Category: Aviation

Nov 24, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines said it will resume flights to Rome from December 3, 2008, its first new destination since the management of the national carrier returned to the government in April. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The airline said […]

Nov 19, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines plans to renew its fleet and expand its passenger and cargo network to position itself as a hub and gateway to the huge market on the Indian sub-continent, its chief executive says.Starting next month, the airline plans to begin replacing its aging A320 Airbus aircraft that operate […]

Nov 10, 2008 (LBO) – Dubai’s Emirates airline said on Monday its net profit for the first half of the financial year dropped a dramatic 88 percent to 77 million dollars because of high oil prices, AFP news agency reported. Emirates said its profit for the six months to September 30 plunged to 284 million […]

WASHINGTON, October 29, 2008 (AFP) – Delta Air Lines said Wednesday it had merged with Northwest Airlines to create one of the world’s biggest carriers after winning approval from US antitrust authorities. Delta announced late Wednesday that the merger was completed, “creating a premier global airline with service to nearly all of the world’s major […]

15 Oct, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan budget airline Mihin Lanka’s new chairman says they are trying to re-launch the defunct carrier’s operations by December 2008. Raja Edirisuriya, former chairman of the State Engineering Corporation, Wednesday officially took over the government’s airline operator Mihin Lanka which has been grounded since May. He says that after […]

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 […]