Category: Shipping and Transport

March 28, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines said Wednesday it will incorporate the fuel surcharge into air fares from April 01, effectively raising ticket prices and ending the possibility of lifting the charge if oil prices fall. The airline will implement this change to most destinations with a few exceptions, due to regulatory issues,” […]

March 26, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines will start operating flights delayed due to the temporary closure of the international airport following a Tamil Tiger air raid on the adjoining air force base from 10.00 am local time, the national flag-carrier said. In February Sri Lanka’s tourism arrivals slumped 18.3 percent. Emergency Numbers Passengers […]

March 26, 2007 (LBO) – Indian budget carrier Air India Express (AIE), which started operations to Sri Lanka Sunday, will continue its Colombo-Chennai run, and look to add frequencies from Delhi and Mumbai later this year, officials said. A number of international airlines suspended services to Sri Lanka in the wake of a 2001 attack […]

Flying Forward March 20 (LBO) SriLankan Airlines is adding a third weekly flight to the Indian coastal resort of Goa, moving closer to becoming first scheduled foreign airline to have a hundred flights per week to the country, the airline said. Already the foreign carrier with the most frequencies, SriLankan will have 95 flights to […]

March 17 (LBO) – Sri Lanka and China have agreed to expand air links following talks in Beijing this week, paving the way for 28 weekly flights, the foreign ministry said. Sri Lankan carriers would be able fly 21 weekly frequencies for passenger services and 7 weekly frequencies for cargo services to five Chinese destinations […]

March 15 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has given a private consortium of Indian and Singaporean firms the green light to develop a firm proposal with financing in place, to build a light rail system for Colombo. However the project has had false starts with a letter of intent earlier being awarded with Siemens and OPUS […]

March 12, 2007 (LBO) — Sri Lanka is pushing for greater access to the Chinese aviation market, when high level officials meet for bilateral air-services talks later this week, the foreign ministry said Monday.Sino-Lanka aviation links have been in place since 1959, though direct airlinks between both countries were established when SriLankan airlines started thrice […]

March 07, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is trying to refine reckless bus drivers with a series of new classes that will hopefully improve driving skills and curb road rage. A new drivers’ academy that has just been set up in Kottawa, with a curriculum to enhance drivers skills, efficiency and obedience of road rules, […]

March 07, 2007 (LBO) – Promoters of three private international airlines in Sri Lanka are running into stormy weather with authorities saying provisional approvals are no longer in effect, while a state-owned carrier completed a test run this week. State-owned Mihin Air completed a test flight to India this week to gain a license, using […]

March 5, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s new state-run budget airline secured a provisional license to fly after technical problems delayed its maiden test flight by over eight hours, officials said. A Mihin Air flight flew to India’s southern city of Thiruvananthapuram from the island’s sole international airport late Sunday and returned around midnight, airport […]

March 4, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s new state-run budget airline cancelled its maiden flight on Sunday because of technical problems, airport officials said. A Mihin Air flight was due to depart for India’s southern city of Thiruvananthapuram from the island’s sole international airport, but the trip was scrapped due to problems with the plane’s […]

February 22 (LBO) – Diesel and Motor Engineering Company (DIMO), a unit of Sri Lanka’s Hayleys group, is boosting the visibility of TATA passenger cars in a market that is already dominated by another Indian brand, Maruti. DIMO opened a new showroom in a plush shopping business district this week, next to an existing outlet […]