Category: Aviation

SINGAPORE, September 8, 2010 (AFP) – Asia-Pacific airlines are raising ticket prices as travellers return in their droves after holding back on their travel plans last year because of the global recession. A strong economic rebound, led by China, has resulted in carriers filling more seats during the summer holidays and demand should remain robust […]

Sept 08, 2010 (LBO) – India’s Spice Jet, the country’s second largest budget carrier, will start flying to Sri Lanka daily from Chennai from October 09, after the airline received official nod to start international services. The airline is selling online a Colombo – Chennai ticket at 5,098 rupees and Chennai – Colombo ticket at […]

Sept 03, 2010 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines, Sri Lanka’s state-run national said it will acquire two floatplanes to re-start domestic air services later this year and also buy five short haul Airbus A320 aircraft next year as it looked to fly new routes. SriLankan said it will acquire two De Havilland Canada Twin Otter floatplanes […]

Sept 02, 2010 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines, Sri Lanka’s state-run national carrier said it lost 6. 06 billion rupees in the year to March 2010, down from a 9.99 billion loss notched up an year earlier. The airline said it had cut cost and improved revenue under turnaround plan and losses in the second half […]

Aug 20, 2010 (LBO) – Malaysia’s Fly Asia has bought a 70 percent stake in Sri Lanka’s Infrastructure Developers (IDL), essentially a loss-making shell company listed on the Colombo bourse, a stock exchange filing said. Fly Asia, an air transport company which operates air services and builds aerodromes, has made a mandatory offer for the […]

Aug 19, 2010 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines has graduated its first batch of Aircraft Maintenance students under the EASA 147 European certification as it seeks to build its engineering business, a statement said. The 26 students, including seven foreign students from the Maldives, Oman and India, underwent two years of training at SriLankan’s Technical Training […]

Aug 13, 2010 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines is planning to support the country’s rapidly-growing tourism industry with a planned increase in worldwide flights and to acquire two more aircraft this year, a statement said. The national carrier plans additional capacity to Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, Rome, Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Karachi and many cities in […]

July 31, 2010 (LBO) – Emirates is to increase the frequency of flights between Sri Lanka and the Maldives to cater to increasing tourist traffic, a statement said. These flights will be served by Emirates’ Airbus A330-200 aircraft in a three-class configuration, with 12 seats in First Class, 42 seats in Business Class and 183 […]

July 28, 2010 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines has won an award from Singapore’s Changi airport for having the highest growth in traffic to the city state from the region last year, a statement said. The award was for ˜Top Airline by Growth in Passenger Carriage (South Asia)’. Travel between Singapore and Sri Lanka has grown […]

July 23, 2010 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines is to maintain its monopoly on ground handling and catering at the island’s international airport which are its main money spinners, a senior official said. Wickremasinghe said the airline’s finances were improving after it suffered an almost 10-billion-rupee loss in the 2009 financial year. He spoke at the […]

July 20, 2010 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines has taken delivery of its latest A330-200 wide-bodied aircraft as part of the national carrier’s expansion programme that will double the fleet and add new destinations, a senior official said. Wickremasinghe said SriLankan Airlines plans to fly to Moscow as well as a fourth destination in China soon. […]

July 19, 2010 (LBO ) – Thirteen firms that applied to start domestic air services in Sri Lanka after the end of a 30-year war are awaiting the final nod from the island’s aviation ministry and the president’s office, an official said. Director general of Sri Lanka’s civil aviation authority H M C Nimalsiri said […]