Category: Aviation

Jan 09, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka was working on a transitional management structure with Emirates for national carrier Sri Lankan Airlines after the Middle Eastern airline decided not to renew its management deal, a senior government official said Wednesday. But the government had not yet decided to buy back the Middle Eastern airline’s 43.6 […]

Jan 08, 2007 (LBO) – Middle Eastern carrier Qatar Airways has played down its interest in Sri Lankan Airlines after its current managing shareholder Emirates, announced a sell out of its equity stake, reports said. Though suffering a 4.7 billion loss and badly hit by war risk insurance it managed to survive by using Maldives […]

Jan 08, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government will take the reigns of SriLankan Airlines after a management agreement with Emirates Airlines ends in March 2008, the head of the island’s investment promotion office said. “The president has decided that the government will run SriLankan Airlines from April,” Board of Investment chief Dhammika Perera told […]

Jan 07, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines is not an attractive opportunity for potential investors unless it comes with ground handling and catering, as airline operations alone were not very profitable, analysts said. (US$1=SLR 108.30) The Bloomberg newswire quoting presidential secretary Lalith Weeratunga said a committee may be set up to look into options […]

Dec 22, 2007 (LBO) – Emirates Airlines, managing shareholder of SriLankan Airlines, has indicated that it is preparing for a possible breakdown in contract renewal talks over an ongoing row where its top manager has been ordered out of the island. The chief executive officer of Sri Lankan airlines, Peter Hill, an Emirates appointee has […]

Dec 21, 2007 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines chief Peter Hill would continue to run the airline from Dubai after his resident visa in the island was revoked by the government, managing shareholder Emirates Airlines said. SriLankan Airlines is 43.6 percent owned by Dubai-based Emirates air, and Hill was seconded to the airline in 1998 after […]

Dec 20, 2007 (LBO) – The aviation safety agency of the European Union has certified Sri Lankan Airlines to train maintenance technicians, the airline said Thursday. “SriLankan Airlines is now one of the few companies in Asia to receive the globally recognized EASA 147 certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency, to provide training in […]

Galle, Dec 13, 2007 (LBO) – A seamen training institute run by Sri Lanka’s Mercantile Shipping Company launched a new lifeboat replacing that damaged by the tsunami, as it prepares to meet booming worldwide demand for crew. The lifeboat christening ceremony was held at the Mercantile Seamen Training Institute in the historic port town of […]

Nov 30, 2007 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines has said it had received an international air transport safety audit certification a year ahead of a global deadline. . Corrected The airline has been added to the Registry of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Operational Safety Audit, which measures safety and quality standards among airlines throughout […]

Nov 27, 2007 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines announced Tuesday it now operates one hundred flights a week to India with the addition of another weekly flight to its existing services to Trichy. “SriLankan is making a conscious effort to serve smaller cities in India, where travellers do not have access to international air travel as […]

NEW DELHI, Nov 27, 2007 (AFP) – SriLankan Airlines wants a new management contract to be signed soon with Dubai-owned Emirates, chief executive Peter Hill said Tuesday, forecasting a “tough” year for the island’s carrier.The Colombo government is holding another meeting on January 8 with Emirates to discuss the renewal of the 10-year management contract […]

Nov 20, 2007 (LBO) – Airline passengers increasingly prefer to do their own ticketing and checking in at airports, according to a global survey by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The preference for self-service was revealed in IATA’s annual Corporate Air Travel Survey of over 10,000 active travellers, which shows passengers are demanding more […]