Category: Aviation

Oct 07, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines will code share with Abu Dhabi based Etihad to Geneva, Dublin, Munich, Brussels and Manchester, while Eithad will use Sri Lankan to enter Maldives, the airline said. The new code-shares had started on October 01. “SriLankan Airlines looks forward to a fruitful long-term relationship with Etihad,”Sri Lankan […]

Oct 03, 2008 (LBO) – Nishantha Wikremasinghe, an existing director of SriLankan Airlines has been appointed chairman, following the resignation of P B Jayasundera, the airline said. Jayasundera resigned over a court order relating to a privatization deal involving a bunker firm. Three directors that represented Emirates Airlines, which is the second largest shareholder of […]

Oct 02, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines has significantly reduced losses in July and August and is confident that the red ink can be contained for the rest of the financial year, its chief executive Manoj Gunawardena says. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 […]

Sept 23, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s aviation industry, including the Air Force, civil aviation authorities and flying schools, are putting themselves on display in Colombo this week vying for the attention of young people, organizers of an aero exhibition said. The exhibition will also provide a chance for young people to interact with professionals […]

Sept 11, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s troubled state-run budget carrier Mihin Air is to ask for another three billion rupees in peoples’ money in the next budget to revive operations, an official said.The airline is now without aircraft after having lost its start-up capital and also money borrowed from state-run Bank of Ceylon, and […]

Sept 10, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines says it is cutting fuel use by making clean landing approaches at its home base in Colombo and through a series of efficiency measures devised in house and with international advice. To recieve instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 […]

Aug 29, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka risks losing a race with south Indian airports to become an aviation hub in south Asia owing to misguided plans by politicians to build a second international airport, an aviation expert has warned. As this requires that the largest aircraft should be able to land, a runway 4,000 […]

Aug 27, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines expects to replace its older fleet of short haul Airbus A320s with new deliveries starting December and will also make Etihad its main code-share partner, a top official said.Though the aircraft would be more expensive, falling lease rentals in the wake of interest rate falls and better […]

Aug 23, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka tourism promotion office said it is negotiating lower airport fees and providing marketing support to keep Germany’s Condor charter flying to the country, during the 2008 winter season. “Condor’s uninterrupted operation every fortnight to Colombo will ensure a steady flow of German visitors to Sri Lanka,” Sri Lanka […]

Aug 20, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s national carrier SriLankan Airlines has posted a 4.8 billion rupee profit with capital gains from aircraft sales, in a year that it was hit by rising fuel costs and weak tourist arrivals to the island. The carrier had lost 6.1 billion rupees (57 million US dollars) on its […]

Aug 19, 2008 (LBO) – Dubai-based Emirates said two of its pilots from Sri Lanka were among the first to fly the new Airbus A380 super jumbo aircraft. Suren Ratwatte has flown the prototype aircraft registered as F-WWDD out of Airbus Industries home airfield in Toulouse France on June 18, while Suhail Hashim flew the […]

July 30, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan authorities plan to suspend domestic flights to northern Jaffna later this week for the duration of a summit of south Asian leaders in Colombo, a senior government official said.Civil Aviation Authority director general Parakrama Dissanayake said flights by domestic carriers between Colombo and Jaffna have been suspended during […]