Category: Aviation

Aug 27, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines group has lost 9.99 billion rupees in the year to March 2009, down from a profit of 4.9 billion rupees a year earlier as revenue fell amid a global downturn and falling tourism arrivals at home. Sri Lankan Airlines group also has a catering subsidiary. At stand […]

Aug 12, 2009 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines engineering unit is strengthening relationships with regional airlines on its path to becoming a maintenance repair organization (MRO) for Asia, the Colombo-based airline said. Over the past year SriLankan Engineering has carried out certifications on aircraft of several airlines including Air Arabia, Kuwait Airways, Kingfisher, Qatar Airways and […]

July 30, 2009 (LBO) – State-run national carrier SriLankan Airlines, said it had broadened a code share deal with UK’s bmi following the relaxation of British travel advice following the end of a war. SriLankan Airlines says there are no European airlines flying in to Colombo, apart from ad hoc charter operations. Bmi will shortly […]

July 29, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s civil aviation authority is considering giving approval for the operation of more private aircraft, the use of which was severely restricted and sometimes banned during the ethnic war.But the Tigers were defeated by government forces in May and flying restrictions are being eased with the end of the […]

July 21, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s air force has started domestic commercial flights using aircraft freed from regular transport missions to support government troops with the end of the war against Tamil Tigers.Regular commercial flights to Jaffna began after the Tigers cut off the land route to the peninsula and are still in demand […]

July 14, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines has upgraded to SkyChain, cargo handling and tracking system from Dubai-based Mercator, the airline said.“SkyChain is a web-based system that allows our customers the facility to monitor the progress of their consignments around the world from wherever there is internet accessibility,” Sri Lanka’s head of worldwide sales […]

June 23, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines has expanded its code share deal with Malaysian Airlines increasing its reach to the United States, Australia and Asia-Pacific sectors, the airline said. Members of Malaysia Airlines and SriLankan FlySmiLes frequent flyer programs can earn points on either airline. The codeshare is effective from June, 205 2009 […]

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2009 (AFP) – US aerospace giant Boeing is readying its 787 Dreamliner for first test flight in the coming days, banking on the new fuel-efficient plane to sail above stiff market headwinds. Boeing has built six Dreamliners that will be used in the flight-test program to assure the plane’s safety for the […]

June 10, 2009 (LBO) – AirAsia said it will launch daily flights from Sri Lanka from August 15 offering promotional all-in fares as low as 4,090 rupees one way between Colombo and Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysia-based carrier, known as Asia’s largest low fare, no frills airline, said Colombo is an important destination for AirAsia to […]

PARIS, June 2, 2009 (AFP) – Passenger jets are hit by lightning every 1,000 hours — on average twice a year — and experts say the risk from the bolts of electricity is growing. But technical experts, astounded like everyone else by the disappearance of an Air France jet in the Atlantic with the feared […]

May 29, 2009 (LBO) – Emirates airline said it will add 22 weekly flights to India in an expansion encouraged by liberalization of its skies that made the sub-continent one of the world’s fastest-growing aviation markets. The Dubai-based carrier said in a statement the move will support for the Indian government’s ambitious growth plan to […]

May 25, 2009 (LBO) – Emirates said it will increase flights to the Sri Lankan capital Colombo by resuming services via Male from July 1 with the launch of three additional flights a week between Dubai and Colombo.From July 1, 2009, Emirates flight EK 654 will depart Dubai at 1020 hours local time and arrive […]