel & Tourism’ category at the island’s recent Effie Awards for its ˜Hotseats’ marketing campaign that led to better sales, a statement said. SriLankan received a Bronze for the campaign, which was produced by the ad agency Grant McCann Erickson. It was the highest award presented […]

Dec 21, 2010 (LBO) – Warrant Officer N P S Pathirana carefully fixes the rotors of a model MI24 helicopter gunship. Once we go online next year everybody will have access to these models, Nanayakkara said. During the height of the war with the now defeated separatist Tamil Tigers, the Sri Lanka Air Force extensively […]

Dec 17, 2010 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines has taken delivery of another Airbus A320 aircraft as it continues to expand its global route network, a statement said. The newest arrival swells SriLankan’s fleet to 15 aircraft four A320s, five A330s, five A340s, and a De Havilland Twin Otter. The A320 will join the narrow-body fleet […]

Dec 15, 2010 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines has signed a three-year collective agreement with its largest employee union, the Sri Lanka Nidahas Sevaka Sangamaya (SLNSS), introducing a performance-driven work culture, a statement said. The airline is about to re-launch its domestic service SriLankan Air Taxi, and will also commence services to Guangzhou (Canton) and Kochi […]

Dec 09, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-owned oil refiner has been given the go-ahead to fund the construction of an aircraft refuelling facility at a new international airport being built in the south, a statement said. It currently operates a refuelling facility at the island’s sole international airport at Katunayake, north of Colombo. The […]

Nov 27, 2010 (LBO) – Pre-war air and ferry links between south India and northern Sri Lanka should resume to improve contacts between people and strengthen the local economies, Indian foreign minister S M Krishna said. With the end of the 30-year ethnic war in May 2009, both governments want to resume the old ties […]

Nov 05, 2010 (LBO) – India’s Jet Airways launched daily direct Boeing 737-800 flights from Colombo to Delhi and Mumbai on Friday, as the island’s peak tourism season got underway, a statement said. The two new flights between Sri Lanka and India are in addition to the existing double daily Colombo Chennai – Colombo services. […]

Nov 01, 2010 (LBO) – Dubai-based Emirates airline’s first-half profit shot up 351 percent to 925 million US dollars (3. 4 billion UAE Dirhams) from a year ago as it carried more passengers and cargo, a statement said. The airline attributes the sharply higher profit in the six months ending September 30, 2010 mainly to […]

PARIS, October 31, 2010 (AFP) – Commercial airlines in the United States, Europe and Asia are at last relishing a rebound in their financial fortunes, announcing profit spurts after two very lean years. The civil aviation sector in recent months has enjoyed a pronounced pick-up in both passenger and freight demand, with airlines welcoming the […]

Oct 29, 2010 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines is almost doubling daily flights to the Maldive islands from December 1 to cater to the peak tourism season and also connecting a fourth city in China, a statement said. The number of flights to Male is being increased to six a day from the earlier 3-4 a […]

Oct 20, 2010 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines has won a merit award at the island’s national software awards for its fuel management information system that enabled it to cut fuel costs and aircraft emissions, a statement said. The National Best Quality Software Awards 2010 (NBQSA) honours innovations in information technology and are presented annually by […]